Specifications

Chapter 3 Driver Setup & Installation

Windows 95/98 Driver Setup

Windows 95/98 supports up to 256 serial ports, from COM1 to

COM256. Advantech PCI ICOM driver, however, will start to assign

port numbers beginning from COM 5. In order to fully utilize

Windows 95/98 advanced features such as multi-process and multi-

thread , we offer pure 32-bit Windows 95/98 virtual device port

drivers, which are compliant with communication drivers, for the PCI-

1601/ 1602/ 1610/ 1612/ 1620 multiport boards. All these drivers

conform to Win32 COMM API standard to serve you with a smooth

performance.

Steps for Windows 95/98 Driver Setup

Before you install the card into your system, we strongly recommend

you install the driver first. Please follow the steps below for the PCI-

1601/ 1602/ 1610/1612/ 1620 Windows 95/98 driver installation.

1. Insert your driver installation diskette into your floppy drive, or

insert companion CD-ROM disc into your CD-ROM drive.

2. Use Windows Explorer or Windows Run command to execute

SETUP.EXE on your driver diskette or companion CD-ROM. Or if

the autoplay function is enabled on your system, the driver setup

program will be launched automatically from the CD-ROM.

3. After the Setup program is launched, you’ll see the following

Setup Screen.