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.
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