ICS Advent PCI-ICOM485/4, Product Manual

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Manual Number: 00650-148-1 Page 3
INSTALL.SRC Source code for ACCESNT.EXE is provided herein to allow you to write
OEM versions of the program or to integrate its functionality into your own
code.
PCI
This directory contains PCI-bus specific programs and information.
PCIFind A utility for DOS and 16-bit Windows to determine PCI bus resources
allocated to installed PCI cards. Use this utility to find what base address
and IRQ your cards are installed at on the PCI bus. Use the files in the PCI32
directory when running in Windows95/98/NT to perform the same task.
BIOS A utility program is provided with source code you can use to determine
allocated resources at run-time from your own programs.
PCI32 This program is used to determine the base address and IRQ of installed PCI
cards in Windows 95/98 and NT. Run this program to both install and use
NTioPCI.SYS or PCIFind.DLL. This program modifies the registry by
adding a registry key describing the hardware that was detected. For
information about the format of the registry key, consult the card-specific
samples provided with the hardware. In Windows NT, NTioPCI.SYS runs
each time the computer is booted, thereby refreshing the registry as PCI
hardware is added or removed. In Windows 95/98, PCI32.EXE places itself
in the boot-sequence of the OS to refresh the registry on each power-up.
This program used to be known as PCINT.EXE, but now supports both
Windows 95/98 and Windows NT.
Findbase.exe DOS utility to determine an available base address for ISA bus , non-PNP
cards. Run this program once, before the hardware is installed in the
computer, to determine an available address to give the card. Once the
address has been determined, run the setup program provided with the
hardware to see instructions on setting the address switch and various
option selections.
Poly.exe A generic utility to convert a table of data into an n
th
order polynomial.
Useful for calculating linearization polynomial coefficients for
thermocouples and other non-linear sensors.
Risc.bat A batch file demonstrating the command line parameters of RISCTerm.exe.
RISCTerm.exe A dumb-terminal type communication program designed for RS422/485
operation. Used primarily with REMOTE ACCES data acquisition Pods
and our RS422/485 serial communication product line. Can be used to say
hello to an installed modem. RISCTerm stands for Really Incredibly
Simple Communications TERMinal.
Installing the Card
The PCI-ICOM485/4 (/2) card can be installed in a five-Volt PCI slot of an IBM or compatible
computer. Before installing the card, carefully read the
Option Selection
section of this manual
and configure the card according to your requirements. Finally, our SETUP.EXE program will lead
you through the process of setting the options on the PCI-ICOM485/4 (/2) card. The setup program
does not set the options. These must be set manually by jumpers on the card.