User manual

Installation and Setup
ProMaster 2500 User Manual 2-17
3. Connect one end of the second serial cable to the COM2 serial port on
the back of your PC. TaskLink uses COM2 as the default Remote
port. It does not use any other COM ports other than 1 and 2. If you
plan to use a mouse with TaskLink, it must be a bus mouse; or you
can set a COM port to 3 or 4 and use an interrupt other than IRQ 3
or 4.
4. Connect the other end of this COM2 cable to the connector labeled
Remote RS-232
on the back of the 2500.
5. When you run TaskLink, the software configures the COM1 and
COM2 ports on your PC to match the defaults used by TaskLink. The
system defaults for TaskLink ports are:
• 9600 baud
• 8 data bits
•No parity
•1 stop bit
Installing TaskLink
on the PC
Install TaskLink on your PC by performing the following steps:
Note: The following instructions are for TaskLink for DOS. If you are using
TaskLink for Windows, refer to the TLFW Getting Started Guide and the
online Help for installation and operation instructions.
1. Insert the TaskLink disk into the floppy disk drive on your PC.
2. From your hard disk prompt, enter
drive
:install
where
drive
is the disk drive holding the TaskLink disk. Your
command line might look something like this:
C:\b:install
3. Press
↵
. The installation program will prompt you for the
information needed to complete the installation.