Advantech PCM-3618, User Manual

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Chapter 3
S
oftware
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Drivers
3.2.1 ICOM Utility Setup for Windows 95/98/NT
This section discusses the ICOM utility software package installation, configuration
and upgrade/ removal procedure for the Windows 95/98 and NT environments.
Utility Installation
Follow the installation procedure below to install the PCM-3618 under Windows 95/
98/NT:
1. Run Setup.exe on the driver diskette.
2. Select "Advantech ICOM Utility" to install and configure the board, following the
on-line instructions.
3. After the Advantech ICOM Utility configuration panel pops up, please refer to
the software help file for more details.
4. Following completion of the installation, restart Windows95.
Following completion of installation, please restart your system as prompted.
Once the board and driver have been installed and the sys-tem restarts successfully,
users can execute any ready-made applications, such as HyperTerminal to transmit/
receive data, or Remote Access Service to provide dial-up networking capability.
3.3 Configuration
Enter the configuration program to install the device driver, or click the Taskbar [Start]
button, then select the [Programs]menu, then the [Advantech Icom Utility] menu and
then [Icom].
When the configuration panel pops up, click the [Add Board]button to add a board.
Click the [Delete] button to remove aboard.
Board Type: PCM-3618
Base COM: specifies the COM number of the first port. Sub-sequent ports are
mapped to subsequent COM numbers. For instance, if the first port is mapped to
COM10, then the second port is mapped to COM11 sequentially.
Base Address (200H~3F8H): Specifies the base address of the first port. Subsequent
base addresses are mapped to subsequent COM numbers. For instance, if the first
port is mapped to 300H, then the second port is mapped to 308Hsequentially.
PCM-3618 series cards can be installed together in a single system as long as the
system memory resources are sufficient and available in a system. Different boards
should be assigned different IRQs.
Click the [Share IRQ Enable] button to set the share IRQ function.
Share IRQ: 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 9, 10, 11, 12, 15
Vector Address: 200H ~ 3F0H