readme.txt Driver File Contents (spd-w2k-2.2.0.zip)

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  Perle Speed Driver for Windows 2000\XP\Server 2003
  Copyright 2004-2006 Perle Systems Limited

  The Windows 2000\XP\Server 2003 Multi-port Serial SPEED Driver supports Speed4, 
  Speed4+, PCI-Fast4/8/16/16FMC, AT-Fast4/8/16, UltraPort1/2/4/8/8i/16 and
  UltraPort1/2/4/8/16 SI multi-port serial adapters.  It also supports PCI-RAS4, 
  PCI-RAS8, PCI-RAS4 V.92 and PCI-RAS8 V.92 multi-modem adapters. 

  readme.txt

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  Driver release    : 2.2.0
  Date              : August 2006
  O/S Compatibility : Windows 2000, Windows XP, Windows Server 2003

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Driver Upgrade/Installation Procedure
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To upgrade drivers for installed devices, run UPDATE.EXE from the same directory as your 
driver package. UPDATE.EXE will update all installed SPEED type devices with the drivers 
found in this package. 

Note: When new hardware is added Windows will try to find a driver for it.  If a driver 
is not found for the new device, you are able to give the location of the driver you wish 
to use to the Found New Hardware Wizard.  However if Windows does find a driver for the 
device already on the system, Windows will automatically install the most recent digitally 
signed driver it can find for your new hardware.  If you wish to install a different driver 
(i.e. a more recent but unsigned driver) from the one installed for your device you will 
need to use UPDATE.EXE to update the devices.


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Known issues in this release :
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* None


Driver Updates :
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This drivers will be updated from time-to-time. Please visit the Perle
Web-Site at http://www.Perle.com/ to ensure you have the latest release.

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Release History
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Version    Description
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2.2.0      * Added support for new PCI UltraPort SI cards which have Perle as 
             the VENDOR ID. The UltraPort16 SI is not affected by this change.
             The serial number of the UltraPort SI cards has the following form:
                57-xxWWYYxnnnn 
              where WW is the week of production and,
                    YY is the year of production.
             If the serial number on an Ultraport SI card shows that it has been 
             produced on or after the first week of Sept (WW=36) of the year 
             2006 (YY=06), then a driver of version 2.2.0 or later is required 
             to recognize the card.

2.0.1      * Ports stoped functioning after recovering from standby or 
             hibernation mode on UltraPort SI cards
           * Added proper voice support in 5634.inf for PCI-RAS V.92 cards
2.0.0.2    * Fixed lockup issue when installing driver for Speed4(+) cards
           * Microsoft Windows logo testing performed and driver signed by Microsoft
2.0.0.1    * Addes support for universal UltraPort SI cards that support EIA-232,
             EIA-422, EIA-485 protocols.
1.0.7      * Added support to SPEED driver for the UltraPort1 serial card
           * Added support to SPEED driver for universal 3.3/5 V PCI-RAS4 V.92 
             and PCI-RAS8 V.92 Multi-Modem cards
1.0.6      * Added support for the UltraPort2 and Ultraport 8I serial adapter cards
1.0.5      * Added support for the UltraPort 4, 8 and 16 port PCI cards
           * All character with parity or framing errors were always aborted 
           * Proper support for SERIAL_ERROR_CHAR and error replacement flags
           * Break signals were not reported to the application
           * RTS signal would remain active after port closing when RTS/CTS 
             flow control was enabled
1.0.3      * Add Support for new Speed2 and Speed2+ cards.
           * Fix memory leak when driver is unable to delete symbolic link. 
1.0.2      * Change SPDPorts.dll to display new Perle Logo.
           * Include new SPDPorts.dll for port configuration in device manager.
           *  Improve performance of DTR/DSR flow control on Fast & RAS cards.
           *  Fix ISR to correctly recognise interrupt on 16 port cards.
           *  Add support for PCIFast4/8/16/16FMC, ATFast4/8/16 and PCIRas4/8 cards.
           *  Machine does not resume from standby/hibernate when Speed port is open.
           *  Speed driver needs to allow custom configuration of FIFO settings.
           *  Serial ports do not export an serial port interface.
           *  Device objects need to be created with the FILE_DEVICE_SECURE_OPEN characteristic.
           *  Driver touches IRP after it is queued outside protection of Cancel spinlock.
           *  Driver needs to support WMI and make standard serial port WMI data available to system.
           *  PURGE IOCTL does not check the buffer it is being passed is large enough before trying to use it.
           *  Copying a file to COM port from command line causes WDM error with driver verifier.
           *  Driver allows port to be removed from device manager whilst port is open.
           *  If card is uninstalled from device manager without uninstalling the ports first the COM# names are not used again if the card is reinstalled.

1.0.0      * Intial realease to support Speed4 multi-port serial card
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  • 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.

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