User's Guide

SPEED Serial Adaptors User guide
Installing under Windows 2000/XP/Server 2003/Vista/Server 2008
Page 59
Chapter 2 Installing drivers and host cards
General setup procedure for Windows 2000/XP/Server 2003/Vista/Server 2008
The general procedure for installing SPEED cards under the Windows 2000, XP,
Server 2003, Vista. or Server 2008 operating systems is as follows;
1. Install or remove any PCI host cards you require on your system. See Installing a PCI
host card on page 69 and Removing host cards on page 70.
2. Install the SPEED device driver software. See Installing device drivers and utilities
onto your system on page 60
3. If you add new SPEED cards, you should run Update Driver to make sure the new cards
have the latest driver. See Adding additional cards and/or updating drivers on
page 62.
4. If required, remove any host cards you want from your system. See Removing host
cards on page 70.
5. Using the Windows 2000 Device Manager, configure the serial ports you have added to
the system. See Configuring serial ports on page 62.