Configuration

NOTE: This topic is not valid for the SH ARCALYZER driver.
With the SH ARCALYZER driver, the driver access name is fixed to "sharcaly".

Windows NT 4.0

The driver is configured the first time during installation.
If you want to change I/O-adress, memory-adress, interrupt, handlename, you can do it by performing the following steps:

1. Run ControlPanel/Network
2. Select NetworkAdapter
3. Select the driver, you want to configure
4. Click on Properties...

Depending on the installed driver, some or all of the below mentioned items can be changed:

Item Description
Driver access name Name of the ARCNET-device in the application, used in call to CreateFile.
It is very important, that the Driver access name is unique on the whole system.
In other words: every ARCNET adapter/driver should have its own "Driver access name", otherwise the drivers may not start.
Controller The used ARCNET Controller.
Possible Items for 20020-driver: 20020, 20022, 20020C (also used for 20020D or above)
AUTO (PCI only, autodetection of Controller)
Possible Items for 90C66 driver: 90C66, 90C165
I/O-adress (ISA cards only) I/O-adress of the ISA-ARCNET-adapter
IRQ (ISA cards only) IRQ of the ISA-ARCNET-adapter
Memory-adress Memory-adress of the ISA-ARCNET-adapter, should be 0 with 90C66/20020 driver. The 90C66 driver uses autodetection.
Reset Card-ID (PCI cards only) Resets the card-ID entry in the registry
Useful, if replacing the PCI-ARCNET-adapter by another PCI-ARCNET-adapter.

Windows 98/Me, 2000 and later

The driver is configured the first time during installation.
If you want to change I/O-adress, memory-adress, interrupt, handlename, you can do it by performing the following steps:

1. Run Devicemanager and rightclick on the appropiate adapter under "SOHARD ARCNET", then select Properties. (With SH ARC-USB, select the appropiate subkey under "USB-controller")
2. Now you have a dialogbox with 4 tabs. In "Resources" you can change the used resources of the driver, in the "Properties" tab you can change the following items:

Item Description
Driver access name Name of the ARCNET-device in the application, used in call to CreateFile
It is very important, that the Driver access name is unique on the whole system.
In other words: every ARCNET adapter/driver should have its own "Driver access name", otherwise the drivers may not start.

NOTE: When using >2 ARCNET adapters of the same type in the machine, changes of this parameter require a reboot, to take effect!

Controller The used ARCNET Controller.
20020, 20022, 20020C (also used for 20020D or above), 90C66, 90C165
AUTO (PCI only, autodetection of Controller, don't use AUTO with ISA- or PCMCIA adapters)
Not used with SH ARC-USB!

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