MouseWare 6.30 README File
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This README file contains important information that
supplements the Mouse User's guide. To view or print this
file under DOS, use README.EXE which is supplied on the
installation disks. At the DOS prompt type the following:
README
If you are using Windows, run Write and open README.WRI. If
MouseWare has already been installed, double click on the
"Mouse ReadMe" icon in the Mouse Software Group.
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README FILE CONTENTS
1. WHAT'S NEW IN THIS RELEASE
1.1 One-Step Installation
1.2 MouseWare on the Go
1.3 Windows Control Center
1.4 Windows Shortcuts
1.5 Windows Help
1.6 DOS/Windows Mouse Drivers
1.7 DOS Utilities
2. INSTALLATION NOTES
2.1 Installing Over a Previous Version of MouseWare
2.2 Uninstalling a Previous Version of MouseWare
2.3 Manually Decompressing Application Files
2.4 Installing the Mouse for DOS 4.0/5.0 Shell Program
3. OS/2 Support
3.1 Installing to OS/2 2.1
3.2 Win-OS/2 2.x Support
3.3 DOS Under OS/2 2.x
4. Windows NT Support
5. DOS/WINDOWS DRIVER TECHNICAL NOTES
5.1 How to Attach the Mouse to COM3 or COM4
5.2 MOUSEDRV.INI Parameters
5.3 Enabling LVESA.OVL
5.4 Loading the Mouse Driver High
6. DOS/WINDOWS UTILITIES TECHNICAL NOTES
6.1 Smart Move Feature
6.2 Changing the Keyboard Override
7. TROUBLESHOOTING
7.1 Installation Problems
7.2 Restoring AUTOEXEC.BAT, CONFIG.SYS, WIN.INI and
SYSTEM.INI
7.3 Bus Mouse Conflict
7.4 Mouse Detection Problems
7.5 Renaming Installed Directory
8. APPLICATION DISK CONTENTS
8.1 Mouse Driver Files
8.2 Windows Program Files
8.3 DOS Program Files
8.4 Installation Program Files
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1. WHAT'S NEW IN THIS RELEASE
MouseWare 6.30 works with any Logitech compatible and
Microsoft compatible pointing devices. This release
has several features which makes it easier to use a
built-in trackball common on many notebook computers.
1.1 One-Step Installation
If you are installing MouseWare for both DOS and
Windows, you can install the complete software all in
Windows, without being in DOS. Please make sure you
run install from within Windows to get full Windows
support.
1.2 MouseWare on the Go
Whether you use a trackball on the road or a mouse back
in the office, MouseWare can detect which mouse you are
using and adjust the Acceleration, Mouse Speed, Button
Swap and Orientation options according to your
preferences.
1.3 Windows Control Center
The Windows Mouse Control Center (enhanced package) has
a new Smart Move feature. When enabled, the cursor
automatically goes to the default push button when a
dialog or message box appears. See the section "Smart
Move Feature".
Three new Acceleration settings are selectable via the
DOS Mouse Control Center and Windows Mouse Control
Center (enhanced package). Acceleration causes the
cursor to move greater or lesser distance depending on
how quickly you move your mouse.
1.4 Windows Shortcuts
The Windows Mouse Control Center sets the middle button
to perform a Double-Click, by default. Running an
application becomes as simple as moving the cursor over
the application icon, then clicking the middle button.
However, if you are upgrading from MouseWare 6.00 or
above and already have button shortcut(s) assigned, it
will preserve your existing button(s) setting.
The new Home Cursor shortcut has been added to the
Windows Mouse Control Center (enhanced package). When
assigned to a button, clicking on that button causes
the cursor to jump to the middle of the screen. This
feature is especially useful on monochrome monitors
where it is sometimes difficult to locate the cursor.
The Drag Lock feature can now be assigned to the middle
and/or right buttons. The left (primary) button will
be dragged. Drag lock lets you drag an object without
having to hold down a mouse button as you move the
mouse.
The Keyboard Override for temporarily disabling the
Windows shortcuts is the Control key, by default.
While pressing the Control key and clicking the
assigned button(s), the Windows shortcuts will be
disabled except for the Drag Lock feature. See the
section "Changing the Keyboard Override".
1.5 Windows Help
A redesigned Windows Help is included in the release.
1.6 DOS/Windows Mouse Drivers
Both the DOS and Windows mouse drivers now use a mouse
configuration file MOUSEDRV.INI. This makes it
possible for both drivers to save their mouse settings
and to behave similarly. The settings can also be
changed via the DOS and Windows Mouse Control Centers.
Advanced Power Management, which help conserve battery
power in laptops/notebooks is added.
Both the DOS and Windows mouse drivers can use COM3 and
COM4. See the section "How to Attach the Mouse to COM3
or COM4".
The DOS mouse parameters BON, BOFF, BLOW, and BHIGH are
no longer supported. Use the AOFF, ALOW, AMEDIUM, and
AHIGH parameters. DLEFT is no longer supported. See
MOUSEDRV.TXT for more information on the mouse
parameters.
1.7 DOS Utilities
In previous releases the DOS Mouse Control Center was a
terminate stay resident (TSR) program named CLICK.EXE.
In this release, CLICK.EXE has been renamed to
MOUSECC.EXE, and is no longer a TSR.
The DOS Mouse Control Center can read/write to
Microsoft's MOUSE.INI file. This happens when the
Microsoft's mouse driver is loaded when running the DOS
Mouse Control Center.
2. INSTALLATION NOTES
2.1 Installing Over a Previous Version of MouseWare
With MouseWare 6.30, a new Mouse Software group is
created to include the new program icons.
Under Windows 3.1, the Mouse Control Center can be
accessed via Windows' Control Panel. If you've
installed MouseWare 6.30 over a previous version of
MouseWare, you need to restart Windows in order for the
Control Panel to use the new Mouse Control Center.
Under Windows 3.0, the Mouse icon was placed under the
program group "Main". After installing MouseWare 6.30,
please delete the previous icon. To determine which is
mouse icons to delete, view the file properties of
each. The old Control Center was copied to the LMOUSE
directory under your Windows directory, while the new
Control Center is copied to the C:\MOUSE directory by
default.
2.2 Uninstalling a Previous Version of MouseWare
To remove a previous version of MouseWare from your
disk, first install MouseWare 6.30. At the end of the
installation process, reboot your system so that the
new mouse drivers will be used. To remove the old
MouseWare Windows software:
DEL C:\WINDOWS\LMOUSE\*.*
RD C:\WINDOWS\LMOUSE
DEL C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\LMOUSE.DRV
DEL C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\LVMD.386
DEL C:\WINDOWS\LMOUSE.DLL
This example assumes the Windows directory is named
C:\WINDOWS.
To remove the old MouseWare DOS files:
DEL C:\MOUSE\CLICK.EXE
This examples assumes the old MouseWare software is
located in the C:\MOUSE directory.
2.3 Manually Decompressing Application Files
Several files on the installation disk have been
compressed. These files must be decompressed before
you can use them. The INSTALL program automatically
decompresses these files during installation. However,
should the need arise, we have provided a method for
you to manually decompress these files. Compressed
files have file names that end with "%". To decompress
a file manually, use the LGEXPAND.EXE utility provided
on the installation disk.
For example, to decompress the file "WMOUSECC.EX%" to
your hard disk, type:
A:\lgexpand A:\WMOUSECC.EX% C:\MOUSE\WMOUSECC.EXE
Please make sure that the destination directory
(C:\MOUSE in this example) exists before you issue this
command.
2.4 Installing the Mouse for DOS 4.0/5.0 Shell Program
The DOS mouse driver should be loaded prior to the DOS
DOSShell and not within a DOS box. Also Windows 3.x
should not be launched from a DOS DOSShell. This may
result in loss of mouse functionality under Windows
3.x.
3. OS/2 Support
3.1 Installing to OS/2 2.1
OS/2 2.1 has 3-button support for Logitech serial and
PS/2 mouse, and 2-button support for Logitech bus
mouse. OS/2 2.1 should automatically detect and
support the Logitech mouse connected to your system
when OS/2 is installed. If your Logitech mouse does
not work properly after installing OS/2, you will have
to manually select the proper Logitech mouse driver.
Please follow these steps to correct the problem:
1) Determine the type of mouse you are using. If you
have a PS/2 or bus mouse skip down to part 2. If
you have a Logitech serial mouse you need to know
if it is M-series or C-Series. Look at the bottom
of your mouse, if it says "CA", "CC", "CE" or "C7"
then you own a C-Series mouse, otherwise, you own
an M-Series mouse.
e.g. C-Series
MODEL NO. C7
MODEL NO. CA
e.g. M-Series
M/N: M-CJ13
M/N: M-MB11
2) Double click the OS/2 System icon.
3) Double click the System Setup icon.
4) Double click the Selective Install icon.
5) Select the Mouse option and press Enter.
6) If you are using a PS/2 or M-Series serial mouse
you may select any of the following: "PS/2 [tm]
Style Pointing Device", "Serial Pointing Device",
"Logitech M-Series Mouse".
7) Select the entry "Bus Style Mouse" if you have a
bus mouse.
8) If you have a Logitech C-series mouse and are
running OS/2 version 2.1, select "Logitech [tm] C-
Series Serial Mouse". If, instead, you are
running version 2.0, choose "Logitech [tm] Mouse".
3.2 Win-OS/2 2.x Support
In Win-OS/2 full screen mode, full functionality is
available. To install MouseWare 6.30 under Win-OS/2:
1) Double click the "Command Prompts" icon on the
OS/2 desktop.
2) Double click on the "Win-OS/2 full screen" icon.
3) Run the "INSTALL" program from the MouseWare 6.30
diskette.
When running Windows applications from the OS/2 desktop
the acceleration and speed sensitivity features will be
disabled.
Do not run Win-OS/2 from a DOS box while running
MouseWare 6.30, your mouse will not function properly
under these circumstances.
3.3 DOS Under OS/2 2.x
MouseWare 6.3 DOS functionality will not be available
in DOS under OS/2. Your mouse will be controlled by
OS/2.
4. Windows NT Support
Do not install MouseWare 6.30 in Windows NT. Use the
Logitech mouse driver included in the Windows NT
release. This driver has full support for all the
Logitech pointing devices. To change the mouse
settings, run the Windows NT control panel.
5. DOS/WINDOWS DRIVER TECHNICAL NOTES
5.1 How to Attach the Mouse to COM3 or COM4
MouseWare supports COM3 and COM4. For instance, if you
are connecting your mouse to COM3 using IRQ11 and base
address 338 hex, you should make the following
modifications in the MOUSEDRV.INI file:
[Global]
SearchOrder=Serial, PS2, Bus, Inport
PortSearchOrder=COM3, COM1, COM2
Connection=Serial
ConnectionPort=COM3
[COM3]
BaseAddress=338
IRQValue=11
Note: The COM port must be supported by your
computer's configuration. The mouse driver cannot
configure the COM ports for you. This value must match
those used by Windows' PORTS Control Panel.
5.2 MOUSEDRV.INI Parameters
See MOUSEDRV.TXT for more information on the mouse
configuration file.
5.3 Enabling LVESA.OVL
By default, the install program sets the mouse to use
cursor enhancements. To disable cursor enhancements
and to enable LVESA.OVL for SuperVGA support, use the
'NOCENHANCE' parameter on the first call to the DOS
mouse driver:
MOUSE NOCENHANCE
You should see the following text when LVESA.OVL is
correctly loaded:
Video module loaded: <drive>:<path>\LVESA.OVL
Logitech VESA compatible video overlay
Once this is done, the setting is saved.
5.4 Loading the Mouse Driver High
For the mouse driver to load in high memory it must
have enough memory to load straight from disk. The
mouse drivers size on disk is at least 56K. The room
needed to load from disk into high memory must be at
least 56K.
Once the driver has initialized it frees a large
portion of memory. The remaining size in memory is 16K
to 21K.
All programs that are loaded high must be loaded into
memory with their full size intact.
Sometimes the loading order can make a difference. If
the mouse driver is loaded first and smaller programs
are loaded last then the driver would load high
properly.
6. DOS/WINDOWS UTILITIES TECHNICAL NOTES
6.1 Smart Move Feature
When Smart Move is enabled, the cursor automatically
goes to the default push button when a dialog or
message box appears. For some applications that use
non-standard dialog boxes and/or non-standard buttons,
this feature may not work all the time.
If the dialog box does not have a default command
button, Smart Move moves the cursor to the first button
it finds. The cursor is not moved if it cannot find a
button. If you prefer to have the cursor move to the
center, or upper left corner of the dialog box if no
button is found, use a text editor like Notepad and
edit the file MOUSECC.INI.
[Button Assignments]
MoveTo=Center
or
MoveTo=TopLeft
To set it back to default, remove the "MoveTo=" line.
6.2 Changing the Keyboard Override
The Keyboard Override for temporarily disabling the
Windows shortcuts is the Control key, by default. If
you would like to change it to the Shift key or set it
to none, use a text editor like Notepad and edit the
file MOUSECC.INI.
[Button Assignments]
Disabler=Shift
or
Disabler=Off
To set it back to default, remove the "Disabler=" line.
7. TROUBLESHOOTING
7.1 Installation Problems
Before running INSTALL, please make sure you have at
least 20 file handles in your CONFIG.SYS. Add this
line to your CONFIG.SYS if not already present:
FILES=20
7.2 Restoring old AUTOEXEC.BAT, CONFIG.SYS, WIN.INI and
SYSTEM.INI
The installation program saves these files with the
.LGI extension in the directory of the original file.
7.3 Bus Mouse Conflict
If you have a Bus Mouse with its jumper set on IRQ 2,
you may experience compatibility problems when starting
Windows. Some video boards (EGA, VGA) may use IRQ 2.
The problem can be solved by changing the IRQ selection
jumper on your Bus board to another interrupt not in
use. Consult your video user's manual for more
information.
7.4 Mouse Detection Problems
Mouse connected to the mouse port (PS/2 port):
If your mouse is connected to the mouse port and is not
detected by the system, attempt the following step(s):
1)Your mouse port might need to be enabled through
the SETUP menu of your computer (please check with
the documentation of your computer on the usage of
SETUP menu).
2)If you have a mouse with both serial and mouse
port adapters, connect it to the computer through
the serial port. Reboot and check if the mouse is
detected properly.
3)If you must connect the mouse through the mouse
port, add the following modification to the
MOUSEDRV.INI file, reboot and check if the mouse
is detected properly:
[Technical]
ForcePS2EquipmentFlag=On
If the problem persists, please check for a possible
computer BIOS ROM upgrade from your computer
manufacturer.
Mouse connected to the serial port:
If your mouse is connected to the serial port and is
not detected by the system, add the following
modification to the MOUSEDRV.INI file, reboot and check
if the mouse is detected properly:
[Technical]
Timing=Software
For more information on MOUSEDRV.INI, please refer to
MOUSEDRV.TXT.
7.5 Renaming Installed Directory
If you accidentally renamed your MOUSE directory
without modifying the Windows INI files, it may cause
Windows to not run at all, because it would not be able
to find the Mouse Drivers. You should then run INSTALL
from the MouseWare diskette, follow the instructions to
re-install, and make sure you select installing also
the Windows Drivers.
8. APPLICATION DISK CONTENTS
8.1 Mouse Driver Files
LMOUSE.DRV Windows Mouse Driver (for Windows 3.0 or
greater)
LVMD.386 Windows Virtual Mouse Driver (for
Windows 3.0 or greater for 386 enhanced
mode)
MOUSE.COM DOS Mouse Driver
LVESA.OVL Video (SuperVGA) Module for the DOS
Driver
MOUSE.SYS DOS mouse driver that is useful for
systems with dedicated mouse-based
applications that need a minimum of user
control.
MOUSEDRV.INI Mouse driver configuration file
MOUSEDRV.TXT Text file documenting MOUSEDRV.INI and
MOUSE.COM parameters.
8.2 Windows Program Files
WMOUSECC.EXE Mouse Control Center
WMCCDLG.DLL
WMOUSECC.HLP Mouse Help File
WBUTTONS.EXE Mouse Control Center Button Engine
WBUTTONS.DLL
WCURSOR.EXE Cursor Enhancement Program
WCURSOR.DLL
8.3 DOS Program Files
MOUSECC.EXE DOS Mouse Control Center
MTUTOR.EXE Mouse Tutorial Program
MTUTOR.SCR
COMCHECK.EXE Tests the Connection of Your Serial
Mouse
8.4 Installation Program Files
INSTALL.EXE Windows/DOS Installation Program
INSTALL.INF
DINST.EXE DOS Installation Program
DINST.SCR
DINST.CFG
README.EXE Readme File Viewer
README.TXT Readme File
README.WRI Readme File (Use Windows' WRITE.EXE to
view)
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.