Moxa CP-116E-A [18/111] Windows drivers

PCI Express Boards Software Installation

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Windows Drivers

Moxa provides drivers that allow you to use the PCI Express Series serial boards for Windows 7/8 and Windows

2008/Vista/2003/XP/2000.

The overall procedure for installing the Windows

drivers for the PCI Express boards is

summarized in the flowchart on the right.

Windows 7/8/8.1/10 (32-bit/64-bit)

In this section, we describe the installation procedure for Windows 7. Note that the installation procedures for

Windows 8 and 10 are similar to that of Windows 7.

Installing the Driver

The following procedure describes how to install the CP-104EL-A driver for the first time with Windows 7. First,

make sure that you have already plugged the board or boards into the system’s PCI Express slot(s).

NOTE

If you have already installed a CP

-104EL-A or other Moxa PCI Express board in your computer, and you are

installing additional boards, Windows 7 will automatically detect and install the new board(s) the next time you

boot up the computer. In this case, proceed directly to the next section, “Configuring the Ports,” to configure

the ports’ serial transmission parameters.

Plug the PCI Express board into an empty

PCI Express slot. See the Hardware

Installation chapter for details.

Turn on your PC. Windows will

automatically detect the board.

Install the driver from the Documentation

and Software CD. See the Installing the

Driver for the First Time subsection in

this chapter for detailed instructions.

Configure the board’s ports. See the

Configuring the Ports subsection in this

chapter for detailed instructions.

The PCI Express board and ports are ready

to use.

Driver already installed?

Yes