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
1. System requirements.
- Windows NT 40 SP1 or higher
2. Installation
- Login ad "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 PCI slots
- 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 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 a additional cards to the system, the system administrator will
receive a message prompting him to check the configuration. This behavior
can be controlled by the check mark by 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 from your system
- 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, the must be removed before installing new drivers. To accomplish this task use uninstall.exe shipped with the previous driver set.
8. 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
Download Driver Pack
After your driver has been downloaded, follow these simple steps to install it.
Expand the archive file (if the download file is in zip or rar format).
If the expanded file has an .exe extension, double click it and follow the installation instructions.
Otherwise, open Device Manager by right-clicking the Start menu and selecting Device Manager.
Find the device and model you want to update in the device list.
Double-click on it to open the Properties dialog box.
From the Properties dialog box, select the Driver tab.
Click the Update Driver button, then follow the instructions.
Very important: You must reboot your system to ensure that any driver updates have taken effect.
For more help, visit our Driver Support section for step-by-step videos on how to install drivers for every file type.