Interphase Tech RAS Communications Controller 5536 User Manual

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Chapter 7: Managing Serial Driver COM Ports

5536 PRI RAS Communications Controller Users Guide

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4. When you are prompted to choose a port on which to

run detection, select the port where you want to declare
a modem.

Serial driver COM ports are named COM

ixx

, where i is

the card number and xx is the port number. Card
numbers start with 0; port numbers start with 01.

To be available, Serial driver COM ports must be
assigned to the board. By default, eight Serial driver
COM ports (COM

i

01COM

i

08) are assigned to each

5536-DM WAN board. (You can change COM port
assignments using the WAN Adapters Setup utility. For
information, see

Setting Up Card Properties on page

77

.)

5. Click Next.

A message asks you to wait while Windows NT
attempts to detect your modem.

6. If a modem is not detected, and you are prompted to

select your modem from a list, do the following:

a. Click Next to display a list of modem manufacturers

and models.

b. Select Interphase in the Manufacturers list, and

select Interphase Digital Modem in the Models
list. Then click Next.

7. When you are asked on which port to install the modem,

select this or any other digital modem port(s) to be used
as the serial modem port(s). Then click Next.

8. When you are informed that you will need to restart the

system before you can use the modem on the ports, click
OK to continue.

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