Frequently Asked Questions
I need a substitute for an ARCNET card. What do I have to do?
1. All SOHARD ARCNET cards are long-term available. You may order them using our online shop or by directy contacting us.
2. If you are searching a substitute for a card of another manufacturer please consult the table.
Please feel free to contact us in case the card in question is not listed in the table.
Bus | Chipset | Model (of other manufacturer) | Equivalent model (SOHARD) |
|---|---|---|---|
ISA | 90Cxx | AISA1517 | SH ARC-66 |
ISA | 90Cxx | SMC PC600 WS | SH ARC-66 |
ISA | 90Cxx | PCA66 | SH ARC-66 |
ISA | 90C66 | AN-520BT | SH ARC-66 |
ISA | 90C66 | PCAI 1B | SH ARC-66 |
PCMCIA | 200xx | APCM1519A *) | SH ARC-PCMCIA |
PCMCIA | 200xx | PCM20 / PCM20H *) | SH ARC-PCMCIA |
*) Please contact our support.
I need an ARCNET card for another PC bus system (e.g. PCI or USB). What do I have to keep in mind?
1. If your software is using a SOHARD RAW driver, you may swap to every other SOHARD card without the need to adapt your software.
Please download the latest RAW driver from our website, to ensure that all SOHARD products are supported.
2. Unless your software accessed the ARCNET hardware using SOHARD drivers the adaption of your software will be inevitable.
Is SH ARC-PCIu compatible to SH ARC-PCI?
In general SH ARC-PCIu is downwards compatible to SH ARC-PCI. SH ARC-PCI may only be used in PCI slots with 5V supply, while SH ARC-PCIu tolerates 5V and 3.3V alike.
Whether you can replace SH ARC-PCI by SH ARC-PCIu, thus, only depends on the way your software communicates to the card:
1) If your software uses the SOHARD ARCNET RAW driver, then you can take SH ARC-PCIu as a direct replacement.
2) If your software accesses directly to the COM20020 controller, then you can take SH ARC-PCIu as a direct replacement. Please be aware, that the card resources (IO and memory areas, IRQ) for every PCI device can be allocated differently.
3) If your application uses a non-SOHARD driver, then we cannot guarantee that the SH ARC-PCIu will be working in your environment.
Which operating systems are supported by SOHARD ARCNET products?
The table below provides an overview of the supported hardware and ARCNET RAW drivers as well as the respective distribution packages
SOHARD ARCNET cards | Windows | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
98 | Me | NT | 2000 | XP | 2003 | 2008 | Vista | 7 | |
SH ARC-66 | 1) | 1) | 2) | 3) | 3)/3) | 3)/3) | 3)/3) | 3)/3) | 3)/3) |
SH ARC-ISA | 1) | 1) | 2) | 3) | 3)/3) | 3)/3) | 3)/3) | 3)/3) | 3)/3) |
SH ARC-ISA-HUB | 1) | 1) | 2) | 3) | 3)/3) | 3)/3) | 3)/3) | 3)/3) | 3)/3) |
SH ARC-PC104 | 1) | 1) | 2) | 3) | 3)/3) | 3)/3) | 3)/3) | 3)/3) | 3)/3) |
SH ARC-PC104-HUB | 1) | 1) | 2) | 3) | 3)/3) | 3)/3) | 3)/3) | 3)/3) | 3)/3) |
SH ARC-PCI | 1) | 1) | 2) | 3) | 3)/3) | 3)/3) | 3)/3) | 3)/3) | 3)/3) |
SH ARC-PCI104 | 1) | 1) | 2) | 3) | 3)/3) | 3)/3) | 3)/3) | 3)/3) | 3)/3) |
SH ARC-PCIe | - | - | - | - | 3)/3) | 3)/3) | 3)/3) | 3)/3) | 3)/3) |
SH ARC-PCIu | 1) | 1) | 2) | 3) | 3)/3) | 3)/3) | 3)/3) | 3)/3) | 3)/3) |
SH ARC-PCMCIA | 1) | 1) | 2) | 3) | 3)/3) | 3)/3) | 3)/3) | 3)/3) | 3)/3) |
SH ARC-USB | - | - | - | 4) | 4)/4) | 4)/4) | 4)/4) | 4)/4) | 4)/4) |
1) UARC RAW driver, last version 6.3 (Download)
2) UARC RAW driver, last version 6.4 (Download)
3) UARC RAW driver, last version 7.3 (Download)
4) USB ARC RAW driver, last version 4.2 (Download)
The table below provides an overview of the supported hardware and ARCNET NDIS drivers as well as the respective distribution packages
SOHARD ARCNET-Karten | Windows | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
95 | 98 | NT | 2000 | XP | 2003 | 2008 | Vista | 7 | |
SH ARC-66 | 1) | 2) | 3) | 4) | 4)/- | - | - | - | - |
SH ARC-ISA | 1) | 2) | 3) | 4) | 4)/- | - | - | - | - |
SH ARC-ISA-HUB | 1) | 2) | 3) | 4) | 4)/- | - | - | - | - |
SH ARC-PC104 | 1) | 2) | 3) | 4) | 4)/- | - | - | - | - |
SH ARC-PC104-HUB | 1) | 2) | 3) | 4) | 4)/- | - | - | - | - |
SH ARC-PCI | 1) | 2) | 3) | 4) | 4)/- | - | - | - | - |
SH ARC-PCI104 | 1) | 2) | 3) | 4) | 4)/- | - | - | - | - |
SH ARC-PCIe | - | - | - | - | 4)/- | - | - | - | - |
SH ARC-PCIu | 1) | 2) | 3) | 4) | 4)/- | - | - | - | - |
SH ARC-PCMCIA | 1) | 2) | 3) | 4) | 4)/- | - | - | - | - |
SH ARC-USB | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
1) W95 package, last version 3.0 (Download)
2) W98 package, last version 3.2 (Download)
3) NT package, last version 3.2 (Download)
4) W2K/XP package, last version 3.4 (Download)
An SH ARC-USB oder a SOHARD ARCNET card connected to the System is not being recognized. How do I have to proceed??
1. Make sure the current version of the driver necessary is installed. There are different ARCNET RAW drivers for PC cards and USB devices.
2. Check if the device is listed by the Device Manager. SH ARC-USB is listed under "Universal Serial Bus controllers", PC cards under "SOHARD ARCNET".
3. Check the device properties in the Device Manager:
• The device musst be working properly.
• The Driver Access Name of the device must correspond to the name your application is accessing to the device.
• Multiple devices must not share the same name.
• There may not be resource conflicts with I/Os or memory or interrupts.
Possible approaches are:
• Restarting the system
• Deinstallation and installation of the latest driver
• With resource conflicts: Checking the resource settings in the BIOS, removing the hardware component causing the conflict
