history.txt Driver File Contents (MCS77xx_Windows_64bit_Driver_v1.9.8.0_WHCK_Binary.zip)

Version 1.9.8.0 - 20th Nov 2012
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1. Added Windows 8 support

Version 1.9.7.1 - 24th Nov 2011
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1. Fixed a STOP bit configuration bug in "MosUSBSerial.exe" application.

Version1.9.7.1_selfsigned
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2:13 PM 2/10/2010
Changes:
- Manifest file is added in Setup & Uinstall utilities to elevate the run level which is required on VISTA & Win7 OS.
- 64 bit drivers are self signed. Setup is modified to copy the catalog file in to ProgramFiles path.

Version 1.9.7.1 dated 23rd June 2009
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Added feasibility for disabling/enabling the Surprise removal feature through the inf file.

Version 1.9.7.0_02.03.09
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Fixed bug 5579. Following changes are done as part of this.
	1. Does not create any desktop shortcuts.
	2. Create installation disk folder under "\\Program Files" folder.
Test Coverage:
	Win XP 32 bit SP2

Version 1.9.7.0
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1. Fixed the Printers Not Working issue.
2. Made the Default clock as 12MHz

Version 1.9.6.0
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1. Supporting the Parallel Port Enumeration from LPT1,LPT2, in case if Standard Ports are not present.

Version 1.9.5.0
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1. Fixed MCS7720 detecting modem as serial mouse in both Vista 32/64bit, Bug Id : 3776.
2. Fixed the Error messages appear when the uninstall utility is run on Vista 64 bit, Bug Id : 3742.
3. Fixed the Loopback test failed with MCS7703 on both Vista32 / 64 bit, Bug Id : 3741.
4. Fixed the Duplicate port numbers appear on vista 32/64bit with 7705, Bug Id : 3737.

Version 1.9.4.0
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1. Updated the PPSP and Oneshot in Synchronization with Spectrum 1.3.4.0.
2. Added Windows Vista32&64 Bit Support.

Version 1.9.3.0
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1. Fixed the Radiant Customer Issue, Blue Screen when Scan for Hardware changes is done in the device manager after the Uninstallation of port is done.

Version 1.9.2.0
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1. Generating pulse on DCR:init pin to reset some printers on system reboot.

Version 1.9.0.0
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1. This is the First Release of Win64 Driver.
NO CHANGE IN WIN32 DRIVER.

Version 1.8.5.11
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1. Fixed the Modem Not Working with 7720 in Win98.
* There is no change in the functionality of Win2k\XP driver of PPSP.

Version 1.8.5.10
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1. Fixed the problem of serial mouse connected to second serial port (standby issue)

Version 1.8.5.9
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1. Fixed the problem of loopback tests not working after coming from low power state.

Version 1.8.5.8
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1. Fixed the Detection/Enumeration of Serial Mouse After Reboot in Win2K/XP.

Version 1.8.5.7
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1. Fixed the Hibernate issue with version 1.8.5.6

Version 1.8.5.6
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1. Fixed the plug/unplug issue with version 1.8.5.5

Version 1.8.5.5
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1. Added the support of pending IOCTLs when device is not ready. (Serial mouse fix)

Version 1.8.5.4
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1. Fixed the serapp crash (with DSR sensitivity)

Version 1.8.5.3
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1. Added again the safe-removal icon on taskbar.

Version 1.8.5.2
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1. Fixed the Win XP crash issue on SMP

Version 1.8.5.0
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1. PDO Name is changed and named as COMPOUND_SERIAL_INTERFACE.
2. Care has taken to remove the existing and old drivers after changing the PDO Name.
3. The MOSCHIP key removal is removed and retained in the new drivers so as to not to disturb the other moschip products.
4. The check on VID is removed so as to not to disturb the other moschip products.
5. To distinguish between PPSP and OneSHot Ports, the Port friendly name is modified to 'usb-to-serial port'.
6. Fixed the standby and hibernate issues on Toshiba and Dell Laptops.8. 7. Added the 'safe removal' icon on taskbar.

Version 1.8.4.0
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1. Removed again the support of 7703 from PPSP drivers.
2. Changed the part of PDO name from USB to COMPOUND.
3. Changed the baud 815200 to 812500

Version 1.8.3.0
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1. Added the support for 815200 baudrate in both Win2K and Win98 drivers.
2. Added Oneshot (7703) to MCS77xx (PPSP) drivers.
3. Removed the standalone oneshot support.

Version 1.8.2.0 - 4Aug05
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1. Only change is that MOSUSER.DLL is updated.
Fixed the problem of not remembering user selections in the property page.

Version 1.8.2.0
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1. Fixed the problem of Win2k/XP crash while unplugging multiple devices
2. In this version Ports are reversed as per the customer request. 
3. Fixed the Reboot problem with the Setup/uninstall applications. 
   ( No need to reboot the Machine when you install/uninstall the drivers )
4. Setup application will not display any errors if the following files are not present in the disk.
	a) SerialMP.exe
	b) config.ini
        c) MosUsbPrintConfig.exe
5. Enable the debug messages. ( By default no Debug Messages, you can change Debug Message Level in the Property page ) 

Version 1.8.1.0
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1. Fixed the problem of Red Marks in Device Manager in WinME.
2. Fixed the problem of Win98 crash while booting up with multiple devices
3. Fixed the problem of modem not working in Win98 and WinME.
4. Fixed the LoopBack test in LapTop 
5. Displaying the message boxes when the property sheet settings are saved.

Version 1.8.0.0
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1. Introduced the ONESHOT flag to build the oneshot (MCS7703 only) driver from the same source base. The driver will work only with 7703 PID and won't support parallel functionality.
2. For Oneshot, the GPIO check is implemented to make sure that the driver works only with USB-Serial device, and not with USB-SIR or Serial-IR device.
3. The setup/uninstall utilities of Oneshot are modified so as to uninstall any existing PPSP (MCS77xx), USB-SIR and Serial-IR drivers.
4. The debugging support is removed from the driver.

Version 1.7.1.0_Rena
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Windows 2000/XP
1. Fixed problem of 3 MCS7720 behind a HUB on WinXP. This fix is applied only if the OS is WIndows XP.

Version 1.5.0.0
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Windows 2000/XP
1. Fixed problem of printing "1234"

Version 1.4.0.0
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Windows 2000/XP
1. Removed the Enable IrDA, Rx-Nagate, Rx-Disable, FSM-Control from Advance 
   setting of Serial property page.

Windows 98/ME
1. Removed the Enable IrDA, Rx-Nagate, Rx-Disable, FSM-Control from Advance 
   setting of Serial property page.

Version 1.3.0.0
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Windows 2000/XP
1. Fixed the bug in ppspsetup application.
2. Fixed the bug for first byte missing through application.

Windows 98/ME
1. Fixed the bug for first byte missing through application.

Version 1.2.0.0
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Windows 2000/XP
1. Fixed mosuport.inf to install and start the serenum service
   if not already started.

Version 1.1.0.0 
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Windows2000/XP
1.HCT fix. Included QueryRemoveDevice for PDO.
2.Fixed InternalLoopBack bug in driver.
3.Added modules to add and remove mass production program.
4.Added ExternalLoopBackTest in serial proppage.
5. 1.5 Stop bits can be used with Data bits as 5 only in serial proppage.
6. Added Mass Production Application for serial.

Window98/ME
1.Fixed InternalLoopBack bug in driver.
2.Added modules to add and remove shortcuts for parallel and serial proppage during install
  and uninstall.
3.Added ExternalLoopBackTest in serial proppage.
4.Bug fix for External LoopBack test in serial proppage.
5.Added Mass Production Application for serial.
6.IOCTL implemented for getting MSR & Check Moschip device in the Driver.
7.Added fixes for printing error issues with Samsung and epson printers in
win98.
8.Fixes include adding a new key in the registry for Parallel Packet Tx
Size, through inf file.
9.Enhanced parport proppage to read and write to this key in the registry.
10.Modified driver to read and use this ParallelPortTxSize.

Version 1.0.0.18 
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Windows2000/XP
1. Fixed the problem Disabling and Enabling the "Usb Serial Port" in Device Manager ( HCT Bug fix )
2. Fixed the memory leak in DestroySymbolicLinkOfPort() routine.
3. Fixed the bug which causing CreateFile() call to fails for Usb SerialPort, after
   the device is disabled and enabled. (HCT Bug Fix)

Window98/ME
1. fixed the Pagefault which we are getting with the following testcase 
   ( Connect MCS7720 and open applications for both the ports. Then unplug 
   the device and plug it with out disconneting the applcations. If you disconnect and 
   connect one of the application PageFault occurs.)

Version 1.0.0.17 
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1. Fixed the Titan Issue ( Enumerating as "Serial Port Driver" in Win-98 First edition (Gold) and  Windows-Me (Upgraded from    Windows-98 Gold ). Fixed this problem by Modifying the QUERY_CAPABILITIES minor function for PDO.
2. Fixed the Parallel port Issue ( Crashing the system when the driver is enumerating the Parallel Port ). This problem       fixed by modifying the Power Management for PDO

Version 1.0.0.16 
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1.Incorporates fixes for bugs observed during HCT.
2.Most calls to IoCallDriver passed the PhysicalDeviceObject, which was changed to LowerDeviceObject.
3.Specific fields like Address and UINumber in Device Capabilities structure were not initialised.
  So they were initialised to -1.
4.LowerDeviceObject used in IRP_MJ_SYSTEM_CONTROL handler was not initialised. This has been initialised.

Version 1.0.0.15
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1. HCT bugs ( Serial Stress Test ) are fixed in Windows-2000/XP.
2. Changed the UsbMaxReadPolls to 10 in Win98/ME driver
3. Fixed the Titan issue ( Driver not getting loaded in Windows98 First Edition )

Version 1.0.0.14
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1. The defualt values of Tx and Rx buffers in driver (both 98 and 2K) are set to 512 bytes and 1024 bytes resp.
2. The internal loopback test feature is updated.

Version 1.0.0.12
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1. The max Tx and Rx size in both drivers are changed to 512K.
2. The Clock Multi value is set to 0x40 if baudrate is equal to or greater than 115200 (1X) in both drivers.

Version 1.0.0.11
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1. The Win98 driver property page is modified with 7703 specific changes.
2. The default values of TX and RX buffers in driver (both 98 and 2K) are set to 4096 bytes (4K)
3. For 6 Mbps support, the values need to put in the registers are modified.

Version 1.0.0.10
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1. The bug reported in Win98 driver is fixed (not working on some baudrates)
2. For Win2K driver COM Name selection in property page has been added.

Version 1.0.0.9
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1. Support for MCS7703 added.
2. All the references of 'Moschip' have been removed from version informations to make this manufacture independent version. Related icons have also been changed.
3. Power Management and remote wakeup support in W2K drivers.
4. W2K serial property page updated with one more page to configure MCS7703 specific features.
5. Setup is modified to accommodate the 98 OS property pages and Debug support components. Also the reboot is not required on Win 98.

Version 1.0.0.8
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1. A setup application is added for both the 98/ME & 2K&XP for silent 
   installation.
2. A combined Uninstall application is provided for both 98/ME & 2K&XP.
3. Inf files are modified sothat the installation can be done with the 
   Setup.exe aswell as with the inf file straightaway.
4. Canon BJC 1000SP printer problem in Win9x is fixed.
5. Nibble mode read functionality implemented.(For Win 9x Driver)
6. PortDeviceIoctl call GETDEVICEID is supported.(For Win 9x Driver)
7. Samsung printer problem (missing first printout) 
   (BugId 1067) is fixed.(For Win 9x Driver)

Version 1.0.0.7
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1. Added a utility called mosusbprintconfig.exe which disables bidirectional
   printing.
2. Added Silent Installation for 98&ME.

Version 1.0.0.6
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1. Added Serial Port Device Enumeration support on WinME/98SE. 

Version 1.0.0.5
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1. Added Windows98SE/ME Parallel Port driver support.

Version 1.0.0.3
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1. Added Windows98SE/ME Serial Port driver support.

Version 1.0.0.2
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1. Fixed serial port property page dialog to list
   all MosChip COM ports.         Bug 933
2. Fixed MosChip LPT port enumeration.  Bug 929
3. Changed MosChip Logo. Bug 928
4. Disabled hardware flow control in driver by default.
5. Fixed Serial Port diagnostics to work with all MosChip
   COM ports.
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