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DIGI AccelePort PCI serial adapter

  1. Install the PBXDA-xx PCI DIGI AccelePort PCI serial adapter (see below for a list of supported models) to some spare PCI slot of the host system
  2. Boot a Windows operating system
  3. Open “Computer Management”
  4. Select “Device Manager”
  5. In the right window select the desired physical serial adapter connected to the system, right-click the mouse button, and the corresponding menu will appear.
  6. From the menu select “Update driver…”. Windows will show “Hardware Upgrade Wizard”
  7. Select “No, not this time”, click “Next”
  8. Select “Install from a list or specific location (Advanced)”, click “Next”
  9. Select “Don’t search. I will choose the driver to install”, click “Next”
  10. Click “Have Disk…”. Windows shows dialog “Install From Disk”
  11. Instead of “A:\”, click “Browse” and select path to the folder in which driver’s INF file is located (typically "C:\Program Files\CHARON\Drivers\PBXDA-xxDIGI_X.X.0.XXXXX"), select “PBXDA-xx“digi_ppt_amd64.inf”, and click “Open”
  12. The “Hardware Upgrade Wizard” should have “CHARON PBXDA-xx serial DIGI adapter”. Select it, and click “Next”
  13. There will be one or two more dialogs, but they are usual for device driver installation.
  14. Reboot the host

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host DIGI AccelePort PCI serial adapter

Open “Computer Management” application and select “Device Manager”:

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On the right panel select the installed PBXDA-xx PCI serial proper physical DIGI adapter:

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Open its property sheet by double-click on the selected adapter:

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 The “Location:” on the above picture gives X, Y, and Z for the "host_bus_location" parameter, for example:

set serialPBXDA host_bus_location = "PCI bus 1, device 87, function 0"

(warning) Non-US-EN installations of Windows may present “Location:” string in local language, but "host_bus_location" parameter requires English notation, so the words “PCI”, “bus”, “device”, and “function” must be specified in English.

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