Technical information

Newcom Parameters Serial Solutions
into the following types, note the port range <range> is of
particular interest.
The maximum number of serial ports supported by the
driver is known as maxport. Different version of the driver
support different numbers of ports.
NewCOM.sys supports 16 serial ports so maxport is 16, when
NewCOM.sys is being used.
NewCOM24.sys supports 24 serial ports so maxport is 24, when
NewCOM24.sys is being used.
NewCOM32.sys supports 32 serial ports so maxport is 32, when
NewCOM32.sys is being used.
Figure 2-1. NewCOM Command Summary.______________________________________
Function Command Line Switch
Address of port /A range, hexaddr
Buffer size /B buffs
Flynix setup /F irq1, p1, p2, p3, p4, irq2,p5, p6, p7, p8
Handshake /H [range], [hs]
Interrupt line /I port, irq
Lynx card setup /L hexaddr, irq, range[,range][, range]
Omit port /O range [, range][, range]
Size of buffers /S memsize
Xon-Xoff /X range[, xon, xoff]
<port>
A decimal number in the range 1 to maxport specifying a
COM port. eg 1 means COM1 10 means COM10.
<range>
A list of none, one or more ports. The each port is a
decimal number in the range 1 to maxport. The range can
be a singe decimal number, eg 5; a single decimal number
and a dash eg -5; a dash and single decimal number, eg 5-
or two decimal numbers separated by a dash eg 5-7.
Here are several examples of valid ranges. (using the
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