Installing Device Drivers for Non-Plug-and-Play Adapters

Installing Personal Communications before installing adapter hardware and software (recommended)
Install Personal Communications, then install the adapter hardware and reboot the system. Windows® will not recognize the adapter, because it is a non-Plug-and-Play adapter. Now follow the steps in Creating a device and installing a device driver.
Installing the adapter hardware before installing Personal Communications
Install the adapter hardware and reboot the system. Windows® will not recognize the adapter, because it is a non-Plug-and-Play adapter. Now follow the steps in Creating a device and installing a device driver.
Creating a device and installing a device driver
Use the Windows® Add Hardware wizard (Windows® 7 and later versions) to create a device for the adapter and install a device driver. The procedure is described in detail as follows:
  1. From the Windows® Control Panel, start the Add Hardware wizard. Let the wizard search for new hardware.
  2. When asked whether you have already connected the hardware to the system, click Yes.
  3. When prompted to select an installed hardware device, select Add a new hardware device. Click Next.
  4. When prompted to search for new hardware, select the Advanced option, which allows you to select the hardware from a list. Click Next.
  5. When prompted to select a hardware category, select Show All Devices. Click Next.
  6. When prompted to specify the manufacturer and model, click Have Disk.
  7. Browse to the \admin\drivers subdirectory on the Personal Communications Docs_Admin_Aids package. Click OK.
  8. From the list of IBM® communications adapters, select the non-Plug-and-Play adapter for which you want to install a driver.
  9. Click Next to install the device driver.
  10. Reboot the system when prompted.
  11. Open the Device Manager and verify that a device for the adapter has been created under Other devices.
Troubleshooting
If a problem occurs or you make a mistake, look in the Windows® Device Manager to see if a device has been created for the adapter under Other devices. If a device has not been created, or if a device was created but is not working properly, then remove the device from the Device Manager and reinstall it using the procedures for the specific operating system.

For each adapter, you should review the documentation provided by the adapter vendor. Using the Personal Communications adapter configuration menus, assign the resources that the adapter will use (IRQ, Memory, I/O, and possibly DMA). Reboot the system and go into the system setup provided by the machine vendor. Using the system setup, reserve the required resources so that Windows® will not assign them to some other device.

When you try to start a session, if Personal Communications cannot acquire a system resource needed by an adapter, an error panel is displayed, identifying the unavailable resource. To resolve this resource conflict, use the Personal Communications configuration panel to select another I/O address, memory address, or IRQ. If a conflict still exists, reconfigure the device that is currently using the resource to use some other resource.