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Windows Driver
3 Windows Driver
This chapter of the manual documents the drivers for Windows Operating Systems. The driver
is basically the same for all the VScom PCI cards available, independent of the model. As one
consequence there is only one driver for
download
, linked to from all the products. It does not
matter which link you use.
When Windows loads the driver, the type of card is identified. The driver adapts to the options
available on the certain card, and disables or hides other options. Because of the great similarity
of the products, users find the options always at the same positions, they do not have to learn each
product individually.
The following text is common to all cards, important differences are mentioned when necessary.
When a described option is not available on your product, this is not an error. This option is just
not offered by your hardware.
The manual first describes the process of installing the driver software, followed by instructions
for removing the drivers in the unlikely case you whish to do this. The drivers still support very
old phased out products, as well as old Windows versions 95 to ME (9x strand) and NT. The
old Windows systems are no longer supported by Microsoft, so there may be hidden problems on
your computer. These may cause the VScom cards to malfunction in your system. Said that, we
can not guarantee the old products operate reliably, and also modern products may have unex-
pected behaviour in old operating systems. The old operating systems are just mentioned in the
following.
Many VScom cards may be installed simultaneously. In fact the driver does not limit the number
of cards installed, Windows does. In Windows 9x the maximum number of serial or parallel ports
installed is 127, in Windows NT or later the limit is 256 ports of serial or parallel kind.
The current version of the driver is 3.1.2.
3.1 Installing the Drivers
Windows Systems perform the hardware detection by Plug & Play, you do not have to configure
the card in any way. Special DIP switches as described above of course are an exception.
Windows NT performs different, this is described later (section
3.3
).
3.1.1 Install in Windows 9x
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, 2000, XP and Vista
1. Install the card in your system and boot Windows.
2. Log on to an account with administrative privileges.
In Windows 95/98/98SE/ME each account is appropriate,
Windows NT is handled extra below.
3. Windows will automatically detect the VScom PCIex Card.
4. The “Add New Hardware Wizard” dialog box appears and searches for new drivers for the
VScom PCIex Card.
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Windows 95 up to Windows ME
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