1. AecPCIeTC_8-12a.zip Driver
2. InstallNotes.txt File Contents

InstallNotes.txt Driver File Contents (AecPCIeTC_8-12a.zip)

From:	Adrienne Electronics Corporation
	Technical Sales & Support 
	(writer - PCIe-TC drivers and sample programs for Windows)
			tel: (702)896-1858
			fax: (702)896-3034
			email: info@adrielec.com

To:	Developers (using new PCIe-TC time code boards)

Subject:
	Developer Notes for new PCIe time code board products.
	Sample source code and programs for use with the the new
	Windows 2000, XP, 2003, Vista... device driver for AEC PCIe-TC boards


If you have any questions, suggestions or comments regarding this  
release of the Windows 32 and 64 bit device drivers, sample source code and 
applications let me know. I will be happy to keep you up to date on what is 
going on.

Let me know if you find out anything that you feel needs to be changed 
in the driver or sample source code. The Windows drivers 
are now integratted into the AEC_nttc.dll (Rev. 'E2', add PCIe-TC) while maintaining 
support for the ISA, PCI and USB boards as it was with the prior versions of the DLL.  
If you have any desired functions that you would like to see integrated 
into the DLL, let me know and I will see if I can implement some higher 
level processes into it on revision/update.


	General:
The same header file is used for all programs that communicate directly with 
the time code board(s) and do NOT use the DLL inface. This is now an option if 
you are ONLY going to use the PCI based devices. You will not need to use it if 
you write software that only uses the DLL. 


	For Windows 2000/XP/Vista/2003...:
1) When the board is installed, the "Plug and Play" wizard will
let you know that a new 'SecureDigital (SD)'  or 'BaseSystemDevice' (Three
separate times for three unused devices)
device has been found. Point the found new hardware wizard to the 
32 or 64 bit directory (depending on the Windows OS you have installed) 
on the disk and the OS should see the device driver (.sys & .inf) and setup files there 
and handle everything with setup and driver copying.

The Adrienne PCIe-TC device family use a PCI express bus interface IC
that makes the device look like a SecureDigital controller (SD). You
must open the device manager and 'update' the driver for the main
device and the three Base System Device(s) that appear there.
The Base System devices will probably show up when the Found
New Hardware Wizard (FNHW) scans the bus during the first bootup after 
the board has been installed. There are TWO .inf file in the 32 bit
and the 64 bit directories. (4 total). The basesytem inf is the file
that you will select during the found new hardware operation.
After the three times the FNHW runs (one for each base system
device), it will be done. 
Once the FNHW has finished, open the device manager and select
the SecureDigital device (VEN_AECB, DEV_6900) and select
the 'update driver'. Be very deliberate and make the CHOICES that
allow you to select the 'have disk'. Select the 'have disk' and browse
to the 'AecPCIeTC.inf' (or similar named .inf file, but NOT the ...NULL.inf)
and select it. The driver update wizard should indicate that this is for
an AEC time code device... click to complete the driver update.
If the three other base system devices are noted with errors, do
the same proceedure for these three, except choose the ...NULL.inf
file). The problem that our PCIe-TC time code boards have is that
Windows uses its own 'usual' driver, not fully targeted at our 
device specifically.

2) Copy the AEC_NTTC.DLL (E2) file to the ...\windows\system32\ 
Directory. With the file in this location, it can be access from 
anywhere in the machine (if install does not do it automatically)



	NEXT:
Once the driver (and DLL) is installed, reboot the PC and you should be able to 
run the .exe program samples included.


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You will probably have some questions, just let me know.

Currently, all of the software here is written in C/C++/VB. 
If any of you developers would provide me 
with some other source code that you develop that I 
could use to  provide additional samples for other developers, I would 
appreciate it. I do NOT expect you to give me anything that you consider
to be proprietary. 

Thanks,
	AEC technical support