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Linux PCI MultiPort Installation Manual - v1 - 2x

This document provides instructions for installing and uninstalling a PCI MultiPort device driver for Linux. It describes downloading the driver file, executing it to install the driver, and testing it using a serial test program. Uninstalling simply requires moving to the installation directory and running the Uninstall command to remove all installed files.

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Linux PCI MultiPort Installation Manual - v1 - 2x

This document provides instructions for installing and uninstalling a PCI MultiPort device driver for Linux. It describes downloading the driver file, executing it to install the driver, and testing it using a serial test program. Uninstalling simply requires moving to the installation directory and running the Uninstall command to remove all installed files.

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PCI MultiPort

Installation Manual
for Linux platform

Ver. 1.12
Installation Linux Device Driver

1. Please check whether the power off or not in your PC..

2. Install a PCI MultiPort in the PCI slot of the PC.

3. If you have any external cable for each ports, please connect the cable to the board.

4. Turn on the PC.

5. After the linux operating system booted, log-in with administrator id as root.

6. Please copy the device driver supported from SystemBase to current working directory.

The filename is “sysbas_mpdrv.version.sh”. Currently the version is v1.12.


So you can use the device driver file, “sysbas_mpdrv.v12.sh”.

7. Execute the device driver file.


The device driver file is a executable file. You could just type the name in shell.
After you execute the file, you can see a sub directory named “sysbas_multiport” with
installation information like follow picture.
You could see kind of multiport, type of serial interface-RS232/RS422/RS485, port name
and version in the installation information
8. SystemBase’s serial test program(sb_test) is included in the linux device driver.
The test program, sb_test is in the sub directory, sysbas_multiport.
If you want to use it, you have to make a execute file using sb_test.c.
$cd sysbas_multiport/
$make
$ls
 you can see the execute file, sb_test.

If you want to know how to use the sb_test, you just type the name without any
argument. And then you can see the method of the usage.

Usage : ./sb_test [Port Name] [Baudrate] [TestMode]


Port Name : /dev/ttyMP0 ~ /dev/ttyMP32
Baudrate : 9600, 19200, 38400, 57600, 115200, 230400, 460800, 921600
TestMode : 0 (Loopback)
1 (Send)
2 (Receive)
Example :
$./sb_test /dev/ttyMP0 9600 0
$./sb_test/dev/ttyMP5 921600 0
$./sb_test/dev/ttyMP3 115200 1

After you connected a loopback connector to a port, you can test using loopback mode.
The test pattern are “abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz” and the program generate increase
one more character from “a” to “z” repeatedly.
When the multiport is installed correctly, you can see the test pattern like upper picture
repeatedly.

Remove Linux Device Driver


1. Move to installed directory. If you installed at “~/tmp”, you move to “~/tmp”.
2. Please execute Uninstall command.
$./Uninstall

3. All installed files will be remove automatically after executing Uninstall command.

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