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General description
CHARON-AXP supports emulation of PBXDA-xx family PCI serial adapter based on DIGI AccelePort serial adapters via CHARON PCI Pass Through mode (using a specific CHARON PCI Pass Through driver).
CHARON PCI Pass Through mode enables connection between the virtual PBXDA-xx PCI serial adapter and the physical DIGI AccelePort PCI serial adapter plugged into a hosting server PCI bus.
Note the model of DIGI AccelePort PCI serial adapter for emullation of a particular model of PBXDA-xx family PCI serial adapter:
DEC PBXDA-xx adapter | Name of the device to map to | Controller | Vendor ID | Device ID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PBXDA-BA | DIGI AccelePort 4r 920 | ASIC PCI | 114Fh | 0026h |
| PBXDA-BB | DIGI AccelePort 8r 920 | ASIC PCI | 114Fh | 0027h |
| PBXDA-AC | DIGI AccelePort Xem | ASIC PCI | 114Fh | 0004h |
| PBXDA-AC | DIGI AccelePort Xem | ASIC PCI | 114Fh | 0008h |
Loading PBXDA-xx PCI serial adapter
Syntax for loading PBXDA-xx PCI serial adapter:
load digi <name> |
Example:
load digi SERIAL_A |
By default PBXDA-xx adapter uses first available PCI slot. If instead some particular slot is needed, refer to this section for details of specific placement of PCI peripherals on CHARON-AXP PCI bus.
Configuration parameters
The PBXDA-xx PCI serial adapter emulation has only one configuration parameter:
Parameter | Type | Value | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| host_bus_location | Text String | Establish connection between virtual PBXDA-xx PCI serial adapter and physical DIGI AccelePort PCI serial adapter installed on CHARON-AXP host (pass through mode) Syntax:
where:
Example:
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Installation of PBXDA-xx PCI serial adapter
- Install the PBXDA-xx PCI serial adapter (see below for a list of supported models) to some spare PCI slot of the host system
- Boot a Windows operating system
- Open “Computer Management”
- Select “Device Manager”
- In the right window select the desired physical serial adapter connected to the system, right-click the mouse button, and the corresponding menu will appear.
- From the menu select “Update driver…”. Windows will show “Hardware Upgrade Wizard”
- Select “No, not this time”, click “Next”
- Select “Install from a list or specific location (Advanced)”, click “Next”
- Select “Don’t search. I will choose the driver to install”, click “Next”
- Click “Have Disk…”. Windows shows dialog “Install From Disk”
- Instead of “A:\”, click “Browse” and select path to the folder in which driver’s INF file is located (typically "C:\Program Files\CHARON\Drivers\PBXDA-xx_X.X.0.XXXXX"), select “PBXDA-xx_ppt_amd64.inf”, and click “Open”
- The “Hardware Upgrade Wizard” should have “CHARON PBXDA-xx serial adapter”. Select it, and click “Next”
- There will be one or two more dialogs, but they are usual for device driver installation.
- Reboot the host
Upon completion, a new device will appear in the device manager with the CHARON logo on it.
Mapping to host PBXDA-xx PCI serial adapter
Open “Computer Management” application and select “Device Manager”:
On the right panel select the installed PBXDA-xx PCI serial adapter:
Open its property sheet by double-click on the selected adapter:
The “Location:” on the above picture gives X, Y, and Z for the "host_bus_location" parameter, for example:
set serial host_bus_location = "PCI bus 1, device 8, function 0" |
Non-US-EN installations of Windows may present “Location:” string in local language, but "host_bus_location" parameter requires English notation, so the words “PCI”, “bus”, “device”, and “function” must be specified in English.