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Quatech DSP-200/300 User Manual

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3.2.1Viewing Resource Settings with Device Manager

1. Start the Windows 95/98/ME Device Manager.

2. Double click on the hardware class Quatech Comm Adapters to list hardware

devices in the class.

3. The DSP-200/300 “parent device” belongs to this hardware class. The device name

for the DSP-200/300 is Quatech DSP-200/300: Dual RS-422/RS-485 Serial Port
PC Card.

4. Open the Properties dialog for the DSP-200/300 device, then click the Resources tab

to view the Input/Output Range and Interrupt Request resource allocations.

5. Double click the hardware class Ports (Com and LPT). Each Quatech

Communications Port listed in this class is a “child device” of the DSP-200/300
“parent device.”

6. Open the Properties dialog for a COM port, then click the Resources tab to view the

Input/Output Range and Interrupt Request resource allocations. These will match
those of the “parent device.”

7. Record the COM Port device names (COM1, COM2, etc.) for the DSP-200/300.

These names are required by Windows 95/98/ME applications when accessing
particular ports.

3.2.2Changing Resource Settings with Device Manager

1. Start the Windows 95/98/ME Device Manager.

2. Double click on the hardware class Quatech Comm Adapters to list hardware

devices in the class.

3. The DSP-200/300 “parent device” belongs to this hardware class. The device name

for the DSP-200/300 is Quatech DSP-200/300: Dual RS-422/RS-485 Serial Port
PC Card.

4. Open the Properties dialog for the DSP-200/300 device, then click the Resources tab

to view the Input/Output Range and Interrupt Request resource allocations.

5. Several predefined Basic Configurations have been included for the DSP-200/300

(see Figure 5. DSP-200/300 Basic Configuration Table). The Basic Configurations
provide many combinations of the operating modes and options listed below. See the
Hardware Information section of this manual for complete descriptions.

Ÿ RS-422/485 output drivers enable option: The DSP-200/300’s ports may be

configured for either full duplex or half duplex operation with this option. The
default setting is the RS-422/485 ports are configured for full duplex operation with
the RS-422/485 output drivers always enabled. In half duplex mode, the RS-422/485

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