Quatech DSP-100 User Manual

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3. Windows 95/98/Millennium (ME)To allow easy configuration of the DSP-100, a Windows 95/98/ME "INF" configuration file hasbeen written for the hardware.3.1 Installing a DSP-100 Under Windows 95/98/ME1. Insert the DSP-100 into any available PC Card socket.2. The first time a new PC Card type is installed the New Hardware Found windowopens. After this first installation Windows 95/98/ME will automatically detect andconfigure the card. If the New Hardware Found window does not open, then skip tothe next section, “DSP-100 Resource Settings".3. The New Hardware Found window provides several options to configure theDSP-100 card. Click the "Search for the best driver for your device" optionbutton. Click "NEXT" to continue.4. An "Install from Disk" dialog box should appear. Insert the Quatech COM CD file,select the correct drive letter and path, and click "OK". Windows 95/98/ME willbrowse the path for the aforementioned files.5. During the installation process, it may be required to supply the computer with theWindows 95/98/ME CD or installation CDs. Insert the CD and click "OK".The DSP-100 PC Card should now be configured. With the default configuration, theDSP-100's interrupt status register will be enable and the 16C750 UART’s scratchpadregister will be disabled. In the future, Windows 95/98/ME will automatically recognizeand configure the DSP-100 in this default configuration.3.2 DSP-100 Resource Settings in Windows 95/98/MEWindows 95/98/ME maintains a registry of all known hardware installed within the computer.Inside this hardware registry Windows 95/98/ME keeps track of all the computer's resources,such as base I/O addresses, IRQ levels, and DMA channels. In the case of a PC Card(PCMCIA) type board, Windows 95/98/ME configures the new hardware using free resources itfinds within the hardware registry, and updates the registry automatically.Windows 95/98/Millennium (ME) 3-1