Oculus-TCi Device Driver for Windows NT
HISTORY
February 29th, 1996
Release of Version 1.00 Beta 1.
March 12th, 1996
Release of Version 1.00 Beta 2.
April 2nd, 1996
Release of Version 1.00.
April 18th, 1996
Release of Version 1.12.
NTSC/PAL acquisition.
NTSC JPEG codec.
April 26th, 1996
Release of Version 1.12a
NTSC/PAL acquisition.
NTSC/PAL JPEG codec.
October 1st, 1996
Release of Version 1.13
Added support for trigged camera.
RGB acquisition
TCI Ultra in pass-through mode (Rev. B only)
Fixed problem with detection of end of grab ( FGON)
December 18th, 1996
Release of Version 1.15 Beta 1
Added support for TCI-ULTRA II
TCI Ultra I and Ultra II in pass-through mode (All Revs)
a) TCI Ultra I is not supported under Windows NT 4.0 (S3 display
driver refuse to start)
b) Under Windows NT 3.51, only 256 colors mode is currently
supported. 64K colors and True colors modes will hang the machine
when starting TCIPro.
c) Under Windows NT 4.0, when in 64K colors and True colors modes,
mouse mouvements will be disabled when TCIPro will try to enable the keying mode.
To retrieve mouse usage, start a full screen Dos Shell and switch
back to NT.
Host to Secondary/Primary display:
a) Under Windows NT 3.51, could lock your machine depending of
your motherboard and CPU.
b) Under Windows NT 4.0, only 8 bits host frame buffers seem to
be a problem.
January 10th, 1997
Release of Version 1.15
Changed detection of Pci Hardware mechanisms.
January 23th, 1997
Under Windows NT 3.51, S3 display driver refuse to map VGA memory above
1 Meg (VGA memory is then not linearly mapped). Primary frame
buffer won't be available for that reason.
Pass-through is now working for all color modes (256, 64K, True colors
at 60 Hz refresh rate only) for TCI Ultra Revs C and D. Rev B only support 256
colors mode.
While working in Dual-overlay configuration, secondary frame buffer display
type must be set to one of the following:
640x480 60 Hz,
800x600 60 Hz
1024x768 60 Hz
Added support for TCI-Ultra I & II in overlay mode.
Changed the DEC RAM refresh rate register from 0x2d to 0x34.
Changed high color keying color to (239, 8, 8)
TCI VGA Single monitor not supported: no VGA driver available at this moment.
April 30th, 1997
Release of Version 2.11
New Features:
a) Support for the digital module.
b) Full support for the RGB-SE.
c) New Message Viewer program.
d) New configuration program.
e) True color keying.
f) Logical cameras support (CAM file).
g) FBCycle support
h) NTSC output support for TCi Ultra II
With a Tci VGA Ultra a hardware modification is necessary to enable
the NTSC output capability. Please contact CORECO for complete information.
i) Interrupt sharing.
Known bugs:
a) 160 x 120 Acquisition may be unstable.
b) Switching from NTSC to VGA output require a system reboot.
June 27th, 1997
Version 2.20
New Features:
a) Events function support
b) TCi-MJPEG module support
c) Full support for the DIGITAL-SE.
October 31th, 1997
Version 2.50
New Features:
a) NTSC or PAL output with a Composite Module, with ULTRA II
(Dual Monitor Only) or TCI-VGA ULTRA Rev C (Dual Monitor Only).
b) High color (15 bits) and True color (32 bits) Overlay.
c) Trio64V+ memory detection for colors Overlay.
d) Full support for the RGB-Plus Module.
e) New conflict detection with some S3 VGA Chip.
f) Modification to Configuration Program for Memory Configuration.
g) Switch in Odx.Ini to redirect the message box of Odtci.dll to the Message
viewer. (Add in Section [ODX]: Disable Message Box = 1)
Fixes:
a) FbCycle function.
b) NTSC output problem with some computer.
c) Cropping with RGB Module.
d) DEC Output Look-up Table.
e) Problem with Kodak ES 1.0 Single Channel (file kdkes101.cam)
f) Jitter on ULTRA II (Dual Overlay Mode) with Overlay
640x480, 800x600 and 1024x768 8bpp Resolution.
g) Problem with opr_set function (FBCYCLE_INDEX).
h) Problem with FbCycle initialisation.
i) Monochrome Output LUT for Overlay.
j) External Trigger with Analog Camera.
k) VGA Conflict Detection.
l) Problem with opr_set function ( ICR).
m) Administrator vs Users Problem.
n) Problem with LongFileName including a space.
o) Modification to Refresh Rate when using TCI-VGA ULTRA II
or TCI-VGA ULTRA Rev C in Passthrough Mode with Display set
to 1024x768 and secondary set in True Color.
Known bugs:
a) Computer may freeze with ULTRA II in Dual Overlay Mode
if Windows animated cursor are used.
December 4th, 1997
Version 2.60
New Features:
a) Support for Ikegami SKC-100 Camera.
b) Add support for Dimension-Pro Plus.
c) Add support for 16 bit monochrome host frame buffer.
d) Configuration Program modification to know the ULTRA II
Micro-Controller Firmware Version, Digital SE or Digital Module
Micro-Controller Firmware Version.
e) Support for Pulnix TM 1300 (8 bit or 10 bit) Camera.
Fixes:
a) PAL initialisation (Missing Frame).
b) Reduce initialisation time with RGB Module.
c) Tci-Boards Detection for Computer with Onboard Trio64V+ VGA Chip.
March 10th, 1998
Version 3.00 Beta 1
New Features:
a) Support for AGP Vga Card as Primary Vga.
b) Multi-Boards support.
c) Add 72Hz and 75Hz Refresh Rate(640x480 and 800x600) and 70Hz Refresh Rate(1024x768)
for TCI-VGA ULTRA or ULTRA II in Passthrough Mode.
d) Program Folder was changed to "Coreco TCI Driver".
e) Add Boards Location(Bus and Slot) in Configuration Program.
f) Multi-Processors support.
Fixes:
a) Correction for 8 bit monochrome lookup table with digital module
or DIGITAL-SE.
b) Minor modification to Configuration Program(Frame Buffer Tab).
c) Monochrome 16 bit Host Frame Buffer memory calculation.
d) Host Frame Buffer memory calculation. (After update to this version
you must run the configuration program and make a save).
Limitation:
a) ULTRA II cannot be used in Dual Overlay Mode with an AGP Vga Card.
b) System can freeze with TCI-VGA ULTRA or ULTRA II (Dual Monitor or
Passthrough) with LX Chipset (Pentium II).
c) System can freeze if the Primary VGA Card has an S3 Vga Chip with
LX Chipset (Pentium II).
d) High color (15 bits) and True color (32 bits) Overlay are not supported
in Dual Overlay Mode with 640x484 30Hz NTSC Output.
e) Red color cannot be draw in true color overlay because hardware limitation.
Use 0xFF0001 or 0xFF0100 instead of 0xFF0000 to bypass limitation.
March 27th, 1998
Version 3.00 Beta 2
Fixes:
a) Removed modification to Refresh Rate when using TCI-VGA ULTRA II
or TCI-VGA ULTRA Rev C in Passthrough Mode with Display set
to 1024x768 and secondary set in True Color.
b) Modification to correctly support Kodak 1.6 10 bit Megaplus
Single Channel 10 bits Camera.
c) Minor modification to Multi-Boards support.
April 1th, 1998
Version 3.00 Beta 3 "For Test Only"
April 7th, 1998
Version 3.00 Beta 4
Fixes:
a) Modification to RGB Acquisition.
b) Modification to Configuration Program( Option/Info Tab).
Mai 5th, 1998
Version 3.00 Beta 5
Fixes:
a) Modification in the reading process of the pic16c84 eeprom
Known bug
a) Problem with fbcycle.
Mai 8th, 1998
Version 3.00 Beta 7
Fixes:
a) Problem with fbcycle of version 3.00 beta 5
September 30, 1998
Version 3.00
New Features:
a) Support for AGP Vga Card as Primary Vga.
b) Multi-Board support.
c) Add 72Hz and 75Hz Refresh Rate(640x480 and 800x600) and 70Hz Refresh Rate(1024x768)
for TCI-VGA ULTRA or ULTRA II in Passthrough Mode.
d) Program Folder was changed to "Coreco TCI Driver".
e) Add Boards Location(Bus and Slot) in Configuration Program.
f) Multi-Processor support.
g) Add support for the GX chipset (Pentium Pro motherboard).
Fixes:
a) Correction for 8 bit monochrome lookup table with Digital module
or DIGITAL-SE.
b) Minor modification to Configuration Program(Frame Buffer Tab).
c) Monochrome 16 bit Host Frame Buffer memory calculation.
d) Host Frame Buffer memory calculation. (After update to this version
you must run the configuration program and save the new configuration).
e) Removed modification to Refresh Rate when using TCI-VGA ULTRA II
or TCI-VGA ULTRA Rev C in Passthrough Mode with Display set
to 1024x768 and secondary set in True Color.
f) Modification to correctly support Kodak 1.6 10 bit Megaplus
Single Channel 10 bits Camera.
g) Modification to RGB Acquisition.
h) Modification to Configuration Program (Option/Info Tab).
i) Modification in the reading process of the pic16c84 eeprom.
October 7, 1998
Version 3.01
New Features:
a) Add support for the GX chipset (Pentium Pro motherboard).
b) Change default Range/Offset values for the RGB-SE rev A2.
Fixes:
a) New values are set in the registers of the RGB-SE rev A2.
Version 3.03
New Features:
a) The compression module now supports 60 fields per second (30 frames per second).
b) Event can be generated after an end of compression or decompression.
c) Verify if the destination buffer used by the TCi-MJPEG is large enough for the compressed image
(See important note below).
d) A new event has been defined. (EVENTMODE_START_OF_GRAB).
e) Support for RGB module rev A4 (reference voltages for the range and offset are different from the ones of
the other board revisions).
Fixes:
a) Field inversion problem with an RGB module used in external trigger mode.
b) The internal LUT of the Digital module was not initialized after a call to the "setcam" function with cameras
of more than 8 bits.
c) Host buffer could not be allocated on some computer.
d) Problem with board detection on some Dual Pentium II computer.
e) Driver reentrancy was not always handled properly in a multi-board configuration.
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.
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