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LavaPort-Quad
Installation Manual
LAVA COMPUTERS
QUAD SERIAL PCI
MADE
IN
PN MOKO S-1
MADE IN JAPAN CANADA
0255351
P.N. MOKO L75.2
Rev. B00
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Congratulations on your purchase of the LavaPort-Quad Com Port Accelerator for 56K and ISDN external modems and other high-speed serial peripherals. Included with your package, you should have the following: 1. The LavaPort-Quad printed circuit board 2. One software installation diskette 3. This user’s manual If any of the above items are missing, please contact the reseller where you purchased this product. 2
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Contents Quick Install 4 Installing the LavaPort-Quad Hardware 5 Windows Installation 6 · Windows Driver Installation 6 · Changing Port Numbers (Com 3/4/5 etc.) 11 · Setting LavaPort Data Rates 13 · Setting LavaPort FIFO Control 15 · Flow Control 17 · Lava Modem Speed Set - for 230.4 kbps 19 Windows NT 4.0 Installation 21 · Nt4 Driver Installation 21 · High Speed Data Rates 23 Note: Instructions for installing the LavaPort-Quad under DOS or Windows 3.x may be found in the ReadMe file in the Win3
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Quick Install Windows95/98 1. With the power off, insert the LavaPort-Quad card into any free PCI slot. 2. Launch Windows - new hardware will be found. 3. When prompted, insert the LavaPort-Quad installation diskette and select the file “Lava.inf” in either the root or the Win95 subdirectory. (If the diskette is not found you may have to manually type “A:\WIN95\”). 4. After Windows has booted, Click the Start button, then Settings, Control Panel, System, Device Manager, Ports.The LavaPort-Quad p
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Hardware Installation 1. Before opening the casing of your computer, make sure that all power is off. 2. Locate an unused PCI slot and insert the LavaPort-Quad into it. Ensure that it is well seated. 3. Screw the metal backplane of the LavaPort-Quad board to your PC’s casing and replace the machine’s cover. 4. Connect your modem cable to the whichever port on the LavaPort- Quad that you would like to use first and turn the PC on. 5
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Windows Installation Windows Driver Installation Note: Make sure that you are installing the correct LavaPort-Quad drivers for the appropriate operating system. DO NOT install NT or Windows 3.x drivers under other versions of Windows 1. With the power turned off, insert the LavaPort-Quad card into any free PCI slot in your PC. Make sure the card is well seated. Insert the bracket with Ports 3 and 4 into a free slot. If you must detach the cables from the card to do so, be sure to re-install the
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4. The LavaPort-Quad hardware appears in Device Manager in two places: under the Multi-function Adapters tree and as part of the Ports tree. Please note that any changes to the Resources (I/O Address & IRQ) used by any one of the four ports on the Lava Quattro-PCI must be made through the Resources page of the appropriate LavaPort-Quad PARENT - not through the individual Ports pages. Modifying I/O Address and IRQ Resources is NOT recommended. 7
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5. Click on Ports and select one of the ports listed under the heading LavaPort PCI. 6. Click Properties.The following screen will appear: 8
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7. Click the Resources tab. A screen similar to the following will appear: Note: Do not be alarmed if Windows reports an I/O Range or IRQ conflict between the LavaPort-Quad and some other device in your PC.The LavaPort-Quad is a fully compliant PCI device, and therefore allows for the sharing of IRQ and I/O Resouces between devices. 9
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The LavaPort-Quad hardware appears in Device Manager in two places: under the Multi-function Adapters tree and as part of the Ports tree. Please note that the Resources (I/O Address & IRQ) used by the LavaPort-Quad can only be modified through the LavaPort Parent device - listed under Multi-function Adapters. Modifying I/O Address and IRQ Resources is NOT recommended. If you wish to change the Com number of either one of the ports on the LavaPort-Quad (e.g. Assign Port 1 to be Com 3 instead of t
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Changing the Com numbering of your Ports Unless you already have more than 4 Com Ports installed in your PC, Windows will by default configure the LavaPort-Quad ports as Com5 through Com8. If you wish to change the Com number of any one of these ports (e.g. Assign Port A to be Com 3), please use the Lava Com Port Redirector Utility included in the “Utils“ subdirectory of your Lava Installation Diskette.This may be necessary because some communications applications programs do not recognize Port
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Setting LavaPort Data Rates in Windows The data rate of the LavaPort may be set using the Bits per Second pull down menu. Please note that this menu will also appear when setting the “Port Properties” in any communications application, and may have to be set independently of your Control Panel settings. Control Panel settings may not necessarily be linked to those of your Communications Application. For example, Port speeds in Dial-Up Networking are controlled independently of speed settings in
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Setting LavaPort FIFO Control in Windows 15
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Each of the LavaPort-Quad’s four ports incorporates a 64-byte FIFO (first- in-first-out) buffer. The FIFO control tabs set the buffer “trigger” levels.When the buffer is filled to its trigger level with the selected number of bytes, the CPU will be interrupted and asked to either reload the buffer (for transmission), or retrieve data from the buffer (for reception). Most efficient data transmission occurs when the CPU is interrupted infrequently. For each interrupt, the CPU can then service the
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Setting LavaPort Flow Control in Windows Flow Control refers to the type of signaling that is used between the modem and the LavaPort. If you are connecting the LavaPort to a modem or ISDN terminal adapter, use the default setting of Hardware (RTS/CTS) flow control. Software Flow Control (Xon/Xoff ) is used only for connecting the LavaPort to a non-modem serial device (e.g. Using a null-modem cable to connect to another Com Port). 17
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Lava Modem Speed Set for Windows The LavaPort-Quad supports data rates up to 460.8 kbps, including 115.2 kbps and 230.4 kbps. However, not all modems support Com Port rates above 115.2 kbps. If your modem does not support higher data rates and you select a higher data rate in the LavaPort Properties, Windows will automatically default to the slowest supported rate in the chain. Some modems do support higher data rates but require special settings (AT Commands) and INF files for configuration. La
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