ICP DAS USA VXC-142 User Manual

ICP DAS USA VXC-142 User Manual Manual pdf 16 page image

3. Software InstallationICP DAS provides following device drivers for most operation systems suchas MS-DOS, Windows NT 4.0 and Windows 2000/XP/2003. These Windowsdrivers provide full interrupt-driven, buffered I/O for each COM ports. And alsosupports the Plug & Play mechanism for easy installation.VxCard DOS Lib: Programming library files and sample programs for DOS.VxCard Driver NT: COM port driver for Windows NT 4.0.VxCard Driver 2K: COM port driver for Windows 2000/XP/2003.VxCard Driver Linux: tty driver for Linux.Note: VxCard Driver 2K also supports Windows XP and WindowsServer 2003.For Windows users to access COM ports, please refer to the “SerialCommunications in Win32” article for programming information. Which can befound by searching on the http://msdn.microsoft.com.This chapter shows you the detail steps to install these drivers.Note: For more information about COM port number selection,please refer to Section 2.2 “COM Port Mapping & Board ID”.VXC Cards User’s Manual (Ver. 1.1, 06/09.2005, pmh-012-01) -----16