Windows 2000/XP/2003 Blue Heat/PCI Drivers
File: ReadMe.txt
Date: Nov 27/2006 ver 1.42
File Revisions:
CTIBHxp.SYS 2.0.1.15
CTIPORTS.DLL 1.0.1.0
CTIBHBRB.INF 1.30
CTIBHPRT.INF 1.30
ctibhw2k.chm October 14, 2004, 2:09:17 PM
TABLE OF CONTENTS
1) INTRODUCTION
2) INSTALLATION INTRODUCTION
3) DRIVER INSTALLATION
4) RECENT BUG FIXES & ENHANCEMENTS IN THE DRIVER
5) ACCESSING ADVANCED COM PORT PROPERTIES
6) CONTACTING TECHNICAL SUPPORT
1) INTRODUCTION
The following ReadMe file contains information on how to install
Connect Tech's Blue Heat/PCI Serial Driver for Windows XP/2000/2003.
2) INSTALLATION INTRODUCTION:
This package contains serial drivers for use on Connect Tech's
Blue Heat/PCI multiport serial boards.
The Connect Tech Blue Heat/PCI features compatibility with standard
16x50 multiport serial cards. The Blue Heat also features other modes of
operation to achieve high performance and efficiency. The Blue Heat is a
PCI compliant Plug and Play device under Windows95 and XP. The Blue Heat
features baud rates of up to 1,382,400 baud (boards featuring RS485 line
interfaces have a maximum baud rate of 921,600 baud) and automatic
hardware and software flow control under Windows95/XP. This ensures high
throughput and virtually eliminates data loss, while not over burdening your
CPU.
For a more detailed description of our products please visit our WWW site at:
http://www.connecttech.com
3) Blue Heat/PCI DRIVER INSTALLATION:
There are two ways the drivers can be installed. Either the software
(drivers) can be installed first or the board can be installed first
and Windows will ask for the drivers after the board is detected.
Software First Install
Find the driver install package and run DpInst.exe in the directory.
The installer will guide you through the install process. The board
will then be detected and installed when the board is physically
added to the system.
Software First Installs are a great way to update existing drivers as
well.
NOTE: Software First installs only work with signed drivers.
Hardware First Install
Installation consists of installing the Blue Heat in a PCI slot and booting
up Windows XP. The PCI BIOS and Windows XP will detect the Blue Heat as
an unknown PCI device, and will request that you insert the driver
diskette. Windows XP drivers are installed using information provided in
an .inf file. The driver files can be found on the Blue Heat distribution
diskette. Simply use the Windows XP device driver installation dialogue by
telling it the location of the Blue Heat driver files.
For Example a:\ or c:\temp\ or where ever you have placed them.
Caution: Windows XP may tend to get confused as to the location of the
driver files and may ask you again where they are located. Simply tell the
Windows XP once again where the Blue Heat driver files are and the
installation will continue.
Windows XP will now "detect" and install all the Blue Heat ports into the
system. This process takes a few minutes.
The new Blue Heat Serial ports should be compatible with all Windows XP
serial applications, for example Procomm Plus, RAS and so on.
4) RECENT RELEASES and ENHANCEMENTS TO THE DRIVER:
Revision 1.42 Nov 27, 2006
1. During switching between half and full duplex change with attached connector, computer lock is fixed
Revision 1.41 Apr 22, 2005
1. An UART bug fixed during break with less that 1 bit time pulse on Rx produces constant frame error.
Revision 1.39 & 1.40 Apr 19, 2005
1. An issue with port not being closed properly fixed.
Revision 1.38 Mar 22, 2005
1. An issue with UART on global FIFO error is fixed.
Revision 1.37 Feb 22, 2005
1. New board ID 11, 12 added
Revision 1.36 Feb 21, 2005
1. Custom version
Revision 1.35 Oct 14, 2004
1. Changed ctibhxp.sys to version 2.0.1.7.
Updated bus detection routines.
2. Revised INF files with info for software first install.
3. Help file updated.
Revision 1.34 Oct 14, 2004
1. Unsigned version of new release that supports a new board with id=16.
Revision 1.33 Dec 4, 2003
1. Updated Windows XP, 2000 and Server 2003 CAT file. This release is
signed/logoed under Windows 2000, XP and Server 2003.
Revision 1.32 March 28, 2003
1. Updated Windows XP and 2000 CAT file. This release is signed/logoed under
Windows 2000 and XP.
Revision 1.28, 1.29, 1.30 and 1.31 January 30, 2003 (ctibhxp.sys version 2.0.1.5)
1. Send is improved to correspond with data out of FIFO
Revision 1.27 January 08, 2003 (ctibhxp.sys version 2.0.1.1)
1. Xon\Xoff passthrough for RS-485 board fixed
Revision 1.26 December 11 2002 (ctibhxp.sys version 2.0.1.0)
1. Data queueing mechanism improved
Revision 1.25 November 15 2002 (ctibhxp.sys version 2.0.0.9)
1. Flush and event cancel fixed
Revision 1.24 November 14 2002 (ctibhxp.sys version 2.0.0.8)
1. New DLL (1.0.0.9) Fixed a bug related to RS485 mode (introduced in 1.0.0.8)
Revision 1.23 November 12 2002 (ctibhxp.sys version 2.0.0.8)
1. New ctibhxp.sys that supports baud rate mapping.
2. New DLL (1.0.0.8) that allows selecting the baud rate mapping values and
supports new help file format.
Revision 1.21 November 6 2002 (ctibhxp.sys version 2.0.0.7)
1. Modified DLL file. Restart driver if FIFO enabled/disabled
Revision 1.19 and 1.20 October 28 2002 (ctibhxp.sys version 2.0.0.6 and 2.0.0.7)
1.Software flow control disabled: but UART was filtering Xon\Xoff
2. EscapeCommFunction: SETXON\SETXOFF not working
3. Xoff hold status was not updating properly
Applications that relies on EscapeCommFunction: SETXON\SETXOFF
need to disable FIFO from device manager.
Revision 1.18 September 27 2002 (ctibhxp.sys version 2.0.0.5)
1. Changes in DLL related to custom boards.
Revision 1.16 September 11 2002 (ctibhxp.sys version 2.0.0.5)
1. Fixed RS485 default mode for SubsystemID 14
2. differentiate between 6+2 and 4+4 board, with subsystemID 5
3. Modified DLL file. Removed unsupported UART type
Revision 1.15 September 05 2002 (ctibhxp.sys version 2.0.0.3)
1. New DLL file. Fixed bugs and added features related to custom boards
Revision 1.14 September 04 2002 (ctibhxp.sys version 2.0.0.3)
1. Allow 2% error in clock signal for baudrate calculation
Revision 1.13 July 30 2002 (ctibhxp.sys version 2.0.0.2)
1. Fixed problem with MUX ENABLE IOCTL call returning an error incorrectly on timeout.
Revision 1.12 July 24 2002 (ctibhxp.sys version 2.0.0.1)
1. Fixed problem with MUX ENABLE IOCTL call.
Revision 1.03 July 19 2002
The following is a summary of the changes in this release:
1. Changed version number to 2000 for driver and updated INF files to ensure
driver would be considered newer to both 2000 and XP systems.
Revision 1.02 July 18 2002
The following is a summary of the changes in this release:
1. Added support for Pass Through Mux and fixed a bug in INF files for BH8
custom baud.
Revision 1.01 June 17 2002
The following is a summary of the changes in this release:
1. fix for 64 bit slot.
Revision 1.00 Sept 6 2001
The following is a summary of the changes in this release:
1. 1st release. Beta.
5) ACCESSING ADVANCED COM PORT PROPERTIES:
The following instructions outline the process used to access the driver's
advanced COM port properties configuration dialogue.
From the Control Panel double click on the System Icon.
The system properties dialog box will pop up and click on the Hardware Tab.
Click on Device Manager button.
Double Click the Ports (COM & LPT) section.
Double Click the COM port you want to change. This will bring up a
Properties page.
Click on the "Port Settings" Tab.
Click on the Advanced Button. The Advanced Port Settings Dialog box will
pop up.
There are a number of things that can be changed here.
FIFO LEVELS
Receive and transmit buffer FIFO levels can be changed. Higher values may
increase performance, but sometimes high buffer levels can cause connection
problems. Usually the best setting is to leave them in the default
position.
COM PORT NUMBER
A combo box is also provided to allow for COM port number reassignment
if necessary.
RS485 OPTIONS
If the port is a RS485 port (as opposed to the standard RS232), selections
for different RS485 modes will be enabled. The default is Full Duplex,
but 1/2 duplex and Multi-Drop Slave are also available. See the online
help for a description of these modes.
Clock Frequency
Custom crystal frequency can be installed for custom baud rate. Contact
Connecttech for custom baud rate support.
Uart Type
If the multiport board has custom clcok frequency then select the Uart type
on the board. Contact Connecttech to know the Uart type.
Reload the Driver
If checked then the port will be reinitilised by reloading the driver.
6) CONTACTING TECHNICAL SUPPORT.
If you have any problems, questions or suggestions regarding the
Blue Heat/PCI, please feel free to contact Connect Tech Inc.
Connect Tech can be reached in a variety of ways:
MAIL: Connect Tech Inc.
42 Arrow Road
Guelph, Ontario, Canada
N1K 1S6
TEL 1 519 836 1291 or 1-800-426-8979 in North America
FAX 1 519 836 4878
INTERNET:
Sales: sales@connecttech.com
Tech Support: support@connecttech.com
WWW: http://www.connecttech.com
Be sure to check the support section of our home page for answers to
technical questions at http://www.connecttech.com.
Also be sure to browse the knowledge data base. If you don't find what you
are looking for, please contact the support department and let us know.
We will be glad to help you.
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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.