This documents contains updates/corrections to publication SA34-2206: "4777 Magnetic Stripe Unit and 4778 PIN-Pad Magnetic Stripe Reader DOS Programming Guide" ;;-------------------------------------------------------------------------;; ;; Following information is an addition to Chapter 2, pages 2-2 and 2-3. ;; ;; It explains the /Axxxx and /Qxx parameters. ;; ;; ;; ;;-------------------------------------------------------------------------;; 1. Following are the defaults the driver assumes when you specify /C1 thru /C4: Option Irq Addr Com Port Addr ------ ---- ---- ------------- /C1 Irq 4 3F8h Port address at BIOS 40:0 area /C2 Irq 3 2F8h Port address at BIOS 40:2 area /C3 Irq 3 3E8h Port address at BIOS 40:4 area /C4 Irq 3 2E8h Port address at BIOS 40:6 area Our driver will zero out the corresponding BIOS 40:x area after acquiring the port. To insure proper setup, you may want to verify the BIOS area before loading our driver. 2. Instead of using the /C1 thru /C4 option, you can specify the Irq and port address by using the following options on the device= statement for the Serial driver being used: /A:xxxx - where xxxx is the Hex Comm port I/O addresss to use. /Q:xx - where xx is the Decimal Interrupt level to use. (valid Int levels are 02, 03, 04, 05, 10, 11, or 15) When using the /Axxxx option, our driver does not zero out any of the BIOS area. 3. NOTE: you must perform the BIOS setup on your PC or configure the expansion serial port adapter to match the Irq/Port that our driver will be using as described above. NOTE: In ISA/PCI bus machines (non microchannel), you must insure that our driver is using an Interrupt that is NOT being used by any other driver or device. Interrupt levels can't be shared in ISA/PCI bus PC's.