Toshiba V Series User manual

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Safety Precautions
This manual contains important information for the operator to operate this product safely and correctly
and avoid bodily injury and property damage.
Grasp the meanings of the following marks and their descriptions before reading this manual.
Hazard Classifications
Note: 1. Serious injury means loss of sight, injury, burns (high temperature, low temperature), electrical
shock, fracture, or intoxication which leaves aftereffects or requires hospitalization or need to
go to the hospital for a long time.
2. Injury means hurt, burn, or electrical shock which does not require hospitalization or going to
the hospital for a long time.
3. Property damage means extended breakdown of assets and materials.
Notation of Markings
Note: The description of forbiddance, mandatory, and caution marks are subject to change, depending
on the labels on the main unit.
WARNING Indicates a potentially hazardous situation which, if not avoided,
could result in serious injury or death.
CAUTION Indicates a potentially hazardous situation which, if not a avoided,
can result in minor or moderate injury, or property damage. It can
also be used to alert against unsafe practices.
Prohibited Indicates a "may not" mark.
The concrete forbiddance is indicated with a pictograph or wording.
Mandatory Indicate a mandatory action that you should never fail to do.
The concrete content is indicated inside or near the circle with a
pictograph or wording.
Caution Indicates a caution.
The concrete content is indicated inside or near the triangle.

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1. Checking the Warning Labels on the Main Unit
Make sure warning markings are attached on the main unit.
If any of them are missing or the wording is illegible, contact Toshiba's Service Department.
2. Precautions on Installation
WARNING
CAUTION
Mandatory
Be sure to ground the equipment.
Operation without grounding may cause
accidental fire or shock.
Mandatory
Avoid the following locations when
installing or storaging the model 2000.
• Locations where there is dust, salinity, or ion
particles
• Locations where there are corrosive gases
(SO2, H2S) or flammable gases
• Locations where vibration or shock occurs
beyond the allowance
• Locations where there is condensation due
to sharp temperature variations
• Locations where the ambient temperature
exceeds the allowance range
• Locations where the relative humidity
exceeds the allowance range
• Locations where the equipment is exposed
to direct sunlight
• Locations where strong electric radiation or
magnetic field is generated
Do not cover the hole of the equipment, and the
ventilator/air inlet of the system.
Otherwise, overheating, etc. can cause fire
or malfunction.
Mandatory
Improper the installation or writing of the
system can cause not only insufficient
performance but also malfunction and
failure of the equipment
Forbidden
Mandatory
Install the equipment at a place where
maintenance and inspection are easy to do.
Otherwise, recovery from failure may take
much more time, leading to a serious
accidents.

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3. Safety Precautions on Maintenance and inspection
WARNING
CAUTION
Turn off power removing or connecting any
modules, boards, or devices.
Otherwise, it can cause electrical shock, or
machine damage.
Turn off power removing any modules after
installing.
Otherwise, exposed conductive parts of wire
or on the rear of terminal blocks can cause
electrical shock.
Mandatory Mandatory
Place any modules or boards removed from
the unit on a conductive mat or conductive
bag (containing a spare board, etc.) on an
grounded desk.
Otherwise, static electricity can damage
components of the module.
Mandatory
Be careful not to hit or fall off the equipment
by accident.
Excess shock can cause failure.
Forbidden
Touch a grounded metal part to discharge the
static electricity on your body before touching
the equipment.
Otherwise, charged static electricity on your
body can cause malfunction or failure.
Mandatory
Do not apply benzene and thinner when
cleaning the equipment.
Otherwise, it can cause deformity or
discoloration the panel or case of the
equipment.
Forbidden
Use soft cloth to clean the equipment.
Use water-dipped and squeezed cloth to clean
it if dirty.
Leaving the equipment dirty can cause
mistaken or malfunction.
Mandatory

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4. Precautions for Operation
WARNING
5.
Safety Precautions on Maintenance and inspection
WARNING
CAUTION
Turn off power of the equipment before
replacing the power fuse or warning fuse.
Otherwise, it can cause electrical shock or fire.
Mandatory
Apply power of the specified ratings (voltage
fluctuation range, frequency, output rating,
etc.) in User's manual.
Otherwise, it can cause malfunction, machine
damage or fire due to overheat.
Mandatory Turn off power immediately if the ambient
temperature or internal temperature exceeds
beyond normal range or if failure is occurred in
the equipment.
Contact Toshiba for repairing.
Operation under such situation can cause fire
or electrical shock.
Mandatory
Do not touch any components, terminals,
connectors, or printed circuit boards in the
module.
Otherwise, it can cause the IC or LSI or the
like to be broken by static electricity, resulting
in failure or malfunction.
Also, the edge of components can cause
injury.
Forbidden Do not forcibly bend or pull or distort the power
cord and other cables. Otherwise, they can be
cut off or cause overheat.
Forbidden

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6. Safety Precautions on Disposal
WARNING
CAUTION
Do not enter wire scrapes or other foreign
debris into the equipment.
Also, do not insert metal parts into them.
They can cause fire or accidents.
Forbidden
Do not disassemble or modify the equipment.
Otherwise, it can cause malfunction or failure.
Forbidden
Do not throw lithium batteries into fire.
Otherwise, they can explode.
Forbidden
Observe local regulations for disposal of the
lithium batteries or the product (Base unit
and modules).
Mandatory

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Limitation of Applications
The equipment has been designed and manufactured for use in an industrial environment.
However, the equipment is not intended to be used for systems which can endanger human life
(Note 1).
Consult Toshiba if you intend to use the equipment for a special application which involves human
life and has great influence on the maintenance of the public function (Note 2). This is why such
application requires special care on the operation, maintenance, and control of the system (Note 3).
(Note 1) The systems which can endanger human life are life maintenance systems, equipment
installed in the surgery, and other medical equipment.
(Note 2) The systems which involve human life and have great influence on the maintenance of the
public function mean the main control system of a nuclear power plant, safety and
protection system of a nuclear power facility, transport operation and control systems for
mass transportation, control systems of aviation and space systems, and other systems
and subsystems where safety is critical.
(Note 3) "Special care" means to build a safety system (foolproof design, fail safe design,
redundancy design, etc.) in full consultation with Toshiba's engineers.
Immunity
Toshiba is not liable for any loss caused by fire, earthquake, action by a third party, or other
accidents, or the operator's intentional or accidental misuse, incorrect use, or use under abnormal
condition.
Toshiba is not liable for any incidental loss caused by the use or non-use of this product, such as
loss of business profits, suspension of business, or loss or change of data on memory.
Toshiba is not liable for the loss caused by an operation contradictory to any of the instructions
stated in this manual.
Toshiba is not liable for the loss caused by an incorrect operation in combination with other
equipment.
Toshiba is not liable for the loss caused by a malfunction in combination with an application program
made by the customer.
NOTE:
Use cellular phones and PHSs at least one meter away from the working equipment,
transmission cables, and I/O bus cable. Otherwise, the system can malfunction.

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Preface
This manual describes the software that supports data transfer over the information and
control network TC-net 100 using a PC/AT compatible computer equipped with the JTNI
series PCI bus card for the information and control network TC-net 100. This support
software can be installed on the following operating systems.
To run this software, each OS System Requirement, more than 1MB hard disk space is
required.
Caution
• By the affinity of the JTNI card and a PCI chipset, this software may not work properly.
• 64-bit OSes are not supported.
Related Documentation
• Integrated Controller Vseries model 3000 Information and Control Network Module
TC-net 100 User's Manual (6F8C0939)
• Integrated Controller Vseries Information and Control Network TC-net 100 Optical
Shared Hub Unit User's Manual (6F8C0940)
• Integrated Controller Vseries Information and Control Network TC-net 100 PCI Bus
Card JTNI Series User's Manual (6F8C0941)
Card
Operating system Support soft
product code
Support software
version
JTNI1*,
JTNI2*
JTNI3*,
JTNI4*
Yes Yes Windows Server 2008
Standard SEJTNI2A V01.40 or a later version
Yes Yes Windows Vista Business SEJTNI2A V01.30 or a later version
Yes Yes Windows Server 2003 SEJTNI2A V01.20 or a later version
Yes Yes Windows XP SEJTNI2A V01.10 or a later version
Yes Yes Windows 2000 SEJTNI2A V01.00 or a later version
Yes -Windows NT4.0 SEJTNI 3A V01.00 or a later version

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Be Sure To Observe The Following
Observe the following to ensure the safety of the operator in using the equipment and to
keep it in normal operating condition.
1. Carefully read the Operation Manual before use.
2. Avoid installing or keeping the equipment at any of the places or in the environment
mentioned below.
(1) Very dusty place
(2) Place where corrosive gases (SO2, H2S, etc.) are generated
(3) Place where the product may be exposed to vibration or shock
(4) Environment of low or high temperature deviating from the conditions for instal-
lation specified herein.
(5) Very humid place
3. If the ambient temperature or the internal temperature of the equipment has arisen
too high, or if the equipment has developed a fault, stop using it, switch power off,
and contact the nearest Toshiba service station.
4. Do not open the case of the equipment while it is in operation except when setting
the switches.
5. Do not attempt to modify the equipment.
6. Take care not to drop the JTNI card during transit.

CONTENTS
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1 Installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
1.1 General . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
1.2 Install sequence for WindowsNT4.0 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
1.2.1 Uninstalling an Earlier Version . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2
1.2.2 Executing setup.exe to Install . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3
1.2.3 Restarting the System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4
1.2.4 Starting this Software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4
1.3 Install sequence for Windows2000 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
1.3.1 Uninstalling an Earlier Version . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5
1.3.2 Executing setup.exe to Install . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5
1.3.3 Starting this Software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .7
1.4 Install sequence for Windows XP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
1.4.1 Uninstalling an Earlier Version . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .10
1.4.2 Executing setup.exe to install . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .10
1.4.3 Starting this Software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .12
1.5 Install sequence for Windows Server 2003 . . . . . . . . 14
1.5.1 Uninstalling an Earlier Version . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .14
1.5.2 Executing setup.exe to install . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .14
1.5.3 Starting this Software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .16
1.6 Install sequence for Windows Vista . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
1.6.1 Uninstalling an Earlier Version . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .18
1.6.2 Executing setup.exe to install . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .18
1.6.3 Starting this Software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .20
1.7 Install sequence for Windows Server 2008 . . . . . . . . 22
1.7.1 Uninstalling an Earlier Version . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .22
1.7.2 Executing setup.exe to install . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .22
1.7.3 Starting this Software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .24
2 Overall Software Structure . . . . . . . . . . 27
2.1 Available Functions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
3 Application Development Notes . . . . . . 29
3.1 Installation Directory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
3.2 Include Files (tcnlib.h) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
3.3 Library Files (tcnetapi.lib) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
3.4 Starting and Ending Use of Functions . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
3.5 Structure Alignment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30

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4 Device Driver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
4.1 Registry Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .31
4.2 List of Events . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .32
5 Tool Window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
6 Usage Guide . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
6.1 Station Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .39
6.1.1 Entering a Logical Ring . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .39
6.2 Scan Transmission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .40
6.2.1 Scan Transmission Setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .40
6.2.2 Data Receive and Read . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .41
6.2.3 Data Send and Write . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .41
6.2.4 Scan Information Map . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .41
6.2.5 RAS information block of scan transmission . . . . .42
6.3 Using Station Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .43
6.3.1 In Ring Map . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .43
6.3.2 Station Diagnostic Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .43
6.3.3 Network Diagnostic Counter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .43
7 List of Functions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
8 Function Reference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
9 Driver Event Details . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
10Troubleshooting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
10.1 Troubleshooting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .88
10.2 RAS Information Collection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .89
A Return Code . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91

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Chapter 1 Installation
1.1 General
This software is supplied on CD or floppy disks. Before you can use this software, you
must install it according to the following procedure:
(1) Uninstall the earlier version (if an earlier version of this software is installed)
(2) Execute setup.exe
(3) Restart the system

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1.2 Install sequence for WindowsNT4.0
1.2.1 Uninstalling an Earlier Version
If an earlier version of this software is already installed, you must first uninstall it.
If you have added or modified the content of the registry used by this software, jot down
the content before you uninstall.
To begin uninstall, select [Start] →[Setup] →[Control Panel] →[Add/Remove Programs].
Select TC-net 100 PCI Support software from the list and click the Add or Remove (R)
button.
Figure 1-1 Add/Remove Programs Properties

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1.2 Install sequence for WindowsNT4.0
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1.2.2 Executing setup.exe to Install
Figure 1-2 Welcome
Execute the setup.exe contained in the floppy disk.
Follow the instructions on the screen and proceed with the installation.
The install directory is set to "C:\Program Files\Toshiba\TCNET100" by default. Do not
change this directory unless it is absolutely necessary.
Figure 1-3 Selecting the Install Destination

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1.2.3 Restarting the System
Restart the system when installation completes and a message asking you to restart the
system appears.
Figure 1-4 Restarting Windows
1.2.4 Starting this Software
This software does not start automatically when the system is started. Select [Control
Panel] →[Device] →[TSBTNET] and then click the Start button. To enable this software
during system startup, click Startup in [Device], select Auto as the type of startup, and
then click the OK button.
Figure 1-5 Starting this

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1.3 Install sequence for Windows2000
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1.3 Install sequence for Windows2000
1.3.1 Uninstalling an Earlier Version
If an earlier version of this software is already installed, you must first uninstall it.
If you have added or modified the content of the registry used by this software, jot down
the content before you uninstall.
To begin uninstall, select [Start] →[Settings] →[Control Panel] →[Add/Remove
Programs]. Select TC-net 100 PCI Support software from the list and click the Add or
Remove (R) button.
Figure 1-6 Add/Remove Programs
1.3.2 Executing setup.exe to Install
Precautions in Starting Installation
Before Installing the software, insert the JTNI card and start the PC. The card is
automatically recognized by the Plug-and-Play function, and a dialog appears asking you
to install drivers. In this case, select [Cancel]. This registers the JTNI cards as [Other
Device] in the device manager. So, delete this device before installing the software.

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Figure 1-7 Welcome
Execute the setup.exe contained in the CD or floppy disk.
Follow the instructions on the screen and proceed with the installation.
The install directory is set to "C:\Program Files\Toshiba\TCNET100" by default. Do not
change this directory unless it is absolutely necessary.
Figure 1-8 Selecting the Install Destination

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1.3 Install sequence for Windows2000
1
1.3.3 Starting this Software
Make a right click of [My Computer] on the desktop to select a property. Select the
[Hardware] tab in the system’s property window, and click [Device Manager]. Select
[Scan for hardware changes] on the device manager action menu.
Figure 1-9 Device manager
The JTNI card is searched for by Plug-and-Play. When the card is found, a message
appears asking you about the search method desired for the software; then select
[Search for a suitable device for my device].
Figure 1-10 Install Device Driver

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A message appears asking you about searching for driver files, so delete all the check
marks in the check boxes, and proceed to the next step.
Figure 1-11 Locate Driver Files
Recognize the appropriate install files are searched for, proceed to the next step.
Figure 1-12 Driver files Search Results