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MARCH 2003

IC128C-R3

PC Plus Adapter

Dual Serial PCI

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Summary of Contents for IC128C-R3

Page 1: ...toll free in the U S 24 hours 7 A M Monday to midnight Friday 877 877 BBOX FREE technical support 24 hours a day 7 days a week Call 724 746 5500 or fax 724 746 0746 Mail order Black Box Corporation 10...

Page 2: ...ational Business Machines Corporation Windows and Windows NT are either registered trademarks or trademarks of Microsoft Corporation in the United States and or other countries Any other trademarks me...

Page 3: ...pment is operated in a commercial environment Operation of this equipment in a residential area is likely to cause interference in which case the user at his own expense will be required to take whate...

Page 4: ...abo s tano mojado o cerca de una alberca etc 6 El aparato el ctrico debe ser usado nicamente con carritos o pedestales que sean recomendados por el fabricante 7 El aparato el ctrico debe ser montado a...

Page 5: ...n a los contactos y recept culos donde salen del aparato 14 El equipo el ctrico debe ser limpiado nicamente de acuerdo a las recomendaciones del fabricante 15 En caso de existir una antena externa de...

Page 6: ...lation 11 5 1 Windows 95 98 Me 2000 XP Installation 11 5 1 1 Windows 95 98 Me 2000 XP Driver Installation 11 5 1 2 Setting Data Rates 14 5 1 3 Setting FIFO Control 17 5 1 4 Flow Control 20 5 1 5 Redir...

Page 7: ...S ADAPTER DUAL SERIAL PCI 1 Specifications System Requirements IBM PC or compatible with Windows 95 98 Me 2000 XP or Windows NT Speed 460 8 kbps Connectors 2 DB9 Card Type PCI Power From PC bus Size 3...

Page 8: ...conflicts It s 100 compatible with all 56K external modems and ISDN terminal adapters Drivers for Windows 95 98 Me 2000 XP and Windows NT are included 2 2 Package Includes Included in your package yo...

Page 9: ...4 When prompted insert the Adapter installation diskette and point Windows to the A drive 5 After Windows has booted click the Start button then Settings Control Panel System Device Manager Ports The...

Page 10: ...t the Adapter into it Make sure that it is well seated 3 Screw the metal backplane of the Adapter board to your PC s casing and replace the machine s cover 4 Connect your modem cable to whichever port...

Page 11: ...10 PC PLUS ADAPTER DUAL SERIAL PCI Figure 4 1 Installing the Adapter Screw for attaching card bracket to PC casing PCI Slot Port B Port A...

Page 12: ...t the Adapter as a new PCI Serial Controller and ask you to insert the Installation diskette Insert the diskette as prompted 2 After the necessary files have been copied Windows will complete the full...

Page 13: ...rint OK Cancel General Device Manager Hardware Profiles Performance View devices by type View devices by connection Secondary IDE controller single fifo Standard Dual PCI IDE Controller Keyboard PCI A...

Page 14: ...places under its own tree and as part of the Ports tree PCI Adapter COM5 Properties OK Cancel General PCI Settings FIFO Control Flow Control PCI Adapter COM5 Device Usage Disable in this hardware pro...

Page 15: ...om numbering of either port on the Adapter for example Renaming Com 5 to be Com 4 use the Redirect utility in the Utils subdirectory on your diskette See Section 5 1 5 5 1 2 SETTING DATA RATES You can...

Page 16: ...both speed settings are the same in every application NOTE The setting of Communications Port Data Rates is often the most confusing of tasks encountered by modem users For this reason we have includ...

Page 17: ...M5 Properties OK Cancel General PCI Settings FIFO Control Flow Control To access Help on any function click the right mouse button while the mouse pointer is within the appropriate function Driver Res...

Page 18: ...U is interrupted infrequently For each interrupt the CPU can then service the buffer with larger data blocks During transmission it can place a large burst of data into the buffer and during reception...

Page 19: ...eed your CPU speed and the amount of multi tasking that occurs while online For a fast modem and fast CPU performing few multi tasking functions set transmit triggers low and receive triggers high If...

Page 20: ...eneral PCI Settings FIFO Control Flow Control To access Help on any function click the right mouse button while the mouse pointer is within the appropriate function Driver Resources Receive Buffer 24...

Page 21: ...the modem and the Adapter If you are connecting the Adapter to a modem or ISDN terminal adapter use the default setting of Hardware RTS CTS flow control Software flow control XON XOFF is used only for...

Page 22: ...Settings FIFO Control Flow Control To access Help on any function click the right mouse button while the mouse pointer is within the appropriate function Driver Resources Use Flow Control Hardware RT...

Page 23: ...s application programs do not recognize Port designations beyond Com 4 So you might need to rename one or more of the Ports in your PC to use different Com numbers For Windows 95 98 Me this may be acc...

Page 24: ...Current Installed ComPort Names The left box displays the names of the Com Ports currently installed in your PC To rename one of these ports to use a different COM designation select a new COM name a...

Page 25: ...the chain Some modems do support higher data rates but require special settings AT Commands and INF files for configuration A software utility called Modem Speed Set is included It automates these fu...

Page 26: ...nfigure OK Cancel Help Select Message PCI Adapter Ports COM PCI Adapter Port ISA COM3 Ready PCI Adapter Port PCI COM4 Ready PCI Adapter Port PCI COM5 Ready 3ComImpact IQ 230K Modem Speed Set 3ComImpac...

Page 27: ...ALLATION 1 Once the Adapter is installed in your PC turn on your computer and start NT 2 Place the Adapter installation diskette into your floppy drive and select Run from the Start Menu When prompted...

Page 28: ...applet screen NOTE Com 1 may not appear in this applet if you have your mouse attached to Com 1 Control Panel Applet Close Dual 650 PCI Port A Dual 650 PCI Port B Standard Port Property Delete PCI Ad...

Page 29: ...support Com Port rates above 115 2 kbps If your modem does not support higher data rates and you select a higher data rate in the Properties Windows will automatically default to the slowest supporte...

Page 30: ...1000 Park Drive Lawrence PA 15055 1018 724 746 5500 Fax 724 746 0746 Copyright 2003 Black Box Corporation All rights reserved Version 02 03F...

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