Installing the Echo/Dflex or Xtreme
NOTE: It is often necessary to go into the CMOS setup (BIOS) and ensure that the IRQ used by the Echo/Dflex or Xtreme is available to Non-PnP ISA devices only. Look in the BIOS setup for Resource Configuration or PnP Setup options
- Go to Start -> Control Panel -> Add Hardware -> Next
- Select “Yes, I have already connected the hardware” -> Next
- Scroll down in the Installed hardware list and select “Add a new hardware device”
- Click Next
- Select “Install the hardware that I manually select from a list (Advanced)” -> Next
- Select “Multi-Port Serial Adapters” from the Common hardware types list
- Click Next
- Click on “Have Disk”
- Specify the location of the INF files and click OK
- Select the card that you have from the list and click OK
- Click Next
- A warning box may appear. Ignore this message and click “Continue Anyway”
- Before you click Finish, click on “View or change resources for this hardware”
- Click on “Set configuration manually” button.NOTE: If the hardware settings don’t match Windows resources, the Echo/Dflex ports will not work.
- You can change the resources by selecting a different Basic configuration 000# (where # is a number)NOTE: If the I/O address that you are looking for is not available, select Basic configuration 0009, double click on each I/O Range and IRQ and change their values manually.
- Click OK -> Finish
- When asked to reboot your computer, click YES.
- After logging in, Windows will try to install the Echo/Dflex ports.
- The “New Hardware Wizard” starts (this may take a few seconds).
- Select “Install from a list specific location” -> Next.
- Specify the location of the INF files and click Next.
- A warning box may appear. Ignore this message and click Continue Anyway
- Click Finish.
- Repeat the previous 5 steps for all ports
Change the COM port mapping
- Go to Start -> Settings -> Control Panel -> System.
- Select the Hardware tab from the System menu.
- Click on the Device Manager button.
- Double-click Ports (COM & LPT).
- Underneath Ports (COM & LPT), you will now see several ports
- Select a port whose COM number you would like to change.
- Right-click on the port, and select Properties.
- Select the Port Settings tab.
- Click the Advanced button.
- You will now see a drop-down menu that contains the number of your COM port. Here you can change the COM port values for a selected port.
Uninstalling the Echo/Dflex or Xtreme
To successfully uninstall the Echo/Dflex, you will need to remove it from the device manager
- Go to Start -> Settings -> Control Panel -> System.
- From the System menu, select the Hardware tab.
- Click on the Device Manager button.
- Click on Multi-port Serial Adapters.
- Select “Echo”, “Dflex” or “Xtreme”.
- Right-click and select Uninstall
Testing the Newly Installed Ports
You can perform a simple loopback test with a terminal program (i.e. HyperTerminal or SerialTest) and a loopback connector to ensure that the newly installed ports are functioning.
Connect the loopback connector to the port you want to test and run HyperTerminal. When you type a character, you should see it on the screen, which means that the port is working. If you remove the loopback connector, the characters that you type should not appear on the screen.