Blue Heat/PCI User’s Manual, Connect Tech Inc.
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Hardware installation involves configuration of the following Blue Heat/PCI products:
The Blue Heat/PCI; RS-422/485; Opto; Opto RS-422/485; 20mA CL; RJ-11 and Universal Blue
Heat/PCI RS-422/485 adapters
Note: Please see the Software Installation section for
installation of your Blue Heat/PCI or Universal Blue Heat/PCI
board under certain operating systems.
Installing the Blue Heat/PCI Adapter in your System
To install your Blue Heat/PCI adapter in your computer follow these steps:
Your Blue Heat/PCI adapter is very sensitive
to static electricity. Make sure you wear an
anti-static wristband before you remove the
card from the anti-static shipping bag. When
you remove the board from the anti-static
bag, handle it only by the edges and place it
on the anti-static bag or an anti-static mat.
1. Turn the power off to your computer.
2. Open your computer to expose the expansion slots (consult the system documentation for
information on this procedure.)
3. Choose an available 32-bit 5V PCI expansion slot (Blue Heat/PCI; RS-422/485; RJ-11;
Opto; Opto RS-422/485; 20mA CL; Universal Blue Heat/PCI RS-422/485 models) or 3.3V
PCI expansion slot (Universal Blue Heat/PCI RS-422/485 models only).
Note: 3.3V and 5V PCI expansion slots are keyed differently
to prevent incorrect installation of PCI adapters.
4. Remove the screw and the expansion slot cover fr om the slot you select and save both.
5. Place the Blue Heat/PCI adapter in the expansion slot and push down gently until the card
seats fully in the slot.
Note: Do not force the card into the expansion slot. If you
meet a great deal of resistance remove the board and try
again.
6. Align the mounting bracket and secure the board with the screw that you saved.
7. Close your computer.
Configuration
Peripheral Component Interconnect (PCI) bus architecture offers a feature called Plug and Play
(sometimes referred to as PnP). This feature automatically identifies and configures installed
devices each time the system boots.
In most PCI compliant computers, the system BIOS will automatically detect and configure the
Blue Heat/PCI adapter. However in some cases a system BIOS cannot resolve all of the requests
for resources in the system. This is especially true if you manually assign resources to ISA bus
adapters that the PCI devices need. This often occurs with the assignment of system interrupts,
since this is usually the scarcest resource.