Boards

Definition

This pop-up window contains a list of physical serial port boards. Click on Add to add a board, or click on a board already displayed in the list, then select Modify.

When you click on Apply or OK, the changes are stored in a file and the Device list for the Link Editor is updated to reflect any additions or modifications.

The items contained in the definition window are:

Symbolic Name

This is what you want to call the board.

Path Name

This is the path for the device driver, for example, /dev/zshdrv is the location for the Aurora board driver.

Board type

Set to either WAN or LAN.

Number of lines

This is the number of lines that the board will support.

MRU (in bytes)

The size of the largest frame (Maximum Receive Unit) that can be received by the board.

Comment

Type in any additional information you want to include, for example, "Onboard Serial Port".