5250 ADAPTER CARDS: HARDWARE INSTALLATION MANUAL

5.3 SETPCI Program

The SETPCI.EXE program is used to configure the PCI Card to function below and above one megabyte. This utility cannot be run under Windows 95/98/NT. It must be run from a DOS or Windows 95/98 boot disk.

After booting from a DOS or Windows boot disk, the program can be run by the following command line:

pciset.exe

The program will try to detect the presence of a PCI bios and the PCI Card. If found, the following menu will be displayed.

5250 PCI Card Configuration Utility v1.0

DO NOT RUN THIS UTILITY FROM WINDOWS!

5250 PCI I/O Port: 1401

Current Card Configuration: Irq Mode (High Memory)

Select a new configuration.

1.Irq Mode (Low Memory)

2.No Irq Mode (Low Memory)

3.Irq Mode (High Memory)

4.No Irq Mode (High Memory)

Choice>

The card will display the current configuration and the current memory location assigned to the card. You can abort the programming process by hitting the enter key when asked to make a menu selection.

The menu options are described next.

Option 1: Irq Mode (Low Memory)

This mode sets the PCI card to run with an interrupt, and to run below the one megabyte boundary.

Option 2: No Irq Mode (Low Memory)

This mode sets the PCI card to run without holding an interrupt, and to run below the one megabyte boundary. See Appendix B for more information on non- interrupt mode.

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