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Chapter 4 PCMCIA Serial Hardware Installation, Verification, and Configuration
Serial Hardware and Software for Windows 4-16 ni.com
Note
If you want your serial hardware ports to use the names COM1, COM2, COM3, or
COM4, refer to the Common Questions section of Appendix D, Troubleshooting and
Common Questions.
Restore Defaults
To reset the fields to their default values at any time, click on the Restore
Defaults button.
Windows NT
Install the NI-Serial Software
Install the NI-Serial software for Windows NT before you install the
hardware.
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 iconin theControl Panel
to launch the Add/Remove Programs applet. The Add/Remove
Programs dialog box appears.
4. Click on the Install 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 PCMCIA Serial Hardware.