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MINSTALL.TXT Driver File Contents (Maestro_Modem.zip)

              Modem Installation under Windows 9X/NT
              ====================================== 
9 July, 1998                       by Maestro Technical Support

To install a Maestro modem, first print this document out,
read it all, then follow "Initial Installation" below.

For Windows 95, 98 and Windows NT V4 and later, modem-related
native applications use special drivers developed for hardware
used in conjunction with Windows; these drivers are controlled
by Inf files in the C:\Windows\Inf folder (directory).  

This document does not apply to earlier versions of Windows,
for example, Windows V3.X or NT V3.X. 

It does not matter which folder the Inf files are initially 
located in.  They could be on a floppy disk, the Maestro CD-ROM 
or somewhere on your hard disk.  They may be downloaded from the 
Maestro Internet site or the Maestro Support BBS.  There are Inf 
files in the Inf folder of the Maestro CD-ROM. When viewing the
contents of a folder, please note that Windows says that an Inf
file type is "Setup Information".


Initial Installation
====================
1. Ensure your Maestro CD-ROM is in your CD-ROM drive.  

2. Double-click on My Computer, then double-click on the CD-ROM
   icon. A window showing the contents of the CD-ROM should
   appear. Double-click on the Inf folder. A window will appear
   with some Inf files and other files. You should see the two
   files Mdmmaes.inf and Maewav.inf. The filenames may not
   appear with ".inf" at the end, do not worry about that, just
   treat Mdmmaes and Maewav as the Inf files you are after. 

3. The Inf files could start off in any folder. The purpose of 
   this procedure is to make them end up where Windows expects
   to find them, in the Windows\Inf folder. Get the folder where
   the Inf files are, open on your screen.

4. Resize or move the window so that you can see the drive (C:)
   icon in the My Computer window. Double-click on the drive
   (C:) icon, then the Windows folder icon. Make sure you can
   see the Inf folder icon in the Windows folder. If you do not
   see the Inf folder icon, see the section below, "Finding the
   Windows\Inf Folder".

5. Ensure that you can see both the contents of the folder where
   the Inf files are and the Windows\Inf folder icon. You may
   have to move, close or resize windows to achieve this.

6. Drag the two files Mdmmaes.inf and Maewav.inf from inside
   the folder to on top of the Windows\Inf icon. When you see
   the word Inf highlighted, drop the file. That has the effect
   of copying the two files from where they were, to the folder
   Windows\Inf. If a question pops up, asking whether you
   really want to copy the file, answer Yes.

7. Close all open windows. If you like, check that the files
   have ended up in the right place by doing Start, Find, Files
   or Folders, type in the full filenames, separated by a space,
   then click on Find Now. Find Files should report that the
   files are in folder C:\WINDOWS\INF . Close Find Files.

8. Make sure your modem is connected to the computer and turned 
   on.

Now there are two options.  

9a. You can restart your computer and allow Windows 
    to detect the modem as new hardware.  It should now 
    automatically recognise your modem and install it with 
    little intervention from you.  Just follow the prompts.

9b. Alternatively, go to Start, Settings, Control Panel, double 
    click on Modems, Click Add, then click Next. Windows should  
    then begin a detection process.  It should recognise your 
    modem, and install it. Follow the prompts and your modem 
    will be installed.

You may then select the just installed modem type in all native 
Windows 9X/NT modem-related applications. For example, Dial Up 
Networking.  The modem type goes in the "Connect Using" field.

Note: On a very few computers, Windows was not installed in
C:\Windows. If so, substitute the correct Windows folder name in
the instructions above, instead.

Happy modeming!


Manual Modem Installation
=========================
If automatic detection FAILS then manually install the modem 
type.

1.  Go to Start, Settings, Control Panel, double click on 
    Modems. Click on the Add button. 

2.  Turn on the option 'Don't detect my modem, I will select 
    it from a list'.  Then click Next.

3.  A list of Manufacturers and Models will come up. Look for
    the manufacturer Maestro Pty Ltd. If it is there, Windows
    has found the file Mdmmaes.inf, go to step 7.

4.  If Maestro Pty Ltd is not there, click on the Have Disk
    button.

5.  In the field below "Copy manufacturers files from:", you 
    need to specify where the Mdmmaes.inf file is. Click on 
    Browse and go to the folder where Mdmmaes.inf is.

    In the Maestro CD-ROM, look in the Inf folder. You will be 
    able to identify which drive letter is the CD-ROM drive, by 
    the icon, which looks like a CD.  Once you have found the 
    CD-ROM in the 'DRIVES' section of the 'Open' window which 
    has popped up after you clicked on Browse, the folders will 
    be listed in the 'Folders' section. 

6.  Select the folder with Mdmmaes.inf and click on OK.

7.  Now a list of modems will come up.  Select the modem model 
    which matches the capabilities of the modem you have and 
    follow the prompts.


Voice Modem Wave Table Driver
=============================
If Windows prompts you for a wave table driver for the modem,
browse for the Maewav.inf file. There is a copy of it in the
Inf folder on your Maestro CD-ROM.

Alas, Windows sometimes seems to have difficulty seeing the file
Maewav.inf and reports that it cannot find information on the
device and refuses to install the wave modem device. If that
happens, follow the procedure given in the "Initial
Installation" section to put the file Maewav.inf into the
Windows\Inf folder. Restart the computer and when the box about
the wav device appears, click on "Select from a list of
alternate drivers", then select the manufacturer "Maestro
Pty Ltd". If you cannot find the manufacturer "Maestro Pty
Ltd", you still do not have the file Maewav.inf in the right
place. The model "Maestro Modem Serial Wave Device" will be
automatically shown. Click on OK.

If even that is not working, try putting a copy of Maewav.inf
on an otherwise blank floppy disk, then browsing to that disk
when prompted for a driver.


Two of the Same Modem Type
==========================
Sometimes it is useful to have two (or more) of the same modem 
type installed. For example, a particular service requires 
special settings in the Extra settings string in modem
Properties, but you do not want these same settings for other
services. In that case, install an extra copy of your modem 
type.

1.  Go to Start, Settings, Control Panel, double click on 
    Modems. 

2.  Make sure you know which manufacturer, model and COM port
    your currently installed modem is. (If you are not sure
    about the COM port, click on Diagnostics and you will see
    a list. Click on General.) Click on Add. 

3.  Turn on the option "Don't detect my modem, I will select 
    it from a list".  Then click Next.

4.  A list of Manufacturers and Models will come up.

5.  Select the manufacturer and model which is the same as your
    existing modem type. Click Next.

6.  Select the COM port which the modem is 
    connected to. Click Next. Click Finish.

You now have two modems of the same type installed. The 
Properties settings in them are independent.

If automatic modem detection works properly, you can allow it 
to auto-detect the modem in step 3. Click Finish.


Updating an Installed Driver
============================
If you already have earlier Maestro modem types installed and 
you want to replace them with the latest version, then the 
procedure is somewhat more complicated.

Put the new Mdmmaes.inf file with any associated files into a 
folder. For example, if you have downloaded MAESTRxx.ZIP, 
unzip it (using PKUNZIP or similar) into a blank floppy disk or 
an empty folder.

Remove previous versions of the Maestro Inf file.  Delete 
Mdmmaes.inf (if present) out of the Windows\Inf folder (see the 
section below if you cannot find the Windows\Inf folder). There
could be a file called "Maestro Pty LtdMDMMAES.INF" in the
folder Windows\Inf\Other. Delete that as well. To delete a
file, select it (highlight the name), press Delete on your
keyboard, then click OK in the Confirm File Delete box.

During previous installations, some files may have been created
in the Windows/Inf folder, named OEM0.INF, OEM1.INF, OEM2.INF,
etc. All Inf files are text files. Examine the OEMxx files with
Notepad (just double click on the file icon) to see which ones
refer to Maestro. Delete those OEMxx Inf files which refer to
Maestro. 

Go into Control Panel, Modems, select the modem type you wish to 
update, click Properties and write down all settings. Look at all 
tabs. Click on Advanced in the Connection tab. Pay particular 
attention to any string in "Extra settings". Quit from Properties, 
then click on Remove to remove the modem type. Removing the old 
modem type is actually optional provided you do not get confused 
between the old one and the new one.

In Control Panel, Modems, General, click on Add to install a new 
modem type. Select "Don’t detect my modem ...", click Next. 
Click the "Have Disk" button, browse to the folder where your new 
Mdmmaes.inf file is, click OK, click OK. 

Select the manufacturer "Maestro Pty Ltd", select the model
closest to yours, click Next. Select the COM port which the
modem is plugged into, click Next. Click Finish. 
Select the new modem type, click Properties and restore your 
settings which you previously wrote down. You may then select 
that modem type in all native Windows modem-related 
applications.


Finding the Windows\Inf Folder
==============================
Note: By default, the Windows\Inf folder is hidden and cannot
be seen or searched; this means that it must be made visible
before the files can be correctly located.

1. Double-click the My Computer icon on the Windows desktop.

2. Click View in the menu bar, click Options.
 
3. Click the View tab of this dialog box and check the Show
   all files "radio button". Click OK.

4. Double-click the drive which contains the Windows system 
   folder and files (usually the C: drive).

5. Double-click the Windows folder. You should now be able to
   see the Inf folder icon.

6. Double-click the Inf folder icon. Now you can see and delete
   Inf files.


Older Metal Case Modems
=======================
Older metal case modems and internal modems of similar age, can
be supported by the original Inf files included with Windows. 
Please do a manual modem installation. In Control Panel, Modems, 
Add, turn "Don't detect my modem" on, click Next, then select 
the manufacturer "Maestro Digital Communications" and the modem 
model "Maestro Executive 144" (or 96 as appropriate). Click Next, 
select the correct COM port for your modem, click Next, Finish. 
If you do not know which COM port your modem is on, do not worry, 
you can change it later in modem Properties.


The Registry and the Inf File
=============================
When a device (such as a modem) is installed in Windows, some
of the information in the Inf file is copied into the Windows
registry. When Windows subsequently wants to use the device, it
gets information about the device from the registry. The Inf
file only gets used during initial installation. Alas, the
registry is fearsomely complicated and user-unfriendly. Only
knowledgeable computer experts should change the registry
directly, using Regedit.

It is possible to just look with Regedit, and not change
anything. That is safe. The power and the danger are in your
hands when running Regedit. It is quite possible to make one
wrong change and render the computer unable to boot. If you
are thinking of changing anything in the registry, make
backups of the registry files.

The modem initialisation string is actually in the registry.
The Extra settings string (in Modem Properties) is a secondary
initialisation string. What happens when a modem is initialised
by Windows Dial Up Networking is:

1. The modem manufacturer's recommended initialisation string,
   from the registry, is sent to the modem. That string
   originally came from the Inf file.

2. Windows examines all the settings in Modem Properties (for
   example, loudspeaker volume), develops another modem
   command string to implement the settings, then sends that
   string to the modem.

3. The Extra settings string is sent to the modem, preceded by
   an "AT" if necessary.

All the strings are followed by a carriage return. Windows
expects an OK response to each string. After successful
initialisation, Windows sends a dial command and the modem
should dial and connect. All this is visible in the log file
modemlog.txt, in C:\Windows. The log file is extremely useful
for troubleshooting in the event of connection difficulties.