2. Setup
COM-1(PM), COM-1D(PM)
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Step 2 Installing the Hardware
For using an expansion PC card under Windows, you have to let the OS detect the I/O addresses and IRQ
to be used by the PC card. The process is referred to as installing the hardware.
When using more than one PC card, always install cards one at a time and complete setup of the previous
card before installing the next card.
Turning on the PC
(1) Insert the card into the PC card slot on the PC.
(2) Turn on the power to your PC.
CAUTION
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Refer to the API-PAC(W32) "Hardware Installation Procedure (HWINSTU.HLP)" help file for the
procedure to follow when using API-SIO in the "Driver Library API-PAC(W32)".
If using API-SIO from API-PAC(W32), install from API-PAC(W32) instead of from the supplied
CD-ROM. If you install from the CD-ROM by mistake, uninstall API-SIO as described in
"Uninstalling the Driver Software" in "Chapter 5 About Software".
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The PC card cannot be properly installed unless the resources (I/O addresses and interrupt level) for
the PC card can be allocated. Before attempting to install the PC card, first determine what PC
resources are free to use.
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The resources used by each PC card do not depend on the location of the PC cards slot or the PC card
itself. If you remove two or more PC cards that have already been installed and then remount one of
them on the computer, it is unknown that which one of the sets of resources previously assigned to
the two PC Cards is assigned to the remounted PC card. In this case, you must check the resource
settings.