Comtrol Multiport Modems Windows 98 - Manual (Page 3)

Table of Contents 3
Table of Contents
Table of Contents ................................................................................................................................. 3
Product Overview ................................................................................................................................ 5
Locating Current Drivers ............................................................................................................................ 5
Hardware Installation Documentation .................................................................................................... 5
Driver Features.............................................................................................................................................. 5
Installation Prerequisites............................................................................................................................ 6
Installing the Device Driver.............................................................................................................. 7
Disabling or Removing the Driver ............................................................................................................ 7
Disabling the Windows 98/SE or ME Device Driver ....................................................................................................7
Removing PCI-Bus Adapters.........................................................................................................................................7
Removing the Windows 98/SE or ME Device Driver ...................................................................................................7
Installing the New Driver ............................................................................................................................ 8
Extracting the Installation Files ...................................................................................................................................8
Installing Software: PCI, Universal PCI, or CompactPCI bus ....................................................................................9
Installing Software: ISA-Bus.......................................................................................................................................11
Advanced Configuration ............................................................................................................................ 15
COM Port Numbering..................................................................................................................................................15
Remapping Baud Rates ...............................................................................................................................................16
Scan Rate......................................................................................................................................................................17
Installation Without a Dedicated IRQ ........................................................................................................................17
Stay Resident ...............................................................................................................................................................17
Fast ...............................................................................................................................................................................17
Changing the IRQ ........................................................................................................................................................17
Adding Adapters .......................................................................................................................................... 18
Adding PCI-Bus Adapters ...........................................................................................................................................18
Adding ISA-Bus Adapters............................................................................................................................................18
Installing Modems and Adding Serial Printers .......................................................................... 21
Installing Modems ....................................................................................................................................... 21
Installation Requirements...........................................................................................................................................21
Installing a Modem ......................................................................................................................................................21
RocketModem Reconfiguration....................................................................................................................................27
Adding Serial Printers ............................................................................................................................... 28
Changing Printer Port Configuration .........................................................................................................................31
Changing Printer Port Assignment ............................................................................................................................31
Comtrol Tools...................................................................................................................................... 33
Using Test Terminal.................................................................................................................................... 34
Starting the Test Terminal..........................................................................................................................................34
Testing a Comtrol Device.............................................................................................................................................35
Testing a RocketModem Adapter ................................................................................................................................36
Test 1 .....................................................................................................................................................................36
Test 2 .....................................................................................................................................................................37
Test 3 .....................................................................................................................................................................37
Testing Terminal Modem Control Signals..................................................................................................................38
Using Port Monitor ..................................................................................................................................... 38
Starting Port Monitor ..................................................................................................................................................39
Changing Screen Appearance......................................................................................................................................39
Column Setup...............................................................................................................................................................40
Report Configuration ...................................................................................................................................................40
Port Monitor Files ........................................................................................................................................................41
Port Monitor Variables ................................................................................................................................................42
Using RocketModem Reset (rktreset.exe) ............................................................................................. 44
Troubleshooting and Technical Support ..................................................................................... 45
Troubleshooting........................................................................................................................................... 45
RocketPort / RocketModem Issues ..............................................................................................................................45
Known Issues ...............................................................................................................................................................46
Driver Error Messages.................................................................................................................................................47