Comtrol RocketPort 550 uPCI Windows 2000 - Manual (Page 8)

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6. Verifying operation
A test application, called WCOM32 will have been extracted to the folder
c:\Comtrol\Programs\RP550 Simply double click the WCOM32 icon to run the
program.
WCOM32 is a Windows 32 MDI application and may be used as a confidence test of
the COM ports.
WCOM32 allows you to open a com port, send and receive data, toggle O/P modem
signals and view the status of I/P modem signals.
On line help is available.
Please note that WCOM32 was originally written for use with the original RocketPort
ASIC based controllers. It can be used with the UART based RocketPort 550 range but
features specific to the RocketPort ASIC based controllers are not supported.
7. Portnames Utility
If the COM ports allocated by Windows are not suitable then these can be changed by
the use of the Portnames utility. Portnames is an ‘AS IS’ utility that is provided on
request from Comtrol GmbH. See the ‘Technical Support’ section for contact details
8. Removal
If a controller is no longer required then perform the following procedure prior to
computer shutdown, power off and controller physical removal. Note that the procedure
described here does not remove the driver files or any intermediate files. These files will
remain dormant until a RocketPort 550 or RocketPort/BroadPort 550 Universal
controller is re-installed after when they will become active once more without user
intervention.
If there is the need to remove all driver and intermediate files then proceed to
Appendix A now.
Each installed RocketPort 550 controller will have two Multifunction device entries
within the ‘Device Manager’ Each entry will include the string “Comtrol Europe
RocketPort 550”.
Each installed RocketPort/BroadPort 550 Universal controller has one Multifunction
device entry within the Device Manager.
1. From the Windows desktop, use the mouse to right click on ‘My Computer’.
2. Using the mouse left click ‘Properties’ from the pop up menu.