PCI Serial Port Problem

G

Guest

I'm using command shell version of Win XPe
The problem is a PCI serial port adapter from Exar (XR17C154)
The device manager puts it under "Other devices" and says that the driver
has not been installed. I can not find any drivers for Win XP for this
hardware.

Does anyone know what package should be added or where I can find the
correct driver?

Thanks

/Thorq2
 
G

Guest

And while You are at it could someone tell me how to drivers: only for usb
connections
 
S

Slobodan Brcin \(eMVP\)

Hi Thorq,

Do you have drivers for Windows XPP? Without that I do not think that we can go on :-(

Regards,
Slobodan
 
S

Slobodan Brcin \(eMVP\)

This question I do not understand. What do you need to know about USB connection?

Regards,
Slobodan
 
G

Guest

Slobodan,
The vendor only says that the hardware is supported by Win XP. I assuming
there is some kind af "Universal PCI serial driver" that will support a
number of PCI serial ports including the one I'm using.
I assume that my question then is what package may include such a driver.
I've added packages like:
Multiport Communications Port
Device: MultiPortSerial

But I still do not get the ports to work.
Any ideas.
Thanks

/Thorq2
 
S

Slobodan Brcin \(eMVP\)

What is that a PCI to UART bridge?
RS-232 or RS-485 ports?

Please look at Device Manager what error do you see there?
Also check setupapi.log and post it here as attachement.

Do you have compoents:
"Device: Ports"
"Communications Port"

Regards,
Slobodan
 
G

Guest

It is a PCI to UART bridge with 4 serail ports (RS-232).

Yes I got the two packages you mention bellow. I have two other RS-232
connected to ISA that works just fine.

The only error I see in the Device manager is that the driver for "PCI
Serial Port" under "Other devices" has not been installed (Code 28).

The device share Irq 10 with a
"Intel(r) 82371AB/EB PCI to USB Universal host Controller"

According to other threads it seems like shared Irq's are not a problem?

Regarding the setupapi.log there are some dll' missing. I can not see that
there is something affecting the serial part of the systme.

A newbie question, how do I attach the file in this forum? I don't want to
paste the file here since the file is rather long.

Regards

/Thorq2
 
K

KM

thorq2,
Regarding the setupapi.log there are some dll' missing. I can not see that
there is something affecting the serial part of the systme.

A newbie question, how do I attach the file in this forum? I don't want to
paste the file here since the file is rather long.
Click to expand...

You could paste only that driver related part of the log file. Although it is always better to see the entire log.

You can use OE (Outlook Express) to read/write messages over NEWS protocol.
The news.microsoft.com would be the server you create news account for in OE.
Using OE you can easily attach files.

Or, if you happened to have a share on a publicly available http or ftp server that might also work if you send a link.

Just in case, look at the thread with subject "Shutdown by power switch with MinLogon" below (a few days ago). Tehre were some
suggestions on how to increase the Setup Api log level (either registry or using a simple app).

Regards,
KM
 
S

Slobodan Brcin \(eMVP\)

Your chipset drivers did not installed because you need help files listed in setupapi.log
Please enable in TD inclusion of help files, so that hlp files are copied to your image. Otherwise you will have to change
chipsxpe.inf file to prevent it from using hlp files.

Regards,
Slobodan
 
K

KM

I agree.

Also, I was wondering about the following lines of the log:
#-019 Searching for hardware ID(s):
pci\ven_13a8&dev_0154&subsys_00000000&rev_04,pci\ven_13a8&dev_0154&subsys_00000000,pci\ven_13a8&dev_0154&rev_04,pci\ven_13a8&dev_0154,pci\ven_13a8&dev_0154&cc_070002,pci\ven_13a8&dev_0154&cc_0700
#-018 Searching for compatible ID(s): pci\ven_13a8&cc_070002,pci\ven_13a8&cc_0700,pci\ven_13a8,pci\cc_070002,pci\cc_0700
#-199 Executing "C:\WINDOWS\fba\fba.exe" with command line: ..\fba\fba.exe
#-166 Device install function: DIF_SELECTBESTCOMPATDRV.
#W059 Selecting best compatible driver failed. Error 0xe0000228: There are no compatible drivers for this device.
#W157 Default installer failed. Error 0xe0000228: There are no compatible drivers for this device.
#I060 Set selected driver.

Obviously, the system don't have a driver for some PCI device (neither INF).
I failed to find "pci\ven_13a8&dev_0154" or similar id on XP Pro.

So the question is - how does the PCI serial card work under XP Pro? If it does, what driver is used? Can you send up the XP Pro
SetupAPi.log then?

KM
 
G

Guest

Unfortunatly I have no possibility to run XP Pro on this device since I have
only a flash card reader connected to the IDE bus.

Vendor id: 13A8 is Exar and
Device: 0154 is their PCI UART device.
(http://www.pcidatabase.com/)

According to Exar the device will run in XP Pro without additional driver.
So I have searched the entire web =) to find what driver in XP Pro is used
but with no sucess.
Waiting for an answer from Exar.

Regards

/Thorq2
 
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Slobodan Brcin \(eMVP\)

Well based on "msports.inf" file you could make your inf file or add entry to support your VID/PID numbers. MS drivers will probably
work.
But you need inf file, so either you will find it somewhere or you will make it yourself :-(

Regards,
Slobodan
 
G

Guest

Well a number of days and many hours later I return only to tell you that I
still can not get the device to work.
I modified an msports.inf. Renamed it and added vendor and id information
for my PCI serial device to the new inf-file.

When I tried it on my target machinie I was asked to insert first the Win XP
SP1 CD and then the Win XP Pro CD in order to provide some additinal files
during the installation.

After the installation was completed I get "Code 10" The device can not be
started or something like that.

Unfortunatly Exar is closed for the holidays and I must get this piece of
sh-t to work this week.

Any ideas?

Thanks

/Thorq2
 
G

Guest

Hi Slobodan
Since I do not know how to read your answers with Outlook can you please
send the file to (e-mail address removed)?

Thanks

/Thorq2
 
S

Slobodan Brcin \(eMVP\)

Hi,

I have sent you. But you should use outlook express.

Regards,
Slobodan
 
G

Guest

The staff at Exar are back after the holidays and after signing a license
agrement, I got the whole driver package and now it is working just fine.

Thanks for all your help.

/Thorq2
 

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