Release Notes PN 93000160
Digi RealPort Service
Version 1.0.20
Windows NT® 4.0
Software Package PN 40001738
Software Manual PN 92000290
08/16/2001
CONTENTS
1. INTRODUCTION
2. SUPPORTED PRODUCTS
3. BUG FIXES
4. KNOWN LIMITATIONS
5. INSTALLING MODEM 4EM OR 8EM MODULES
6. PRINTERS
7. HISTORY
1. INTRODUCTION
The RealPort service provides Windows NT seamless access to serial ports
on Digi PortServer or PortServer II products.
The Digi PortServer Product family allows Windows NT users to attach
serial devices (modems, terminals, and printers) to the Ethernet based
terminal server. Users can use Windows NT RAS, Citrix, dial-out modem
pooling applications and terminal server applications such as Point-of-Sale
(POS) with the flexibility of terminal server connected devices.
The RealPort Service requires the TCP/IP driver to be installed and
properly configured.
2. SUPPORTED PRODUCTS
PortServer
PortServer II
PortServer TS
Digi One Product Line
EtherLite for RealPort Product Line
3. BUG FIXES
4. KNOWN LIMITATIONS
RealPort now supports three new flavors of Terminal Servers. Among these
the EtherLite Line can support Baud Rates up to 230k and the PortServer TS
can support Baud Rates up to 460k on all ports. RealPort was changed to
support these new baud rates. Although you can set baud rates up to 460k they
will only work on the PortServer TS. Also PortServer and PortServer II are
still limited to 115k.
PortServer generates receive data errors when running 16 ports full duplex
at 57600 BAUD. Changing the baudrate of a serial printer requires deleting
the printer device and then re-adding the device with a different baudrate.
This is a print manager limitation in Windows NT 4.0.
Software flow control characters set to the null (0x00) character for the
Xon and Xoff character will be ignored by the driver.
The IOCTL_SERIAL_XOFF_COUNTER is not supported.
There are some know limitations with Serial Printing. Some Serial printers connected
to the RealPort driver via the Digi Terminal Server line may not work properly.
5. INSTALLING MODEM 4EM or 8EM MODULES
Windows NT 4.0. Copy mdmdigi.inf from the RealPort installation disk into
the %SystemRoot%\inf directory. Then add the modems from Control Panel.
6. PRINTERS
Printers using the RealPort driver should be manually started, or the
RealPort driver must be started before the printer services.
7. UNINSTALL
1. Run Control Panel | Network
2. Select Services
3. Select the Digi RealPort Service from the Network Services list
4. Choose Remove
7. HISTORY
Version 1.0.20 - August 15, 2001
NEW FEATURES
If you assign a DNS name to your PortServer TS you can use that name to
install / configure your PortServer. (See Local Network Administrator for
getting a DNS name assigned )
Added the PortServer TS, Digi ONE, and EtherLite for RealPort support for this
release.
Version 1.0.8 - Oct 10, 2000
BUG FIXES
The RealPort Service will attempt to reestablish its connection to a
PortServer when a loss of its TCP/IP connection is detected. This action
will occur for any currently open serial ports without user or application
interaction. Previously when the TCP/IP connection was lost, any open
serial ports would remain in an error state until they were closed and
reopened. This fix makes those steps unnecessary.
Version 1.0.7 - May 4, 2000
BUG FIXES
A close/open race condition has been resolved. The symptoms of this
error were exhibited by invalid data returned when using the DOS
command MODE, or a printer problem after a system reboot.
A transmit latency condition has been resolved. The symptom of this
error involves single character data incurring latencies of 120ms.
This symptom was only encountered when an application buffered
character input, but only issued a single character to the driver.
The driver was designed with the assumption that the application would
send a buffer of data when available and not parcel the data a
character at a time.
A fix for serial printers has been added.
Version 1.0.3 - August 25, 1998
BUG FIXES
Version 1.0.2 - November 7, 1997
BUG FIXES
Version 1.0.1 - July 21, 1997
Initial product release.
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.