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                        EtherSerial PC Card Driver
                      for Microsoft Windows NT 4.0

Last revision: 25 May 1997
Driver version: 2.1

This document explains how to install and configure the driver for
your EtherSerial PC Card in the Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 operating
system.

Registered trademarks, trademarks, and product names, mentioned in
this document, are the property of their respective owners.


Contents:

1. Installing the driver
2. Installing only the Serial Port
3. Configuring and Removing the driver
4. Troubleshooting


1. Installing the driver
========================

IMPORTANT:

  Due to a bug in the PC Cards (PCMCIA) support driver, PCMCIA.SYS,
  in the release version of Windows NT 4.0, we strongly recommend that 
  you install the Windows NT Service Pack 2 or higher before you 
  install the EtherSerial driver. 
  Please refer to Microsoft online services to download NT Service Pack.

  PC Cards (PCMCIA) should always be inserted BEFORE you start
  Windows NT and should NOT be removed while Windows NT is running.
  See the Windows NT documentation related to PC Card support for
  more details.

Perform the following steps to install the driver:

a. Open Control Panel / Network. Select the "Adapters" tab.

b. Click the "Add..." button.

c. When the list of adapters appears, choose "Have Disk".

d. Insert the Drivers diskette and enter "A:\WINNT4".

e. A dialog box will appear allowing you to configure the
   driver for your system.

   Specify the following items:
     - I/O port base address of the Ethernet component (default is 0x300 )
     - Interrupt level (default is 11)
     - Memory base address (default is 0xD0000)
     - I/O port base address for the COM port 
       (default setting is "Disabled").

   The I/O Address of the COM port can be one of the following,
   whichever is available on your system:
     - 0x3F8 (default for COM1)
     - 0x2F8 (default for COM2)
     - 0x3E8 (default for COM3)
     - 0x2E8 (default for COM4)

f. Click the "OK" button. 
   Click "Close" button on the Network setup dialog.
   The network setup will prompt you for settings for the protocols that
   will bind to the adapter.
   Then the network setup will prompt you to  reboot. Click "Yes". 

g. Reboot your computer


  Installation is now complete.


  The COM port of the EtherSerial adapter will be added to your existing COM
  ports after you restart Windows NT.
  The COM port tab of the adapter setup dialog will display the name 
  of this COM port.
 
  For example, if before the installation of the EtherSerial
  driver you had COM1 and COM2, after restarting Windows NT you
  will also have COM3.

  The Base I/O Port Address and Interrupt Request line of this COM port
  will be displayed by Control Panel / Ports as "Default". Please don't alter this.


NOTES:
   The Windows NT Diagnostics program can help you find which resources
   are already in use in your system. It is located in the Administrative
   Tools (Common) menu.


2. Installing only the COM port
===============================

Using the Windows Explorer, open the directory containing the driver
files. Double click on the SETUP.CMD file. This will copy the driver
files and launch the Setup dialog.

The COM port will be added to your existing COM
ports after you restart Windows NT.

The name of this COM port is displayed on the COM port tab of the adapter 
setup dialog, that appears as EtherSerial icon in the Control Panel.
  
The network driver can be installed any time later (see p. 1).


3. Configuring and Removing the driver
======================================

The Setup (Properties) dialog can be accessed from Control Panel /
Network / Adapters / Properties. Additionally, the EtherSerial
icon will appear in the Control Panel.

In order to remove the driver, remove the Network driver first
using Control Panel / Network.

To remove the other driver files,
   - open Command Prompt window.
   - insert the Drivers diskette and enter 
       "A:\WINNT4\SETUP REMOVE"

The Control Panel icon will disappear after restarting Windows.


4. Troubleshooting
==================

4.1 If the EtherSerial PC Card does not work properly:

 - Use the Event Viewer to find the earliest message that identifies
   the problem. The message can come from the EtherSerial driver,
   Service Control Manager, Serial or Pcmcia driver.
 - Make sure that the choice of resources for the adapter is correct.
   A resource conflict is the most likely reason for the trouble.

 To make sure that Windows NT recognizes the Adapter, open
 Control Panel / PCMCIA. It should show the following line:
 Silicom Ltd. EtherSerial LAN Card

 Note: the messages "The driver has not configured the card" and
 "Device map not available" do not indicate an error condition.

 To review the adapter configuration do the following:
  - Open the Control Panel / EtherSerial
  - Check that the assigned Interrupt, I/O base address, and Memory
    address do not conflict with other devices and are valid for
    your computer.

 Note that Windows NT Diagnostics (WINMSD.EXE) can only show which
 resources are already in use. It cannot check whether an unused
 resource is really available on your machine.

4.2 If the network component works properly, but the COM port does not:
 - Open the Control Panel / EtherSerial
 - Select the COM port tab.
 - Note the exact name of the COM port displayed 
    (such as: "The COM port is COM3")

  If the message "The name of the COM port could not be detected" is 
  displayed instead, the Serial driver has trouble with the adapter.
  Check the messages from the Serial driver in the Event Viewer.

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