PCI Express Board User’s Manual

Serial Programming Tools

3.The Device Manager window refreshes automatically, showing that the driver and ports for the CP-118EL Series board have been removed.

Windows 2000

In this section, we describe the installation procedure for Windows 2000.

Windows 2000 supports up to 256 serial ports, from COM1 to COM256. In order to utilize fully Windows 2000’s multi-process and multi-thread advanced features, pure 32-bit Windows 2000 device drivers were developed for MOXA multiport boards. The drivers conform to the Win32 COMM API standard.

Installing the Driver for the First Time

The following procedure shows how to install the CP-118EL driver for the first time under Windows 2000. First, make sure 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 2000 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.

 

 

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