User`s manual

Software Installation
Intellio C218Turbo User's Manual 3-29
DOS
With over ten years of professional expertise in serial communications, Moxa
provides high-performance DOS device drivers and powerful library functions,
which are integrally called DOS API-232. MOXA DOS device driver supports
maximum of 256 serial ports.
In this chapter, driver installation, setup, loading and unloading procedures are
described. Device naming issue is discussed. And useful utility, Data Scope, is
explained, which is good for terminal emulation, data scope and diagnostics.
For more DOS serial programming (API-232 Library) details, please refer to the next
Chapter “Serial Programming Tools”.
Driver Installation, Setup, Loading and Unloading
MOXA DOS API-232 is a software package that assists users to develop and/or
debug programs for serial communications. The following will show you how to
install the package, how to setup up the driver, and how to load or unload driver.
Driver Installation
Run the installation program, DOSINST.EXE, in the API-232 software diskette.
Specify the target API-232 directory (e.g. C:\MOXA) where software driver will be
copied. Press F2 to start the installation.