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LavaPort-Quad

Installation Manual

Rev. B00

LAVA COMPUTERS

QUAD SERIAL PCI

P.N. MOKO L75.2

MADE

IN

CANADA

PN MOKO S-1

MADE IN JAPAN

0255351

Содержание LavaPort-Quad

Страница 1: ...LavaPort Quad Installation Manual Rev B00 LAVA COMPUTERS QUAD SERIAL PCI P N MOKO L75 2 MADE IN CANADA PN MOKO S 1 MADE IN JAPAN 0255351 ...

Страница 2: ... modems and other high speed serial peripherals Included with your package you should have the following 1 The LavaPort Quad printed circuit board 2 One software installation diskette 3 This user s manual If any of the above items are missing please contact the reseller where you purchased this product ...

Страница 3: ...t FIFO Control Flow Control Lava Modem Speed Set for 230 4 kbps Windows NT 4 0 Installation High Speed Data Rates Windows Driver Installation Nt4 Driver Installation 4 5 6 6 11 13 15 17 19 21 21 23 Note Instructions for installing the LavaPort Quad under DOS or Windows 3 x may be found in the ReadMe file in the Win3 11 subdirectory of your LavaPort Quad diskette ...

Страница 4: ...5 subdirectory If the diskette is not found you may have to manually type A WIN95 4 After Windows has booted Click the Start button then Settings Control Panel System Device Manager Ports The LavaPort Quad ports will be listed as four of your Com Ports Click Properties to change the default settings as desired 5 If desired install the Lava Com Port Redirect and Lava Modem Speed Set utilities to ch...

Страница 5: ...n unused PCI slot and insert the LavaPort Quad into it Ensure that it is well seated 3 Screw the metal backplane of the LavaPort Quad board to your PC s casing and replace the machine s cover 4 Connect your modem cable to the whichever port on the LavaPort Quad that you would like to use first and turn the PC on ...

Страница 6: ...ith the red wire corresponding to the 1 on the board Turn your PC on and start Windows 2 Windows will automatically detect the LavaPort Quad as a new PCI Serial Controller and ask you to insert the Lava Installation Diskette The installation files are located in either the root or the Win95 subdirectory of this disk On some PC s you may have to manually type A WIN95 when prompted for the Lava Inst...

Страница 7: ...art of the Ports tree Please note that any changes to the Resources I O Address IRQ used by any one of the four ports on the Lava Quattro PCI must be made through the Resources page of the appropriate LavaPort Quad PARENT not through the individual Ports pages Modifying I O Address and IRQ Resources is NOT recommended ...

Страница 8: ...8 5 Click on Ports and select one of the ports listed under the heading LavaPort PCI 6 Click Properties The following screen will appear ...

Страница 9: ...ll appear Note Do not be alarmed if Windows reports an I O Range or IRQ conflict between the LavaPort Quad and some other device in your PC The LavaPort Quad is a fully compliant PCI device and therefore allows for the sharing of IRQ and I O Resouces between devices ...

Страница 10: ...e ports on the LavaPort Quad e g Assign Port 1 to be Com 3 instead of the default Com 6 please use the Lava Com Port Redirector Utility This program will allow you to change the numbering of your ports Interrupt Resources may be modified for the LavaPort Parent device see Device Manager Multi function Adapters but not for individual ports because all four ports on the LavaPort Quad share one IRQ P...

Страница 11: ... the Utils subdirectory of your Lava Installation Diskette This may be necessary because some communications applications programs do not recognize Port designations beyond Com 4 The Lava Com Port Redirect utility will allow you to change the Com numbering of your ports To install the Lava Port Redirect utility on your hard drive insert the LavaPort diskette into your floppy drive click Start Run ...

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Страница 13: ...ng are controlled independently of speed settings in Device Manager For optimum performance always verify that your LavaPort is set to the maximum speed supported by your modem and that both speed settings are the same in every application Please note that the setting of Communications Port Data Rates is often the most confusing of tasks encountered by modem users For this reason Lava has included...

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Страница 15: ...15 Setting LavaPort FIFO Control in Windows ...

Страница 16: ...eption it can retrieve a large block from the buffer and then continue multi tasking Ideally therefore Receive triggers should be set as high as possible and Transmit triggers as low as possible However if the Transmit trigger levels are set too low or Receive triggers too high and the CPU is busy when an interrupt is called by the LavaPort a short period of inactivity may occur between the port a...

Страница 17: ...cting the LavaPort to a modem or ISDN terminal adapter use the default setting of Hardware RTS CTS flow control Software Flow Control Xon Xoff is used only for connecting the LavaPort to a non modem serial device e g Using a null modem cable to connect to another Com Port Setting LavaPort Flow Control in Windows ...

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Страница 19: ...equire special settings AT Commands and INF files for configuration Lava has included a software utility called Lava Modem Speed Set which automates these functions and allows for easy speed reconfiguration This utility may be found in the Utils subdirectory of your LavaPort diskette and is constantly being updated to support more modems Please check the Lava Web site for details www lavalink com ...

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Страница 21: ... Start Menu When prompted type A NT4 0 Setup 3 After the necessary files have been copied select My Computer and start Control Panel A new icon will appear called LavaPort This applet should now be used to configure ALL Com Ports in your PC not just LavaPorts 21 Note Make sure that you are installing the correct LavaPort Quad drivers for the appropriate operating system DO NOT install drivers for ...

Страница 22: ...22 Please note that Com 1 may not appear in this applet if you have your mouse attached to Com 1 ...

Страница 23: ...lly default to the slowest supported rate in the chain Some modems do support higher data rates but require special settings AT Commands and setup files for configuration Contact your modem manufacturer for details NOTE Lava s technical support department has tested the LavaPort Quad with several modems and we have posted instructions on configuring such modems for higher speed data rates on our w...

Страница 24: ...et www lavalink com This device complies with part 15 of the FCC Rules Operation is subject to the following conditions 1 This device may not cause harmful interference and 2 this device must accept any interference received including interference that may cause undesired operation Lava Computer MFG Inc 908 Niagara Falls Blvd 629 North Tonawanda NY 14120 2060 ...

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