User`s manual

3-26 Smartio C168H/PCI User’s Manual
Board and Port Ready Stage
There is a slight difference between the Board and Port Ready Stage for Windows 95
and Windows 98.
In this stage, we complete the driver installation.
Windows 95
After configuring the ports, you can immediately
use the Smartio C168H/PCI board COM ports
without restarting Windows 95.
Windows 98
After configuring the ports, click on Finish. The
Smartio C168H/PCI board COM ports can be used
without restarting Windows 98.
C168 PCI Series
Note! If an error message similar to “C168 PCI (BusNo=x, DevNo=x,
Port1=COMx) interrupt number is invalid!” pops up, refer to the
Troubleshooting chapter for help.
If you want to add more boards after installing the driver, simply plug in the
additional Smartio C168H/PCI boards and they will be automatically detected by
Windows 95/98. In this case, skip to Port Configuration stage to take care of the port
settings.
At this point, the Smartio C168H/PCI board driver installation should be complete,
including configuration of the board and ports. Please refer to the next section,
Configuring Board and Port, if you need to make any changes to the configuration.
You may start developing applications with PComm library (See Serial Programming
Tools) or Microsoft Win32 API, as soon as the board and driver have been
successfully installed and restarted. You can also execute any ready-made