APPENDIX E
WINDOWS 95/98 CONFIGURATION

The PCCOM 8 port adapter can be installed in the Windows 95/98 by using serial device driver in the distribution CD, and the device driver will detect 8250, 16450, 16550, 16650 chips automatically.

 E.1 Installation

1. You may set arbitrary I/O address and interrupts. However, we suggest you use the following:

I/O port address = 280 H
Interrupt = IRQ5
Interrupt vector = 2C0H        

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2. Insert the distribution CD into CD-ROM drive. The CD is auto run, so you just wait until Decision Studio Applet appears.
3.
 Click ˇ§Device Driverˇ¨ button, ˇ§Windows Operating Systemˇ¨ then a selection of windows operating system platform appears.
4.
 Click ˇ§Windows 95 / Windows 98ˇ¨ button to view the device list of different hardware products.
5.
 Select ˇ§PCCOM Multiport Serial Cardˇ¨. Install shield will do installation, for you just click ˇ§Nextˇ¨ when windows prompts you to resume installation procedure.
6.
 Reboot your computer and go to [Program Menu Applet] to select [PCCOM 2000]. Under PCCOM 2000 click [PCCOM 2000] to configure your hardware.
7.
 Select the card that you want to install and set the proper I/O address, IRQ, and starting COM in the same settings in which you set your hardware configuration previously. The device driver will test the configurations you set and confirm if there are any conflicts found during installation of hardware. Then reboot the system.
8.
 Afterwards, you can check the added ports inside the [Control Panel Applet]\[System]\[Device Manager]\[Ports]. Furthermore, you can test in hyper terminal to perform loopback test. However, you must provide a loopback to perform this test.

If you need install more than one card, please run [PCCOM 2000] again and use different I/O address, IRQ when installing again. Never try to install 2 or more cards at the same time for you will have errors in installation.

E.2 Remove Ports

1.
 Go to [Program Menu Applet] to select [PCCOM 2000].
2. Enter [PCCOM 2000] then click [Remove Ports] and all previously installed ports will be removed.
 
Another method to remove ports is:

1.
 Go to [Control Panel Applet]\[System]\[Device Manager]\[Ports].
2. Select the port you want to remove then press ˇ§Removeˇ¨ to delete specified port. Reboot for changes to take effect.
 
E.3 Uninstall

1.
 Enter [Control Panel]\[Add/Remove Programs], select the [PCCOM 2000] and click [Add/Remove] button.