CPC112592 280.DOC The Complete Communicator Gold Dip Switch Settings This document is provided as "For your information" and as is. Neither The Complete PC nor any of it's employees assume any responsibility for consequences resulting from the use of the following information nor can the Complete PC technical support provide help with this document. The user of said information does so at his or her own risk. Changing the I/O address The first three DIP switches are used to set the I/O address. The following chart shows you how to set the Communicator Gold switches for different I/O settings. Switch 1 2 3 I/O Address UP UP UP 220-227 UP UP DN 260-267 UP DN UP 2A0-2A7 UP DN DN 2E0-2E7 (default) DN UP UP 320-327 DN UP DN 360-367 DN DN UP 3A0-3A7 DN DN DN 3E0-3E7 I/O address 3E0 is a good choice which rarely causes a conflict. Switch 4 controls the Enabling/Disabling of the data modem. Switch Description 4 DN Modem disabled UP Modem enabled (Default) Switches 5 through 8 set the associated interrupt and switches 9 through 12 set the Com Port. Note: If your computer or another interface card has a built-in COM1 or COM2, you must disable the COM port that matches the one you'll be using for Communicator Gold. To use COM1 or COM3 you must disable COM1 on the I/O card, and using COM2 or COM4 requires COM2 to be disabled on the I/O card. The Communicator's modem default is COM2. If you have COM2 disabled on the I/O card, you may install The Communicator without changes, or move it to COM4. If you have COM1 disabled , set the switches on the Communicator's data modem to COM 1 or COM 3. Refer to your computer's manual or the interface card's instructions to disable the COM port. The Communicator Gold does provide for one alternative to the above mentioned COM port requirements. The Communicator Gold can be set to COM1 Interrupt 5, this setting does require that COM1 be disabled on the I/O card as metioned above, but does allow you to use a COM3 in the machine also. This way a machine can have three COM ports: COM1/Interrupt 5, COM2/Interrupt 3, and COM3/Interrupt 4, at the same time without a conflict. Refer to the following chart for interrupt settings. Switch Description 4 5 6 7 8 UP DN DN UP DN Interrupt 4 UP DN UP DN DN Interrupt 3 (default) UP DN DN UP DN Interrupt 4 (For COM 3) UP DN UP DN DN Interrupt 3 (For COM 4) UP DN DN DN UP Interrupt 5* (For COM 1) The standard IBM specification assigns interrupt 4 to COM1 and COM3 and interrupt 3 to COM2 and COM4. Only one of the DIP switches 5 through 8 should be UP; the rest of them must be DN. Note: If you will be plugging a Complete PC Scanner into the Communicator Gold board, it will use the same interrupt setting as the modem. Switches 9 through 12 set the Com Port. Switch Description 9 10 11 12 UP DN DN UP COM 1 UP DN UP DN COM 2 (default) UP DN DN UP COM 3 UP DN UP DN COM 4 UP DN DN DN COM 1* (Interrupt 5*) *Note: In order to use COM1/Interrupt 5 you modem communications software must have the ability to be configured to non-standard COM port interrupts. To disable the Communicator Gold modem to eliminate conflicts with your other serial devices. The switches need to be set as follows: Switch Description 4 5 6 7 8 DN DN DN DN DN Modem disabled The Complete PC Scanner is designed to share the same interrupt as the Communicator Gold modem. If you will be connecting a Complete PC Scanner to your Communicator Gold with the modem disabled, set the desired scanner interrupt using switches 5 through 8. Switch Description 4 5 6 7 8 DN UP DN DN DN Interrupt 2 DN DN UP DN DN Interrupt 3 DN DN DN UP DN Interrupt 4 DN DN DN DN UP Interrupt 5 Note: Windows 3.x in Enhanced mode may not support the Communicator Gold's sharing of interrupts between the modem and scanner. If you intend on running Windows 3.x in Enhanced mode we recommend that you use the separate interface card that was provided with the scanner instead for using the port on the Communicator Gold. By using the separate I/F card you can select a different interrupt for your scanner and will be able to use both the scanner and modem in Windows Enhanced mode.