ADlink PCI adapter
ADwin
22 ADwin Installation, manual version 2.1, December 2005
4 ADlink PCI adapter
The first step The first step to install your ADwin system is always the installation of the
ADwin-CDROM (chapter 3 of this manual).
Please pay attention to the version number of the CDROM, especially if you
have an update. Depending on the interface, older versions do not always
have the necessary drivers.
For the installation under Windows 2000 an ADwin CDROM version 3.00.2360
or higher should be used, for Windows XP version 3.20.0101 or higher.
System requirements The requirements for the installation are as follows:
– 1 empty PCI slot in the PC
– ADwin-Gold only: 1 empty slot metal plate in addition
– The PC BIOS must be PCI 2.2 compatible (or higher) and
recognize PCI header type 2 devices. This is not always guaranteed
when using older PCs.
If the adapter does not start working, a BIOS update may solve the prob-
lem.
Function The ADlink PCI adapter is used as an adapter for an ADpcmcia board, for
which the PC - unlike a notebook - has no interface. It is available for all stan-
dard Windows computers and operating systems.
With the adapter you can operate (one or two) ADwin systems in a PC, even
if the PC has no more ISA interfaces and you cannot or do not want to use an
USB or Ethernet interface.
Standard delivery Standard delivery of the ADlink PCI adapter:
– ADlink-PCI adapter (plug-in board)
with installation CDROM (for Windows 95 and NT).
– ADpcmcia link adapter board
– PCMCIA connecting cable to the ADlink cable
– ADlink cable (length two meters)
Data transfer from the ADwin system to the PC is made via ADlink cable
to the ADpcmcia linkadapter board, which is plugged into the PCMCIA
slot of the ADlink PCI adapter.
– ADwin-Gold only:
• Power adapter: slot metal sheet with socket and 3-pin,
inverse-polarity protected cable for power supply from the PC
power supply unit. The power adapter is required, because the
PCMCIA interface has no power supply.
• Power supply cable from the power adapter to the ADwin-Gold
system.
Continue Continue with the following installation steps (please pay attention to the order
of the installation):
– Installation of the ADlink-PCI adapter
– Installlation of the drivers
– Installation of the ADpcmcia adapter (chapter 6)
– Operation of several ADwin systems with an ISA and PCI interface (see
chapter 6.3 on page 29). Here information is given to avoid a double
allocation of the I/O addresses.
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