PCI Express Board User’s Manual

Serial Programming Tools

WARNING

If you are installing a PCI Express board on an ASUS A8N Series (AMD CPU) motherboard and the installation process hangs the first time, then restart the PC to reinstall it.

NOTE

The following steps use CP-118EL as an example. The installation process for CP-168EL and

 

CP-104EL are the same.

 

 

Windows 2003/XP (32-bit/64-bit)

In this section, we describe the installation procedure for Windows XP. The installation procedure for Windows 2003 is similar.

Windows 2003/XP support up to 256 serial ports, from COM1 to COM256. In order to make the best use of Windows 2003/XP’s multi-process/multi-thread advanced features, 32-bit and 64-bit Windows 2003/XP device drivers were developed for MOXA multiport boards. The drivers conform to the Win32 COMM API standard.

Installing the Driver

The following procedure shows how to install the CP-118EL driver for the first time under Windows XP. First, make sure that you have already plugged the board or boards into the system’s PCI Express slot(s).

NOTE

If you have already installed a CP-118EL or other MOXA PCI Express board in your computer,

 

and you are installing additional boards, Windows 2003/XP will automatically detect and install

 

the new board(s) the next time you boot up the computer. In this case, proceed directly to the next

 

section, “Configuring the Ports,” to configure the ports’ serial transmission parameters.

 

 

1.After plugging the board into an expansion slot and powering on your PC, Windows XP will automatically detect the new board, and the Found New Hardware balloon will open in the bottom right corner of the Windows desktop.

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