User`s guide

Installing the Software
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sound other audio signals. Enabling the annunciator will help you
monitor what is going on when you insert and remove PC Cards. We
highly recommend it. To enable the annunciator, highlight Card
Insertion Annunciator and press Enter. To disable the annunciator,
highlight Card Insertion Annunciator Not Active and press Enter.
To configure CardTalk for serial or network cards, continue reading. If
you don’t plan to use fax/modem, serial or LAN cards, go to the section
titled Completing Installation.
Selecting a Serial Port
INSTALL displays a list of the currently unused serial communications
(COM) ports and asks you to choose between two methods CardTalk
uses to assign a COM port to a PC fax/modem or serial card: automatic
(Auto) or a specific port (COMx). If you choose Auto, CardTalk
assigns the next available port when you insert the card. If you choose a
specific COM port, that port must be available when you insert the card
for communications to work.
NOTE
COM Port
When you’ve selected Auto, CardTalk assigns an
available COM port to the socket. Make sure the
COM port used by your communications software is
the same one CardTalk assigned.
If you assign a specific COM port, CardTalk always attempts to use that
port when you insert a PC fax/modem card or serial card.
Selecting a specific COM port also lets you select an Interrupt Request
(IRQ) channel. Serial devices use interrupts to get the attention of the
computer when there is output going to or input coming from the
device.
Follow these steps to select fax/modem COM port:
1. To accept automatic port assignment, highlight Auto, press Enter.
To always assign one of the listed ports, highlight its COM port
name and press Enter.