Step-By-Step Suggestions for installing the Quatech DSP-100 PCMCIA card for use with EFSview running on Windows2000.

NOTES:

a) It is important to have the Quatech CD “Communication Product Drivers and Manuals” available. This CD is included in the EFSPC-LT-2 Kit.

b) Beware: There is more than one version of DSP-100. Some do not run at high enough speed for the EFSview application. The correct one is included in the EFSPC-LT-2 Kit.

c) The following steps may vary slightly depending on the version of Windows2000 and service pack that you have installed.

d) Should you experience communications errors when running EFSview it may be that there is insufficient computing resource available from your computer. This will largely depend on the speed of the processor, the type of processor (e.g. only Celeron processors with a clock speed exceeding 1gHz are likely to work successfully – use Pentium) and the number of other programmes that are running concurrently with EFSview. For example, some screensavers can absorb resource even when they are apparently dormant. The running applications are normally shown in the tray of your desktop. They can normally be closed-down by right-clicking on them or a similar method.

e) EFSview versions 1.07 or later are required to run with this card on Windows2000.

f) The hardware/software combination of your PC may allow you to remove and re-insert the PCMCIA device successfully while the PC is running. It is also possible that re-insertion may cause a lock-up of the PC. If that is the case the PCMCIA card should be re-inserted with the PC shut-down. It will then normally be recognised and run OK when the PC is re-started.

STEPS:

1) Insert the Quatech “Communication Product Drivers and Manuals” CD in to the CD drive. It will not auto-run.

IMPORTANT: Do not connect the serial cable to the counting machine until after step 17. If that is inadvertently done you may experience random movements of the cursor during installation. That can be quite disruptive to your computer.

2) Insert the Quatech DSP-100 PCMCIA card in to the appropriate slot of the computer. It is normally OK to insert the card with the computer running, but if you in doubt close the computer down first.

The card will only insert successfully in one orientation. The larger connector should enter the computer first. The smaller connector should then have the adapter lead inserted. This lead is included in the EFSPC-LT-2 Kit.

3) Windows2000 will detect the presence of the new card and shortly afterward the HARDWARE WIZARD will appear.

Click NEXT

4) Select “SEARCH FOR A SUITABLE DRIVER FOR MY DEVICE (RECOMMENDED)”

Click NEXT

5) Select “CD ROM DRIVES”

Click NEXT

6) You will see “THE WIZARD HAS FOUND A DRIVER FOR THE FOLLOWING DEVICE - QUATECH_INC_DUAL_RS-232_SERIAL_PORT_PC_CARD”

Click NEXT

7) The computer will then copy the required files from the CD.

Click FINISH

8) The computer will then detect that this card has a second communications channel and the HARDWARE WIZARD will appear again. Repeat steps 3,4,5,6,7 again. This time step 6 will say “THE WIZARD HAS FOUND THE FOLLOWING DEVICE – QUATECH SERIAL PORT”

9) Having installed the drivers for the card you now need to configure the card.

Click START – SETTINGS – CONTROL PANEL

Double-click the SYSTEM icon.

Click the HARDWARE tab.

Click the DEVICE MANAGER button.

10) Select “QUATECH MULTIPORT SERIAL DEVICES”

Double-click it.

11) Select “QUATECH DSP-100 PCMCIA TWO-PORT RS-232 SERIAL ADAPTER”

Double-click it.

12) Select the ADVANCED tab.

Select x2 CLOCK MODE

Click OK.

13) Select PORTS(COM & LPT) from DEVICE MANAGER

Double-click it.

Select the first “QUATECH PCMCIA SERIAL PORT (COMx)” where x could be a number from 2 to 16. The operating system selects this number automatically depending on the other serial devices that are installed.

The installation process may have allocated com ports 1,2,3 or 4. If it has done so it is important to reallocate a port number that is higher than 4 to each card, E.G. 5 & 6 during step 14.

Double-click it.

14) Select the PORT SETTINGS tab

Click the ADVANCED button.

If the com port number is 1,2,3 or 4 reallocate the com port to a number higher than 4 that is not already in use.

(The maximum number is 16 with EFSview version 1.09.000 onwards.)

It is not necessary for the two ports to use adjacent numbers.

Make a note of the number. You will need it when installing EFSview.

Slide the RECEIVE BUFFER pointer left to the 8 position (second from the right).

The TRANSMITTER BUFFER setting is not important.

Click OK.

15) The port settings should be as follows:

BITS PER SECOND 115200

DATA BITS 8

PARITY NONE

STOP BITS 1

FLOW CONTROL NONE

(This is done mainly for tidiness because EFSview adjusts them automatically when it runs.)

Click OK

16) Now select the second “QUATECH PCMCIA SERIAL PORT (COMx)”.

Double-click it.

Repeat steps 14 & 15 for this port.

17) Close DEVICE MANAGER, SYSTEM PROPRTIES & CONTROL PANEL.

18) The driver installation is now complete. The computer will need to be restarted before the card will operate. If you have not installed the EFSview program you can do so before restarting. You may also connect the serial cables from the counting machine to the PCMCIA card using the special adapter cable which is supplied in the kit.

Use the two values that you have noted for the com ports when EFSview installation prompts you for a COM number. E.G. com5 and com6.

Installation of EFSview is relatively simple process . Click here for instructions