Document Outline

• RIO Remote I/O System
• About this manual
  • Purpose of this manual
  • Who this manual is for
  • Using this on-line manual
    • Document navigation
    • Hypertext jumps
• Revision history
• Fast Contents
  • About this manual 4
  • Revision history 6
  • Fast Contents 7
  • Contents 8
  • Chapter 1 Introduction 20
  • Chapter 2 Installing hardware and software 31
  • Chapter 3 RIO Cabling information 199
  • Chapter 4 Quick Reference 226
  • Chapter 5 RIO command line utilities 245
  • Appendix A Serial port device names 267
  • Appendix B Transparent printing (Solaris only) 269
  • Appendix C Troubleshooting 274
  • Appendix D Contacting Perle 318
  • Index 324
• Contents
  • About this manual 4
  • Revision history 6
  • Fast Contents 7
  • Contents 8
  • Chapter 1 Introduction 20
  • Chapter 2 Installing hardware and software 31
  • Chapter 3 RIO Cabling information 199
  • Chapter 4 Quick Reference 226
  • Chapter 5 RIO command line utilities 245
  • Appendix A Serial port device names 267
  • Appendix B Transparent printing (Solaris only) 269
  • Appendix C Troubleshooting 274
  • Appendix D Contacting Perle 318
  • Index 324
• Chapter 1 Introduction
  • About the RIO system
  • RIO system components
    • Host card
    • Link cables
    • Remote Terminal Adaptors
    • Long Distance Module (LDM)
    • Fibre optic (FOLK) kit
  • Example RIO systems
    • Short distance link using RIO link cable
    • Medium distance link using fibre optic (FOLK) kit
    • Long distance link via leased line
    • Fault tolerant link
    • Dual host fail-safe link
• Chapter 2 Installing hardware and software
  • Before you start
  • Downloading RIO drivers from the Perle web site
  • Installing RIO under Solaris
    • General setup procedure for Solaris
    • Upgrading from existing device drivers
    • Upgrading your current RIO driver
    • Installing device drivers and utilities
    • Assigning ISA host card addresses and IRQ levels
    • Removing RIO drivers and utilities from your system
    • Setting up terminals using Admintool
    • Removing RIO serial port terminals
    • Updating your RIO system configuration
  • Installing RIO under SCO OpenServer 5 and SCO OpenServer 6
    • General installation procedure for SCO OpenServer 5 and SCO OpenServer 6
    • Installing device drivers and utilities
    • Removing device drivers and utilities from your system
    • Configuring ports with config.rio
    • Adding an RTA to the system
    • Removing an RTA from the system
    • Creating a login for an RTA
  • Installing RIO under SCO UnixWare
    • General installation procedure for SCO UnixWare
    • Installing device drivers and utilities
    • Assigning ISA host card address and IRQ levels
    • Configuring ports with config.rio
    • Adding an RTA to the system
    • Removing an RTA from the system
    • Removing device drivers and utilities from your system
    • Creating a login for an RTA
  • Installing RIO under Windows NT
    • General setup procedure for Windows NT
    • Installing device drivers and utilities
    • Configuring ISA host cards
    • Configuring PCI host cards
    • Configuring Remote Terminal Adaptors
    • Making and displaying changes to your system configuration
      • Introduction
      • Displaying multiple networks
      • Printing a copy of the system map
      • Identifying an RTA
      • Displaying a port configuration summary
      • Adding a Fault Tolerant Link
      • Adding an RTA to your system configuration
      • Adopting Port Names
      • Moving an RTA
      • Removing an RTA
      • Disconnecting an RTA from within the software
      • Re-booting an RTA
      • Adding a Host Card
      • Removing a Host Card
  • Installing RIO PCI Host Cards under Windows 2000/XP/ Server 2003/Vista/Server 2008
    • General setup procedure for Windows 2000/XP/Server 2003/Vista/Server 2008
    • Installing PCI card drivers and utilities
    • Configuring PCI Card serial ports
    • Configuring the polled mode and quick close settings for a PCI host card
    • Removing PCI devices and ports from the system
    • Identifying PCI RTAs
  • Installing RIO ISA Host Cards under Windows 2000
    • General setup procedure for Windows 2000
    • Adding ISA host cards to the system
    • Viewing and changing the resources for an ISA device
    • Configuring ISA Card serial ports
    • Configuring the quick close settings for an ISA host card
    • Removing ISA devices and ports from the system
    • Identifying ISA RTAs
  • Installing RIO under Linux
    • General installation procedure for Linux
    • Installing drivers onto your system
    • Installing utilities
    • Creating devices for the attached ports
    • Loading the driver module into the kernel
      • Manually loading the module and firmware
      • Loading the RIO module and firmware automatically
    • Adding ports to the system
    • Removing ports from a system
  • Installing a Universal 3.3/5V PCI host card
    • Identifying your RIO PCI card and slot type
    • Installation procedure
  • Installing an ISA host card
  • Removing host cards
  • Installing Remote Terminal Adaptors (RTAs)
    • RTA8 8 port Remote Terminal Adaptors
      • Installation procedure
      • Wall mounting an RTA8
    • RTA16 16 port Remote Terminal Adaptors
      • Installation procedure
    • RRC16 Remote Concentrator
      • Installation procedure
      • Mounting the RRC16
  • Removing a Remote Terminal Adaptor (RTA)
  • Installing a short distance link
  • Installing a Fibre Optic Link Kit (FOLK)
    • Introduction
    • Fibre optic unit main components
    • Installation procedure
  • Installing a Long Distance Module (LDM)
    • Introduction
    • Long Distance Unit main components
    • Installation
      • General procedure
      • Installing a long distance LDM link via Modem and leased line
      • Long wire installation
      • X.21 Installation
    • LDM Cabling information
    • LDU flying lead connector pinouts
      • Cable diagram
      • Mini DIN on RIO link flying lead
      • DB25 female on flying lead
    • Adaptor pinouts for LDU flying lead connectors
      • Asynchronous Long-wire Connection (DB25 male to DB25 male)
      • Asynchronous/Synchronous Modem & X21bis (DB25 female to DB25 male)
      • Synchronous X.21 connection
  • Installing a fault tolerant link
  • Installing a dual host fail-safe link (UNIX only)
    • Installing a dual host failsafe link under Solaris
      • Installing for normal operation
      • Transferring control to the slave system
    • Installing a dual host failsafe link under SCO OpenServer
      • Installing for normal operation
      • Transferring control to the slave system
    • Installing a dual host failsafe link under SCO UnixWare
      • Installing for normal operation
      • Transferring control to the slave system
• Chapter 3 RIO Cabling information
  • Mini DIN pinouts on RIO host cards
  • RTA connector pinouts
    • RTA connector guide
    • RJ45 female RTA connector pinout
    • DB25 female RTA connector pinout
    • RS422 DB25 female RTA connector pinout
    • DB25 male RTA connector pinout
    • DB25 parallel female RTA connector pinout
  • Connecting RIO host cards to RTAs
  • Connecting RTAs to terminals
  • Connecting RTAs to modems
  • Connecting RTAs to parallel printers
  • Connecting RTAs to serial printers
  • Cable connector pinouts
    • RJ45 male to DB25 male DTE for connection to DCE devices
      • Cable diagram
      • Connector pinout table
    • DB25 male to DB25 male DTE for connection to DCE devices
      • Cable diagram
      • Connector pinout table
    • DB25 female to DB25 male DTE for connection to DCE devices
      • Cable diagram
      • Connector pinout table
    • RJ45 male to DB25 female DCE for connection to DTE devices
      • Cable diagram
      • Connector pinout table
    • DB25 male to DB25 female DCE for connection to DTE devices
      • Cable diagram
      • Connector pinout table
    • DB25 female to DB25 female DCE for connection to DTE devices
      • Cable diagram
      • Connector pinout table
    • DB25 parallel male to centronics parallel
  • RIO cables available from Perle
    • Link Cable
      • Cable diagram
      • Connector pinout table
    • Link cable specification
  • Fibre optic link (FOLK) cable specifications
  • Loopback connector pinouts
    • Loopback pinouts for RJ45 female connectors
    • Loopback pinouts for DB25 female connectors
    • Loopback pinouts for DB25 male connectors
• Chapter 4 Quick Reference
  • SCO OpenServer 5 utilities
    • config.rio
      • Main menu
      • RTA Management menu
      • Host Configuration menu
  • SCO UnixWare utilities
    • Device configuration utility
    • config.rio
      • Main menu
      • RTA Management menu
      • Host Configuration menu
    • spxadmport utility for configuring ports
  • Window NT utilities
    • RIO Configuration utility
      • Main window
      • Menu map and toolbar buttons
• Chapter 5 RIO command line utilities
  • Command line utilities
    • rioisacfg utility
    • rioconfig utility
  • RIO system commands under Solaris/Linux/LynxOS
    • rioreboot
    • rioversion
    • rioboot
    • rioadopt
    • riodelete
    • rioidentify
    • riolock
    • rioresume
    • riomkdev
    • rioshow
    • riostats
  • rio.cf file
    • About the rio.cf file
    • rio.cf keywords
      • HOST
      • RTA
      • DEFPORT
      • PORT
• Appendix A Serial port device names
  • Solaris Device node details
  • Linux Device node details
• Appendix B Transparent printing (Solaris only)
  • What is transparent printing?
  • Problems with printer output
  • Sample transparent printing "rio.cf" port entry
  • Common Terminal Transparent Print Sequences
• Appendix C Troubleshooting
  • Solaris troubleshooting
    • Example of normal boot up messages for host cards
    • Troubleshooting guide
      • Host cards
      • Remote Terminal Adaptors (RTAs)
      • Ports
  • SCO OpenServer 5 troubleshooting
    • Using the Port Diagnostics facility
      • General procedure for using Port Diagnostics
      • Selecting the RTA and port to test
      • Performing the send data to port test
      • Performing the loopback test on a port
    • SCO OpenServer 5 Error Messages
  • SCO UnixWare troubleshooting
    • Using the Port Diagnostics facility
      • General procedure for using Port Diagnostics
      • Selecting the RTA and port to test
      • Performing the send data to port test
      • Performing the loopback test on a port
    • SCO UnixWare Error Messages
  • Windows NT troubleshooting
    • General fault finding under Windows NT
      • Machine fails to boot
      • NT operating system fails while loading
      • RIO driver or another driver fails to boot
      • COM ports are not accessible
      • RIO NT driver is operating satisfactorily but then fails
    • Error Messages
      • Messages which are common:
      • Messages which are infrequent:
      • Messages which you should rarely see:
      • Clashing memory address
      • Clashing Interrupts
      • System Information
    • Testing RIO host cards with the Hardware Diagnostics program
      • How to run a test using RIO Hardware Diagnostics
      • Test options guide
      • Additional options
• Appendix D Contacting Perle
  • Making a technical Support Query
    • Who to contact
    • Information needed when making a query
    • Making a support query via the Perle web page
  • Repair procedure
  • Feedback about this manual
  • Contacting Perle technical support
• Index