Installation of ARCNET Cards under Win2000 / XP

SH ARC PCI - ARCNET Card for PCI Bus under Win2000 / XP

Driver files:

Internet: W2K_RAW_DRIVER_V05xx.zip

CD V5.x: ..\CD_Menu\Files_V5x\ARCNET\Win2000\farc.sys (sharcraw.inf)

packed: W2K_RAW_DRIVER_V0517.zip

Driver after installation: ..\WINNT\system32\drivers\farcpci.sys

Installing the card:

Proceed as follows to install the ARCNET card:

  1. Delete the possibly existing old ARCNET driver (V4.xx).

    To do so, delete the following path in the registry:

    HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\farc (or farc66)

  2. Reboot the PC afterwards.

  3. Copy the driver without any subdirectory to a floppy disk.

  4. Shut down the operating system of the PC and then switch the computer off.

  5. Install the ARCNET card to a PCI slot.

  6. Reboot the PC. The card is automatically detected since it supports PnP.

    The message “Found new Hardware / Network controller -> Please wait” is displayed.

    The “Hardware Wizard” is executed. This may take some time.

  7. After the “Found …” message is displayed, click on “Have Disk” and select:

    “A:\sharcraw.inf” and “Next”. The driver is going to be installed.

  8. Reboot the PC.

  9. Select “Start => Settings => Control Panel => System => Hardware => Device Manager” and then “SoHard ARCNET / SH ARC PCI (RAW)”.

  10. In the “Properties”, change the DriverAccessName from FARCPCI to FARC.

  11. Reboot the PC.

Uninstalling the card:

Proceed as follows to remove the ARCNET card:

  1. Select “Start => Settings => Control Panel => System => Hardware => Device Manager”.

  2. Select “SoHard ARCNET / SH ARC PCI (RAW)”.

  3. Select “Delete”.

  4. Shut down the operating system of the PC and then switch the computer off.

  5. Remove the card and restart your PC.

Tips and tricks:

The following notes will help you, if the communication does not work properly after the installation.

  • The card SH ARC PCI requires PCI version V2.10 and hardware level V1.1.

  • Test program for the drivers:

    The program arcread.exe is supplied together with the drivers. Start it from a DOS shell using the following command:

    arcread farc 254<ENTER>

    The driver will either be started or a corresponding error message will be displayed!

  • LED indication:

    If the driver is activated correctly and no ARCNET cable is connected, both LEDs should flash (on/off time approx. 1 s).

    If only the green LED flashes, the interrupt has failed!

  • If necessary, use another PCI slot.

SH ARC PCMCIA - ARCNET-PCMCIA Card under Win2000 / XP

Driver files:

Internet: W2K_RAW_DRIVER_V05xx.zip

CD V5.x: ..\CD_Menu\Files_V5x\ARCNET\Win2000\farc.sys (sharcraw.inf) packed: W2K_RAW_DRIVER_V0517.zip

Driver after installation: ..\WINNT\system32\drivers\farcpcmcia.sys

Installing the card:

Proceed as follows to install the ARCNET card:

  1. Delete the possibly existing old ARCNET driver (V4.xx).

    To do so, delete the following path in the registry:

    HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\farc (or farc66)

    After this, reboot the PC.

  2. Copy the driver without any subdirectory to a floppy disk.

  3. Shut down the operating system of the PC and then switch the computer off.

  4. Install the ARCNET card to a PCMCIA slot.

  5. Reboot the PC. The card is automatically detected since it supports PnP.

    The message “Found new Hardware / Network controller -> Please wait” is displayed.

    The “Hardware Wizard” is executed. This may take some time.

  6. After the “Found …” message is displayed, click on “Have Disk” and select:

    “A:\sharcraw.inf” and “Next”. The driver is going to be installed.

  7. Reboot the PC.

  8. Select “Start => Settings => Control Panel => System => Hardware => Device Manager” and then “SoHard ARCNET / SH ARC PCMCIA (RAW)”.

  9. In the “Properties” change the DriverAccessName from FARCPCMCIA to FARC.

  10. Reboot the PC.

Uninstalling the card:

Proceed as follows to remove the ARCNET card:

  1. Select “Start => Settings => Control Panel => System => Hardware => Device Manager”.

  2. Select “SoHard ARCNET / SH ARC PCMCIA (RAW)”.

  3. Select “Delete”.

  4. Shut down the operating system of the PC and then switch the computer off.

  5. Remove the card and restart your PC.

Tips and tricks:

The following notes will help you, if the communication does not work properly after the installation.

  • Verify that the IRQ and/or the I/O range are not assigned twice.

    To do so, select

    “Start => Settings => Control Panel => Network => Network Adapter => Resources”.

  • Test program for the drivers:

    The program arcread.exe is supplied together with the drivers. Start it from a DOS shell using the following command: arcread farc 254 <ENTER>

    The driver will either be started or a corresponding error message will be displayed!

  • If the error message ..59 (E_FARC_NO_NEXTID) is displayed, the selected interrupt has failed. In this case you should change between master PIC (IRQ 0-7) and slave PIC (IRQ 8-15). IRQ 5 or IRQ 7 should work in almost every case.

  • LED indication:

    If the driver is activated correctly and no ARCNET cable is connected, both LEDs should flash (on/off time approx. 1 s). If only the green LED flashes, the interrupt has failed!

SH FARC E3 [K] - ARCNET Card for ISA Bus under Win2000 / XP

Driver files:

Internet: W2K_RAW_DRIVER_V05xx.zip

CD V5.x: ..\CD_Menu\Files_V5x\ARCNET\Win2000\farc.sys

packed: W2K_RAW_DRIVER_V0517.zip

Driver after installation: ..\WINNT\system32\drivers\farc0.sys

Installing the card:

Proceed as follows to install the ARCNET card:

  1. Delete the possibly existing old ARCNET driver (V4.xx). To do so, delete the following path in the registry: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\farc (or farc66) After this, reboot the PC.

  2. Determine a free IRQ and I/O range (16 bytes), e.g. by selecting “Start => Programs => Accessories => System Tools => System Information => Hardware Resources”.

  3. Shut down the operating system of the PC and then switch the computer off.

  4. On the card, set the I/O range and the interrupt IRQ according to the enclosed documentation.

    Note

    The following settings are set ex works:

    I/O-Address = 120 hex

    IRQ = 10

    KOAX mode

    2.5 MHz

  5. Install the ARCNET card to an ISA slot.

  6. Reboot the PC.

  7. Copy the driver without any subdirectory to a floppy disk.

  8. Select “Start => Settings => Control Panel => System => Hardware => Hardware Wizard => OK”.

  9. Select “Choose a Hardware device” and “Add new device” and then confirm with “Next”.

  10. A new hardware component is searched. This may take some time. Since the card does not support PnP, the message “Does not find any new devices on your computer” is displayed.

  11. Select “Other devices” and click on “Have disk”.

  12. Insert the floppy disk and confirm with “OK”. The message “Install from disk” is displayed.

  13. Select “A:\tsharcraw.inf” and confirm with “OK”. The driver is going to be installed.

  14. Enter the following card properties:

    Controller: COM20022

    DriverAccess: FARC (is entered automatically)

    IRQ: Free IRQ determined in step 2

    I/O Address: Free I/O range determined in step 2

  15. Confirm with “Ready” and “Close” and answer the message dialog with “Yes” to restart the PC.

Uninstalling the card:

Proceed as follows to remove the ARCNET card:

  1. Select “Start => Settings => Control Panel => System => Hardware => Device Manager”.

  2. Select “SoHard ARCNET / SH FARCxx (RAW)”.

  3. Select “Delete”.

  4. Shut down the operating system of the PC and then switch the computer off.

  5. Remove the card and restart your PC.

Tips and tricks:

The following notes will help you, if the communication does not work properly after the installation.

  • Verify that the IRQ and/or the I/O range are not assigned twice.

    To do so, select

    “Start => Settings => Control Panel => System => Hardware => Device Manager => SoHard ARCNET => SH FARCxx”.

  • The interrupt must be enabled for ISA in the BIOS.

  • Test program for the drivers:

    The program arcread.exe is supplied together with the drivers. Start it from a DOS shell using the following command: arcread farc 254<ENTER>

    The driver will either be started or a corresponding error message will be displayed!

  • If the error message ..59 (E_FARC_NO_NEXTID) is displayed, the selected interrupt has failed. In this case you should change between master PIC (IRQ 0-7) and slave PIC (IRQ 8-15). IRQ 5 or IRQ 7 should work in almost every case.

  • LED indication:

    If the driver is activated correctly and no ARCNET cable is connected, both LEDs should flash (on/off time approx. 1 s).

    If only the green LED flashes, the interrupt has failed!