APPENDIX
E
WINDOWS2000 CONFIGURATION
Welcome to the Decision PCCOM PCI cards series.
This series enables you to utilize the built in plug and play
functionality of Windows 2000, combined with the power of PCI based
serial communication. During the boot-up of Windows 2000 the hardware
will be automatically detected by the WINDOWS 2000, just ignore this
dialog box by clicking cancel
and during login, use the administrator user name for installation
E.1 Installation
- For optimum PnP functionality, please
install one card at a time.
- Unplug your PC, open it and install one
Decision PCCOM PCI card.
- Start your computer and wait until
Windows 2000 is loaded.
- Windows 2000 will detect the new PCI
card that is installed in your computer, and will prompt you for a
proper driver.
- Insert the device driver CD into your
computer, and make sure Windows 2000 finds the drivers by eventually
browsing through the directory structure of the CD.
- After installing the core device drivers
for the PCI card, Windows 2000 will detect and install software for
each COM port on the card.
- After Windows 2000 has detected and
configured all ports, you may begin using the PCI card. Inside the
Control Panel, you will see the Icon of Decision PCCOM Adapters, indicating
that the driver has been successfully installed..
- Double click the Icon Decision PCCOM Adapters, another
window will appear on screen and will display an installed card with
corresponding COM port.
If you need
install more than one card, please run above procedure again. Never try
to install 2 or more cards at the same time for you will have errors in
installation.
E.2 Remove Ports
- Go to [Control Panel Applet]\[Decision
PCCOM Adapters].
- Select the port you want to remove then
press ˇ§Remove Portˇ¨ to delete specified port. Reboot for changes to
take effect.
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