F3210_drv_info.txt Driver File Contents (dpt_153.zip)

This document describes procedures for the installation
and updating of CAC DPT4 device driver.

It also discusses updating the flash memory and
initialzation if DPT4 channelization.

The procedures described herein assume that the DPT4
hardware (the boards, themselves) are already installed
in your system.

This document includes the following sections:

    A. Installing the DPT4 Device Driver

        - for "First Time" installation.

    B. Updating the DPT4 Device Driver

        - for upgrades FROM software
          release 1.1.1 or higher.

    C. Replacing Old DPT4 Device Driver

        - for upgrades FROM software
          pre-release versions 0.06 or earlier.

    D. Updating the DPT4 Flash Memory

        - for all DPT4 software installs or upgrades.

    E. Initializing DPT4 Boards

        - for all DPT4 software installs or upgrades.


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 A. Installing the DPT4 Device Driver
=====================================

 If this is the first time a DPT4 software has been installed
 in your system, and DPT4 boards are installed in the computer,
 Windows will have opened a "Found New Hardware Wizard" dialog
 box when you first logged on.

 In this case, the easiest method to complete the device driver
 installation is to reboot the system.  Rebooting is also
 necessary to ensure that any new environment settings become
 effective.

 If you are updating DPT4 software from version 1.1.1 or higher,
 please read section B, "Updating the DPT4 Device Driver".

 If you are upgrading DPT4 software from version 0.06 or earlier,
 please read section C, "Replacing Old DPT4 Device Driver".

 To reboot the system click on the Windows "Start" button and
 select "Shut Down".  In the dialog that appears choose
 "Restart" from the pulldown menu and click "OK".

 When the system is rebooted and you log back on, Windows
 will detect the new DPT4 devices and should automatically
 install the device driver for them.

 If you prefer not to reboot you can follow these steps to
 complete the device driver installation:

 1. Click on the "Cancel" button of the "Found New Hardware
    Wizard" if it is still on your screen.  This will abort
    the wizard for the first DPT4 board.  Additional DPT4
    devices will be installed automatically.

 2. Open the Control Panel from the Windows "Start" button,
    select "Settings" then "Control Panel".

 3. From the "Control Panel" window select and run the "System"
    control panel.  This will open a window titled, "System
    Properties".

 4. In the "System Properites" window, choose the tab at the
    top labeled "Hardware".

 5. Click on the "Device Manager" button.  This will open the
    "Device Manger" window.  The "Device Manager" window lists
    the devices currently known by the system.

 6. In the list of device types displayed there should be an
    item named "Other devices".  Expand the list (if necessary)
    by clicking the "+" to the left of "Other devices".  This
    should reveal one or more devices named, "PCI Device".

 7. For each "PCI Device" listed in step 6, right click on the
    device and select "Uninstall" from the menu that appears.
    Click "OK" in the "Confirm Device Removal" window.

 8. Repeat step 7 for all of the "PCI Device" entries in
    the "Device Manager" window.

 9. In the upper left-hand corner of the "Device Manager"
    window click on "Action" and in the menu that appears
    and select "Scan for hardware changes".

10. The computer will scan for new hardware and should
    detect and install the DTP4 devices.  A device type
    labeled "CACDSP" with devices labeled "DPT4" should
    then appear in the list of devices.

11. Close the "Device Manager", "System Properties" and
    "Control Panel" windows.

 You should now continue with sections D and E in this
 document.  You can re-open this document found in the
 file dpt\driver\drv_info.txt which is located in the
 folder you installed the DPT software into.


====================================
 B. Updating the DPT4 Device Driver
====================================

 If you are updating the DPT4 software from a previous
 release of version 1.1.1 or higher please follow one
 of the procedures below to update the device driver.

 To upgrade from earlier versions (0.06 or less) please
 read section C, below.

 When you have finished updating the device driver,
 continue with the section D, "Updating the DPT4
 Flash Memory".

 Update Method 1 (without requiring reboot):

 1. Open the Control Panel from the Windows "Start" button, select
    "Settings" then "Control Panel".

 2. From the "Control Panel" window select and run the "System"
    control panel.  This will open a window titled, "System
    Properties".

 3. In the "System Properties" window, choose the tab at the top
    labeled "Hardware".

 4. Click on the "Device Manager" button.  This will open the
    "Device Manger" window.

 5. In the list of device types displayed there should be an
    entry named "CACDSP".  Expand the list by clicking the
    "+" to the left of "CACDSP".  This should reveal one or
    more devices named, "DPT4".

 6. For each "DPT4" device listed in step 5, right click on the
    device and select "Uninstall" from the menu that appears.
    Click "OK" in the "Confirm Device Removal" window. 

 7. Repeat step 6 for all of the "DPT4" entries in the "Device
    Manager" window.  When the last of these is removed if
    there are no other devices under "CACDSP", then the
    "CACDSP" device type will also be removed. 

 8. In the upper left-hand corner of the "Device Manager"
    window click on "Action" and in the menu that appears
    and select "Scan for hardware changes".

 9. The computer will scan for new hardware and should
    detect and install the DTP4 devices.  The devices
    labeled "DPT4" should then reappear in the list of
    devices under the "CACDSP" device type.

10. Close the "Device Manager", "System Properties" and
    "Control Panel" windows.


 Update Method 2 (requires reboot):

 1. Open the Control Panel from the Windows "Start" button, select
    "Settings" then "Control Panel".

 2. From the "Control Panel" window select and run the "System"
    control panel.  This will open a window titled, "System
    Properties".

 3. In the "System Properties" window, choose the tab at the top
    labeled "Hardware".

 4. Click on the "Device Manager" button.  This will open the
    "Device Manger" window.

 5. In the list of device types displayed there should be an
    entry named "CACDSP".  Expand the list by clicking the
    "+" to the left of "CACDSP".  This should reveal one or
    more devices named, "DPT4".

 6. Select one of the DPT4 devices listed and double click
    the icon to open the "Properties" window for the device.

 7. In the "DPT4 Properties" window select the tab labeled
    "Driver" then click on the "Update Driver" button.

 8. The "Update Driver" button will open the "Update Device
    Driver Wizard".  In this new window click the "Next" button.

 9. The new dialog has two radio buttons.  Select the one labeled
    "Display a list of the know drivers for the device so that I
    can choose a specific driver."  Then click the "Next" button.

10. The next dialog should be named "Select a Device Driver".
    In the list of devices that appears in this dialog, select
    the one named "DPT4".  Then click on the "Next" button.

11. The next dialog box is named "Completing the Upgrade Device
    Driver Wizard".  Click on the "Finished" button to terminate
    the wizard.

12. Finally, click the "Close" button in the "DPT4 Properties"
    window.

13. If you have more than one DPT4 board installed the process
    must be repeated for each board starting at step 6.

14. The steps just completed update the system registry with
    the new device driver information. However, this does not
    load the new device driver into memory. The old device
    driver code is still controlling the device.

    At this point you must reboot the computer to load the
    new device driver code. 


====================================
 C. Replacing Old DPT4 Device Driver
====================================

 If you are upgrading from DPT4 software version 0.06 or earlier,
 you must now uninstall existing device driver(s) then reboot the
 system.  Please follow the procedure below.

 1. Open the Control Panel from the Windows "Start" button, select
    "Settings" then "Control Panel".

 2. From the "Control Panel" window select and run the "System"
    control panel.  This will open a window titled, "System
    Properties".

 3. In the "System Properties" window, choose the tab at the top
    labeled "Hardware".

 4. Click on the "Device Manager" button.  This will open the
    "Device Manger" window.  The "Device Manager" window lists
    the devices currently known by the system.

 5. In the list of device types displayed there should be an
    entry named "cacdpt4 Device".  Expand the list by clicking
    the "+" to the left of "cacdpt4 Device".  This should reveal
    one or more devices named, "cacdpt4 Device".

 6. For each "cacdpt4 Device" listed in step 5, right click on
    the device and select "Uninstall" from the menu that appears.
    Click "OK" in the "Confirm Device Removal" window.

 7. Repeat step 6 for all of the "cacdpt4 Device" entries in
    the "Device Manager" window.  When the last of these is
    removed the device type named "cacdspt Device" will also
    be removed.

 8. Reboot the system.  Click on the Windows "Start" button and
    select "Shut Down".  In the dialog that appears choose
    "Restart" from the pulldown menu and click "OK".


 When the system is rebooted and you log back on, Windows
 will detect the new DPT4 devices and should automatically
 install the device driver for them.

 You should then continue with sections D and E in this
 document.  You can re-open this document found in the
 file dpt\driver\drv_info.txt which is located in the
 folder you installed the DPT software into.


====================================
 D. Updating the DPT4 Flash Memory
====================================

    The DPT4 boards include flash memory which stores FPGA
    configuration data and program code for the MIPS processor.
    This software release may include updates for the flash data.

    To ensure that the DPT4 boards are up to date run the
    dpflashup program from a command shell window.

    Click on the Windows "Start" button and select "Run".  In the
    dialog that opens there is a text line labeled "Open" into
    which you should type the word, "cmd", (without the quotes).
    Then click the "OK" button.  This should open a command shell
    window.

    In the command shell window run the dpflashup program by typing

             dpflashup all

    Hit the "Enter" key on the keyboard.

    The program will compare the code versions in the flash of each
    DPT4 board with the versions supplied with the new software
    release.  Any new versions will be loaded in the flash memory.

    In some cases, depending on which flash data is updated, the
    changes will not take effect until the system is power-cycled.
    The dpflashup program will display a message about this if
    a power-cycle is required.
    

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 E. Initializing DPT4 Boards
====================================

    The channelization functionality of DPT4 boards will not work
    before DPT4 boards are initialized.
 
    From a command shell window (see section D) run the dpinit
    program as shown below.

           dpinit

    The dpinit program starts the MIPS processor running on all of
    the DPT4 boards found in the system.  For each board initialized
    the program will display the word "Done". It takes a few seconds
    for the MIPS processor to initialize the channelization software
    on the board.

    This program needs to be run each time the system is turned on.
    You may want to add the dpinit command to a startup script for
    your login session.  It does not hurt to run the command more
    than once.  When run a second time it first halts the MIPS
    processor and then restarts it to do a full initialization.

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How To Update Drivers Manually

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.

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