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Q
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What is easyadm? |
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A
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easyadm is a management tool provided as part of the
Stallion driver installation package for most UNIX systems that allows the
simple and convenient configuration of devices that are attached to the serial
ports. Using easyadm is much simpler than manual configuration of terminals,
printers and modems and it also provides in-depth tools for monitoring and
troubleshooting ports.
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Is there a version of "easyadm" for Linux? |
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A
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As at driver version 5.5.0 of the ATA driver for
Linux, easyadm is not available. All port configuration can be done using the
standard Linux serial port methods.
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[3]
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Q
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What version of the ATA driver do I need for
EasyConnection XP panels? |
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A
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To support the newer XP panels on all EasyConnection
cards, you should use at least version 5.4.0 of the ATA driver.
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[4]
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Q
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How do I install an EasyIO or EasyConnection card in
a Linux system? |
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Full details on installing the driver are located in
the associated product documentation and in the README file in the driver
package. Some familiarity with Linux is recommended.
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[5]
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Q
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When installing an EasyConnection or EasyIO PCI card
in a Windows NT system the Stallion ATA driver fails to load with the following
three error messages recorded in the Event Log.
1st message:
No boards could be initialised.
2nd message:
Unable to connect interrupt to board ''.
Perhaps another device has claimed it.
3rd message:
The Stallion ATA Driver service failed to start due to the following error:
The request could not be performed because of an I/O device error.
What is wrong?
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A
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In the Stallion ATA drivers for Windows NT prior to
version 5.5.0, there was a bug in the driver which prevented the driver from
loading if another PCI device in the system was also using the interrupt (IRQ)
that was allocated to the EasyConnection or EasyIO PCI card. This was fixed in
an update to ATA driver with a version of 5.4.0u1 and has subsequently been
released in the ATA 5.5.0 driver.
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When installing EasyIO or EasyConnection cards in
Linux systems, which driver file should I use, stallion.c or istallion.c? |
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Stallion classifies its cards into two broad types,
smart and intelligent. Smart cards are high performance multi-port serial cards
without an in-built CPU or memory. Intelligent cards use an in-built CPU and
memory to off-load IO processing from the computer onto the card. These
differences require separate drivers for each type of card, thus the stallion.c
driver for smart cards and istallion.c driver for intelligent cards.
The smart cards include:
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All EasyIO cards
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All EasyConnection 8/32 cards
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EasyConnection 8/64 PCI card
The intelligent cards include:
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EasyConnection 8/64 ISA, EISA and MCA
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EasyConnection Rapid Access PCI
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After Installing an EasyIO or EasyConnection PCI card
in my Linux server, on boot, Linux reports an EasyIO ISA card not found and
then indicates it found the PCI card. |
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A
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This is caused by not removing the sti_brdconf array
entry for the EasyIO ISA card (the default entry) in the stallion.c file during
driver installation. This only affects drivers prior to version 5.5.0. Make
sure sti_brdconf array is empty so that the array is defined as indicated below
in the stallion.c driver file:
static stlconf_t stl_brdconf[] = {};
It is not necessary to modify the driver file when using the 5.5.0 or later
driver unless you need to statically load the driver in the kernel and you are
using a non-PCI card.
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Why can’t I set the modem communication (DTE)
speed of an ISDN modem to more than 115200 bps in Control Panel > Modems
under Windows NT. |
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A
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The maximum speed at which you can set the serial
port to talk to the modem is dependant on the modem definition file that you
use. This file is automatically selected when you select the modem you install
in Control Panel > Modems. If the maximum speed available does not reflect
the actual maximum speed supported by the modem then you will need to obtain an
updated modem driver (definition or inf file) from the manufacturer of the
modem.
Note that the maximum speed at which you can actually talk to the modem will
also depend on the serial port used in the computer. All current Stallion
EasyIO and EasyConnection ports support speeds of up to 460 kbps.
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