User`s manual

Smartio C168H/PCI User's Manual 3-1
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3 Software Installation
In this chapter, we describe driver installation and configuration, and driver update
and removal procedures for Windows NT/95/98. You must first complete the
hardware installation before proceeding with the software installation.
If you wish to develop your own applications, please refer to the next chapter, Serial
Programming Tools, for a discussion of serial programming issues.
Windows NT
Windows NT can support up to 256 serial ports, from COM1 to COM256. To fully
utilize Windows NT’s advanced multi-process and multi-thread features, Moxa has
developed pure, 32-bit device drivers for Smartio C168H/PCI, and other MOXA
multiport boards. These drivers all conform to the Win32 COMM API standard.
Go directly to the section Installing the Driver to install the driver for the first time.
Refer to the section Configuring Board and Port to learn how to re-configure a
board that is already installed.
Refer to the section Updating the Driver for information on how to update the driver
for a board that is already installed.
Refer to the section Removing the Driver to see how to delete a driver from your
system.