Windows 2000/XP Blue Heat/PCI Drivers File: ReadMe.txt Date: 01/30/2003 ver 1.32 File Revisions: CTIBHxp.SYS 2.0.1.5 CTIPORTS.DLL 1.0.0.9 CTIBHBRB.INF 1.20 CTIBHPRT.INF 1.20 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. 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: 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 1.32 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. 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