
A d v a n c e d M e n u
Table 4: Fields, Options and Defaults for the Serial/Parallel Port Configurations Submenu of Advanced Menu
| Menu | Options | Default | Description | |
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| Serial Port: | • Disabled | [Enabled] | Configures the serial port using either no configuration (Disabled), | |
| 
 | • Enabled | 
 | a user defined configuration (Enabled), or by allowing the BIOS or | |
| 
 | • Auto | 
 | OS to choose the configuration (Auto). | |
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| I/O | • 3F8 - 3FF | [3F8 - 3FF] | Allows user to set the serial port base I/O address when serial port | |
| Address: | • 2F8 - 2FF | 
 | is Enabled. | |
| 
 | • 3E8 - 3EF | 
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 | • 2E8 - 2EF | 
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| Interrupt: | • IRQ 3 | [IRQ 4] | Allows user to set the serial port interrupt when serial port is | |
| 
 | • IRQ 4 | 
 | Enabled. | |
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 | • IRQ 10 | 
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 | • IRQ 11 | 
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| Touch | • Disabled | [Enabled] | Enables or disables the Touch Panel, or allows the Plug & Play | |
| Panel: | • Enabled | 
 | operating system to choose the configuration (Auto). | |
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 | • Auto | 
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| I/O | •  | [2E8 - 2EF] | Allows user to set the touch panel I/O address when the touch | |
| Address: | •  | 
 | panel is Enabled. | |
| 
 | • 3E8 - 3EF | 
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 | • 2E8 - 2EF | 
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| Interrupt: | • IRQ 3 | [IRQ 3] | Allows user to set the touch panel interrupt when the touch panel | |
| 
 | • IRQ 4 | 
 | is Enabled. | |
| 
 | • IRQ 10 | 
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 | • IRQ 11 | 
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| Parallel | • Disabled | [Enabled] | Configures the parallel port using either no configuration (Dis- | |
| Port: | • Enabled | 
 | abled), a user defined configuration (Enabled), or by allowing the | |
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 | • Auto | 
 | BIOS or OS to choose the configuration (Auto). | |
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| Mode: | • Output Only | When the parallel port is enabled this option is available allowing | ||
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 | the user to set the mode for the parallel port.  | |
| 
 | • ECP | 
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 | connected parallel device. Output Only (Half Duplex) allows infor- | |
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 | mation to be transferred in only one direction, from your notebook | |
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 | to the printer or similar device. ECP Mode allows communication | |
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 | with the ECP class of parallel I/O devices. | |
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| I/O | • 378 - 37F | [378 - 37F] | Allows user to set the parallel port base I/O address when the | |
| address: | • 278 - 27F | 
 | parallel port is Enabled. | |
| 
 | • 3BC - 3BF | 
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| Interrupt: | • IRQ 5 | [IRQ 7] | Allows user to set the parallel port interrupt when the parallel port | |
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 | • IRQ 7 | 
 | is Enabled. | |
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| DMA | • DMA 1 | [DMA 1] | This appears when parallel port is Enabled and Mode is set to ECP. | |
| Channel | • DMA 3 | 
 | Selects the direct memory access channel for the parallel port. | |
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