TDLPortIO User Manual
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1. If running under Windows NT it will start the kernel mode driver and if the driver isn t installed it will attempt to install it into the system procedure CloseDriver Closes the DriverLINX DLL If running under Windows NT it will stop the kernel mode driver if started in OpenDriver and remove it if it was installed in OpenDriver procedure PortControl TPortRec NumberOfPorts Similar to the PortControl method provided by TVicPort it will take an array of TPortRec structs records the number given by Num Porte and read write data as requested This is not available in the ActiveX version procedure PortCommand TPortCommand NumberOfPorts Similar to PortControl this is an extension allowing reading writing of Word and Dwords as organised in the TPortCommand struct record This is not available in the ActiveX version procedure ReadPortFIFO Address NumberOfPorts Buffer procedure WritePortFIFO Address NumberOfPorts Buffer procedure ReadWPortFIFO Address NumberOfPorts Buffer procedure WriteWPortFIFO Address NumberOfPorts Buffer procedure ReadLPortFIFO Address NumberOfPorts Buffer procedure WriteLPortFIFO Address NumberOfPorts Buffer Similar to the ReadPortFIFO WritePortFIFO methods offered by TVicPort this will read write a block of data to a single port The number of data items to read write are given by NumPorts and the data by the Buffer array The Word and DWord versions are an2. The author of TDLPortIO has no relation to SST nor did he write the DriverLINX driver You can download the original DriverLINX driver package from the URLs below Included in this package is exactly what is distributed by SST excluding the MSVC and Visual BASIC demo code examples which push the file to 1 5Mbytes along with InstallShield compared to the 57kbytes for the DLL kernel driver SYS and API information included with this package in the directory tree DriverLINX Strictly speaking it is not allowed to distribute the DriverLINX driver package other than as a whole but the original package is too big I have nothing to gain by not providing the original package and have provided ample opportunity for others to download it from the URLs below SST probably require that their package be distributed as a whole so their work is recognised perhaps also why they request that their copyright messages are not to be removed I believe that their work has been acknowledged sufficiently in this package for there not to be a problem No copyright information has been removed from the DriverLINX driver files DriverLINX URL http www sstnet com ftp unsupported port 95nt exe ftp ftp sstnet com pub unsupported port 95nt exe My Backup URL http diskdude cjb net files cbuilder DLPortIO port95nt exe 2 2 What does TDLPortIO do TDLPortlO is an advanced wrapper It provides a nice interface to the DriverLINX Port IO Driver It will automa
3. extension to that provided by TVicPort TDLPortIO Documentation Page 12 John Pappas DiskDude 4 1 2 TDLPortIO Properties Byte Port Address Read Write Word PortW Address Read Write DWord PortL Address Read Write Read and write these properties to access ports These are only available as function calls in the ActiveX version Byte function ReadPort Address procedure WritePort Address Data Word function ReadPortW Address procedure WritePortW Address Data DWord function ReadPortL Address procedure WritePortL Address Data String DriverPath Read Write Set this for the path to the DriverLINX dlportio sys driver file when running under Windows NT in administrator mode and the driver hasn t been installed previously i e when the wrapper installs the driver it will use this as the path to the diportio sys file Do not specify the filename in this property nor any trailing character String DLLPath Read Write Set this for the path to the DriverLINX dlportio dll DLL file If you set it to the null string it will search the path of the program EXE then the Windows directory and other directories in your path Do not specify the filename in this property nor any trailing character Boolean ActiveHW Read Only Read this to see if the DriverLINX driver is active After a call to OpenDriver it will read true if no errors occurred otherwise it will be false and you can use the Last
4. 3 4 Installing the C Builder Component The Borland C Builder 3 0 component version of TDLPortlO is located in cbuilder cbuilder 3 The Borland C Builder 4 0 component version of TDLPortlO is located in cbuilder cbuilder 4 Run BCB 3 0 4 0 then select i ComponentilInstall Packages ii Add button ili Select the C Builder 3 0 4 0 file DLPortlO bpl wherever you put it iv Open button v OK button The package is now installed and should appear in a Diskdude page on your component palette For a very small example program mimicking the examples given in the original DriverLINX package using the TDLPortIO component see the cbuilder cbuilder X demo directory I will not supply a C Builder 1 0 version it s time you had an upgrade Alternatively you have the source code make one for yourself 3 5 Installing the Delphi Component The Borland Delphi 3 0 component version of TDLPortlO is located in delphi delphi 3 The Inprise Delphi 4 0 component version of TDLPortlO is located in delphi delphi 4 Run Delphi 3 0 4 0 then select i ComponentilInstall Packages ii Add Button ili Select the Delphi 3 0 4 0 file DLPortIO bpl wherever you put it iv Open button v OK button The package is now installed and should appear in a Diskdude page on your component palette For a very small example program mimicking the examples given in the original DriverLINX package using the TDLPortIO compo
5. installed and started during bootup of the PC Although it appears from the Win32 Programmer s Reference that if the driver already installed it can be started and stopped by a non administrator account it didn t work when I tried it Thus if you intend to use the driver on a normal user account make sure it is installed and configured to start automatically at bootup This is the mode configured when running the installation program supplied see Section 3 2 below and also how SST configures it using their port95nt exe installer outlined above There appears to be no conflicts if the DriverLINX driver is running all the time compared to starting and stopping it as needed as possible in an administrator account TDLPortlO Documentation Page 7 John Pappas DiskDude 3 2 Automatically Installing the DriverLINX driver You only really need to install the DriverLINX driver under Windows NT since it is a kernel mode driver and needs to be registered by the system Under Windows 95 98 you simply need the dlportio dll file somewhere in your path or in the directory where your program lies If you are always going to run TDLPortIO under an administrator account in Windows NT you can ignore this section when you call OpenDriver in the component it will install the DriverLINX driver automatically and remove it in CloseDriver However if you are going to use TDLPortlO under a user account without administrator privileges you need
6. not function the same as TVicPort is in the LPTBasePort and LPTNumPorts properties See Section 4 1 4 for more information TDLPortIO Documentation Page 6 John Pappas DiskDude 3 0 Installing TDLPortIO 3 1 Port IO access under Windows Windows 95 98 allows direct port access meaning you can use inline assembly in your code to read and write ports much like DOS programmers are used to Windows NT promotes itself as a more secure operating system and as such generally disallows the in and out CPU instructions which give access to ports Only kernel mode processes have the privilege of using these instructions such as the DriverLINX kernel mode driver included in this package Using the Windows NT Service Control Manager SCM this driver is able to be installed into the system Once installed the driver needs to be started to be effective To remove the driver it needs to be stopped first All four of these processes are done through the SCM Only accounts with administrator privileges are able to do this however This is why TDLPortIO is able to transparently install start stop and remove the DriverLINX driver within the OpenDriver and CloseDriver methods only under an administrator account This is how the shareware package TVicPort works it will not work under a non administrator account according to its documentation The only way the DriverLINX kernel mode driver can be used under a normal user account is for the driver to be
7. Error property to see what happened where Boolean HardAccess Read Write This property has no effect and is here to maintain compatibility with TVicPort String LastError Read Only If an error occurred in OpenDriver or CloseDriver and the ActiveHW property did not change state this string will indicate the error which occurred TDLPortIO Documentation Page 13 John Pappas DiskDude 4 1 3 TDLPrinterPortIO Methods TDLPrinterPortlO inherits all the methods of TDLPortIO and adds the following All operations which do not specify a printer port use the currently selected port selectable by the LPTNumber property procedure LPTStrobe Sends a STROBE signal to the printer procedure LPTAutofd BooleanFlag Sends an AUTOFD auto line feed signal to the printer procedure LPTInit Resets the printer by sending INIT signal procedure LPTSlctIn Sends SLCTIN signal to the printer Boolean function LPTPrintChar CharacterToPrint Sends a character to the printer Returns true on success Repeat as necessary 4 1 4 TDLPrinterPortlO Properties TDLPrinterPortlO inherits all the properties of TDLPortlO and adds the following Boolean Pin PinNumber Read Write When read it returns the boolean state of the pin specified When written it will set that pin high 5V or low OV depending on the boolean value given Note that a high voltage on the pin corresponds to a boolean true whereas a low voltage correspon
8. TDLPortIO version 1 2 User Manual DriverLINX Port IO Driver wrapper Copyright 1999 John Pappas DiskDude All rights reserved The latest version is always available from the Internet WWW http diskdude cjb net If you didn t download this package from the above URL chances are it is out of date Check often TDLPortIO Documentation Page 2 John Pappas DiskDude IMPORTANT You should carefully read the license terms and conditions in Section 1 0 before using this software Your use of this software indicates your acceptance of the license agreement and warranty Table of Contents TF O LICENSE AGREEMENT ZZ scsssiescciisass cotesosaceatsscssssustavessdsccsscuesedesstenssassecolevansesssascescasseasvacsssedenevesbesseassacsedesvsexoaeasseees 3 1 1 OO AE 3 TD DISTRIBUTION BEEN 3 133 TEEGAT DISCLAIMER EEN 3 ZO TINT RODUG TION BEE 4 2 1 WHAT IS THE DRIVERLINX PORT IO DER 4 2 2 WHAT DOES E DIEPORTIO DO ege AER AEN 4 2 3 WHAT IS TDLPORTIO COMPATIBLE WITH ue NENNEN 5 3 0 INSTALLING TDLPOR TIO EE 6 3 1 PORT IO ACCESS UNDER WINDOWS esesesesesesesesesesesesererereretettttttt ttet tt ttet tt ttet EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE EEEE 6 3 2 AUTOMATICALLY INSTALLING THE DRIVERLINX DRIVER ccccccccccccccccccccccescccsescscscecececsesesesesescscsceseseseceseeesseeseeesees T 3 3 MANUALLY INSTALLING THE DRIVERLINX GDpivVER 8 3 4 INSTALLING THE C BUILDER COMPONENT sesssesesesesesesesesereserererertttt
9. UT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND EITHER EXPRESSED OR IMPLIED INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE THE ENTIRE RISK AS TO THE QUALITY AND PERFORMANCE OF THE SOFTWARE IS WITH YOU SHOULD THE SOFTWARE PROVE DEFECTIVE YOU ASSUME THE COST OF ALL NECESSARY SERVICING REPAIR OR CORRECTION IN NO EVENT WILL THE AUTHOR OR ANY OTHER PARTY WHO MAY HAVE DISTRIBUTED THE SOFTWARE AS PERMITTED ABOVE BE LIABLE TO YOU FOR DAMAGES INCLUDING ANY GENERAL SPECIAL INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES ARISING OUT OF THE USE OR INABILITY TO USE THE SOFTWARE INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO LOSS OF DATA OR DATA BEING RENDERED INACCURATE OR LOSSES SUSTAINED BY YOU OR THIRD PARTIES OR A FAILURE OF THE SOFTWARE TO OPERATE WITH ANY OTHER PROGRAMS EVEN IF SUCH HOLDER OR OTHER PARTY HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES TDLPortIO Documentation Page 4 John Pappas DiskDude 2 0 Introduction 2 1 What is the DriverLINX Port IO Driver The DriverLINX Port IO Driver allows you to use general port IO under Windows 95 98 NT It does this by using in and out assembler instructions under Windows 95 98 a guess since there is no VxD and through a kernel mode driver in Windows NT It allows port read writes of bytes 16 and 32 bit words as well as block read writes of all ports from 100h to FFFFh The DriverLINX driver is provided freely without support by Scientific Software Tools SST Inc
10. ace it in your Windows drivers directory however the TDLPortIO component can locate it elsewhere through the DriverPath property but only if running it under an administrator account i e only if TDLPortIO will be installing starting stopping and removing the driver during execution e g C WINNT S YSTEM32 DRIVERS If you are only going to run TDLPortIO under accounts in Windows NT which don t have administrator access you must install the driver into the system in addition to copying it to the directory outlined above See the directory install source for some example C code of installing the driver into the Windows NT Service Control Manager Under administrator accounts this is done automatically upon calling OpenDriver in the component Removal of the driver if installed by OpenDriver occurs when calling CloseDriver in administrator accounts This was done to simulate the behaviour of TVicPort although TVicPort shareware version only works under administrator accounts Note that TDLPortIO will not remove a driver in CloseDriver that was previously installed before TDLPortlO was started nor will it stop a driver which was running previously In other words when you call CloseDriver it will return the status of the driver to what it was before OpenDriver was called CloseDriver is automatically called when the component is destroyed if OpenDriver was called previously TDLPortIO Documentation Page 9 John Pappas DiskDude
11. call OpenDriver and stopped and removed automatically when you call CloseDriver or if you don t call it directly it will be called for you in the destructor Under Windows 95 98 as before the DLL isn t loaded until you call OpenDriver and is unloaded when you call CloseDriver TDLPortIO Documentation Page 18 John Pappas DiskDude e No longer is DLPortlO sys required to be in lt windows system gt DRIVERS under Windows NT The new property AnsiString DriverPath will let you specify the path NOT the filename of the SYS This means you can have both the DLL and SYS sitting in the same directory such as the same directory as the main EXE for example v1 00 6th January 1999 e Initial version TDLPortIO Documentation Page 19 John Pappas DiskDude 6 0 Contacting the Author This used to be the section where the CardWare concept was described with the address of my PO BOX I can no longer afford one so TDLPortIO is now FreeWare not public domain I retain the copyright instead of CardWare I used to collect PostCards from around the world You can see them which were scanned in on the WWW http diskdude cjb net postcards If you think TDLPortlO is really really good why not email me and let me know I like hearing about how people use my software it encourages me to write more My Internet email address is diskdude poboxes com Note that I am not getting anything for this software Any su
12. ds to a boolean false i e any inversions that the printer port does on signals is also done in software to counteract the effect The index range is only valid in the range 1 25 Invalid indexes are ignored This property is only available as function calls in the ActiveX version Boolean function GetPin PinNumber procedure SetPin PinNumber State Boolean LPTAckwl Read Only Returns the ACKWL state from the printer Boolean LPTBusy Read Only Returns BUSY state from the printer TDLPortIO Documentation Page 14 John Pappas DiskDude Boolean LPTPaperEnd Read Only Returns PAPER END state from the printer Boolean LPTSlct Read Only Returns SLCT state from the printer Boolean LPTError Read Only Returns ERROR state from the printer Byte LPTNumPorts Read Only Returns the number of printer ports installed into the Windows system via the Control Panel This information is obtained by reading the Windows registry Byte LPTNumber Read Write Selects the printer port for use with all the methods and properties above Ports are identified by their number i e 1 2 3 etc not by their port address Note that port numbers are those assigned by Windows in the Control Panel Word LPTBasePort Read Only Returns the base address of the current printer port being operated on Similarly to the LPTNumPorts property this information is obtained from the Windows registry 4 2 Asa DLL The DLL version imple
13. e DriverLINX tree are covered by this agreement Please refer to the SST agreement for the DriverLINX driver in the file DriverLINX License txt 1 1 FreeWare You may use a FreeWare Copy of this Software for life If you find it useful an email to the author telling him what you used it for would be nice but not necessary Your email address will not be given to any other party nor will it be sold or used for profit or commercial purposes See Section 6 0 for information on how to contact the author 1 2 Distribution You are hereby granted the right e to make as many copies of this software and its documentation as you wish give exact copies including all files of the original version to anyone e distribute the software and documentation in its unmodified form via electronic means and distribute run time files TDLPortlO dll DLPortlOX ocx DLPortlO bpl DLPortIO dpl as part of your application without any royalties There is no charge for any of the above You are specifically prohibited from charging or requesting donations for any such copies a small handling fee is acceptable You are further prohibited from distributing the software and or documentation with other products commercial or otherwise without prior written permission excluding the run time files as described above This is so the author can keep track of where this package is distributed 1 3 Legal Disclaimer THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED AS IS WITHO
14. he install exe program You need to copy these files from the DriverLINX drivers directory of this package After clicking the Install button it will copy the dlportio dll file into your Windows system directory If you re running Windows NT it will also copy the dlportio sys file into your Windows drivers directory then install the driver into the system Service Control Manager See the source in the directory instal source for example C code to install the driver in your applications TDLPortIO Documentation Page 8 John Pappas DiskDude 3 3 Manually Installing the DriverLINX driver DriverLINX drivers DLPortIO dll This is the DriverLINX DLL which provides Port I O in Win95 98 and an interface to the WinNT kernel mode driver in Windows NT Copy it to your Windows system directory e g C WWINDOWS SYSTEM for Win95 C WINNT S YSTEM32 for WinNT You aren t required to place the DLL here but it s a good idea to do so It will work so long as it appears in the same directory as the program using it or somewhere in your path To use the DLL in some directory not in your path use the DLLPath property The default is a null string meaning it will search the program s path then the windows directory and your computer s path DriverLINX drivers DLPortIO sys This is the DriverLINX kernel mode driver which provides Port I O in WinNT and as such is only required if you are running Windows NT You would normally pl
15. ments all the methods and properties mentioned for both TDLPortIO and TDLPrinterPortlO above Properties which are Read Write are split into two functions GetXXX and SetXXX which return the current value read of the property and write a new value of the property respectively where XXX is the property name All functions use the standard Windows stdcall calling convention TDLPortIO Documentation Page 15 John Pappas DiskDude 5 0 Bugs To Do List and Version History 5 1 Found a bug Changed the source If you find a bug in the code or make any changes it would be appreciated if you could email me lt diskdude poboxes com gt so that I may review the change s and modify the official distribution and make it available to others Make sure you have downloaded the latest version before reporting bugs The bug may have already been fixed 5 2 To Do List The TDLPortIO package has had many improvements since the first version in January 1999 It does everything I originally wanted it to do and much much more I only wanted a simple wrapper for C Builder for a small project I was working on I had never imagined to write the Delphi ActiveX and DLL versions too It got to a point where I stopped working on my other project and started working on TDLPortlO alone It is envisaged that no further improvements will be made to the TDLPortIO package except perhaps fixes to any bugs that people may discover TDLPortIO Documenta
16. nent see the delphi delphi X demo directories I will not supply a Delphi 2 0 version it s time you had an upgrade Alternatively you have the source code make one for yourself 3 6 Installing the ActiveX OCX component You need to install DLPortIOX ocx into your system with a RegSvr32 exe utility regsvr32 exe DLPortIOX ocx Note that in Windows 95 98 regsvr32 exe is located in your Windows System directory which usually isn t in your path TDLPortIO Documentation Page 10 John Pappas DiskDude 3 7 Installing the ActiveX OCX component into Visual BASIC Firstly you need to install the ActiveX control into your system as described above in section 3 6 Run Visual BASIC then select i ProjectlComponents ii Select DLPrinterPortlOXControl Library check the item iii OK button The package is now installed and should appear on your component palette Note When you drag the component onto your form to create it you should set its Visible property to false otherwise it will appear when you run your program TDLPortIO Documentation Page 11 John Pappas DiskDude 4 0 Using TDLPortIO 4 1 As a C Builder Delphi and ActiveX Component Note that the ActiveX version only comes in one version TDLPrinterPortIOX which provides the methods and properties of TDLPortlO and the printer port functions within TDLPrinterPortlO 4 1 1 TDLPortIO Methods procedure OpenDriver Opens the DriverLINX DLL
17. pport which I may give via email is at my expense during my spare time You may not get a reply if you ask a stupid question or if you do not read this entire manual first 7 0 Thanks A big thanks to Peter lt petert minerva com au gt for his testing of the DriverLINX driver and this wrapper in his copy of Windows NT Since I don t run NT myself I would have not been able to debug the automatic driver loading unloading code without his help and prototype board Another big thanks to Peter Holm lt comtext3 post4 tele dk gt for his printer port detection algorithm and code 8 0 Trademarks DriverLINX is a registered trademark of Scientific Software Tools Inc Microsoft Windows Win95 Win98 WinNT and Visual BASIC are registered trademarks of Microsoft Corp C Builder and Delphi are registered trademarks of Inprise Corp
18. rol Manager v1 12 22nd January 1999 Fixed up the documentation and license agreement to make it more clear that I did not write the DriverLINX driver by SST and thus it does not come under my license agreement All files included in this package other than those in the DriverLINX tree come under the agreement in Section 1 0 I hate all this legal stuff and next time I think TI stick to a GNU copyleft agreement with postcards highly recommended but not mandatory v1 11 17th January 1999 Changed the access permissions requested when connecting to the Windows NT Service Control Manager so users on accounts without administrator privileges can open the DriverLINX driver if it is already installed on the system Added a program to install the DriverLINX driver on a Windows NT system so users without administrator privileges can use TDLPortIO It will make the driver active at bootup the only way non administrator accounts can use the driver Do not use this program if you will only run TDLPort O under an account with administrator privileges Added to and converted the documentation to this PDF file TDLPortIO Documentation Page 17 John Pappas DiskDude v1 10 v1 01 10th January 1999 Fixed a bug in the Pin property It always set the pin true never what it was told to set Fixed a bug in the LPTBasePort property where it always returned 378H Fixed a bug in LPTAutofd bool where it would always set the Au
19. tically handle the installation and operation of the DriverLINX Windows NT kernel mode driver Windows NT accounts with administrator privileges only see Section 3 1 and provides an intuitive interface to your program like using the Port array for reading and writing ports except ActiveX and DLL versions which require the use of functions not indexed arrays TDLPortIO Documentation Page 5 John Pappas DiskDude 2 3 What is TDLPortlO compatible with An attempt was made to make TDLPortIO compatible with the shareware Win95 NT Port IO package 7VicPort In addition to this some extensions and improvements were made on their design New features include e Burst read write of a PortRec like array to include a mixture of Word and DWords e Block read write of Word and DWord buffers TDLPortlO is limited to what the DriverLINX driver provides and hence cannot be 100 compatible with TVicPort as in the following example Hard Soft access is not available although the hardaccess property is present for code written for TVicPort it simply have no effect I assume DriverLINX uses the hard access by default which cannot be changed That is it does not ask the operating system politely before accessing a port to avoid collisions with some other driver program This is generally not a problem though and would execute faster since it isn t always requesting permission from the operating system The only other way TDLPortlO does
20. tion Page 16 John Pappas DiskDude 5 2 Version History v1 2 10th July 1999 Thanks to Peter Holm lt comtext3 post4 tele dk gt detection of the number of printer ports and their base addresses is now possible in the TDLPrinterPort component and DLL He managed to hack the Windows Registry and work out where the relevant information is stored for both Windows 95 98 and Windows NT The detection code in this package is based on his algorithm and code Note that I used the Windows API functions for all access to the registry since the registry wrapper object in Delphi 3 and C Builder 3 does not allow read only access to keys the Windows NT code does not work without it A few small modifications were also made to Peter s original algorithm code so it worked properly on all tested systems v1 13 3rd April 1999 I cannot afford a PO BOX any more TDLPortlO is now FreeWare All indexed properties in the ActiveX control when used would result in Access Violations To avoid this they have been converted into methods I don t know how to create ActiveX control indexed properties using C Builder If someone can help it would be appreciated The C code now looks a little cleaner and faster as some small functions in the TDLPrinterPortIO component have been put inline Fixed a bug in the installation program where it would report an error when the DriverLINX driver was already installed into the Windows NT Service Cont
21. to LF state of the printer to false not to what it was told to set it to Added a bit more better error checking correction in OpenDriver All inverted pins on the printer port are now inverted in software also for the Pin property only This means if you set any of the pins to true and it is an output pin it means the pin will be at 5V Setting a pin to false will lower the pin to OV This was done to further maintain compatibility with TVicPort Disabled Pin writes on pins 10 11 12 13 15 since these are the control line inputs and to again maintain compatibility with TVicPort Added a native Delphi version Added an ActiveX OCX version Added a DLL version Sth January 1999 Renamed the TVicHW32PortRec type to TPortRec Split the TDLPortlO class into two classes components a TDLPortlO b TDLPrinterPortlO derived from TDLPortIO This is more like how the components are arranged in the TVicPort package Again to make it more compatible I was going to modify the definition of the TPortRec to the Delphi compatible one from port_32 hpp from the TVicPort package which was converted by C Builder from a pascal version and is used in the C Builder version of TVicPort but I feel that the definition I ve given is more friendly to C programmers and uses less memory You no longer have to have the DriverLINX driver installed into Windows NT before you can use the wrapper It is installed and started automatically when you
22. to install the driver before it can be used by such accounts This can only be done in an administrator account due to Windows NT security To automate this process a small installation program is provided It was designed to be as quick as possible for people who have to do multiple installations on a variety of PCs on many network PCs perhaps It also fits on a 1 44 Mbyte disk for easy transportation from PC to PC P TDLPortiO DriverLINX driver install ell Welcome to the TDLPortlO install program This program will install the DriverLIN Port 1 0 Driver on your computer This program was designed for Windows NT system administrators who wish to install the DriverLIN driver onto many PCs quickly If you are installing to a Windows NT machine ensure you are logged on under an ADMINISTRATOR account otherwise Windows NT security will prevent the driver installation Click Install to copy the Drver INS DLL and Windows NT kemel mode driver to your computer This program is part of the TDLPortlO package written by John Pappas lt diskdude poboxes com gt Please visit http diskdude cjb net for the latest version of the package Cancel Figure 3 2 Automatic driver installation program Figure 3 2 shows the main screen in the automatic driver installation program It is located in the install directory of the package Simply run the program making sure dlportio dll and dlportio sys are in the same directory as t
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