Lava Computer DSerial-PCI-LP Card User Manual

Lava DSerial-PCI

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Quick Installation Guide

MADE

IN

LAVACOMPUTERS

CANADA

PNMOKOS-1
MADEINJAPAN
0255351

DSerial PCI_LP

P.N.MOKO L71.4P

Rev.B00

Windows NT 4.0 Installation

1. With the power turned off,insert the DSerial-PCI/LP card into any
free PCI slot in your PC.Boot NT logging on as “Administrator”.

2. Place the DSerial-PCI/LP installation diskette into your floppy drive
and select Run from the Start Menu. When prompted type:
A:\NT4.0\Setup.

3. After the necessary files have been copied,select My Computer and
start Control Panel.A new icon will appear called “LavaPort”.This
applet should now be used to configure ALL Com Ports in your PC –
not just Lava serial ports.

Please note that Com 1 may not appear in this applet if you have your
mouse attached to Com 1.

DOS and Windows 3.x Installation

1. With the power turned off,insert the DSerial-PCI/LP card into any
free PCI slot in your PC.Turn your PC on.

2. Place the DSerial-PCI installation diskette into your floppy drive.
In the Win3.11\16550 subdirectory of this diskette you will find a file
called“Lavaconf.exe”. Copy this file to your hard drive and run it.

3. When run, Lavaconf.exe will display two I/O addresses and one IRQ.
These correspond to the addresses and IRQ chosen by your PC when
configuring the DSerial-PCI . Make a note of them.

4. If you are using Windows 3.x,start Windows and go to Control Panel
| Ports. Choose Com 3 for Port 1 and Com 4 for Port 2 on the DSerial-

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PCI . Click the Advanced button and enter the I/O address and IRQ
for each port as reported by Lavaconf.exe. Reboot your PC for these
changes to take effect.

Note: DOS andWindows 3.X support a maximum

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of four Com Ports in a PC.