Specifications

Tritech International Ltd SeaKing System Options OM
Issue 3 TIL – Eng – Spec – 040 Page 12 of 44
B) SEANET SCU AUXILIARY I/O CARD
The Seanet SCU has 2 built-in serial COM ports; COM1, COM2. Generally both are available for
remote comms use since the Pointer on the Seanet RAT is PS2. However if extra ports are
required the LAVA PCI card is supplied by Tritech to provide 2 more.
Installing Lava PCI RS232 AUXilliary ports to SeaNet SCU under Win 98.
Fit the card to the central PCI slot of the 5 on the SCU motherboard
Switch on SCU.
During the boot up of the SCU
Windows 98 will report “NEW HARDWARE FOUND LAVA D SERIAL PCI PORT A”
Windows 98 will then report “NEW HARDWARE FOUND LAVA D SERIAL PCI PORT B”
The drivers will then automatically load for both ports
NOTE If a card has been fitted during manufacture of the SCU then the above messages
may not be displayed
However you can confirm if the card has been detected by checking the control Panel.
From the Windows START button press SETTINGS then CONTROL PANEL.
The control panel contents will be displayed
From here open the program marked SYSTEM.
Click the “Device manager” Tab on the top of the system panel as shown below
The LAVA Dserial PCI ports A & B should appear as shown…
For the SONV3 software to work the com ports must be set to 3 and 4
Lava ports will be
initially set up as
Com5 and Com 6 as
shown.