Quatech SSP-200, SSP-300 user manual 3.2.1Viewing Resource Settings with Device Manager, PC Card

Models: SSP-300 SSP-200

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3.2.1Viewing Resource Settings with Device Manager

hardware using free resources it finds within the hardware registry, and updates the registry automatically.

To view and/or edit hardware devices in Windows 95/98/ME use the system Device Manager. To access Device Manager double click the System icon in the Windows 95/98/ME control panel, or click the My Computer icon on the Windows 95/98/ME desktop with the right mouse button and select Properties from the pull down menu. Consult Windows 95/98/ME on-line help for details on the use of the Device Manager.

3.2.1Viewing Resource Settings with Device Manager

1.Start the Windows 95/98/ME Device Manager.

2.Double click on the hardware class Quatech Comm Adapters to list hardware devices in the class.

3.The SSP-200/300 “parent device” belongs to this hardware class. The device name for the SSP-200/300 is Quatech SSP-200/300:RS-422/RS-485 Serial Port

PC Card.

4.Open the Properties dialog for the SSP-200/300 device, then click the Resources tab to view the Input/Output Range and Interrupt Request resource allocations.

5.Double click the hardware class Ports (Com and LPT). The Quatech Communications Port listed in this class is a “child device” of the SSP-200/300 “parent device.”

6.Open the Properties dialog for the COM port, then click the Resources tab to view the Input/Output Range and Interrupt Request resource allocations. These will match those of the “parent device.”

7.Record the COM Port device name (COM1, COM2, etc.) for the SSP-200/300. This name is required by a Windows 95/98/ME application when accessing a particular port.

3.2.2Changing Resource Settings with Device Manager

1.Start the Windows 95/98/ME Device Manager.

2.Double click on the hardware class Quatech Comm Adapters to list hardware devices in the class.

3.The SSP-200/300 “parent device” belongs to this hardware class. The device name for the SSP-200/300 is Quatech SSP-200/300:RS-422/RS-485 Serial Port

PC Card.

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SSP-200/300 (Rev. I and later) User's Manual

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