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Antistatic Protection
Exercise care while handling the EasyIO board.
Improper handling can result in serious damage to the board. In particular,
use antistatic protection devices if available. These include:
- Antistatic work mats
- Wrist bands and earth straps
- Antistatic carpet spray
If antistatic protection devices are not available,
observe the following procedures prior to removing or handling EasyIO
boards or the system motherboard:
- Move around as little as possible to avoid
building up static charge.
- Make sure the PC power cord is plugged in.
- Turn the system power off prior to installing
or removing EasyIO boards.
- Discharge static build up from your body
by touching the bare metal chassis of the system.
- Use an antistatic bag to carry and store
EasyIO boards.
- Check that devices to be attached to an
EasyIO serial port are suitably earthed, and correctly wired.
Installing the EasyIO Board
Step 1.
Power down the machine. If necessary, consult the computer
system installation manual for the correct cover removal procedures.
Step 2.
Install host adapter board. For each board to be installed,
locate an available slot. Push the board firmly into the slot,
making sure it is fully inserted.
Step 3.
Retaining screw. Securely tighten the retaining screw.
Step 4.
Adapter Cable. Where applicable, plug the Adapter Cable
into the EasyIO board. Securely tighten Adapter Cable connection.
Step 5.
Power up. Boot-up the machine.
PCI Board Installation
Refer to your system instructions on how to
install and configure PCI devices into the BIOS. Insert the PCI host
adapter into a free PCI slot, securely tighten the retaining screw and
connect the 8 way cable.
When configuring the driver for a PCI board,
set both IRQ and IO address to either zero or 'auto' in easyadm. This
allows the driver to autodetect the board each time the system is booted,
allowing for dynamic allocation of resources by the PCI BIOS.
In some early PCI machines, the BIOS may be
noncompliant, and may not assign system resources such as IRQ and IO
address. You may then need to specify the actual IRQ and IO address
in the driver instead of 'auto' or zero.
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