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PCI-COM485/8 Manual
RISCTerm.exe
A dumb-terminal type communication program designed for RS422/485
operation. Used primarily with Remote data acquisition Pods and our
RS422/485 serial communication product line. Can be used to say hello to
an installed modem. RISCTerm stands for Really Incredibly Simple Com-
munications TERMinal.
Installing The Card
The PCI-COM485/8 card can be installed in a five-volt PCI slot of an IBM or compatible com-
puter. Before installing the card, carefully read the
Option Selection
section of this manual and
configure the card according to your requirements. Finally, our SETUP.EXE program will lead you
through the process of setting the options on the PCI-COM485/8. The setup program does not set
the options. These must be set manually by jumpers on the card.
To install the card:
1. Turn OFF computer power.
2. Remove the computer cover.
3. Install jumpers from either the
Option Selection
section of this manual or the suggestions of
our SETUP.EXE software program.
4. Install the card in an available PCI-bus slot.
5. Replace the computer cover and turn the computer ON.
6. Enter the CMOS setup program of your system and verify that the PCI plug-and-play option
is set appropriately for your system. Systems running Windows95 (or any other PNP-
compliant Operating System) should set the CMOS option to OS. Systems running under
DOS, WindowsNT 3.51, Windows 3.1, or any other non-PNP-compliant Operating System
should set the PNP CMOS option to BIOS or Motherboard. Save the option and continue
booting the system.
A “spider” cable is provided to interface between the 50-pin SCSI connector on the card, and your
system cabling. Eight individual 9-pin connectors are provided.
If you are using Windows95, your operating system should detect the new hardware and prompt
you for the installation disk. The simplest option is to insert the provided diskette into the A drive
and allow the operating system to look for the files that it wants.
The base address assigned by BIOS or the operating system can change each time new hardware is
installed into or removed from the computer.
PCI cards are assigned resources by the system. To determine the resource assigned, run
PCIFind(DOS/Win 3.1), PCINT(Win95/98/NT), or look in the operating systems list of Detected
Devices. In Win95/98/NT, this is the Device Manager of the system applet, found in the control
panel. See the Tools diskette for more information on PCIFind and PCINT.
