1. With the power turned off, insert the SSerial-PCI/LP card into any
free PCI slot in your PC. Make sure the card is well seated. Turn your
PC on and start Windows.
2. Windows will automatically detect the SSerial-PCI/LP as a new PCI
Serial Controller and ask you to insert the Installation Diskette. The
installation files are located in the root directory of this disk.
3. After the necessary files have been copied, Windows will
automatically complete the installation of the SSerial-PCI/LP by
assigning it a Com number and IRQ. During this process, a Lava
SSerial-PCI entry will be created in Device Manager.
To view this configuration in Windows 95/98/Me, click Start | Settings |
Control Panel | System | Device Manager | Ports.
To view this configuration in Windows 2000/XP, click Start | Settings |
Control Panel | System, then choose the Hardware tab and click on
Device Manager. Choose the Devices by Type view option "Ports".
Note: Installation instructions for Windows NT 4.0 are located in the NT
4.0 directory on the Installation Diskette.
Unless you already have more than 4 Com Ports installed in your PC,
Windows will by default configure the SSerial-PCI/LP as Com 5. If you
wish to change this assigned Com number (e.g. reassign Com 5 to be
Modifying I/O Address and IRQ Resources in Device Manager
is NOT recommended.
Changing the Com numbering of your SSerial-
PCI/LP port (Windows 95/98/Me only)
Windows Installation