Comtrol Rocket Port User Manual
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RocketPort Series/RocketModem IV Driver User Guide: 2000564 Rev. A
Configuring Device Properties - 33
Device Driver Configuration
3.
If desired, change the User-Friendly Device Name.
4.
number value.
5.
If this is RocketPort/RocketModem (Universal PCI), optionally, pick a different
(Page 33).
6.
Optionally, click Verbose Event Log if you want to log additional RocketPort
information into the event log.
7.
After making your changes, click Apply if you have additional configuration
procedures or click Ok if you have completed configuring your Comtrol devices.
Note: If you do not Apply the changes, you will be prompted to Apply, Ignore, or
Cancel the changes.
The following table provides detailed information about Device General tab options
for the RocketPort.
Device General Tab
Description
Device Name
This is the default name assigned by the driver and it
cannot be changed. You can use the User-Friendly Device
Name field to provide custom device names for your
installation.
User-Friendly Device
Name
Use this field to enter a more descriptive name. The name
that you assign is not saved until you click Apply or OK.
Starting COM Port
Number
You can change the starting COM port number in the drop
list for this adapter.
In addition, you can use Starting COM Port to set
nonsequential starting COM port numbers for each
adapter, thus leaving gaps in the COM port numbering
sequence.
When you change the starting COM port number, the
driver assigns that COM port to the first port on this
adapter and all other port numbers follow in sequence.
Do not overlap COM port numbers between devices or
other adapters because if you do so, the overlapping ports
are disabled.
Scan Rate (ms)]
(RocketPort/
RocketModem
(Universal PCI))
Default = 10ms
Typically, you should leave the scan rate set to the default
value (10 ms) for most applications. To adjust latency for
time-critical applications, select a longer or shorter
interval from the droplist, or type in the rate (2 to 50). If a
value larger than 50 is entered, the maximum of 50 is
implemented.
Note: The faster the scan rate (lower number), the higher
the load on the system processor.
Verbose Event Log
Default = Disabled
Selecting this option causes detailed messages to be sent
to the operating system Event Log. This added information
can be useful when debugging communications and
configuration problems
Save Configuration
Click
to save the Device Settings for
use on another similar Comtrol device or to archive a copy
of your environments settings.
Load Configuration
Click to
to load the Device Settings
previously saved using the Save Configuration feature.
Note: You cannot a load configuration file from different
models. For example, you cannot load a
configuration file for a RocketModem IV on a
RocketPort EXPRESS or RocketPort Plus/422
Universal PCI.