COMspool, and COMi Installation and Configuration

  NOTE on interrupt sharing:
    COMi supports shared interrupts on ISA serial adapter boards from several
    manufactures.  Look in the on-line COMi User Guide under the heading 
    "System and Adapter Support" for a list of tested adapters, and under
    "Installing ISA Serial Adapters | Shared Interrupt Adapter Types" for a
    description of the required features to support shared interrupts on an ISA
    machine.

    There are no interrupt restrictions on MCA machines, though we do not
    recommend installing more that eight devices on a single interrupt, or
    sharing interrupts across COMi loads.

To install the COMi asynchronous serial device driver and COMspool, do
one of the following:

Method One:

1.  Open the OS/2 System folder

2.  Open the Drives folder

3.  Double click on the drive that contains the distribution diskette.

4.  Double click on the INSTALL.EXE icon.

5.  Once INSTALL is loaded, use the "Install..." menu item to setup the
    installation for your system requirements and transfer the required
    files to your system.

      Select "Installation | Install..."

6.  Use the "Configuration | COMi..." menu item to configure the COMi 
    device driver. The configuration process has plenty of on-line help
    to help with setting up COMi.

7.  Shutdown and re-boot your system.

8.  If you are installing COMspool support then continue with item nine.

9.  Click mouse button two (usually the right button) on a local printer object.
    If you have not created a local printer object yet then you will need to
    drag a non-network printer object from the "Templates" folder onto your
    desktop.  If you will be creating a printer object as part of this installation
    then skip to item twelve, as the printer object setting notebook will have
    been presented immediately after you dragged the object from the
    "Templates" folder.  You will also have to select a printer driver and
    possibly need to set other parameters in the printer notebook.

10. Select the "Settings" menu item.

11. Click on the "Output" tab.

12. Click mouse two on any port icon in the container window.

13. Select the "Install" menu item.

14. In the "Directory" entry field enter the following (without the quotes):
    "\OS2\DLL", then press the <ENTER> key or select the "Refresh"
    button.

15. The Spooler software will read each spooler support library in that
    directory, including the COMi spooler support library, show an icon
    in the container area for each device the spooler support libraries
    support.
 
    NOTE:
          COMi spooler support is only available when the COMi device
          driver is loaded and there are serial devices assigned to COMi.
          Because of this you must be-boot your machine after the COMi
          installation process, before you begin to configure COMi
          spooler support.

16. Select one, or more, of the COMi Spooler ports and select the "Install"
    button.

17. When the Spooler software is finished installing the ports you have
    selected it will present a message box indicating that the ports you
    selected have been installed.  Click on the "OK" button.

18. When you are through installing Spooler Ports then click on the
    "Cancel" button.

19. You can set the port parameters to match the requirements of a
    printer by clicking mouse button two on an icon in the container
    area and selecting the "Setting" menu item.  Help for setting port
    parameters will be available once you have entered the setup
    dialog.

    Once you have installed at least one COMi spooler port in this
    manner you will be able to install and delete spooler ports from
    the COMi Configuration program (either Install or COMscope).

    Configuration of these ports for printer initialization will always
    have to be done from the printer object's settings notebook.

20. Shutdown and re-boot your machine.  PMSPOOL cannot initialize
    any newly installed spooler ports until you have re-booted.

Method Two:

1. Open an OS/2 command prompt session.

2. Make the disk drive containing the distribution diskette the default drive.

    Example:  [C:\]A: [ENTER)
              (assuming the distribution diskette is in drive A:)

3. Start INSTALL.EXE by typing INSTALL [ENTER]

4. Follow the instructions from item five, above.

Once installed, you may use INSTALL at any time to change the configuration
of the COMi device driver and any device controlled by COMi, though any
changes you make will require a re-boot to take effect.  Print spooler port
initialization can only be configured via a print objects setting notebook.

COMi, COMspool, and INSTALL are the property of OS/tools Incorporated and are
copyrighted (c) 1989-96 by OS/tools Incorporated with all rights reserved.

These programs are licensed to you on a per CPU basis.  One license is
required for each CPU on which they are installed.

We know nothing and are responsible for nothing, except for any increased
productivity and/or pleasure brought about by the use of these programs.  This
is the only disclaimer you have to read.

For additional information about COMscope, COMspool, the COMi device
driver, or other OS/tools products please contact:

OS/tools Incorporated
P.O.Box 246
Gilroy, CA  95021
Phone: (500)446-7257, FAX: (408)847-7480, BBS: (408)847-7484
Internet: products@os-tools.com or URL: http://www.os-tools.com

OS/tools, COMscope, COMspool, and COMi are trademarks of OS/tools Incorporated.

OS/2 is a trademark of International Business Machines, Incorporated.

