ISAWAY driver

Configuration of the operating system

At a Glance

After the driver installation and configuration phase, the operating system shall

 

recognize the TPCX 57 card and its driver.

Installation

 

 

 

As this card is not automatically recognized by the operating system, the following

principles

phases must be carried out:

 

 

 

 

 

Step

Action

 

 

 

 

 

 

1

Select the hardware type:

 

 

 

for Windows 98 see How to select the hardware type for Windows 98, p. 97,

 

 

 

for Windows 2000 see How to select the hardware type for Windows

 

 

 

2000\XP, p. 100,

 

 

 

for Windows NT no operation is required.

 

 

 

 

 

 

2

Configure the parameters of the operating system to recognize the card:

 

 

 

for Windows 98 see How to configure hardware parameters for Windows

 

 

 

98, p. 103,

 

 

 

for Windows 2000 see How to configure hardware parameters for Windows

 

 

 

￿2000\XP, p. 105,

 

 

 

for Windows NT no operation is required.

 

 

 

 

 

 

3

Switch off the station.

 

 

 

 

 

 

4

Adjust the card parameters: See How to adjust the ISA TPCX 57 card

 

 

 

parameters, p. 108.

 

 

 

￿the standard I/O address,

 

 

 

the IRQ interrupt address.

 

 

 

 

 

 

5

Connect the card to the ISA bus.

 

 

 

 

 

 

6

Turn the station back on.

 

 

 

Result: the driver is operational.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Schneider Electric Communication Drivers Configuration of the operating system, Recognize the Tpcx 57 card and its driver

Communication Drivers specifications

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