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8.2 Monitoring The Status Of PCMCIA Cards

OS/2 Warp provides a utility called "Plug and Play for PCMCIA" that can be used to

monitor the status of each PCMCIA socket. In OS/2 2.1, this utility is called

"Configuration Manager". When a DSP-100 is inserted, the Card Type for the

appropriate socket will display "Multi-Function". If the card is successfully configured,

the Card Status will display "Ready". If the card cannot be configured, the Card Status

will be "Not Ready". You can view the resources claimed by a configured card by

double-clicking on that card's line in the window.

8.3 Common Problems

Invalid I/O Address When Using OS/2 Version 2.1:

PCMCIA Card Services for OS/2 version 2.1 sometimes fails to supply a valid I/O

address when using "system assigned" resources. Use the "Configuration Manager"

program to examine the I/O address range assigned to the DSP-100. If this range does

not begin on an even 16 byte (10H) boundary, the DSP-100 will have to be installed

using "user assigned" resources to force a valid configuration.

There have not been any reports of this problem with OS/2 Warp.

Resources Not Available:

When using "user assigned" resources, it is the user's responsibility to ensure the I/O

address and IRQ resources are available. For OS/2 Warp users, the RMVIEW utility

may be useful in finding resource conflicts. Type "rmview /?" at an OS/2 command

prompt for details. OS/2 version 4.00 comes with HARDWARE MANAGER, which is

easier to use than RMVIEW.

When using "system assigned" resources, if the user knows the port number is

available then the system may not have sufficient resources available to configure the

DSP-100. Again, the RMVIEW utility provided with OS/2 Warp may be useful in

determining the problem.

Regardless of the configuration method, each command line argument specifies the

first of two COM ports for the DSP-100. If any of these COM ports are already installed,

the Client Driver will not load.

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