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Chapter 5 AT Serial Hardware Installation, Verification, and Configuration
© National Instruments Corporation 5-19 Serial Hardware and Software for Windows
Install the NI-Serial Software
Install the NI-Serial software for Windows NT before you install the
hardware. Make sure that you have already installed the PnP ISA Enabler
driver as described in the previous section.
1. Logonas
Administrator
or as a user who has
Administrator
privileges.
2. Select Start»Settings»Control Panel.
3. Double-click on the Add/Remove Programs icon in the Control Panel
to launch the Add/Remove Programs applet. The Add/Remove
Programs dialog box appears.
4. ClickontheInstall button.
5. When prompted, insert the NI-Serial Software for Windows
2000/NT/Me/9x CD and click on the Next button to proceed.
The software installation wizard begins.
The setup wizard guides you through the necessary steps to install
the NI-Serial software. You can go back and change values where
appropriate by clicking on the Back button. You can exit the setup
where appropriate by clicking on the Cancel button.
Note
This installation backs up the Microsoft Windows NT serial driver
serial.sys
to
serial.bak
andthenoverwrites
serial.sys
. You can find
serial.sys
in the
Windows NT
.....\system32\drivers
directory.
The software installation is complete. Proceed to the next section, Install
the Serial Hardware.
Install the Serial Hardware
This section describes how to install your AT serial board.
Note
If you are installing an AT-485, you might need to adjust the value of the bias
resistors, depending on your application. For more information, refer to Appendix B,
Serial Port Information.
Caution
Electrostatic discharge can damage several components on your board. To avoid
such damage in handling the board, touch the antistatic plastic package to a metal part of
your computer chassis before removing the board from the package.
- Serial Hardware and 1
- Software for Windows 1
- User Manual 1
- Important Information 3
- Compliance 4
- Chapter 4 7
- Chapter 3 7
- Contents 10
- About This Manual 12
- Related Documentation 13
- FIFOs, National Semiconductor 14
- EXAR Corporation 14
- Introduction 15
- What You Need to Get Started 16
- Optional Equipment 17
- Serial Hardware Overview 17
- PXI Kits 18
- Chapter 1 Introduction 19
- PCMCIA Kits 20
- NI-Serial Software Overview 22
- Time-Saving Development Tools 22
- Figure 2-3 30
- Advanced Settings 31
- Figure 2-6 36
- Transceiver Mode 54
- Use FIFO Buffers 54
- FIFO Buffer Size 68
- Configuration 69
- Figure 4-6 79
- FIFO Enabled 89
- FIFO Buffers 89
- PCMCIA-232/2, PCMCIA-485/2 91
- Windows Me/9x 100
- Install the Hardware 101
- Figure 5-5 102
- AT Serial Board Installation 102
- Verify the Installation 103
- Verify the Hardware Resources 104
- Run the Diagnostic Test 105
- Port Settings Tab 107
- Advanced Port Settings 108
- Windows NT 109
- Install the Serial Hardware 110
- General Port Settings 114
- Resources 115
- Resource Settings 115
- AT Boards (Shared IRQ) 116
- AT Boards (Non-Shared IRQ) 117
- Using Your Serial Hardware 118
- Four-Wire Mode 119
- Two-Wire Mode: DTR with Echo 119
- Two-Wire Mode: DTR Controlled 119
- Windows 2000 120
- Windows NT/Me/9x 122
- Connector Descriptions 123
- DB-9 Connector 124
- Modular Jack Connector 125
- DB-25 Connector 126
- PCI serial board 127
- 68-Pin Connector 128
- Table A-4 129
- 100-Pin Connector 130
- Table A-5 131
- Serial Port Information 132
- Serial Communication Issues 134
- Half Duplex 135
- Termination 136
- Bias Resistors 136
- DTE vs. DCE 138
- Uninstalling the 139
- Hardware and Software 139
- PCI Hardware 140
- Uninstall the Software 141
- Uninstall the Hardware 141
- PXI Hardware 145
- PCMCIA Hardware 150
- AT Hardware 155
- Figure C-11 157
- Troubleshooting and 160
- Common Questions 160
- Address Test Failed 162
- Interrupt Test Failed 162
- PCI and PXI Boards 166
- AT Boards 166
- PCMCIA Boards 167
- \Windows\system 168
- PCI and PXI Hardware 170
- AT and PCMCIA Hardware 172
- Resolving Resource Conflicts 178
- WinNT\system32\drivers 179
- Specifications 183
- Four-Port Boards 184
- Isolated Four-Port Boards 184
- Eight-Port Boards 185
- 16-Port Boards 185
- Environmental Characteristics 186
- Software Characteristics 186
- PXI Serial Hardware 187
- PCMCIA Serial Hardware 190
- AT Serial Hardware 191
- Technical Support Resources 194
- Worldwide Support 195
- Glossary 197
- Numerics 199
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