B&B Electronics RS-422 manual Windows XP Professional

Windows XP Professional

This section covers the first part of device driver installation for Windows XP Professional. Windows Classic settings used as standard.

The 3PCIO1 drivers are unique to this series of cards. If at some point in the future, you want to update these drivers, remove these drivers before installing the new version. See Removal at page 34.

1.Configure the port on the Card for the desired RS-232/422/485 mode using the 3 jumpers. See Chapter 2.

2.Install the card in the slot. Start the computer as Administrator or ask your system administrator to install the software.

3.Windows will detect the PCI card and start Found New Hardware Wizard, to begin driver installation. Windows XP will find new hardware two times. After the driver for the PCI Serial Card installs, the serial driver for the Com port will be installed.

4.Insert your driver disc in the CD-ROM drive.

5.Select Install the software automatically. Allow a few seconds for the drive to become ready after inserting disc. Click Next.

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