MultiPort PCIe/EC English Software Manual 2012.11.05 Version 1.
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Table of Contents Table of Contents - Windows Device Driver Auto Installation..................................................................................... 4 - Windows 2000 Device Driver Installation .................................................................................... 7 - Windows XP/2003 Device Driver Installation ............................................................................ 13 - Windows Vista/2008/7/8 Device Driver Installation .......................................
Windows Device Driver Auto Installation - Windows Device Driver Auto Installation 1. Turn off your PC and insert MultiPort board into anyone of PCIe/EC slots. 2. Connect the port box to the board. 3. Turn on the PC. 4. Start Windows ※ ignored the following wizard window, please proceed to item 5. 5. Insert MultiPort/PCIe Installation CD into the device. 6. Run either Windows Explorer or My Computer, and go to the directory where the driver is located.
Windows Device Driver Auto Installation 5 7. Run the “PCIe_Setup.exe” file 8. Click the “Install” button.
Windows Device Driver Auto Installation 9. When installation is complete without any problem, you will see the following message. Click the “OK” button. If the installation cannot be done by auto installation, please use the appropriate drivers for your OS manually.
Windows 2000 Device Driver Installation - Windows 2000 Device Driver Installation 10. Turn off your PC and insert MultiPort board into anyone of PCIe/EC slots. 11. Connect the port box to the board. 12. Turn on the PC. 13. Start Windows 2000. 14. New hardware is detected at this time. 15. Click the “Next” button. 16. Select the “Search for a suitable driver for my device” and click the “Next” button.
Windows 2000 Device Driver Installation 17. Insert the provided device driver disk into the CD-ROM drive and click the “Next” button. 18. Select the “Specify a location” and Click the “Next” button. 19. Select the “Browse…” and Specify [CDROM]\DRIVER\Win2000,XP,2003,Vista,2008,7,8”. Click the “OK” button. 20. Click the “Next” button.
Windows 2000 Device Driver Installation 21. Click the “Finish” button. 22. New hardware is detected. Click the “Next” Button.
Windows 2000 Device Driver Installation 23. Click the “Next” button. 24. Select the “Specify a location” and click the “Next” button. 25. Select the “Browse…” and Specify [CDROM]\DRIVER\Win2000,XP,2003,Vista,2008,7,8”. Click the “OK” button.
Windows 2000 Device Driver Installation 26. Click the “Next” button. 27. Click the “Finish” button. 28. Remaining ports are installed automatically.
Windows 2000 Device Driver Installation 29. After all installations are completed, you can check the device information in [Setting] [Control Panel] [System] [Hardware] [Device Manager].
Windows XP/2003 Device Driver Installation - Windows XP/2003 Device Driver Installation 1. Insert MultiPort/PCIe or EC board into PCIe/EC slot. 2. Connect the cable to the board. 3. Turn on the PC and insert install CD. 4. Run the proper Windows version. 5. Check the “Found New Hardware” menu. 6. Found now hardware wizard begins, Select the “Install from a list or specific location” menu and click the “Next” button.
Windows XP/2003 Device Driver Installation 7. Select the “Search for the best driver in these locations” and “Include this location in the search” menu. Click the “Next” button. (Specify the location as below. Windows x32 OS: “[CD-ROM]:\DRIVERS\Win2000,XP,2003,Vista,2008,7,8” Windows x64 OS: “[CD-ROM]:\DRIVERS\WinXP,2003,Vista,2008,7,8 x64”.
Windows XP/2003 Device Driver Installation 8. Install finished for Multi-port serial adapter. Click the “Finish” button. 9. Step 6 ~ 10 will be repeated to install serial ports. This will be repeated for the number of serial ports.
Windows Vista/2008/7/8 Device Driver Installation - Windows Vista/2008/7/8 Device Driver Installation 1. Turn off your PC and insert MultiPort/PCIe board into anyone of PCIe/EC slots. 2. Connect the external port box to the board. 3. Turn on the PC power. 4. Start Windows Vista/2008/7/8. 5. Pop-up message “Found New Hardware” will appear. Click the “Locate and install driver software (recommended)” menu. If pop-up message “Found New Hardware” does not appear, please proceed as instructed on #9.
Windows Vista/2008/7/8 Device Driver Installation 6. When the following windows appears, Click the “Don’t Search Online” menu 7. “Insert the disc that came with your PCI serial Port” message window will appear. Insert the driver CD into the CD-ROM and click the “Next” button. Device driver will start automatic installation.
Windows Vista/2008/7/8 Device Driver Installation 8. “The software for this device has been successfully installed” message box will appear. Click the “Close” button. PCI Serial Port has now been installed. Next step is to install driver for each separate ports. Proceed as instructed on #16. 9. In case “Found New Hardware” window does not appear, driver must be installed manually. Go to Control Panel Device Manager. 10.
Windows Vista/2008/7/8 Device Driver Installation 11. The following window will appear. Click the “Brows my computer for driver software” menu 12. “Brows my computer for driver software” window will appear. Click the “Browse” button and select “[CDROM]:/DRIVERS/Win2000,XP,2003,Vista,2008,7,8” for its location.
Windows Vista/2008/7/8 Device Driver Installation 13. Once installation is complete, “Driver has successfully updated your driver software.” Message box will appear. “PCI Serial Port” is now successfully installed. Click the “Close” button. Next step is to install driver for each separate ports. 14. “Software has been successfully installed for this device” Message box will appear.
Windows Vista/2008/7/8 Device Driver Installation 15. Your Multiport driver is successfully installed if following items can be found under “Device Manager”.
Windows Device Driver Configuration - Windows Device Driver Configuration 1.
Windows Device Driver Configuration 2. At the Hardware Configuration setting, Auto Toggling setting is disabled at RS232 mode and RS422 point to point mode. Also, At RS422 multi-drop mode, Auto Toggling setting is fixed to HW Auto toggling. (Multi-4/PCIe RS232 card Installation Setting View) 3. At the Hardware Configuration setting, Auto Toggling setting is active at RS485 Echo/Non Echo mode. Auto Toggling setting is set for SW Auto Toggling in standard.
Windows Device Driver Configuration 4. If you click the “Advanced Options” button, display the “Advanced Settings...”. The below picture is “Advanced Settings...”. If UART type is 16C105x, Flow Control would be activated and the FIFO size occupies “256”. You can select the “AutoRTS”, “AutoCTS”, “AutoXonXoff” in “Flow Control”, and the “Interrupt Trigger Level”. At “Interrupt Trigger Level”, RxFifo default is 32, TxFifo default is 64. If you click the “Restore Defaults” button, “Advanced Settings...
Windows Device Driver Configuration 6. When you click the “All Port Remap...” button, you can see like a view below. If you want to change port name of all ports sequentially, modify it. Specify this port name as you want and click the “OK” button. The port names of the device will be rearranged. - You can use serial port without re-booting if you did “Device Manager Action (A) Scan for hardware changes”. 7.
Windows Device Driver Uninstall - Windows Device Driver Uninstall This page provide information for how to uninstall drivers in Windows 2000 or versions above. 1. Turn on the PC. 2. Start Windows. 3. Insert MultiPort/PCIe Installation CD into the device. 4. Run either Windows Explorer or My Computer, and go to the directory where the driver is located.
Windows Device Driver Uninstall 6. Click the “Uninstall” button. 7. When uninstall is complete without any problem, you will see the following message. After removing the driver, you must reboot your system. If you click “OK” button, OS will force reboot.
Solving Problems - Solving Problems - General Issues 1. The MultiPort does not work properly even after it has been successfully installed One of major reasons MultiPort boards do not work properly is mostly interrupt collisions. This is not a frequent problem because PCIe boards are automatically assigned interrupts. However, reasons for interrupt collisions or abnormal operation of PCIe boards can be classified into three.
