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IRQ (enabled for Type: ISA plug-in cards): For entering the number of the IRQ used by the ISA-board. The

default value is 7.

IRQ 7 is an interrupt vector which is usually free since it's mostly used by a PC's second printer interface.

If this IRQ isn't available, IRQ 5 is to be recommended, which is for the most part only used in Windows-

systems where DOS-Box-supporting sound hardware is installed. This is frequently the case when the

sound hardware is PCI-compatible. Since the DOS-supporting property is rarely relevant, it's probably

worth sacrificing it for the sake of gaining the use of its interrupt. IRQ 9 is another frequently free

interrupt.

The IRQ to select depends upon what PC resources happen to be free. See the interface board

documentation for more details on the IRQ settings. The IRQ value entered must match the

corresponding jumper configuration of the plug-in board!

This setting only pertains to ISA-Interface boards. Note: If an IXXAT ISA-card is used by means of the VCI

driver software 2.x, the same value must also be used as in the control program IXXAT Interfaces. This

program can be found in the Control Panel after VCI installation has taken place.

Board No. (enabled for Type: PCI plug-in cards): For entering the index of the PCI-version CAN interface

board. Possible entries are 0, 1, 2,... etc. The default is 0. Only use a number other than 0 if more than

one CAN-PCI-board is installed in the PC!

This setting only pertains to PCI-Interface boards.

Slot (enabled for Type: PCMCIA drive): For entering the ID-number of the PCMCIA-slot in which the

interface module is ported. The options are 1 and 0, 0 being the default.

This setting only pertains to PC-Card-Interfaces (PCMCIA).

LPT # (enabled for Type: parallel adapter): For entering the number of the PC parallel port terminal into

which the adapter is plugged. Possible entries are 1, 2, ... .

This setting only pertains to parallel port interfaces.

Automatic detection: When this option is active, the number of the parallel port into which the adapter

is plugged is recognized automatically. This renders the previous dialog control obsolete!

This setting pertains only to parallel port interfaces which support automatic LPT recognition (Vector

CANpari).

(Re)activate Interface: Specifies whether the interface is to be initialized upon confirmation of the

interface settings using the OK softkey. A choice of Yes amounts to a check of whether the interface is

present and responding properly. If No is chosen, initialization is delayed until accessing of the imc

CANSAS module first becomes necessary.

The initialization process can last a few seconds and is only performed once within a imc CANSAS session.

By calling the Interface dialog after the interface has begun to be used and then closing it by pressing the

OK softkey without having changed the settings, it is possible to reinitialize the interface if this option is

set to Yes. This might come in handy if an unexpected problem ever arises when accessing the bus via the

interface.

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