PCIe-COM232-8 User Manual
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Chapter 2: Installation
A printed Quick-
Start Guide (QSG) is packed with the card for your convenience. If you’ve
already performed the steps from the QSG, you may find this chapter to be redundant and
may skip forward to begin developing your application.
The software is provided with this card on the CD and must be installed onto your hard disk
prior to use. Perform the following steps as appropriate for your operating system.
A complete driver support package is provided including an easy-to-use Windows terminal
program for testing out your COM ports. This simplifies the verification of proper COM port
operating. The card installs as standard COM ports in all operating systems.
A software reference manual is installed as part of the software and support package for this
product. Please refer to this document for extensive information and guidance on software
tools and programming support at your disposal.
CD Software Installation
The following instructions assume the CD-
ROM drive is drive “D”. Please substitute the
appropriate drive letter for your system as necessary.
DOS
1. Place the CD into your CD-ROM drive.
2. Type
to change the active drive to the CD-ROM drive.
3. Type
to run the install program.
4. Follow the on-screen prompts to install the software for this board.
Windows
1. Place the CD into your CD-ROM drive.
2. The system should automatically run the install program. If the install program does not
run promptly, click START | RUN and type
, click OK or press
.
3. Follow the on-screen prompts to install the software for this board.
Linux
1. Please refer to linux.htm on the CD-ROM for information on installing under linux.
Note: COM boards can be installed in virtually any operating system. We do support
installation in earlier versions of Windows, and are also likely to support future versions.
