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3.2.1Viewing Resource Settings with Device Manager
1. Start the Windows 95/98/ME Device Manager .
2. Double click on the hardware class Quatech Comm Adapters to list hardware
devices in the class.
3. The SSP-200/300 “parent device” belongs to this hardware class. The device name
for the SSP-200/300 is Quatech SSP-200/300: RS-422/RS-485 Serial Port PC
Card.
4. Open the Properties dialog for the SSP-200/300 device, then click the Resources tab
to view the Input/Output Range and Interrupt Request resource allocations.
5. Double click the hardware class Ports (Com and LPT) . The Quatech
Communications Port listed in this class is a “child device” of the SSP-200/300
“parent device.”
6. Open the Properties dialog for the COM port, then click the Resources tab to view
the Input/Output Range and Interrupt Request resource allocations. These will match
those of the “parent device.”
7. Record the COM Port device name (COM1, COM2, etc.) for the SSP-200/300. This
name is required by a Windows 95/98/ME application when accessing a particular
port.
3.2.2Changing Resource Settings with Device Manager
1. Start the Windows 95/98/ME Device Manager .
2. Double click on the hardware class Quatech Comm Adapters to list hardware
devices in the class.
3. The SSP-200/300 “parent device” belongs to this hardware class. The device name
for the SSP-200/300 is Quatech SSP-200/300: RS-422/RS-485 Serial Port PC
Card.
4. Open the Properties dialog for the SSP-200/300 device, then click the Resources tab
to view the Input/Output Range and Interrupt Request resource allocations.
5. Several predefined Basic Configurations have been included for the SSP-200/300
(see Figure 5. SSP-200/300 Basic Configuration Table). The Basic Configurations
provide many combinations of the operating modes and options listed below. See the
Hardware Information section of this manual for complete descriptions.
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RS-422/485 output drivers enable option: The SSP-200/300’s ports may be
configured for either full duplex or half duplex operation with this option. The
default setting is the RS-422/485 ports are configured for full duplex operation with
the RS-422/485 output drivers always enabled. In half duplex mode, the RS-422/485
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