PCI LPT & RS232
Software Guide
Chapter 3 Page 15
Chapter 3
PCI LPT AND RS232 SOFTWARE
CONFIGURATION GUIDE
Introduction.
This section contains the installation procedures of the PCI LPT
and RS232 card, with the Windows 95/98 Windows 3.x and DOS
operating systems.
The setup procedures in this chapter assume that your PC has
only one serial port present.
Installing Ports In Microsoft Windows 95 & 98.
Although covering the installation of the PCI LPT and RS232
into the Windows 95 operating system, the procedure is also valid, with
only minor differences, in the Windows 98 Operating System. The
Windows 95 environment now supports up to 255 standard serial ports,
RS232, RS422, RS485 etc.
To obtain a trouble free mix-and-match of the COM ports:
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Switch off your computer, insert your PCI LPT and RS232 card
into a free PCI slot, as described in the section "Hardware
Installation" in Chapter 2, and switch your computer on again.
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During the booting process, Windows 95 will detect PCI LPT and
RS232, but will display it simply as a "PCI CARD", and you will
briefly see a message box to this effect.
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Windows will then display the "Update Device Driver Wizard",
which asks you to “ insert any disk which came with the PCI card” .
