Citrix Winview Application Notes Novell/Microdyne WNIM3000 Intelligent multiport serial controller This application note is for informational use only and Citrix makes no representations or warranties with respect to the contents or use of this document or of any of third-party products discussed within. August 15, 1995 Citrix Systems 210 University Drive Suite 700 Coral Springs, FL 33071 (305) 755-0559 FAX (305) 341-6880 Overview: --------- This application note facilitates the configuration of the WNIM3000 Intelligent Serial Controller with Citrix "WinView for Networks". This product provides WinView with high-speed serial ports, that can be used at speeds up to 115,200 bps. Disclaimer: ----------- The scenarios described in this document have been tested by Citrix Systems. Other variations to the scenarios described in this document may work, however they have not specifically been tested by Citrix. In order to recreate the configurations, you should use the specified revision levels of all software products described in this document and stay within the bounds of the features and functions described in this document. Please note that this application note is a living document and will be modified as new information and versions of the software described herein become availiable. Make sure you have the latest version of this document before you begin. The latest version is always available in the Citrix Forum on Compuserve. Requirements: ------------- Microdyne WNIM3000 OS/2 Device Driver WinView for Networks ver 2.3 Installation ============================================ 1. Hardware Installation Please refer to the "WNIM3000 Adapter Quick Installation Guide" for details. You need to select I/O port address by DIP switch settings. 2. Software Installation A. Copying the device driver files to hard disk The driver consists of the following two files: WNIM3.SYS - WNIM3000 OS/2 driver file ACE_II.BIN - WNIM3000 firmware file Copy these two files into the \OS2 directory. B. Loading the device driver The device driver is loaded from a single comand line in CONFIG.SYS. The general format of the command line is: DEVICE=d:\OS2\WNIM3.SYS /P:port /M:mem [/N:names] [/B:baud] [/D:data_type] Mandatory parameters: --------------------- d: Drive letter on which WinView resides. /P:port Defines the I/O port address as selected by DIP switch settings. /M:mem Defines the 8k window base memory address. Please refer to the "WNIM3000 Adapter Quick Installation Guide" for possible addresses. Optional parameters: -------------------- /N:names Defines the naming convention to be used the the WNIM3000 ports. names consists of an optional "stem" followed by the starting port number. The stem must be enclosed in double-quotes (""). If the stem is ommitted, "COM" will be used. If the number is ommitted, "3" will be assumed. If the /N parameter is not specified, the defult name COM3 will be assigned to the first port. Please note that the port number, if specified must be a decimal-based number. Also note that the total number of characters of a port name must be no more than 8 characters. Examples: /N:"WNIM"1 WNIM1, WNIM2, WNIM3, WNIM4, WNIM5, WNIM6, WNIM7, WNIM8 /N:5 COM5, COM6, COM7, COM8, COM9, COM10, COM11, COM12 /N:"WNIM" WNIM3, WNIM4, WNIM5, WNIM6, WNIM7, WNIM8, WNIM9, WNIM10 /D:data_type Initialize all ports to the specified data type (parity, character length and number of stop bits). If this parameter is ommitted, the OS/2 default data type of even parity, 7 data bits and 1 stop will be used. The syntax is pds, where p is E (even parity), O (odd parity) or N (no parity), d is 8, 7, 6 or 5, and s is 1 or 2. All three values must be specified, in the correct order. Examples: /D:N81 initialize all ports to no parity, 8 data bits and 1 stop bit. /B:baud Sets the default baud rate to be used for all ports. If this parameter is not specified, all ports will be set to the OS/2 default of 1200 baud. The available baud rate are: 600, 1200, 1800, 2000, 2400, 3600, 4800, 7200, 9600, 19200, 38400, 57600, 115200 Examples: /B:9600 initialize all ports to 9600 baud. C. Creating WinView Workstation SubSystem 1. Start "Config Terminal" 2. Highlight "System Profile" and press 3. Give a Title to the entry, and a filename. 4. For DLL, enter "SSDHCOM" 5. For "First Device Name", enter the starting device name as created on the command line entry in the config.sys file (ie, WNIM1) 6. For "Number of Devices", enter the number of ports (ie, 8) 7. For "Network Based", select No. 8. Press to save this entry. 9. Create the terminals under this subsystem as per the WinView System Administrator's Guide.