Operations Manual
PCCOM PCI 8 port universal RS232 card
DECISION Computer International
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Welcome to the Decision PCCOM PCI cards series. This series
enables you to utilize the built in plug and play functionality of
Windows 2000, combined with the power of PCI based serial
communication. During the boot-up of Windows 2000 the hardware
will be automatically detected by the WINDOWS 2000, just ignore
this dialog box by clicking
cancel
and during login, use the
administrator user name for installation
E.1 Installation
1.
For optimum PnP functionality, please install one card at a time.
2.
Unplug your PC, open it and install one Decision PCCOM PCI
card.
3.
Start your computer and wait until Windows 2000 is loaded.
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.
Windows 2000 will detect the new PCI card that is installed in
your computer, and will prompt you for a proper driver.
5.
Insert the device driver CD into your computer, and make sure
Windows 2000 finds the drivers by eventually browsing through
the directory structure of the CD.
6.
After installing the core device drivers for the PCI card,
Windows 2000 will detect and install software for each COM
port on the card.
7.
After Windows 2000 has detected and configured all ports, you
may begin using the PCI card. Inside the Control Panel, you will
see the Icon of
Decision PCCOM Adapters
, indicating that the
driver has been successfully installed..
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.
Double click the Icon
Decision PCCOM Adapters
, another
window will appear on screen and will display an installed card
with corresponding COM port.
