EXP Computer EXP Serial Card Single COM port - Manual (Page 2)

2. Click the port and then click Settings.
3. Click Advanced.
4. If you are using a computer that cannot access COM1 and COM3 or COM2 and
COM4 simultaneously, and you want to use these ports, specify a unique IRQ
number for each port.
5. Change the port number of a port (the available settings are COM1 to COM4 ).
6. To use buffering of incoming data and enable some additional functionality on
newer COM ports, select the FIFO Enabled check box.
7. Click OK.
8. Any changes you make will not take effect until you restart WindowsNT. To
make your changes take effect now, click Restart Now.
For help with the Settings and Advanced Settings dialog boxes, click Help or press F1
while using the dialog boxes.
FOR DOS/WINDOWS 3.1.
Automatic Installation
1. Insert the Serial PC Card device driver diskette into your floppy disk drive.
2. Change the working directory to the floppy drive containing the device driver
diskette and type “A:\” (depending on your port number), and press ENTER.
3. At the DOS prompt, type “INSTALL” followed by the ENTER key.
4. Press ENTER or click on the OK button when the opening screen appears. A
warning screen will be displayed to remind you this installation program is for
DOS/Windows 3.1 rather than for Window 95. Press “Y” or ENTER to
continue, otherwise, press “N” to exit.
5. If you select to continue the installation, a dialog box will then appear for
specifying 1) the directory to install the device driver; 2) the COM port or I/O
port address; 3) the IRQ number. Enter the directory you select to install the
driver and press TAB to forward to next field to set the I/O port and the IRQ
after completing the selection, click on the Install button to continue. The rest of
the installation will proceed automatically.
6. After completing, remember to REBOOT your system.
Manual installation
You may also manually install the device driver by performing the following steps.
1. Copy the files ARICOM.EXE (OR ARICOM2.EXE if your Serial PC Card is a
dual ports model) from the Serial PC Card device driver diskette to your hard
disk.
2. According to your port number, add the following lines to the BOTTOM of your
CONFIG.SYS file :
Single Port:
D E V I C E = driver:\path\ A R I C O M . E X E / C x / I y
where x is used to select COM port, the valid ports are 1,2,3,4.
where y is used to select IRQ number, the valid numbers are
3,4,5,7,9,10,11,12,15.
Example:
D E V I C E = driver:\path\ A R I C O M . E X E / C 3 / I 1 0 ;
s e l e c t C O M 3 ( 3 E 8 H - 3 E F H ) , I R Q = 1 0