Chapter 2
Installation and Verification
PCI Serial for Windows 95
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5.
Screw the mounting bracket of the PCI serial board to the back panel
rail of the computer.
6.
Replace the cover, and turn on your computer.
7.
Watch for Windows 95 to display one or more New Hardware Found
dialog boxes. In the dialog box, select Windows Default Driver and
click on OK. If no New Hardware Found dialog box appears, follow
the steps in Appendix B,
Forcing Windows 95 to Detect the Serial
.
Your serial hardware is now installed.
Verify the Installation
When you begin to verify the installation, keep in mind that the serial ports
built into the computer are typically named from COM1 to COM4.
Windows 95 typically issues port names to the ports on NI serial hardware
starting with COM5, COM6, and so on. If not enough resources are
available to assign to all the NI serial ports, the port with the higher COMx
name is left unconfigured.
Double-click on the System icon in the Control Panel. In the System
Properties window that appears, select the Device Manager tab, and click
the View devices by type button at the top of the page. If necessary,
double-click on the Ports (COM & LPT) icon to view all of the ports.
The PCI-232 and PCI-485 boards are configured as devices belonging to
the “multi-function adapters” class. The multi-function parent device is
listed under the Multi-function adapters icon, and each child device is
listed as a port under the Ports (COM & LPT) icon. Double-click on the
Multi-function adapters icon as well as the Ports (COM & LPT) icon.
Figure 2-4 shows an example of NI serial hardware that is installed
properly.