Re-booting an rta, Adding a host card, Removing a host card – Perle Systems RIO 5500036-17 User Manual

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RIO Remote I/O System User Guide
Installing RIO under Windows NT

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Chapter 2 Installing hardware and software

Re-booting an RTA

You can re-boot an RTA through the Configuration Utility, without going to the RTA unit:

1. In the RIO Configuration window, single click on the RTA you want to re-boot.

2. In the RIO Configuration menu, click on

Commands > Reboot

.

A pop-up window now appears asking you whether you wish to close ports before re-
booting, or to re-boot and close ports simultaneously.

3. In the pop-up window, select the option you want and action your choice.

The selected RTA is now re-booted.

Adding a Host Card

When you add host cards to your system the configuration required by the user depends on
the type of host card you are installing as shown in the next table.

Removing a Host Card

To remove a host card from your system under Windows NT proceed as follows;

1. Remove all the RTAs associated with the host card from your system using the

procedures detailed in

Removing a Remote Terminal Adaptor (RTA)

on page

173

.

2. In the RIO Configuration window, single click on the host card you want to remove from

the system.

3. In the RIO Configuration menu, click on

Commands > Remove

.

The system map now shows the card as removed,

You can now shutdown your machine and remove the card. See

Removing host cards

on

page

160

.

Host card
type

Action required

PCI

No action required by the user.

ISA

Use the procedure described in

Configuring

ISA host cards

on page

95

.

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