Installation and usage of VScom software V. 3.00

1. System Requirements.
2. Installation
3. Installing Additional VScom Cards.
4. Advanced Configuration
5. Removing Drivers
6. Removing Old Drivers
7. File List
8. Unattended Installation
8.1 Example of Installation Script.


1. System Requirements.
- Windows NT 40 SP1 or higher

2. Installation
- Login as "administrator" or an other user authorized for installations
- Remove old incompatible VScom drivers. If necessary restart the system.
- After reboot log on as "administrator" again.
- Open Folder containing the new version of VScom software.
- Double-click the "install.exe" program and follow instruction on the screen.
- To activate the new software the system will be restarted. Make sure that all
  VScom card are plugged in.
- After restart login as administrator. You will be prompted to input additional
  information if necessary.

3. Installing Additional VScom Cards
- To install additional VScom card into your system, shutdown the operation
  system, and switch the computer off.
- Plug in new card into a PCI slot
- Switch on the computer and start the system.
- Login as administrator and watch the screen. If any additional information for
  the new card will be needed, you will be prompted for it.

4. Advanced Configuration
   To make an advanced configuration open the "Control Panel" and double-click the
   VSCFG icon. In the following window you can configure the VScom cards and ports:
- Configure device
  (double click, return or configure-button on the chosen device)
- card property:
  You can get information about the status and driver information.
  In the following register card's settings like clock frequency or port names
  associated with this card can be changed or viewed.
- port property:
  a double click on the port name or single click on Properties button will display
  a dialog with port settings. The settings vary depending on the underlying UART
  type.
  In all case you can set the default line discipline:  baud rate, parity and so on.
- de- and activate device
  Mark the desired device, use context menu ( right mouse button ), space bar or
  disable and enable-button. The action will be committed on pressing OK button.
- Removing a device
  Mark the device to be removed, use context menu, DEL-key or remove button.
  The action will be committed on pressing OK button.
- Show devices, whose hardware is not present
  In some cases devices are not visible, because the underlying hardware is not
  present. To make these devices visible, set a check mark in the checkbox
  "Show unavailable devices"
- Show new cards and changed configurations at startup
  When adding an additional card to the system, the system administrator will
  receive a message prompting him to check the configuration. This behavior
  can be controlled by the checkbox "Check for new cards at start" in the
  configuration panel. If unchecked, the dialog box prompting the administrator to
  review the configuration will not appear.
- Restart driver
  Pushing this button "Driver-Restart" will reload all VScom drivers. These making the
  new configuration available immediately. In some cases, like renaming the LPT-Port.
- Reserve port numbers
  Reservation of port number give the user the opportunity to take control about the
  automatic assigning of port names when a new port is detected. Reserving a port
  number will protect the driver from using this port number, probably used by some
  other subsystems. To do this push button "Port Map"

5. Removing Drivers
- Open the "Control Panel" and double-click the icon "Add/Remove Programs".
- Mark the line "VScom drivers for Multi IO PCI cards" and double-click or optionally
  press the Add/Remove button. Follow instructions on the screen.
  Remark:
    When you configure the parallel-port and no changes take place (e.g. new
    chosen parallel-port number isn't addressable), please reboot your computer.


6. Removing Old Drivers

   If drivers of the B-Series are installed on the system, they must be removed before
   installing the new drivers. To accomplish this task use uninstall.exe shipped with
   the previous driver set.

7. File list

VSCNTUI.DLL
VSSNTUI.DLL
VSPNTUI.DLL
VSCNT.SYS
VSSNT.SYS
VSPNT.SYS
INSTALL.EXE
VSCFGCHK.EXE
VSCFG.CPL
VSCOMNT.INF
VSTEXT.BMP
VSTEXT16.BMP
VSLOGO.BMP
VSLOGO16.BMP

8. Unattended Installation
   For an unattended installation execute "install.exe" with a switch -c <path to install script>
   Example:
   install -c example.cfg

   Following keyword can be used in the script:
	DestPath=<Path>  - Installation path
	NoUserInfo       - switches off PNP-prompting after reboot.
        NoReboot         - don't reboot after installation
        AutoStartDrivers - try to start all services after installation
        Force            - if old installation were found, just re-install. No user prompt needed.
        Quiet            - Except for error messages, don't display any messages.
        ComExclude=<number list> - Com-Number that should be reserved for other use. Multiple lines of this type are allowed.
        LptExclude=<number list> - Lpt-Number that should be reserved for other use. Multiple lines of this type are allowed.
	AdminName=<Administrator id> - Valid Admininistrator account. *-character means: "ignore the test".


  The #-character opens a comment.
  Empty lines are ignored.
  Maximum line length is 160 characters


8.1 Example of Installatio Script

# An example for a configuration script for
# unattended installation of VScom drivers under NT

DestPath = c:\vscom # First give the installation path
NoUserInfo          # We dont like to be prompted everytime a new card was found
NoReboot            # Dont reboot, we do it later
AutoStartDrivers    # After successful installation try to start drivers ( ca 40 seconds timeout )
Force		    # if an old intallation exists, re-install
Quiet		    # Dont bother me, just do or leave it.
AdminName=Administrator # Valid admin name
ComExclude=1-6, 8   # Com numbers that shouldn't be assigned to the port
LptExclude=1-5, 6   # Lpt numbers that shouldn't be assigned to the port