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Installing ClassicBoard ISA in SCO OpenServer Systems
Installing ClassicBoard ISA in SCO OpenServer Systems Installing ClassicBoard ISA in SCO OpenServer Systems

Installing ClassicBoard ISA in SCO OpenServer Systems

  • Driver is built into SCO.
  • Only boards supported are the ISA Classic 4, or the ISA Classic 8 - Classic 16 is not supported. PCI bus not supported in SCO 5.0.5 or earlier.
  • No other COM port or peripheral can share an IRQ with the Classic. This means you must disable the applicable COM device in your system BIOS.
  • PS/2 Models 25 & 30 can only be setup as COM2.

Hardware Installation Guide for the Classic DigiBoard.

  1. Put the card into an empty ISA slot (Notice there aren't any dip switches).
  2. Boot to the Classic Config disk (shipped along with the board).
  3. Run the cfg.exe program to configure the board.
  4. Once the cfg.exe program is loaded, you will notice that it will have found the board, and will display its current settings.
  5. We want to "Edit new profile", so press "F3"
  6. First prompt will be "PnP mode?" You want to select "No"
  7. Second prompt will be "Int mode:" You will want to select "Digi"
  8. At this point, you will want to decide if you want to run the card as "COM1" or "COM2", and then follow the instructions below:

FOR COM1 SETUP

  1. For "I/O Address:" select "0150"
  2. For "IRQ:" select "4"
  3. For "No. Waits:" leave it at default.
  4. For "CFG Utility I/O:" leave it at default.
  5. Finally, You will want to set up each port's io address.
  6.                 Port 1: 0110
                    Port 2: 0118
                    Port 3: 0120
                    Port 4: 0128
                    Port 5: 0130
                    Port 6: 0138
                    Port 7: 0140
                    Port 8: 0148
    
  7. Leave the Port's IRQ blank.

FOR COM2 SETUP

  1. For "I/O Address:" select "0250"
  2. For "IRQ:" select "3"
  3. For "No. Waits:" leave it at default.
  4. For "CFG Utility I/O:" leave it at default.
  5. Finally, You will want to set up each port's io address.
  6.                 Port 1: 0210
                    Port 2: 0218
                    Port 3: 0220
                    Port 4: 0228
                    Port 5: 0230
                    Port 6: 0238
                    Port 7: 0240
                    Port 8: 0248
    
  7. Leave each Port's IRQ option blank.

To Save Settings

  1. Press "F3" to finish editing.
  2. Press "F6" to save profile to disk.
  3. pick the first option "< create a new profile file>"
  4. A prompt will ask you what you will like to name this profile, pick anything you like, for instance "cls_sco".
  5. A prompt will ask you to enter profile description, pick anything you like, for example "Classic COM2 setup for SCO Unix"
  6. Finally, press "F5" to write profile to your board.
  7. Pay special attention to the I/O test that it does, if you have any ports return an "F" instead of all "P", this suggests that you have an i/o address or IRQ conflict with the current settings you have picked from above. To resolve the conflict, you might try using COM2 instead of COM1, or vice versa. If neither of the COM1/COM2 options pass, you will need to look at your other devices in the system, and change them accordingly.
  8. Follow the SCO instructions below for getting your extra ports up and running under SCO.

SCO Driver Installation for the Classic DigiBoard

  1. Log on to the console, and type at the prompt
  2. 		mkdev serial
    You will want to select add (be sure to remove any existing COM device first).
  3. Which card do you have (the following are supported) ? (Pick DigiBoard selection with appropriate number of ports and applicable IRQ). Use default I/O setting.
  4. You must create a new kernel to effect the driver change you specified. Do you wish to create a new kernel now? (y/n) (answer yes to all kernel releated questions, then reboot system)

  5. The system will create devices in the /dev directory for the DigiBoard Classic, they will be created after system reboot.

Board setup

Standard devices

Modem control devices

COM 1

/dev/tty1a-tty1h

/dev/tty1A-tty1H

COM 2

/dev/tty2a-tty2h

/dev/tty2A-tty2H

Standard devices are usually terminals and printers. These ports must have a null modem cable or null modem adapter between the DigiBoard and the peripheral to work. The basic cabling for x/on x/off flow control is TxD and RxD crossed and signal ground straight through. Check your DigiBoard hardware manual for proper cabling, if unsure.

Modem control devices are usually modems. These ports must have carrier detect high before the port will open. The cabling usually has signal going straight from DigiBoard to modem. Check your DigiBoard manual for proper cabling, if you have any questions.

How to enable standard port to get a login. enable /dev/portname
example: enable /dev/tty1a

Make sure your terminal matches the setup in your inittab file for SCO Unix.

The default is 9600 baud 8 bits no-parity 1 stop bit and xon/xoff flow control.

 

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