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LAVA Octopus-550

Installation Manual

Rev. C00

LAVA

COMPUTERS

OCTOPUS PCI

P.N. MOKO L81.2

MADE

IN

CANADA

MOKO S3/S4

FN16F-000

0837

RoHS

Pb

Summary of Contents for Octopus-550

Page 1: ...LAVA Octopus 550 Installation Manual Rev C00 LAVA COMPUTERS OCTOPUS PCI P N MOKO L81 2 MADE IN CANADA MOKO S3 S4 FN16F 000 0837 RoHS Pb ...

Page 2: ...your computer and select Run from the Start Menu When prompted type A NT4 0 Setup 3 After the necessary files have been copied select My Computer and start Control Panel A new icon will appear called LavaPort This applet should now be used to configure ALL Com Ports in your PC not just LAVA serial ports Please note that Com 1 may not appear in this applet if you have your mouse attached to Com 1 1...

Page 3: ...n configuring the Octopus 550 Make a note of them 4 If you are using Windows 3 x start Windows and go to Control Panel Ports Choose Com 3 for Port 1 and Com 4 for Port 2 on the Octopus 550 Click the Advanced button and enter the I O address and IRQ for each port as reported by Lavaconf exe Reboot your PC for these changes to take effect Note Native DOS and Windows 3 X support a maximum of four Com...

Page 4: ...s are located in the root directory of this CD Windows XP Vista 7 may display a message to the effect that the drivers are not digitally signed This warning can be ignored 3 After the necessary files have been copied Windows will complete the full installation of the Octopus 550 During this process two Octopus 550 parents will be created in Device Manager under Multi Function Adapters and eight ch...

Page 5: ...rts tree Please note that any changes to the Resources I O Address IRQ used by any one of the eight ports on the Octopus 550 must be made through the Resources page of the appropriate Octopus 550 PARENT not through the individual Ports pages Modifying I O Address and IRQ Resources is NOT recommended Octopus 550 4 ...

Page 6: ...he Lava Com Port Redirect Utility included in the Utils Redirect subdirectory of your Installation CD Such a reassignment may be necessary because some communications applications programs do not recognize port designations beyond Com 4 The Com Port Redirect utility will allow you to change the Com numbering of your ports without changing I O address resources To install the Port Redirect Utility ...

Page 7: ...ctopus 550 ports Windows 2000 XP Vista Win 7 only In Windows 2000 and later Com port numbering can be changed by double clicking the serial port entry displayed in Windows Device Manager Go to Port Settings Advanced and choose Com Port 6 ...

Page 8: ...74 8262 E mail tech lavalink com Internet www lavalink com This device complies with part 15 of the FCC Rules Operation is subject to the following conditions 1 This device may not cause harmful interference and 2 this device must accept any interference received including interference that may cause undesired operation ...

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