Black Box IC174C, IC110C manual Installation, Installing the Adapter in Your Operating System

DUAL PORT RS-232 SERIAL INTERFACE

5. Installation

IMPORTANT

You MUST set up the operating system BEFORE you physically install the Card.

5.1 Installing the Adapter in Your Operating System

If you are installing an ISA adapter in DOS, OS/2®, or QNX, please refer to the appropriate directory on one of the Serial Utilities Disks for instructions.

5.1.1WINDOWS 3.1X

Please refer to the /WINDOWS sub-directory on the Serial Utilities Diskette for help files and current information on the installation of the Card in this operating environment.

5.1.2 WINDOWS 95/98

For the ISA card, run setup the Serial Utilities Diskette before installing the card. Make note of the resources that Windows assigns the adapter and set the adapter to match those resources. Power down the computer and install the adapter.

5.1.3WINDOWS NT

For the ISA card, run setup on disk two of the Serial Utilities Diskettes before installing the card. After installing the software, refer to the help file that automatically comes up for installation instructions.

5.2 Installing the Hardware

The Dual Port RS-232 can be installed in any of the PC expansion slots, except J8 on the original IBM XT™ and Portable. Follow these steps to install the card:

1.Remove the PC case.

2.Remove the blank metal slot cover.

3.Gently insert the board.

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