User`s manual

Software Installation l l Chapter 3
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3.2 Windows 95/98
Windows 95/98 supports up to 128 serial ports, from COM1 to COM128. To fully
integrate the advanced features of Windows 95, multi-process and multi-thread, pure
32-bit Windows 95 virtual device port drivers (VxD) compliant with communication
drivers (VCOMM) are developed for the Smartio C104 PCI Series and other MOXA
multiport boards. The drivers conform to the Win32 COMM API standard.
If you install the driver for the first time, or you want to add more boards, please go
directly to section 3.2.1, “Installing the Driver”.
If you have already installed the driver and want to re-configure the board, please refer to
section 3.2.2, “COM Port Mapping”.
If you want to update the driver, please go to section 3.2.3, “Updating the Driver”.
If you want to remove the driver, please go to the section 3.2.4, “Removing the PCI
Board”.
3.2.1 Installing the Driver
If you install for the first time, or you want to add more boards, this section is for you.
You can easily plug the Smartio C104 PCI Series board and work right away with very
little installation efforts under Windows 95/98, which supports Plug and Play capability.
Windows 95/98 will automatically detect the presence of the newly plugged board and
prompt you to install the software driver the first time. In this case, you need the driver
diskette.
Up to 4 Smartio C104 PCI Series boards can be installed together as long as the I/O
addresses and IRQ number resources are sufficient and available in a system.