Cyclom-Y NT Driver Help

This is the General Cyclom-Y NT Driver Help file.

•	Cyclom-Y NT Driver - Installation Guide, gives complete instructions on how to configure and install both the Cyclom-Y driver and hardware.

•	Cyclom-Y NT Driver - Setup Help, explains the parameters to be configured in the Setup Dialog Box.

•	Cyclades Technical Support, contains information on what to do to get technical support from Cyclades.


Cyclom-Y NT Driver - Installation Guide.

1. Hardware Configuration and Installation.

Using the Cyclom-Y HW reference booklet, identify the Cyclom-Y board model.

PCI boards don’t require any HW configuration. Addresses and IRQ are assigned by the PCI BIOS at power-on. Install the Cyclom-Y/PCI host card in any available PCI slot in your machine.

ISA boards use one IRQ line and one 8-Kbytes window in the ISA Memory Address Space. Select one available IRQ and address window (the factory default are IRQ 10, address 0xD4000) and configure the dip-switches accordingly (refer to the HW reference manual). Make sure that the selected parameters don’t conflict with any other adapter already installed in the system.

Install the board in the machine (make sure to firmly seat the boards in the slot an to connect the external boxes if you are installing a Cyclom-Ye) and turn the power on.

Make sure that the system boots and that all other expansion adapters (video, network, disk, etc.) work as before. A problem to boot the system (video or disk doesn’t work, network card fails, etc.) may be an indication of a bad configuration or a hardware conflict between the Cyclom-Y board and another adapter.

If there is a conflict, select a different address/IRQ (ISA boards only).and/or verify the BIOS setup.

2. Device Driver Installation and Configuration.

To install the device driver for the first time, follow the steps below:

•	Install the board(s) in the machine (Chapter 1).

•	Power the System on.

•	Start the “Control Panel”.

•	Double-Click on “Network”.

•	The “Network” dialog box appears.

•	Select the “Adapters” sheet.

•	Click on the “Add” button.

•	The system shows a list of the Adapters.

•	Click on the “Have Disk” button.

•	Insert the “Cyclom-Y NT Driver” disk in the floppy drive.

•	Click on the “OK” button.

•	Select “Cyclades Cyclom-Y” and click on “Ok”.

•	The Cyclom-Y files are installed in the Hard Disk.

•	You will see the “Cyclom-Y NT Driver Setup” Dialog box.

•	Configure the setup parameters (previous section).

•	Click on the “OK” button to finish the configuration.

•	Click on the “Close” button to finish the Network Settings.

•	Restart the system

To verify the installation, execute the “Event Viewer”  and look for the Cyclom-Y driver messages. You should find three messages: (1) Version and Copyright information, (2) message informing that there is a Cyclom-Y board configured and (3) message informing wheter the configured boards where found or not.

3. Using the Cyclom-Y.

After installing the driver, the Cyclom-Y ports are seen by the NT Operating Systems as standard serial ports accessible to any NT application able to handle COM ports. The names for the Cyclom-Y ports are COMxx, where “xx” is a number starting from the “Starting COM” parameter set by the user.

Any information on how to configure/use serial ports can be found in the NT documentation or application manuals.

If you need to change the address/IRQ information for the Cyclom-Y board,  click on “Networking” in the Control Panel, select the “Adapters sheet” and “Cyclades Cyclom-Y” Adapter Card and click on the “Properties” Button. After configuring the driver, you need to unload/reload the driver or restart the System for the changes to take effect.

If you need to remove the Cyclom-Y NT driver, select “Cyclades Cyclom-Y” Adapter Card in the “Adapters” sheet of the “Networking” Dialog Box and click on the “Remove” button.

If you need to temporarily disable/unload/re-load the Cyclom-Y NT driver while it is in operation, activate the “Devices” dialog Box in the Control Panel and Select “Cyclom-Y NT Driver”.

To configure the NT Remote Access Service (RAS) to use one of the Cyclom-Y serial ports, click on “Networking” in the Control Panel, select the “Services” sheet and  “Remote Access Service” and click on the “Properties” button. Select “Add” and when asked to pick a serial port, select one of the COM ports associated to the Cyclom-Y board.


Cyclom-Y NT Driver - Setup Help

The Cyclom-Y NT driver supports any combination of up to four Cyclom-Y boards. For each board, select:

•	Not Installed  - If the Board is not installed.

•	PCI - If a Cyclom-Y/PCI board is being installed.

•	ISA - If a Cyclom-Y/ISA is being installed.

If a board is configured as “ISA”, it is necessary to configure the Memory Address and the IRQ for this particular board. Make sure that the selected Address and IRQ are not being used by other Adapters in your system and that they match the board dip-switches configuration.

PCI boards have addresses and IRQ’s assigned by the PCI BIOS at power-on.

•	Starting COM - The starting COM port.

The “Starting COM” parameter specifies the first COM port to be associated to the Cyclom-Y. For example: if you select COM5 as the “Starting COM”, the first Cyclom-Y port will be associated to the device COM5, the second Cyclom-Y port will be associated to the COM6 and

so on. If you have more than one board installed, 32 COM’s are reserved for each board. In the same example, the second board would start at the COM37 (5+32).

Make sure that the COM devices don’t conflict with other devices already assigned in your system.


Cyclades Technical Support.

Cyclades provides free technical support and software updates to all customers.

Before contacting us, please read the installation guide and the documentation that comes along with the board.

For the last versions of the Cyclom-Y drivers, download files from:

ftp.cyclades.com:~/pub/cyclades/CyclomY/<op system>

If you need technical support, please have the following information handy:

•	Cyclom-Y board model.

•	HW information (Vendor, CPU, Clock, RAM, Chip Set, etc.).

•	Other adapters installed in the system (with IRQ and addresses).

•	SW configuration (NT Version, Driver version, Application).

•	Detailed Information on how to replicate the problem.

•	Exact log or error messages printed by the system.

•	Cyclom-Y manuals.

And contact our Technical Support Department:

e-mail:	support@cyclades.com

fax:	(510) 880-0355

voice:	(510) 770-9727

For sales and product information, contact Cyclades Sales department or visit our home page:

e-mail : sales@cyclades.com

home page: http://www.cyclades.com