Instruction Manual

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2. Installing Your controller hardware
Take care when you handle the RocketPort 550 PCI cards, like any electronic device,
they are sensitive to static electricity. Use normal static precautions such as wearing an
earth ground strap. The original RocketPort 550 PCi controllers are installed in 32bit 5V
PCI slots. The Universal 550 cards can be installed in 3.3V or 5V 32 Bit PCI slots.
Hardware Installation Procedure
Power down the host PC and disconnect its mains input.
Follow the host PC manufacturer instructions describing how to access the PC in order
to install additional cards.
You may install up to 4 controllers in one PC.
Ensure the controller’s back plate retaining screw is fitted.
Follow the host PC manufacturers instructions for the re assembly of the host PC, its
cabling and re-fitting of safety covers.
Re-connect the host PC mains input and power up the PC.
3. Extracting the driver files to the PC’s hard disk
Using Windows Explorer locate the self extract file which contains the driver.
If you have a Comtrol supplied CD then open the folder \WinNT4 (on the CD) then
double click the file WinNT4drv.exe
( If you have downloaded the driver from Comtrol’s web site then you should open
the folder containing the downloaded self extract file. NOTE: The filename may differ
from the above. )
The self extractor dialog will appear. The default target folder (for the extracted files) is
c:\Comtrol\Installations\Rp550nt4 and will be displayed in the ‘Unzip to folder’
box. You may change the target folder as you wish, but note that the remainder of this
document assumes that the extracted driver files are located in
c:\Comtrol\Installations\Rp550nt4. If you have changed the target folder you must
remember to specify this path when required during installation.