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Subj: 4 Port 32-bit PCI RS-232 Card
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Hello All,
Here is some information that my be of help to some that run Multi
Com cards.
In that I dont or have not been supported by any one but rather
this artical is about something I have used myself and found it to
be 100% reliable in so many diffrent ways which is the PCCOM2000
4 Port 32-bit PCI RS-232 Card so if you have got a comport card
and are pulling you hair out woundering where to get the update
software and drivers from here are some leads to look at concerning
Decision.com PCCOM2000 (PCI or ISA) (RS232), 4 Port and 8 Port
Multiplexer cards.
Features:
32 bit PCI bus with Plug and Play (PnP).
Four RS232 ports or RS422/485 ports for asynchronous communications.
Suitable for SCO UNIX, Linux, MS DOS, WINDOWS NT, WINDOWS 95/98,
MS/WINDOWS, ... etc.
Pentium hardware compatible.
Baud rates upto 115200 for normal speed modes and upto 460K for
high speed modes.
Provides 4 Integrated 16550 ports, each with a 16 byte FIFO.
Up to 4 boards can be installed in one computer system.
Software compatible with PCCOM2000.
The PCCOM 2/4 port adapter is a 32 bit PCI bus card with Plug
and Play (PnP) features it provides four asynchronous serial
communication ports (RS232), for connection with standard serial
peripheral devices such as terminals,modems,serial printers,
plotters etc.
PnP features allow hardware configuration for IRQ and I/O address
to be detected by the BIOS automatically No switch or jumper settings
are required.
To enable use of standard COM1 and COM2, the PCCOM PCI bus 4 port
adapter can be configured from COM4 upwards the on board PLX9054
chip provides Integration of four 16550 Uarts, each contain a 16
byte FIFO buffer.
The cards can operate in two modes, normal speed mode with baud
rates up to 115200, and high speed mode with baud rates up to 460K.
Each board is supplied with connectivity ports via an Octopus
type cable.
Installing :
(PCI or ISA) as you will find that you get attached with this card
all the latest driver for ISA cards which is PCCOM2000 and another
zip file containg the driver for PCI cards.
If you are using the PCI type of the 4 port card the procedures
are as such:
a. Plug in the card in your PC
b. After Window loads up, it would be able to detect the card,
and would be asking for the driver.
c. Just speccify the directory where you unzipped the driver,
and then windows will load this driver.
d. To change the COM port assignments, Go to "Control Panel",
"System", "Device Manager", then click the "+" sign beside the
"Decision PCI PCCOM Cards" entry. Then double click the entry below
it (the entry that specifies tha card that you have been using),
then re-assign the Starting COM port to the one you require.
Afterwards reboot for the changes to take effect.
If you are using a non PCI card (like our 8 bit and 16 bit ISA
cards).
Please follow the procedures below.
a. Unzip the PCCOM 2000 driver, then run setup.
b. After installation is complete, go to "Start", "Programs",
then "PCCOM 2000".
c. In the program, specify the type of card you are using and
the its configuration (I/O address and IRQ), also select the
starting COM port assignment of the card.
d. Then let the program test your card, afterwards it will telling
you to reboot, please do so for the changes to take effect.
e. After rebooting, you should be able to see the com ports in
"Control Panel","System", "Device Manager", "Ports".
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Have a look at the Enhancements/ Revision on PCCOM 2000 as well:
1. New look and more user friendly.
2. Card images are shown as they are selected.
3. I/O addresses and IRQ are initially set to the cards default
settings.
4. Faster registry enhancement and port testing.
5. Can tell if the card ports are in conflict with other devices
or if the specified address is invalid.
6. Fix for the starting COM port, The starting COM port can be
up to COM30.
7. Fix for the mixing of COM assignments in the Registry.
8. COM ports created by PCCOM 2000, is more readable, since the
mapping of specified card Port no. to COM port no. is included
in the registry.
9. Fix for garbage created inside the registry.
10. Fix for the supported address for the RISCOM cards
11. Auto Reboot; since the installation of the COM ports requires
rebooting for changes to take effect, the PCCOM 2000 can reboot
the computer by itself.
12. New cards have been added. Safline 4 Port and 8 Port Multiplexer
cards.
13. Fixed the Bug in the Riscom Driver (prob: rebooting the PC) at
the following URL
http://www.decision.com.tw/new_driver/pccommw311.zip
Australian Contact:
Alloy Computer Products Technical Support Division.
Take a look at Alloy's web site Homepage at
http://www.alloycp.com.au/products/hcs-40-1.HTM
and look at The Multiport RS-232 Serial Boards
Address Details:
ABN 41 006 507 473
Telephone (613) 8562 9000
FAX (613) 9561 7412
Address Unit 4, 585 Blackburn Road, Notting Hill, 3168, Victoria,
Australia
Mail P.O. Box 15 Mulgrave, Victoria, Australia 3170
Electronic mail General Information: alloy@alloy.com.au
Sales Support: sales@alloy.com.au
Hope this is of help to any one interested in asynchronous serial
communication and can we look forward to hearing more HF RF chatting
a way with them TNC blasting out some RF perhaps we will wait
and see.
73s Peter VK8PDG 18-January-2006
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