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Chapter 5 AT Serial Hardware Installation, Verification, and Configuration
© National Instruments Corporation 5-21 Serial Hardware and Software for Windows
7. Windows NT displays one or more New Hardware Found dialog
boxes, depending on your serial hardware. In each dialog box, make
sure that Windows Default Driver is selected, and click on OK.
8. The serial configuration software displays a PnP Port Configuration
dialog box. Select a nonconflicting base I/O address and IRQ setting
for the port/card, and click on OK. For more information on selecting
resources for your post/card, refer to the Resource Settings section.
9. After you have selected the resources for all ports, choose to restart the
computer when the system prompts you.
The serial hardware installation is now complete.
Verify the Installation
Determine Which Physical Port Is Associated
with COMx
Select Start»Settings»Control Panel, and double-click on niports.Alist
showing installed National Instruments ports with their logical COMx
names appears. If your interface is not on the list, refer to Appendix D,
Troubleshooting and Common Questions.
Select the COM port you want and click on the Settings button to display
the General Port Settings dialog box for that port. This dialog box
displays the serial number of the serial hardware and the physical port
number starting at 1. On all serial hardware, PORT1 refers to the top port,
PORT2 refers to the next port down, and so on.
When you have finished verifying the driver installation and physical port,
proceed to the next section, Run the Diagnostic Test.
Run the Diagnostic Test
To verify and test the installation, run the diagnostic program that came
with your NI-Serial software. The diagnostic program verifies that your
serial driver is installed properly, that the configuration of your hardware
does not conflict with anything else in your system, and that the serial
driver can communicate with your hardware correctly.
To run the test, select the diagnostics item under Start»Programs»
National Instruments Serial.