DOS & Windows 3.x Installation
1. With the power turned off, insert the Octopus-550 card into any free
PCI slot in your PC. Turn your PC on. Boot to DOS.
2. Place the Octopus-550 installation CD into your computer. In the
Win3.11 subdirectory of this CD you will find a file called
“Lavaconf.exe”. Copy this file to your hard drive and run it.
3. When run, Lavaconf.exe will display two sets of four I/O addresses
and one IRQ. These correspond to the addresses and IRQ chosen by
your PC when 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
ports in a PC. If you wish to use four ports on the Octopus-550, you must
disable the existing ports on your motherboard. Users running DOS or
Windows 3.x exclusively on a system with an Octopus-550 will be
unable to access four of the card's ports, regardless of configuration.
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