Lava Computer 2SP-PCI User Manual

Lava 2SP-PCI

Installation Manual

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MADE

IN

CANADA

LAVA

COMPUTERS

2SP PCI

P.N.MOKO L73.1

Rev.B00

Windows Hardware and

Driver Installation

1. Before opening the casing of your computer,make sure that all
power is off.

2. Locate an unused PCI slot and insert the 2SP-PCI card into it. Ensure
that it is well seated,and screw the metal bracket of the board to
your PC’s casing.

3. Locate an unused back panel in your PC’s casing (preferably one
that does not correspond to a slot) and remove the metal insert.
Screw the bracket of the second serial port of the 2SP-PCI card to
the casing in this location. If you have detached the cable from the
2SP-PCI card in order to perform this operation, be sure to re­connect the cable with the red wire corresponding to the number 1
printed on the board.

4. Replace the machine’s cover and turn the PC on.

Screw for attaching card bracket
to PC casing

Serial Port 1

Parallel Port

PCI Slot

1

Serial Port 2
(cable connection)
NB: Red wire
corresponds to 1

5. When Windows starts,it will find a 2SP-PCI Controller and will ask
you for a driver for this device.When prompted, insert the
installation diskette into your floppy drive.After copying the
necessary files from the diskette,Windows may restart your PC in
order to complete the installation of the 2SP-PCI card.Any Plug and
Play devices attached to the 2SP-PCI will now also be detected and
installed.Windows XP may display a message to the effect that the
drivers are not digitally signed.This warning can be ignored.

6. To view howWindows has installed the 2SP-PCI, openWindows'
Device Manager.Please note that the 2SP-PCI will appear in Device
Manager under two separate entries.The two serial ports will appear
both under the Multifunction Adapters tree and under the Ports
tree,while the Parallel port will appear under Ports only (see
example below). Please use the appropriate listings if you wish to
customize any of the 2SP-PCI card’s settings.Please note that
changes to default settings may be required by users connecting
the 2SP-PCI card to a non-printer peripheral (see reverse).Users
connecting a printer should use default settings.

Connecting a non-printer device

(e.g.external drive or parallel scanner)

to the 2SP-PCI's parallel port

In Windows 95/98/ME (not Windows 2000/XP) some parallel port
devices require parallel ports that use standard (legacy) ISA LPT
addresses (0278h or 0378h). Because the 2SP-PCI card is a fully
compliant PCI device,its default address (Input/Output Range) is
beyond the standard range of ISA I/O addresses.In order to connect
such a peripheral to the 2SP-PCI card,the I/O address range of the card
must therefore be changed manually.This section describes how this is
done.

1. Open Control Panel|System|Device Manager and find the Parallel­PCI listing under Ports. Click Properties, and proceed to the
Resources tab.The following screen will appear (Note: the
Input/Output Range and Interrupt of your particular configuration
may differ from the one below).

2. Remove the check mark from the Use Automatic Settings box.

Note: In some cases Windows will give an error message to the effect
that "Windows cannot modify this resource" at this point.If you are
unable to access the settings for changing system resources,reboot the
system in Safe Mode to make changes to resource settings.(To enter
Safe Mode,press the F8 key while the system is rebooting.)

3. Double-click on the words Input/Output Range.The following
screen will appear:

4. Use the up/down arrows to scroll to one of the following range
settings, or type them in manually:

0278 – 027F 0378 – 037F
0238 – 023F 02B8 – 02BF

5. After one of these has been entered,click OK.Windows will verify
whether you would like to force this particular configuration rather
than the automatic one that it had previously chosen. Click Yes.

6. Verify that there are no conflicts with addresses being used by other
devices already in your PC.If no conflicts are found, restart Windows.

0338 – 033F

Changing the Com numbering of your 2SP-PCI

ports (Windows 95/98/Me only)

Unless you already have more than 4 Com Ports installed in your PC,
Windows will by default configure the serial ports of the 2SP-PCI as Com
5 and Com 6. If you wish to change the assigned Com number of either
of these ports (e.g. reassign Port 1 to be Com 3), please use the Lava
Com Port Redirect Utility included in the“Utils\Redirect“ subdirectory of
your Installation Diskette.Such a reassignment may be necessary
because some communications applications programs do not recognize
port designations beyond Com 4.The Com Port Redirect utility will allow
you to change the Com numbering of your ports

address resources

To install the Port Redirect Utility on your hard drive,insert the
Installation Diskette into your floppy drive,click Start, Run and type
A:\Utils\Redirect\Setup.

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without changing I/O

Changing the Com numbering of your 2SP-PCI

ports (Windows 2000/XP only)

In Windows 2000,Com port numbering can be changed by double­clicking the serial port entry displayed in Windows' Device Manager.Go
to Port Settings | Advanced,and choose Com Port #.

Using Zip Drives with the 2SP-PCI

NOTE:The default input/output range for the 2SP-PCI card works with
Zip™ drives using new Iomegaware™ software.The instructions
"Connecting a non-printer device" given above apply to Zip™ drive
users using old versions of Iomegaware™.For best results with Windows
2000 and XP,we recommend downloading the latest "Iomegaware"
from Iomega. Additional instructions on optimizing Zip Drive
performance with the 2SP-PCI can be found at www.lavalink.com.

Release Notes:

A. This documentation describes installing the 2SP-PCI on a

Windows95/98/Me/2000/XP PC. Instructions and software for DOS,
Windows 3.x, and Windows NT 4.0 may be found in the NT4.0
subdirectory of the 2SP-PCI card Installation diskette. Instructions for
Linux installation are available at www.lavalink.com.

B. Because the 2SP-PCI card uses PCI (not ISA) I/O address ranges, it will

never be seen by your BIOS at boot-up as a standard port even if the
address has been changed in Windows using the above procedure.
This is normal, and does not indicate a fault in your 2SP-PCI card.

C. The parallel port of the 2SP-PCI card will not work at address 0278h

or 0378h if it is installed in a PCI slot that is behind a PCI-to-PCI
bridge. If you have trouble installing the 2SP-PCI card,try seating it
in a different slot.

D. In standard installations ofWindows 2000/XP,the I/O address cannot

be changed to a legacy address.

E. Some devices (like external CD writers) default to "word mode" (ie:

16-bit data transfer) for fastest performance.Such devices need to
operate in "byte mode" (8-bit data transfer) to work with the 2SP­PCI. Look in your device software for a "byte mode" setting,and
enable it.

Lava

Technical Support

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This device complies with part 15 of the FCC Rules. Operation is subject

to the following conditions: (1)This device may not cause harmful interference,

and (2) this device must accept any interference received,including interference

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that may cause undesired operation.