User`s guide

Chapter 3: The BIOS Setup Program
3–10 Digital HiNote VP 500 Series
Integrated Peripherals (Peripherals submenu)
Move the highlighted cell to this field and press <Enter> to open the submenu.
The following settings are available in the Integrated Peripherals Menu screen of the BIOS
Setup Program.
Field Settings Description
Serial Port
• Auto
• Disabled
• COM 1 (3F8h - IRQ4) *
• COM 2 (2F8h - IRQ3)
• COM 3 (3E8h - IRQ4)
• COM 4 (2E8h - IRQ3)
Enables, configures or disables
the serial port.
Set the serial port to disable to
increase the battery run time.
Infrared
• Auto
• Disabled*
• COM 1 (3F8h - IRQ4)
• COM 2 (2F8h - IRQ3)
• COM 3 (3E8h - IRQ4)
• COM 4 (2E8h - IRQ3)
Enables, configures or disables
the infrared port.
Set the infrared port to disable to
increase the battery run time.
Parallel
Mode
• Disabled
• Normal
• Bi-Directional *
• EPP Mode
(Extended Parallel Port)
• ECP
(Extended Capabilities)
Disables the parallel port.
Parallel port is set for data-out
mode only.
Parallel port permits both data
output and data input.
Operates only with EPP aware
peripherals.
Operates only with ECP aware
peripherals. See your parallel
device user’s guide.
* Default value.