Installing The Echo/DFlex/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 CMOS setup for Resource Configuration or PnP Setup options
- If the INF files are on disk, insert the disk into the desired drive.
- From the CONTROL PANEL, select the ADD NEW HARDWARE icon and click NEXT.
- SelectADD/TROUBLESHOOT A DEVICE and click NEXT
- SelectADD A NEW DEVICE and click NEXT
- When the program asks DO YOU WANT WINDOWS TO SEARCH FOR NEW HARDWARE? Select NO and click NEXT.
- You will be presented with a list of devices that can be installed. Select MULTI-PORT SERIAL ADAPTERS from the list and click NEXT.
- A list of supported manufacturers and models will be listed. Click the HAVE DISK button.
- Select the directory or drive that the drivers are contained on and click OK.
- Select the appropriate Echo/Dflex board from the model type and hit NEXT.
- A range of IO port settings and an IRQ will display.
NOTE: In most cases the settings displayed are the best settings to use. Make sure these settings match the ones used by your Echo/Dflex adapter (IO base port of 280 and IRQ 10 are the defaults). You can change the I/O address by changing the BASIC CONFIGURATION in the SETTING BASED ON box. To change the IRQ, scroll down in the RESOURCE SETTINGS.
Double click on IRQ and select the one that matches the hardware settings and click OK - ClickOK and then NEXT
- ClickFINISH and Windows will install the new hardware.
- After the Echo/Dflex is installed, the system will ask if you want to shut down the computer. Click YES
- After the system reboots, the serial ports will be installed
- If the resource settings, the computer chose for the board, were incorrect and go to the DEVICE MANAGER to change them.
NOTE: If the Echo/Dflex ports don’t work, ensure that the resources under Windows match the hardware settings
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).
- UnderneathPorts (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
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.