6 troubleshooting, General troubleshooting – Moxa Technologies INTELLIO C218 User Manual

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Intellio C218Turbo /PCI User's Manual

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Troubleshooting

Common C218

Turbo/PCI problems and possible solutions are listed below, in

addition to those operating systems specific ones. If you still have problems, contact
your dealer or Moxa for help. Or report it using “Problem Report Form” at the end
of this manual to your dealer at once for faster technical support.

General Troubleshooting

1. MOXA PCI board can not be detected by the MOXA driver while

installing the driver.

Hardware causes and solutions:

a. The board is not installed or missing (absent). Please install it.
b. The board is not properly plugged in the system. If that is the case, then re-install

the board and make sure that it fits well in a 32-bit PCI slot this time. Sometimes
the slot for plugging board is bad. In this case, please try other slots until a good
one is found.

c. Your mother board does not have vacant IRQ for the

Intellio C218Turbo/PCI.

Please enter BIOS and make sure there are available IRQ in PCI/PnP setting..

2. MOXA

board

and

driver

activated

but

can

not

transfer

(transmitting/receiving) data.

Hardware Causes and Solutions:

a. Check if wrong cable wiring. Refer to Chapter “Connection Options (Opt8x)

and Cable Wiring” for precise pinouts of the connector type you are using.

b. Cable, external box or board is defective. You may use other port, cable or box

or board to verify. In addition,

PComm Utility “Diagnostics” for Windows NT

and Windows 95/98 is good for testing MOXA board and port condition. If the

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