1. With the power turned off, insert the Octopus-550 card into any
free PCI slot in your PC. Make sure the card is well seated. Attach
the cable. Turn your PC on and start Windows.
2. Windows will automatically detect the Octopus-550 as a new PCI
Serial Controller and ask you to insert the Installation CD. The
installation files 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 child ports
will be created under Control Panel | System | Device Manager |
Ports.
Windows 95/98/Me/2000/
Vista/Win 7 Installation
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