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Adapter Properties Dialog Box

Use this dialog box to identify the types of EiconCards installed on your PC and to specify operational parameters for each of them.  Parameters are organized under two different tabs, as described below.

Adapter Tab:

Card Type

Maximum Ports

Have Disk button

Detect button

Settings Tab:

I/O Port address

Slot Position

IRQ Level

Memory address


Adapter Properties: Card Type

The card type of the currently selected EiconCard. Acronyms are used to refer to specific EiconCards:

Value	Description
EC/PC	EiconCard/PC 512KB
EC/PC 1MB	EiconCard/PC 1MB
HSI/PC	EiconCard HSI/PC 512KB
HSI/PC 1MB	EiconCard HSI/PC 1MB
IMC/PC	Integrated Modem Card/PC
MPNA/PC	Multi-Port Network Adapter/PC 512KB
MPNA/PC 2MB	Multi-Port Network Adapter/PC 2MB
DPNA/PC	Dual-Port Network Adapter/PC 512KB
DPNA/PC 2MB	Dual-Port Network Adapter/PC 2MB
EiconCard S51	High-Speed Network Adapter (ISDN)
EiconCard C21	Plug and Play Network Adapter (ISDN)
EiconCard C23	Plug and Play Network Adapter (ISDN and Integrated Modem)
EC/MC	EiconCard/MC 512KB
EC/MC 1MB	EiconCard/MC 1MB
HSI/MC	EiconCard HSI/MC 512KB
HSI/MC 1MB	EiconCard HSI/MC 1MB
IMC/MC	Integrated Modem Card/PC
MPNA/MC	Multi-Port Network Adapter/MC 512KB
MPNA/MC 2MB	Multi-Port Network Adapter/MC 2MB


Adapter Properties: Detect

Scans your system hardware to find the installed EiconCard(s), and their associated I/O ports. Based on its findings, the parameters are automatically set.

Note: The I/O port is determined by jumper settings on the EiconCard. Refer to the EiconCard installation guide to change the jumper settings.

Caution: Automatic detection of your installed EiconCard(s), is a procedure that takes about 30 seconds. If your PC fails to respond after this time or if you experience subsequent problems with another installed interface card, you must shutdown, reboot your system,and restart the WAN Services for Windows NT installation process. On subsequent installation attempts, DO NOT auto-detect your EiconCard(s).

Auto-detect may also fail to correctly identify free resources and/or cause subsequent problems with another installed adapter card, if the driver for an installed adapter card, fails to properly identify its used resources to the Windows NT system.


Adapter Properties: Maximum Ports

Specifies the number of ports on an EiconCard. Only specific EiconCards can support multiple ports. Check your EiconCard installation guide for more information.

Card Type	Number of Ports
DPNA/PC	2
EC	1
HSI	1
IMC	1
MPNA	4
MPNA (HSIM MODULE)	5
MPNA (DPSM MODULE)	6
EiconCard S51	4
EiconCard C21	4
EiconCard C23	4


Adapter Properties: Have Disk

Use this button if Eicon Technology has supplied you with a disk containing special EiconCard drivers that you need to install on your PC.  After clicking this button, you must supply the drive name where the disk is inserted, and the drivers are installed.


Adapter Properties: I/O Port address

Specifies the address that the server software will use for I/O operations with the EiconCard. I/O (Input/Output) operations refer to the process of moving data. This parameter must match the jumper settings you made when you installed the EiconCard. If more than one EiconCard is being configured, each EiconCard must have a different I/O address. Make sure that no conflict occurs between the corresponding Primary I/O Address and the I/O Addresses of the other cards you have installed.
Default value: 380.

Note: For every EiconCard installed at a Primary I/O Address, you can install one at a Secondary I/O Address. Primary and Secondary I/O Addresses differ in the setting of switch position 1. A Secondary I/O Address is selected by setting switch position 1 to the ON position.

See the table below for Primary and Secondary I/O Address Selection. For further details and instructions on how to change these settings, refer to the installation guide that came with your EiconCard.

Primary	Secondary
1	1	2	3	4
278h	678h	off	off	off
280h	680h	off	off	on
378h	778h	off	on	off
380h	780h	off	on	on
380h	780h	on	off	off
388h	788h	on	off	on
390h	790h	on	on	off
398h	798h	on	on	on


Adapter Properties: Slot Position

Specifies the slot where an EiconCard is installed. This parameter is only used on a PC with a MCA bus architecture.

Slot positions are inscribed on the case of the computer. This parameter is set automatically during installation and cannot be modified.

Value	Description
1-15	The slot that contains the EiconCard.
Note: On (E)ISA machines this parameter is only used for reference information and will not affect the functionality of WAN Services for Windows NT.


EiconCard Properties: IRQ Level
Adapter Properties: IRQ Level

Specifies the Interrupt Request Line (IRQ) used by the EiconCard. Refer to the installation guide for this EiconCard for a list of available settings.

The range of possible IRQ values for PC-type EiconCards is:

Value	Description
2 - 7	IRQ level setting on an EC, HSI, DPNA 512KB, MPNA.
2 - 7, 10, 11,  12, 14 & 15	IRQ level setting on a DPNA, HSI 1MB, IMC, MPNA 2MB, and S51 EiconCard.
3-5, 7, 9-12, 15	IRQ level setting for Plug and Play interface on EiconCard C21 and EiconCard C23.
Note: It is recommended not to use IRQ 2 or 7, but to only use them as a last resort.


Adapter Properties: Memory address

Specifies the starting address of a memory window through which the Eicon Technology server software communicates with the EiconCard. Ensure that all EiconCards, and all other adapter cards installed in the Eicon Technology server, have unique memory segment addresses.
Default value: 0D000.

Note: The High Memory Segments are not supported on all cards and on all revisions of these cards. Except for the EC/PC card, the most recent revision of all models support the High Memory Segments. In the table below, the revision of each model that introduced this feature is defined by their PCB code. The PCB code is printed on the EiconCard board and also reported by ECCARD STATUS. High Memory Segments cannot be used if your computer has 16Mb RAM or more.

Card Name	Memory Segments C000-EF00	High Memory Segments  FC000 - FEF00
DPNA/PC (512KB)	yes	no
DPNA/PC (2MB)	yes	yes
EC/PC (512KB and 2MB)	yes	no
EC HSI/PC (512KB)	yes	no
EC HSI/PC (1MB)	yes	yes
EC IMC/PC	yes	yes
MPNA/PC (512KB)	yes	no
MPNA/PC (2MB)	yes	yes
EiconCard S51	yes	yes
Note: Memory segment settings are not applicable to Plug and Play EiconCards.

The EiconCard requires a 4K memory segment on a regular ISA-bus computer. See the installation guide for this EiconCard for more details.

Important: Special consideration should be taken when installing an EiconCard in a AT-style PC (ISA bus). If the PC contains 16-bit peripheral cards which use memory windows such as LAN or video adapters, then the EiconCard cannot share the same 128K group memory address.

The 128K memory group addresses are as follows: A000 - BFFF, C000 - DFFF, E000 - FFFF.

e.g. If you have a 16-bit LAN card which uses a memory window at C800 - CFFF then you would not be able to put your EiconCard or any other 8-bit card which uses a memory window, at any address between C000 - DFFF.

Note: Eicon Technology recommends that if you encounter memory conflicts with 16 bit adapters then the E000 address be tried. If this does not resolve the problem then the memory addresses between B000-BF00 should be used only as a last resort.