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Multi-Tech Systems ISI551PC User Manual

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2.1 ISI Card Installation

This chapter provides you with the procedures to

install the Multi-Tech ISI551PC card in your ISA or

EISA bus personal computer.

Hardware installation involves:

1)

Opening your PC.

2)

Setting card configuration (determining

I/O address DIP-Switch setting and IRQ

jumper setting).

3)

Installing the card into the PC.

2.2 Determining Current System

Settings

When you install a serial device into your computer,

the processor must have a means of routing

information to and from the device and the device

must have a means of gaining the processor's

attention. These are called Input/Output (I/O)

addresses and Interrupt Requests (IRQs),

respectively. The ISI551PC card requires eight I/O

addresses and one IRQ value which are not used

by any other device in your system. When selecting

a unique base I/O address, be sure that the other

addresses are also unused. (For example, if you