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2. Raw dump File list etc will be unavailable 1 tnkomation No supported memory card detected a Figure 13b Alternative Info Depends on the type of the card FLASH or SRAM different card information will be shown For FLASH cards it s usually Name or Manufacturer of card Function Assigned drive letter List of memory windows List or regions with detailed information for each region like size offset etc For SRAM cards the information is similar except that the description of each region is less detailed It contains just region size and region offset For ATA cards the information of the socket is the same plus it shows specific ATA card information e g Serial number Firmware revision Model number Number of cylinders Number of heads Number of sectors per track Current capacity in sectors Etc ATAPI cards additionally show decoded ATAPI information if present Device type Removable media ATAPI version Vendor information Product ID Product revision level PC Card User Interfaces 61 APSoft Gathering Drive Information 62 PC Card User Interfaces If card inserted in the socket is formatted with one of the supported formats FFSII or FAT for example MC View will be able to show a drive information table for this card Ly komsion FesenCume 2 Fie ft Drive H Basic information File System PFS II Parton Spaces Tota number ot bytes Bae Mee8 7
3. APSoft 1PC Card Control for Window a Devices Options Info View Edit gt Menu Cards The Cards item on the menu bar lets you edit a PC Card definition delete or rename a g Delete card reconfigure an installed card and format a storage Spee Advise card Note that the Cards Fame 4 menu may vary depending on Setup card gt the installed cards Card Power down Slot Power Off gt Add card to PCMCIA database gt Open MCYiew Exit Editing a PC 1 From the main menu choose Cards Edit or double click the card Card Definition name 2 To edit the definition of an installed card select the socket that contains the card To edit the definition of an uninstalled card select Any Card 3 The Card Associations editing window opens shown below If the name of your installed card does not appear immediately in the Card box click the scroll arrow on the right side of the box to scroll through the list of cards in the CardWare database 4 Now you can associate one or more devices with the card 42 PC Card User Interfaces CardWare for Windows NT User s Guide REMEMBER CardWare for Windows NT User s Guide APSoft Card Megahertz J CC4288 m Devices Defined Associated Include gt gt Auto Config lt lt Remove New Device Edit Device Associated Application 2 Program Eee hereto NT Hypertrm exe Browse J Run Minimized a e
4. APSoft PCENABLE SYS Description Location of installed file The card enabler PCENABLE SYS detects PC Card insertion and removal and manages card configuration and resource allocation If your PC Card has its own enabling software you should probably use it instead of PCENABLE The generic I O enabler PCENABLE is responsible for the configuration of I O PC Cards e g network modem fax card The generic I O enabler provides typical full functionality e PC Card configuration using specific associations e PC Card configuration using generic associations e Plug and Play mode auto configuration This is NOT a utility program SystemRoot system32 drivers Data Storage Card Drivers CardWare for Windows NT User s Guide PCDISK and Memory Technology Drivers MTDs add complete PC Card Plug and Play functionality to your computer They work cooperatively with the operating environment to provide the full functionality of a data storage disk CardWare storage card features include the following Dynamic assignment of drive letter e Recognition of data storage cards using a unique detection algorithm ATA ATAPI SRAM and flash data storage card support e Plug in support for new flash cards Built in support for Flash Translation Layer FTL standard e Built in support for Flash File System II e Supports standard operating system utilities for file transfer format etc Erases whole card Comprehensive
5. CardWare for Windows NT User s Guide APSoft FTL Partition Support FFSII Support There are two limitations 1 For ATA ATAPI cards parameters must be a multiple of sector size Currently PCDISK uses a sector size of 512 bytes 2 Ifyou work with FTL partitions disable FTL support to avoid re mapping requests by the FTL driver PCDISK and PCFLASH SYS have built in FTL support FTL support lets you work with flash cards as if they were ordinary data storage disks using many functions from standard OS programs e g you can use FORMAT DIR SCANDISK etc Keep in mind this is only an emulation For this reason it makes no sense to run SCANDISK or Disk Defragmentator on such card To use built in FTL support first prepare the flash card to have an FTL partition If the flash card does not have an FTL partition create one with PCDISK EXE Example PCDISK TL 0 or PCDISK TL F Meaning Create FTL partition on the flash card in socket 0 or Drive F You can then use any formatting utility to format the card for any sector based file system e g FAT NTFS etc Note that you can use this option only for flash cards PCDISK starts the operating system format utility automatically in order to format the card Flash File System II FFS2 support allows you to read and write files on an FFS2 partition format flash cards in FFS2 format and check the FFS2 structure CardWare FFS2 support is fully compatible with the Micr
6. Load Control Resource Management PCDisk Options PCDRVM Options PCCard Database Autoconfiguration Setup User Level Auto Start MCView Advisor Options Disable Beeps Menu Info Menu View Memory Cards Viewer MCViCW eccecccceccseeseeeeeeseeecseeseeeeaecaeeeeseeateeesesaeeeeeesaeeasesaaeeseesaeeaseesateee MCView Main Window Gathering Card Information Gathering Drive Information Raw Dump File List Card Access CardWare Files cei cccccecdc hoo ieee tiecels a raba aa dap aise nets 65 Socket Services Card Services Service Card Services Driver PC Card Enabler Data Storage Card Drivers PCDISK Sci eacantane Raw Read Write Support FTL Partition Support FFSII Support MFE ia User Interface Files viii CardWare for Windows NT User s Guide AP Soft Helpful informati n a eaae a iaaa 79 Troubleshooting Frequently Asked Questions Legacy Devices Resource Assignment How to Manually Deinstall CardWare Glossary CardWare for Windows NT User s Guide ix APSoft This page is intentionally blank xX CardWare for Windows NT User s Guide APSoft Introduction Intention of this Manual CardWare for Windows NT User s Guide This manual provides an overview of CardWare for Windows NT It does not fully describe all functions of CardWare If you are looking for a complete description please consult the online help of the produ
7. Resources BE 2D MEGAHERTZ J2288 Device Type Serial PC Card Manufacturer MEGAHERTZ Device Map Not Available Device Status The device is working properly Ok Cancel Figure 14 PCMCIA Device Properties CardWare for Windows NT User s Guide AP Soft PCTray Left Single Click PCTray is a desktop utility that gives you easy access to the most frequently used card control functions The menus and commands available in PCTray vary depending on the type of PC Cards you are using The PCTray icon a small representation of a PC Card is in the system tray area of the Windows NT taskbar When your cursor rests on the PCTray icon for a few moments a message box pops up saying CardWare Control You can activate program functions by clicking the left or right mouse buttons Double clicking with the left mouse button opens PC Card Control If you click once with the left mouse button on Add card to PCMCIA database the PCTray icon a command menu opens Setup card similar to this Edit Reconfigure Advise Format Card Power down Slot Power Off vyvrYvrYYY SY This menu varies depending on the kind of PC Card s currently inserted For example If no PC Cards are inserted at all then no menu appears If you are using a storage card e g SRAM flash or ATA ATAPI the menu contains a format option Select the command you want to
8. APSoft This page is intentionally blank 10 CardWare Basics CardWare for Windows NT User s Guide C H A PT E ROD Types of PC Cards This chapter introduces common types of PC Cards Chapter 4 describes configuring your PC Cards with PC Card Control and PCTray and includes a discussion about assigning system resources for devices There are five common types of PC Cards 1 Fax modem cards 2 LAN cards 3 SCSI cards 4 ATA ATAPI data storage cards 5 Memory cards As described in Chapter 1 CardWare attempts to configure a PC Card whenever one is inserted To view the status of your cards start the PC Card 7 0 option from the CardWare group or double click the PCTray icon in the system tray see Figure 2 below A graphical representation opens showing the number of available sockets and the cards plugged into each Displayed below each occupied socket is text identifying the type of device detected such as a fax modem and the system resource associated with it such as COM3 Figure 2 PCTray Icon in System Tray CardWare for Windows NT User s Guide Types of PC Cards 11 APSoft Fax Modem Cards You can insert a modem card into the PC Card socket either before or after you turn on your system If you insert the modem card after system power on three beeps sound signifying that the card was successfully installed and is now active You can remove your modem card at any time as long it is not used by an applicat
9. Name CommandLine Type REG_SZ Data SC 0 10 SC 1 15 Page 4 contains a description of the fields in this table Example If your system is equipped with two controller chips and you want to use IRQ 10 for the first and IRQ 15 for the second controller use the following option switches SC 0 10 SC 1 15 Disabling the If your system has not enough IRQs available you can switch off the status Status Change change interrupt s CardWare then uses a polled mode installing a handler in the Timertick that checks regularly for changes of the socket status The status Interrupt change interrupt can only be switched off for all PC Card controller chips in your system Use the SC OFF parameter for Card Services PCCS to switch off the status change interrupt s Parameter SC off Key Name SYSTEM CurrentControlSet Services PCCS Options Name CommandLine Type REG_SZ Data SC off NOTE You can use the PCRM utility at the command prompt to display the currently used resources If no PC Card is inserted in your system the IRQs used reflect the status change interrupts CardWare for Windows NT User s Guide Installing CardWare 33 APSoft Uninstalling CardWare 34 Installing CardWare To remove CardWare from your system use the CardWare Uninstall program 1 2 Start Windows Select Uninstall from the CardWare group Follow the program prompts After the program is removed delete any remaining CardWare files and dire
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11. share lines X IRQ level share X DMA channel width share Print this help text Add length bytes of memory at base with share Add length bytes of I O at base with share and lines Add IRQ level with share Add DMA channel of specified type with share Exclude length bytes of memory at base with share Exclude length bytes of I O at base with share and lines Exclude IRQ level with share Exclude DMA channel of specified type with share Print Card Services resource table Print error codes during resource table modification Silent mode no output is performed e Valid Share types E Exclusive D Dynamic T Time Multiplexed e Valid DMA width B 8 bits W 16 bits A Both 8 amp 16 bits e T O ranges may be used exclusively or with Dynamic share e MEM ranges may be used exclusively or with Time Multiplexed share If Share omitted default value Exclusive is used e Default value of I O parameter Lines is 10 CardWare for Windows NT User s Guide Screen shot MCVIEW EXE Description Location of installed file CSDLL DLL Description Location of installed file CardWare for Windows NT User s Guide APSoft C Program Files APSoft CardWare gt PCRM V PCRM Windows NT Version 5 00 C Copyright 1992 2000 by APSoft All rights reserved Disassembly or decompilation prohibited This software is provided under a signed non disclosure agreement for evaluation purposes only It is intended for di
12. 9 bby Tote number of freee bytes 1087S 106 2 Kb Files occupy B206244 7 8 hy Fila contol sadures occupy 4782 4 6 Eb Directories occupy 13 338 Block allocedon sinactures occupy 2268 2 2 Eb Tote number af bytes occupied by oi taken 5535 6 9 Ko Figure 23 Drive Information In order to show drive information you should insert a card choose Information tab and in the left tree select a drive If card is not formatted with one of the supported formats then message Drive information is unavailable will be shown Independently of type of the card FLASH or SRAM drive information will be the same Drive geometry Number of cylinders Number of tracks per cylinder Number of sectors per track Number of bytes per sector Drive spaces Total number of bytes CardWare for Windows NT User s Guide Raw Dump File List CardWare for Windows NT User s Guide APSoft Total number of free bytes Files occupy for FFSII only File control structures occupy for FFSII only Directories occupy for FFSII only Block allocation structures occupy for FFSH only Space occupied by de allocated blocks Raw dump of card s memory is available whenever card is inserted into the PC Card socket A Information Raw Dump 2 File lst 6 T S SaD EGS 00000000 7C 8B F4 50 07 50 1F FB 00000010 BF 00 06 B9 00 0l FZ AS EA 1D 06 OO 00 BE BE 07 00000020 B3 04 80 3C 80 74 OE 80 3C 00 75 1C 83 C6 10 FE
13. ATAPI cards default autodetect whether supported by PC Card Display Identify Drive information for the card in the socket n Force media change in the socket n Reset socket n Assume Yes on all queries CardWare for Windows NT User s Guide TL n FS FileSys APSoft Create FTL partition on card n This parameter can be used only with flash memory cards Specifies the type of file system FAT NTFS or NONE default FAT FAT Normal DOS style FAT file system NTFS NT file system NONE No file system Note that for either FAT or NTFS then the format program FORMAT COM is invoked with the appropriate parameters to format the partition with the indicated file system This option can only be used together with the TL option on flash cards Support Read Write for storage cards that do not have any file system data DF filename RS n WS n CardWare for Windows NT User s Guide A n IL n Specifies data file to write to for RS or read from for WS when processing raw data transfer default extension is BIN Read raw data from the card in socket n Write raw data to the card in socket n The card address at which to transfer raw data in bytes default 0 The length amount of raw data to transfer in bytes default For RS card size For WS file size CardWare Files 71 APSoft Flash File System II FFS ID support FF n CH n CF n CC n D
14. a PC Card needs a DMA channel CardWare configures the card socket to route the card s DMA channel signals to an available DMA channel in the system Acronym for Integrated Drive Electronics Used to describe hard drives with an on board controller The interface to the controller is described in the ATA specification Installing a PC Card Generic GPS A process including these steps 5 Mapping memory ranges from the PC Card into the system memory space if required 6 Mapping I O ranges from the PC Card into the system I O space if required 7 Routing an interrupt from the PC Card to a system interrupt if required 8 Routing a DMA channel from the PC Card to a system DMA channel if required Common PC Cards that conforms to the PC Card specification containing information that identifies each card according to its function For such generic cards CardWare does not need to develop a specific individual definition Instead CardWare configures the card according to its generic type using pre defined devices appropriate to the card s function Generic card recognition greatly reduces the number of required card definitions and allows a class of cards to be handled in a standard manner with automatic configuration from the first insertion CardWare recognizes such common generic card types as ATA data storage fax modem SCSI and LAN Acronym for Global Positioning System GPS is a navigational system using sate
15. automatically disconnect network resources remote disks printers after removal of network card this can considerably reduce time to open such windows as My computer File open etc When network card is reinserted CardWare will try to restore connections Enables or disables repeated re enumeration of SCSI bus with claimed device If this option is enabled the additional selection of Rescan SCSI bus command from the menu of PCTRAY will detect the connection of an additional SCSI device if it has a unique SCSI ID However such re enumeration can influence the working SCSI devices The PC Card database is part of Microsoft s original PC Card support for Windows NT The database has two main functions The database record provides a connection between particular PC Card and Card driver The database record provides the possibility to override improper data in the Card Information Structure CIS if required PC Card User Interfaces 53 APSoft NOTE Autoconfiguration Setup User Level Auto Start MCView Advisor Options Disable Beeps 54 PC Card User Interfaces For compatibility reasons CardWare 7 0 fully supports the PC Card database In addition to CIS overrides defined by Microsoft CardWare provides several additional overrides allowing additional flexibility for support of cards with improperly designed CIS This dialog is for advanced users only and must be used with utmost care By defau
16. can choose from these options Open PC Card Control Open MCView Notifications Autoconfiguration setup PCDisk Options PCCard Database Advisor Options User Level Auto Start MCView Enable beeps Card Services Info Clientinfo Launches the PC Card Control utility same function as left double click Starts MCView See description of Memory Cards Viewer utility below Opens the CardWare Notifications window shown on page 49 Lets you configure the card auto setup feature Lets you configure the options for storage cards drive letter assignment write cache LBA mode Lets you enter information about the card into the Windows NT PCCard database This dialog lets you select options for CardWare Advisor For details see below This dialog lets you specify a user s skill level Every menu item in CardWare has associated user levels If this option is on then MCView will be started automatically on PCMCIA memory card insertion Lets you turn on off the card insertion removal beep tones Provides information about Card Services Provides a list of the currently loaded client PC Card User Interfaces 39 APSoft Left Double Click PC Card Control Card Configuration Basics Navigating in PC Card Control 40 PC Card User Interfaces drivers About PCTray Gives you information about CardWare control Disable PC Card Tray Turns off PCTray Icon PC Card Control for Windows NT descri
17. communicate with PC Cards in an orderly manner The API consists of both socket and card services and complies with the PC Card Standards This level of support requires third party software that can install and configure PC Cards Such software would then use the services of CardWare to manage the card s 2 CardWare can also install and configure PC Cards on your system so standard software not just PC Card specific software can access the card The CardWare PCENABLE module performs this generic installation of PC Cards Additionally CardWare allows you to format erase and eject card s as well as edit the contents directly in a HEX editor Read write cards formatted by Microsoft FFSII standard and easily copy files to from the card using standard Drag n Drop or Copy Paste operations etc CardWare works in the background so applications can use your PC Cards In spite of the well documented PC Card Standard not all PC Cards are 100 compatible CardWare attempts to recognize and configure as many PC Cards as possible Even when it does not fully recognize a card CardWare still CardWare Basics 1 APSoft Key Concepts Terminology 2 CardWare Basics attempts to configure it CardWare also gives you every opportunity to fine tune its ability to recognize a given card CardWare offers a special capability individual configuration of PC Cards Three CardWare programs PC Card Control PCTray and MCView let you spec
18. cut copy paste support Eject card Raw access operations Read Write raw data HEX Editor Erase card Go to Find data Refer to MCView help file for obtain more detailed information CardWare for Windows NT User s Guide Socket Services NOTE SSPCIC SYS Description Location of installed file SSTCIC SYS Description Location of installed file CardWare for Windows NT User s Guide C HAPTER CardWare Files CardWare consists of a set of programs each with a specific function Most are drivers that are loaded as operating system extensions A Socket Services driver SSxxxx SYS supports the PC Card host controller in your computer CardWare requires only two drivers described below to support a wide range of controllers The APSoft Socket Services drivers have proprietary hot docking support They provide the full functionality described in the PC Card Standards with no limitations or restrictions CardWare supports hot docking only if the mobile system where CardWare is loaded has a Plug and Play BIOS that supports hot docking and the Card Services driver load before the Socket Services driver The CardWare installation program SETUP automatically modifies your system registry to load drivers in the correct order to support hot docking Socket Services driver for the Intel family SSPCIC is implemented as a HAL extension and provides a hardware abstraction layer between Card Services and the PC Card s
19. hard drive Network Adapter Parallel Port Serial Port and Other See also PC Card PC Cards that complies with industrial standards contains the card information structure Card Information Structure that consists of information about the card its purpose and the resources it needs The CIS is a memory area inside certain PC Cards This memory area is divided into Tuples fields of data that allow the system and application programs to know what are required to properly use that PC Card See also Tuple The act of programming a socket and PC Card for use in a system When a PC Card is inserted CardWare uses a card definition to recognize the card Once a card is recognized associated devices are used to determine the system resource required and how the card is configured See also PC Card In CardWare A named collection of system resources that a PC Card uses when it is configured by CardWare More generally A peripheral or subsystem in a computer system Examples are hard drives serial ports and network adapters See also Device type The card type the device is intended to support Card definitions may only be associated with devices of the same type Different device types use different combinations of system resources See also Associated Helpful Information 85 APSoft 86 Helpful Information DMA IDE DMA channels are used for highspeed transfer of data Typically these are used by audio PC Cards If
20. information Raw access to card memory Edit card contents directly with HEX editor Read Write cards formatted by Microsoft FFSII Easy copy files to from card using standard Drag n Drop or Copy Paste operations Re assign drive letters Format card Erase card Eject card if your adapter supports this operation MCView Main MCView main window consists of two panes left and right Window CardWare Memory Cards Viewer Version 7 00 File access Raw access Edit View Tools Help B B 2 CardWare for Windows NT User s Guide Hyundai Electronic H 6 Drive l Socket1 alH S5 E 4 Information E Raw Dump Socket 0 Card Hyundai Electronics Co Ltd 2MB FLASH CARD HYCFLO02 Function Memory card Write protected No Battery Good Device Drive letter s I Memory Window 1 Base 010200000h End 0103FFFFFh Length 200000 2 Mb FLASH Card Information Number ofregions 1 Region 0 Figure 21 MCView Main Window PC Card User Interfaces 59 APSoft Gathering Card Information The left pane represents explorer style devices folders tree All available PC Card sockets reside on upper level If any memory card is inserted into the socket its name will be shown on the same level with the socket The next level represents a drive assigned to the card If the card is formatted for any supported file system like FFSI or FAT and if it contains any directories structure the tree of dir
21. installed and is now active If the driver for the particular card is already installed CardWare starts the driver otherwise CardWare gives you the options of installing the driver To remove your SCSI card while your system is running power off the slot first Use Slot Power Off from the PCTray menu to power off the slot and allow CardWare to unload the driver for the card a TT Due to limitations of Windows NT it is recommended to insert a SCSI card before boot to ensure all necessary device drivers are loaded Types of PC Cards 13 APSoft NOTE If you have CardWare configure your SCSI PC Card the resulting card configuration emulates conventional ISA bus or PCI bus SCSI cards and you can use standard operating system card drivers Generic SCSI cards are not named in the Card list when you choose the Cards Edit command in PC Card Control To change the configuration for a generic SCSI card edit the associations for the Generic SCSI card ATA Flashdisk and Harddisk Cards 14 Types of PC Cards You can insert an ATA ATAPI flashdisk or harddisk card into the PC Card socket either before or after turning on your system If you insert the ATA card after system power on three beeps sound signifying that the card was successfully installed and is now active You can remove your ATA ATAPI card at any time as long it is not currently accessed e g copying files from to the card but power off the slot first U
22. installed file Files APSoft CardWare MCVIEW CHM Description CardWare Memory Cards Viewer Help file Location of CardWare Install directory default C Program installed file Files APSoft CardWare 78 CardWare Files CardWare for Windows NT User s Guide Troubleshooting A P P E N D I X Helpful Information Occasionally problems occur with new software because of incompatibilities with your system s BIOS Older BIOS versions with limited PC Card support may interfere with CardWare In many cases updating your BIOS to the latest release can reduce the potential for problems Many portable computers have the BIOS in flash memory which can be easily updated Mouse driver interference Erratic movement of the mouse or interferes with PC Card activity is usually caused by assigning the card to the COM port corresponding to the COM port of the mouse e g COM1 and COM3 or COM2 and COM4 PC Card Control does not notify you of low or dead battery Be sure the low or dead battery beep warning is enabled in PC Card Control s Options Event menu Also be sure your speaker is turned on No audio notifications Remove the card from the socket and make a visual inspection of the card and socket rails to insure that there is nothing that could obstruct a connection If there is an obstruction remove it and reinsert card FIRMLY Also make sure your speaker is not turned off Erratic or unstable performance with a deskto
23. on line help and information e Raw data transfer read write of unformatted data from storage card CardWare Files 67 APSoft PCDISK Raw Read Write 68 CardWare Files Support The table below shows currently available data storage cards and their associated drivers me Harddisk ATA ATAPI PCATA SYS Flashdisk SRAM KOM POSRAMSYS Flash memory PCFLASH SYS FDD controller Floppy disk PCFDS SYS CardWare for Windows NT includes two PCDISK files PCDISK SYS A generic data storage card driver that together with memory technology drivers MTDs supports data storage PC Cards Its services include formatting and partitioning as well as mediating simple reads and writes e PCDISK EXE A command line utility that is the interface between the user and the functionality of PCDISK SYS It gives users information about the cards and lets them change the settings of PCDISK SYS and initiate operations erase format copy etc The following examples show how to copy binary data to from a memory card They are especially useful when working with a card that has no file system Example PCDISK DF TEST RS 0 A 0x200 L 0x 1000 Meaning Copy 0x1000 bytes from the memory card in socket 0 beginning at card offset 0x200 to the file TEST BIN If this file already exists you are asked if you want to overwrite it Example PCDISK DF C DATA DATA DST WS 1 Meaning Copy contents of file C DATA DATA DST to card in socket 1
24. sec 2 Cancel Help Selecting Sound File associates a WAV file with each event You may also find it convenient to turn the PC Card Enable beeps off see below Use this dialog box to configure when and how the selected program is started You can change device s startup type Boot starts the device when the computer starts e System starts the device after Boot devices when the system starts Automatic starts the device automatically after Boot and System devices when the system starts PC Card User Interfaces 49 APSoft Manual allows the device to be started by a user or a dependent device Disabled prevents the device from being started by a user although it can be started by the system NOTE Applications can be started only manual or automatic Some programs can only be loaded in the definite order Changing the startup type of a Boot or System device can destabilize the system 50 PC Card User Interfaces CardWare for Windows NT User s Guide APSoft Resource Resource Management lets you review and customize the resource allocations Management in your computer You can review all resources reported in use by system g devices including PC Cards and mark resources as in use Note that the resources reported in use by non PCMCIA devices and non user defined can NOT be edited because they are reported directly to the operating system CardwWare Resource Mana
25. the download area of APSoft WEB site click on the floppy icon to start the download If you are using Microsoft R Internet Explorer the File Download window will open Click on Save to store the file onto your hard disk If you want to update an existing CardWare version you will need to uninstall the existing version now After download please run this executable file When the splash screen appears choose Install CardWare The installer will automatically unpack the self executable file to your temporarily sub directory and will start the CardWare Setup automatically Installing CardWare 19 APSoft Evaluation and Registration The Serial 20 Installing CardWare Number If you are using CardWare for product evaluation please note You are licensed to use CardWare free of charge during a 14 day period for evaluation purposes only e Any use of the CardWare evaluation software other than evaluation represents a breach of this license and may result in legal prosecution Unless you enter the valid serial number at the end of the CardWare installation the software will function for 14 days in evaluation mode If you are satisfied with the result of your evaluation please contact mailto sales tssc de to purchase the serial number Once entered the serial number will transform the evaluation version of CardWare into the full retail version 2 Purchase CardWare on CD ROM After inserting the CardWare CD RO
26. AP So EJ PLP Coed ee CardWare for Windows NT R 7 00 FPC Card Control for Windows NT olx Cards Devices Options Info View Help SSK Memo lomo EE A B goed ew aaa aia aa SO Sa For Help press F1 Ui User s Guide APSoft Copyright Notice and Disclaimer Unless otherwise noted this document and the information herein disclosed are proprietary to APSoft Any person or entity to whom this document is furnished or who otherwise has possession thereof by acceptance agrees that it will not be copied or reproduced in whole or in part nor used in any manner except to meet the purposes for which it was delivered The information in this document is subject to change without notice and should not be considered as a commitment by APSoft Although APSoft will make every effort to inform users of substantive errors APSoft disclaims all liability for any loss or damage resulting from the use of this document or any hardware or software described herein including without limitation contingent special or incidental liability Copyright 2003 APSoft All rights reserved Issue date 21 11 03 CardWare 7 00 for Windows NT CardWare and the APSoft logo are registered trademarks of APSoft All other products and brand names are trademarks and registered trademarks of their respective companies APSoft Tel 49 0 89 900 479 0 Sonnenstrasse 26b Fax 49 0 89 900 479 11 85622 Feldkirchen In
27. D n CD path Notes 72 CardWare Files Format card in socket drive n with FFS II Note You can use the socket number zero based or the drive letter to identify the card Check directory and file structure for the card in socket drive n Note You can use the socket number zero based or the drive letter to identify the card Copy all contents of card in socket drive n with directory to the target directory specified by CD Note You can use the socket number zero based or the drive letter to identify the card Copy all content of the source directory specified by CD with directory structure to the card in socket drive n Note You can use the socket number zero based or the drive letter to identify the card Print directory list for the card in socket drive n The directory can be specified by CD option Note You can use the socket number zero based or the drive letter to identify the card Specifies the path e If CF the target directory to copy to e If CC the source directory to copy from e If DD the path on the card with the FFS II partition 1 To increase speed Windows NT uses Write Delay Cache Unfortunately Windows NT doesn t disable Write Cache for removable media This can result in lost data if the media is removed before Windows NT flushes the cache To prevent this situation PCDISK disables Write Cache for PCDISK
28. EXI v PCENABLE SYS v PCATA SYS PCSRAM SYS v PCFLASH SYS Figure 8 CardWare Setup Clients Selection Select the components you want to install You need not install drivers for storage card types you do not plan to use e CWSERV EXE CardWare Service manages mode transitions 28 Installing CardWare CardWare for Windows NT User s Guide APSoft e DOSCARD EXE Console application utility for viewing PC Card configuration from the command line shell e PCENABLE SYS Generic I O Card Enabler recognizes I O cards when they are inserted e PCATA SYS ATA ATAPI card media technology driver MTD driver for ATA ATAPI memory cards e PCSRAM SYS SRAM card MTD driver for SRAM memory cards e PCFLASH SYS Flash card MTD driver for flash memory cards e PCFDS SYS Floppy Disk MTD driver for floppy drive PC cards e PCDISK SYS Generic storage card enabler storage card handler requires driver for each card type listed above e PCDRVM SYS Virtual drive manager manages drive letter creation and SCSI bus enumeration e PCCARD EXE PC Card Control utility for configuring PC Cards in Windows e PCTRAY EXE System tray application gives you easy access to the most frequently used card control functions e MCVIEW EXE Memory Cards Viewer MC View is a utility for quick and easy access to several memory card operations e CARDWARE CHM Online Help PC Card Control and PCTra
29. M into your computer the AUTORUN program will start automatically Please choose Install CardWare and the CardWare setup will automatically start In the case the AUTORUN program will not start on your computer please go to the directory on your CardWare CD ROM and run SETUP EXE The CardWare serial number is located on the inside of your CardWare package You are licensed to use CardWare free of charge during a 14 day period for evaluation purposes only Any use of the CardWare evaluation software other than evaluation represents a breach of this license and may result in legal prosecution APSoft issues the serial number when you purchase CardWare Once entered it will transform the evaluation version of CardWare into a full retail version The serial number is valid for free updates during a period of one year Any update of CardWare released by APSoft during this time can be installed using the same serial number After the annual expiry date the serial number will still be able to use your copy of CardWare without time limitation but you will not be able to upgrade any longer free of charge If you want to continue to receive free updates of CardWare you will need to purchase an upgrade You will receive a remainder two weeks before the serial number expires For details on our upgrade policy and price please check our WEB site http www tssc de web policies htm CardWare for Windows NT User s Guide APSoft What Happen
30. PC Tray to change the way CardWare tries to configure the card If a card has enough information in the CIS to be recognizable each time it is inserted it is possible by carefully using PC Card Control or PCTray see Chapter PC Card User Interfaces to configure the card properly This process enters the card into the CardWare internal database and makes it a specific card You can also tell CardWare not to configure the card at all in case the card comes with its own software This procedure is described in Chapter 4 and in CardWare online help Not Recognizable Some PC Cards which are not truly compliant with the PC Card Standard cannot be recognized because there is not enough information on the card to act CardWare Basics 5 APSoft CardWare Features 6 CardWare Basics as a unique identifier Also in some hardware configurations recognition fails Usually this situation is also related to noncompliant cards For the latest information see the README file on CardWare Disk or open it from the CardWare group in the Start menu CardWare 7 0 for Windows NT supports any PC Card supported by the Microsoft Windows NT operating system any PC Card that may work in Windows NT using a driver supplied by the card manufacturer and all other PC Cards supported by CardWare for DOS Windows 3 x It even supports many PC Cards with an incomplete damaged or missing CIS In addition to the default Microsoft Windows NT PC Card soluti
31. Uninstall tab click Install 3 Follow the prompt to insert the CardWare installation medium in the drive 4 Click Next then confirm or edit the command line for the CardWare installation program Click Finish this button title is misleading you are finished with the Windows installation utility but just starting CardWare installation 22 Installing CardWare CardWare for Windows NT User s Guide APSoft 5 Wait while the setup program loads This screen appears Figure 3 CardWare Setup Welcome CardWare for Windows NT User s Guide Installing CardWare 23 APSoft 6 Click Next read the following informational screens and click Next until you see this screen CardwWare Setup Figure 4 CardWare Setup Destination Directory 7 Confirm the destination directory for CardWare or select a different one Then click Next Installation Choices The next screen asks for the name or model of your computer platform and the type of setup you want to run 24 Installing CardWare CardWare for Windows NT User s Guide APSoft CardWare 7 0 Lx You can choose which CardWare options to install You can create a custom CardWare installation and add more options later by running Setup again Select Express Setup for a default installation or select Custor Setup if you would like to see and modify the setup options Please select your platform from the combo box below or select the appropriate adapter f
32. V pronounced wave file is a file of digitized sound like on a CD Because the extension of the file name the three characters following the period in the file name is WAV e g SOUNDS WAV these segments of sound have become known as WAV files CardWare for Windows NT User s Guide Helpful Information 89 CUSTOMER LICENSE AGREEMENT APSoft thanks you for selecting one of their products for your computer This is the APSoft Customer License Agreement which describes APSoft s license terms After reading this license agreement please complete and submit either the electronic or printed Registration Card PLEASE READ THIS NOTICE CAREFULLY DO NOT USE THE SOFTWARE UNTIL YOU HAVE READ THE LICENSE AGREEMENT BY CHOOSING TO USE THIS SOFTWARE YOU HAVE AGREED TO BE BOUND BY THIS STANDARD AGREEMENT IF YOU DO NOT ACCEPT THE TERMS OF THIS LICENSE YOU MUST REMOVE ALL OF THE SOFTWARE FROM YOUR COMPUTER AND DESTROY ANY COPIES OF THE SOFTWARE OR RETURN THE PACKAGE UNUSED TO THE PARTY FROM WHOM YOU RECEIVED IT Grant of License APSoft grants to you and you accept a license to use the programs and related materials Software delivered with this License Agreement This Software is a single licensed version for use on one computer at a time It is not to be used in a factory production or repair environment and neither can its components be separated The software is not to be installed on or accessed through a network The software should not
33. Windows NT User s Guide This section lists the devices associated with each type of PC Card and their default resource requirements A fax modem card is a type of serial I O peripheral Associations COM A COM B COM C COM D TO range 3F8h 2F8h 3E8h 2E8H Length bytes 8 Memory range None IRQ None Any 2 15 Defaults COM A 3F8h 8 bytes memory range None IRQ Any COM B 2E8h 8 bytes memory range None IRQ Any COM C 3E8H 8 bytes memory range None IRQ Any COM D 2E8h 8 bytes memory range None IRQ Any Network cards are commonly referred to as LAN1 LAN2 etc However because of the variety of network topographies protocols and architectures a wider range of resources is available for this type of card TO range None Any 100h 3E0h Length bytes 8 16 32 64 Memory range None Any C800h ECOOh Length KB None 4 8 16 32 64 IRQ None Any 2 15 Defaults LANI 300h 32 Bytes memory range None IRQ 5 Types of PC Cards 17 APSoft LAN2 300h 32 Bytes DOOOh 16 Kbytes IRQ 5 IBM 3270 2D0h 16 Bytes CEOOh 8 Kbytes IRQ 9 ATA Flashdisk The standards defining this type of PC Card are an extension to the standards and Harddisk for conventional fixed disk drives As such the principal requirement for Cards configuring such a device is to allocate it a drive letter TO range Any Length bytes 16 Memory range None IRQ None Defaults The above are the defaults and cannot be changed Memo
34. ae Clear cme tee Figure 16 PC Card Associations To create a new device for the card select New Device below the Defined box The section Devices on page 45 explains how to define a new device Move each device from the Defined to the Associated box and vice versa by simply double clicking on the device name or by selecting a device name and clicking Include or Remove When associating devices with a PC Card keep the following in mind When selecting a device for use by an installed card CardWare proceeds in the order the devices appear in the Associated box The system resources in the currently employed device must be available a They must be physically present in the system b They must not be currently employed by another device c They must match any requirement the card may have If your card comes with its own configuration software select Do Not Config Then the card s software can correctly control the card PC Card User Interfaces 43 APSoft Reconfigure Format 44 PC Card User Interfaces You can associate an application with this card if you want one to start whenever you insert the card For example you might associate fax data communication software with a fax modem card Please select an application to launch Look jn o Windows NT lee Accessories Windows Messaging fel hypertin exe File na
35. amily if your platform is not listed Platform Express Setup recommended Custom Setup lt Back Cancel Figure 5 Platform and Setup Type Selections Platform The platform is your computer or type of PC Card reader To change the platform scroll through the Platform selection window It lists computers and or card readers that this version of CardWare supports If your platform is not in the list of platforms select the generic Platform with PCIC compatible controller Only a few systems contain a TCIC compatible controller In this case select Platform with TCIC compatible controller Setup Type Choose between two Setup types 1 Express Setup 2 Custom Setup Express Setup Express Setup places all CardWare features on the default drive C and directory Program Files CWNT If you select Express Setup the program begins to copy files to the destination directory Skip to Finishing the Installation at the end of this chapter STOP HERE If you selected Express Setup be sure all your parameters are satisfactory before you click Next and begin the file installation process CardWare for Windows NT User s Guide Installing CardWare 25 APSoft Custom Setup Custom Setup lets you select the following e a Se Custom Setup Options Hardware 26 Installing CardWare Profile Creation of a new hardware profile The type of PC Card controller in your system CardWare modules to install Loa
36. and FLASH cards without FTL format raw dump is actually the physical dump of card s memory For FLASH cards with FTL format the raw dump can be physical and logical Logical dump represents card contents over the FTL marks and does not include FTL specific data You will see a card like formatted floppy disk Physical dump will show the actual physical dump of the card s memory as with SRAM cards or FLASH cards without FTL To switch between raw dump modes you should choose menu Tools Options select Read Write pane and press Enable FTL support button To enable FTL support for read write raw operations button should be in pressed state checked File list information sub pane becomes available when inserted card is formatted with one of supported file system formats like FAT or FFSIL PC Card User Interfaces 63 APSoft Card Access 64 PC Card User Interfaces Information can be viewed in three different formats Icons e List Details Using this pane you can walk through directories structure on the card to see its contents MCView supports two types of operations named File access and Raw access File access operations provide access to a card on drive file system level Raw access operations provide access to a card on physical binary level File access operations Open New Rename Delete Properties Assign drive letter Force media change Format card Full drag n drop and
37. anged O O rT None Any Edit Flags ra of g Figure 18 Defining a Device 46 PC Card User Interfaces CardWare for Windows NT User s Guide CardWare for Windows NT User s Guide APSoft System Resources Every device needs at least one of the following system resources Memory address space Interrupt ReQuest IRQ levels VO address space DMA channels This manual assumes that the instructions for the system resource requirements of the PC Card are defined in the respective user manual It s especially important to know the resource requirements of any card that is not generic and or does not completely conform to PC Card Standards To understand the resource requirements of various PC Card types you may find it helpful to review the section PC Card Resource Requirements in Chapter 2 As you enter data in the Device Settings window the values are constantly evaluated for correctness If you enter a value that is not valid the OK box is grayed out as a signal that you need to correct the value For example the Memory Range fields need to receive Base values in hexadecimal format using the top 24 bits of a flat 32 bit system address such as D4000h not D400h note the additional zero I O Ranges To define an I O range select one of the three buttons None Any Edit If the device definition does not require I O ranges select None for both ranges Select Any if the device can use any
38. are vital to understanding how CardWare works e CIS PC Cards that comply with industry standards contain a card information structure CIS that consists of information about the card its purpose and the resources it needs e Registered CardWare can identify an inserted card using information registered in an internal database e System resources To operate CardWare must be assigned system resources comprising these Memory address space CardWare for Windows NT User s Guide NOTE CardWare for Windows NT User s Guide APSoft Interrupt ReQuest IRQ levels e T O address space DMA channels When a card is inserted CardWare cooperates with the Windows NT operating system in locating and allocating system resources to the card Device The term assigned to a collection of system resources that the PC Card uses once it is configured Associated devices An ordered preference list of devices that CardWare uses to configure a PC Card from the available system resources Installing a PC Card A process including these steps 1 Mapping memory ranges from the PC Card into the system memory space if required 2 Mapping I O ranges from the PC Card into the system I O space if required 3 Routing an interrupt from the PC Card to a system interrupt if required 4 Routing a DMA channel from the PC Card to a system DMA channel if required Where to find information This manual contains basic informa
39. available system address To define a specific memory range select Edit Specify I O address ranges as a base and a length Enter the base as a hexadecimal number and the length as a count of bytes or addresses typically as a multiple of eight For example to define an I O range of 16 bytes or addresses at system I O address 310h enter a base of 31 Oh or 0x310 and a length of 1 6 Memory Ranges As with the I O ranges select None Any or Edit for each range PC Card User Interfaces 47 APSoft 48 PC Card User Interfaces If the device definition does not require memory ranges select None for all ranges Select Any if the device can use any available system address To define a specific memory range select Edit and then enter an address for the memory range Specify memory address ranges as a base and length Enter the base in hexadecimal format as the top 24 bits of the system address and the length typically as a multiple of 4 kilobytes 4Kbyte For example to define a memory range of 8 kilobytes at system memory address D8000000 enter a base of D8000h or 0xD8000 and a length of 8K IRQ and DMA Again select None Any or Edit for each range If the device and its driver can use any IRQ set the IRQ field to Any If a device does not require an IRQ set it to None If the device and its driver require a specific IRQ select Edit and then select a specific IRQ number from the drop down list of IRQs If the de
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41. bed in the following section opens PC Card Control presents a graphical representation of the PC Card socket s and the PC Card s you have inserted PC Card Control lets you edit PC Card definitions define their associated devices reconfigure installed cards and control the way CardWare runs In most cases you need not run PC Card Control CardWare reads the CIS from an inserted card and automatically configures it You hear three beeps signifying that the card is configured and ready for use However in cases where there are conflicts of resources or when you want to change a card definition you can use PC Card Control Before you attempt to use PC Card Control you should understand these basic concepts of card configuration e Editing PC Cards When you edit a PC Card definition you change the set of attributes that comprise the definition Each defined PC Card has a name and its name is recorded in the CardWare database One of the attributes in a PC Card definition is its associated device s Defining devices When you define a device you are collecting and naming a unique set of system resources Each defined PC Card must have one or more associated devices A PC Card can have multiple associated devices but may actively employ only one device at a time e Reconfiguring a PC Card When you configure or reconfigure a card CardWare assigns to your existing installed PC Card the current set of attributes in its defin
42. cards as they are released For a card to comply with PC Card Standards it must have a Card Information Structure CIS Since our software uses the CIS information to configure the card any card that is compliant with PC Card Standards is automatically recognized and supported by our software In addition APSoft has established a Card Review Program designed to promote the review and testing of card manufacturers CIS with CardWare How do you update the system registry What is the information format so that I end user can modify or troubleshoot it When a card is configured specifically for the first time CardWare stores this configuration information in the system registry You can edit the registry with the registry editor REGEDIT APSoft recommends that only service personnel personnel or advanced users attempt to edit the system registry CardWare for Windows NT User s Guide APSoft Legacy Devices Resource Assignment The industry standard PC AT bus uses a scheme of permanent device resource assignments shown below Interrupt and printer adapter only LPT1 LPT2 378 37F LPT2 LPTS 278 278 3C0 3CF 3D0 CDF 1F0 1F7 3F6 3F7 SCSI HDD 270 277 Floppy drive 3F2 3F4 3F5 3F7 PS 2 mouse eee o o CardWare for Windows NT User s Guide Helpful Information 81 APSoft How to Manually Deinstall CardWare 82 Helpful Information WE STRONGLY DO NOT RECOMMEND MANUAL DE INSTALLATION CardWare can be install
43. ch as modems network adapters or GPS receivers Some cards are actually interfaces through which your system can access even more devices PC Card Control PCMCIA Recognized PC Card Control is the program for configuring your PC Cards To run PC Card Control click on the Icon in the CardWare group or left double click on tray icon Personal Computer Memory Card International Association has created and documented a series of specifications to allow you to plug in and use almost any compliant PC Card To CardWare recognized means that a PC Card is identified when it is inserted A PC Card must be recognized before it can be configured using an associated device See also Associated CardWare for Windows NT User s Guide APSoft Registered CardWare can identify an inserted card using information registered in an internal database Socket The 68 pin slot into which the PC Card is inserted to make physical and electrical connection to the PC Card adapter See also Adapter System Resources A system interacts with its world through four resources Memory Interrupts e VO ports DMA channels Devices describe the set of resources used by a PC Card once it is configured See also T O Interrupts Memory Tuple Tuples are special fields in the internal memory of certain PC Cards PCMCIA compliant tuples describe the configurable characteristics of Memory Only and VO Cards See also CIS WAV Files A WA
44. ct by selecting CardWare Help or MCView Help from the CardWare Group in the start menu or by pressing F1 while PC Card Control or MC View is running Introduction xi APSoft This page is intentionally blank xii Introduction CardWare for Windows NT User s Guide CardWare for Windows NT User s Guide APSoft Quick Install In most cases this quick install is all you need to know about CardWare Once installed CardWare automatically configures your system to recognize almost all PC Cards with no intervention needed on your part If you have special installation requirements see Chapter Installing Card Ware for a detailed description of the process 1 Remove all PC Cards from your system 2 Start Windows NT Depending on the source of CardWare CD ROM or downloaded self extracting file from the APSoft WEB site http www tssc de CD ROM installation a Insert the CardWare CD ROM into your computer and the AUTORUN program will start b Please choose Install CardWare and the CardWare setup will automatically start Installation from the WEB a In the download products area of APSoft s WEB click on the floppy icon to start the download If you are using Microsoft R Internet Explorer the File Download window will open Click on Save to store the file onto your harddisk After download please run this executable file b When the splash screen appears choose Install CardWare The installer w
45. ctories CardWare for Windows NT User s Guide Windows NT CardWare for Windows NT User s Guide C H A PT ER G PC Card User Interfaces CardWare under Window NT gives you a choice of interfaces for PC Card configuration The native Window NT interface in the Control Panel PCTray a Windows NT desktop utility PC Card Control for full control of PC Card configuration Memory Cards Viewer MCView a utility for quick and easy access to several memory card operations This chapter describes the interfaces The Windows NT PC Card utility is available through the Control Panel B Coia Pran a Sg Deke Tires Geros D aply 2 Fiii Dusk Ties 3 Reger ong 5 Erabi POCA rocket and changes PC Card POM OA minge Figure 12 Control Panel PC Card User Interfaces 35 APSoft 36 PC Card User Interfaces When you click the PCMCIA icon a screen similar to this opens PC Card PCMCIA Devices e Socket Status Controller PC cards and sockets are listed below MEGAHERTZ XJ 2288 Socket 0 NOTE Turn off your computer before removing or inserting PC cards Figure 13 PCMCIA Devices You can view the configuration of your PC Cards and the system PC Card controller Through the Properties button you can view the configuration in greater detail as shown below and in some cases make some configuration changes MEGAHERTZ J2288 Properties Cardinfa Driver
46. ding sequence Folder location Confirm the name of the new hardware profile for CardWare or select a different one Depending on your revision level this screen may not appear CardWare Setup x Setup will create a new hardware profile for the CardWare drivers Use this profile for work with CardWare drivers You can use other profiles for working with standard PCMCIA driver Enter name of new hardware profile Cardware profile M Set new hardware profile as default recommended pee Figure 6 CardWare Setup Profile To ensure that the indicated profile is the default profile make sure that Set new hardware profile as default recommended is checked If this box is left unchecked then the installation does not change the default profile CardWare for Windows NT User s Guide AP Soft Installation Select Components x Options Selectthe components you wantto install clear the components you do not want to install Components Card Services Socket Services 7808 k Description Space Required 8560 K Space Available 15104K lt Back Next gt Cancel Figure 7 CardWare Setup Options Selection Now select the CardWare components you want to install Unless you are installing CardWare for a nonstandard application we recommend that you leave all fields checked default installation Note that a grayed checkmark indicates that only some of the available fi
47. drives by default But if you want to increase writing speed and if you are absolutely sure what you are doing you can enable Write Cache Example Disable Write Cache PCDISK WC off Enable Write Cache PCDISK WC on 2 Any numeric value could be entered as decimal default form or hexadecimal with Ox prefix number CardWare for Windows NT User s Guide PCDISK SYS Description Location of installed file MTDs PCSRAM SYS Description Location of installed file PCFLASH SYS Description Location of installed file PCFDS SYS Description Location of installed file CardWare for Windows NT User s Guide APSoft The memory card client driver PCDISK is responsible for disk like formatted storage card support From the point of view of Windows NT this is a low level device driver This driver supports all file systems supported by Windows NT as well as installable file systems e g flash filing systems The storage card client driver uses media technology drivers MTDs for physical access to the PC Card This is NOT a utility program SystemRoot system32 drivers PCSRAM SYS is the MTD for SRAM PC Cards It must be used together with PCDISK APSoft MTDs fully support the PC Card Standard MTD specification as well as an extended proprietary interface This is NOT a utility program SystemRoot system32 drivers PCFLASH SYS is the MTD for flash PC Cards It must be used together with PCDISK APS
48. ds Manual Instead of loading a file during one of the above boot stages you may CardWare for Windows NT User s Guide STOP HERE Program Folder CardWare for Windows NT User s Guide Command line Enter command line switches as desired for each file See Chapter CardWare Files for the descriptions of command line switches for CardWare EXE and SYS files APSoft permit the user to load the file via the control panel devices applet or net start command Click the All manual button to choose manual loading User cannot load the file Click the All disable button to disable loading Use the Back button to check that all your parameters are satisfactory before you click Next Depending on the options selected you may have one more screen below or the file installation process may begin immediately Select Program Folder x Setup will add program icons to the Program Folder listed below You may type a new folder name or select one from the Existing Folders list Click Next to continue Program Folder Existing Folders Administrative Tools Common Startup lt Back Next gt Cancel Figure 10 CardWare Setup Group Selection Confirm or edit the name of the program folder here If you did not check Create CardWare Group in the Installation Options screen page 27 this screen does not appear Installing CardWare 31 APSoft Finishing the Installation Setup completed succ
49. ectories will be shown under the drive item The right pane is used to show card information card s memory raw dump files stored on the card etc In order to choose one of the information sub panes you just have to click on the corresponding tab at the top of right pane In order to gather any card information you first should insert memory card to one of the available PC Card sockets wait until the end of card installation process and then open the MCView window MCView supports Windows PnP notifications and will detect inserted card automatically without additional user 60 PC Card User Interfaces intervention A Indoenastion 2 Fise thump Card intel Zman FlashFile Furiciaa amore cand Ciminos Dre ters G Bieron singdira 1 Base weigh End fF CIUFFFFFR Length DWDD iz MERA FLASH Card Information Sumber of regia Region 0 Region sra SM0005 2 ME vies Pagon offset X Bundan sins 20W00 2 MHE Walk ona STOO Us 2 Eb tics Erisa Block sire 2000h 128 KE JEDEC O AZN9h nial Siraan 5 FlashFile Erase algonthen Intel Sones 2 2 Raad aoenenand FFh Werte vinp Equal toer Raad wpa Equal te vcr File Syveheri FFS 0 Pertaion 7 Figure 22a Card Information CardWare for Windows NT User s Guide CardWare for Windows NT User s Guide APSoft If there is no card inserted to one of the supported PC Card sockets MCView will show No supported memory card detected in the Information sub pane All other sub panes
50. ectual property laws and treaties You may not copy the program or the documentation All copies are in violation of this Agreement Disclaimer APSOFT MAKES NO WARRANTIES EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED INCLUDING THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE OR MERCHANTABILITY AND APSOFT SHALL NOT BE LIABLE FOR TORT INDIRECT SPECIAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES SUCH AS LOSS OF PROFITS OR LOSS OF GOODWILL FROM THE USE OR INABILITY TO USE THE SOFTWARE FOR ANY PURPOSE SOME STATES MAY NOT ALLOW THIS DISCLAIMER SO THIS LANGUAGE MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU IN SUCH CASE OUR LIABILITY SHALL BE LIMITED TO THE PRICE YOU PAID FOR THE SOFTWARE Updates APSoft will do its best to notify you of subsequent updates released to the public or major corrections and the price for which they may be obtained PROVIDED YOU HAVE SENT IN YOUR REGISTRATION CARD OR REGISTERED ON LINE All updates and corrections which are provided to you shall become part of the Software and be governed by the terms of this license agreement Miscellaneous This is the only agreement between you and APSoft and it cannot and shall not be modified by purchase orders advertising or other representations of anyone unless a written amendment has been signed by one of our company officers This License Agreement is governed under German law The Place of jurisdiction shall be the District Court Munich I Germany It is agreed to be the exclusive legal venue for all parties Acknowledgement
51. ed either to the main hardware profile or to the special CardWare hardware profile If you install to the separate profile WE WILL NOT ADVISE YOU TO REMOVE IT MANUALLY If you really need to do it you have to 1 Shut down PCTRAY EXE PCCARD EXE and MCVIEW EXE if open Stop CWSERV service via Control Panel Services Remove the entire registry tree HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE Software APSoft CardWare and HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE Software APSoft MC View Remove following keys from HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE System CurrentControlSet Services PCCS PCENABLE SSPCIC or SSTCIC PCATA PCSRAM PCFLASH PCDISK CWSERV PCDRVM rpm me ao oe Change startup value of PCMCIA driver to Boot 0 or enable it for selected hardware profile Manually delete CardWare profile via ControlPanel System We also write updates to the PCMCIA SYS database Please search REG INI for the word Database for complete listing Delete subdirectory C Program Files APSoft CardWare Remove from SystemRoot System32 following files a CWSERV EXE b CSDLL DLL c CSVDD DLL CardWare for Windows NT User s Guide CardWare for Windows NT User s Guide AP Soft 10 Remove from SystemRoot System32 Drivers following files Sr moaogp PCCS SYS PCENABLE SYS SSPCIC SYS or SSTCIC SYS PCATA SYS PCSRAM SYS PCFLASH SYS PCDISK SYS PCDRVM SYS Helpful Information 83 APSoft Glossary 84 Helpful Information Adapter Associated ATA The hardware
52. ersion of this software and documentation as you wish give exact copies of the original Evaluation version to anyone and distribute the Evaluation version of the software and documentation in its unmodified form via electronic means There is no charge for any of the above You are specifically prohibited from charging or requesting donations for any such copies however made and from distributing the software and or documentation with other products commercially or otherwise without prior written permission CardWare for Windows NT User s Guide v APSoft This page is intentionally blank vi CardWare for Windows NT User s Guide Table of Contents IAtHOGUCTION 25 secs esate earth a e ee een ae xi Intention of this Mania 2 essa ecosess ececetse weenie we teetcou ce tea tatoo dah ta a bY ca idee tales ces fuses xi Quick Install CardWare BaSiCs c cccccsssssssceceeseesssseceeeeessseseceeeeeeesessaeeeseeesnssssaeeeseesenees 1 What Is CardWare 0 0 Key Concepts Terminology How CardWare Recognizes a PC Card First Time Insertion of a PC Card Configuration Classes CardWare Features Multiple Function Cards Hot Swapping and Hot Docking Using Battery Operated Computers y Whal the Beeps MONT aiaia dil oe celia ttle ies ial anita Types Of PCG Card reai e aa aaia eea a daaa ara Eiana aian FaMo Cari erse e S e ce N ANE TOD TA SIIS AGA EI a Network Adapter Cards SCSI Garda iniiis ATA F
53. essfully CardWare for Windows NT was installed successfully Please restart your computer to activate the changes C No will restart my computer later Remove any disks from their drives and then click Finish to complete setup Figure 11 CardWare Setup Completed Follow the program instructions to complete the installation When the installation of CardWare is complete and your system files updated remove the installation medium and reboot your computer to activate CardWare Resolving Resource Conflicts Changing the Status Change Interrupt 32 Installing CardWare If CardWare is not working properly the reason is normally a resource conflict of IRQs or memory ranges You can resolve such problems by modifying the resources CardWare is using To make these changes choose Options Resource Management from the main menu of PC Card Control see the section Resource Management on page 51 If your system does not recognize insertion and removal of PC Cards the reason is normally a wrong IRQ assignment for the status change interrupt You can change the status change interrupt separately for each PC Card controller in your system by using the SC n m option switch for the Socket Services SSPCIC or SSTCIC driver with n specifying the controller number normally 0 and m specifying the IRQ range 2 15 CardWare for Windows NT User s Guide APSoft Key Name SYSTEM CurrentControlSet Services SSPCIC Options
54. evices do not report that usage to the operating system The operating system does not know that this resource is in use and believes it can allocate the resource to another device When you insert a PC Card that requests this range the audio may stop working AND the PC Card does not work at all To get around this situation add range 800h 80Fh and define it as excluded To add a resource definition first select the appropriate resource tab Memory VO IRQ DMA For example to define an I O range select the I O tab Now click on the Add button and enter the values for the resource Enter I O resources in hexadecimal format as an inclusive range For example to enter the range 810h through and including 80Fh in other words I O base address 80Fh for 16 bytes addresses enter 800 80F and press Enter Enter memory resources in hexadecimal format as an inclusive range Include the complete address For example to exclude 16 kilobytes in the range starting at address 000D4000 you would enter 000D4000 000D4FFF Enter IRQ resources and DMA resources as a single decimal number Last declare whether the resource is shareable Dynamic should be completely blocked from use Excluded or is completely available Free Double click the column until the appropriate action appears Dynamic Excluded Free This dialog allows you to modify different setting for PCDISK and the MTDs You can use this dialog to avoid editing regi
55. execute Add card to PCMCIA Adds information about the card to the Database Windows NT PC Card database Setup card Setup card helps you install and load any drivers the PC Card needs For example for a network PC Card Setup card launches the Network Properties Control Panel application From this application simply follow directions to install network drivers so you can connect to your network Edit The PC Card Control Edit Card window opens as shown on page 42 Reconfigure CardWare immediately configures or reconfigures the card in the selected slot CardWare runs through the list of associated devices to find the correct combination of CardWare for Windows NT User s Guide PC Card User Interfaces 37 APSoft Advise Format Card Power down Slot Power Off 38 PC Card User Interfaces available resources CardWare Advisor asks you to select a socket and then checks the configuration of the selected card Advise auto configures the selected card if it is not already configured Tf the card could not be configured Advisor provides information about the possible reason Format not pictured helps you prepare storage cards for use Depending on the type of storage card you have inserted in the PC Card slot either the Windows NT Format command starts or the flash card Erase command starts followed by the Windows NT Format command Tf a flash card is inserted in the socket the Format c
56. f such a software package i e replacing the modem with a different type of card Network Adapter Cards You can insert a LAN card into the PC Card socket either before or after you turn on your system If you insert the LAN card after system power on three 12 Types of PC Cards CardWare for Windows NT User s Guide NOTE SCSI Cards CardWare for Windows NT User s Guide APSoft beeps sound signifying that the card was successfully installed and is now active If the driver for the particular card is already installed CardWare starts the driver otherwise CardWare gives you the options of installing the driver To remove your LAN card while your system is running power off the slot first Use Slot Power Off from the PCTray menu to power off the slot and allow CardWare to unload the driver for the card gt avise If you have set CardWare to configure your LAN PC Card the resulting card configuration emulates conventional ISA bus LAN cards and you can use standard network operating system card drivers Generic LAN cards are not named in the Card list when you choose the Cards Edit command in PC Card Control To change the configuration for a generic LAN card edit the associations for the Generic LAN card You can insert a SCSI card into the PC Card socket either before or after you turn on your system If you insert the SCSI card after system power on three beeps sound signifying that the card was successfully
57. gement x Visible resources ALL M PCMCIA System M User M 000DF000 O00DFFFF Free In use PCMCI Unknown OOO4O000 000BFFFF Excluded Excluded ISA 0 VgaSave System OOOAOQO00 O00BFFFF Excluded Excluded Unknown Unknown Default OOOEQOOO O00FFFFF Excluded Excluded Unknown Unknown Default O00C0000 000CBFFF Free Excluded Unknown Unknown Cancel Hep Refresh Figure 19 CardWare Resource Management NOTE Do not change Resource Management values unless you are certain that you should Errors in resource allocation can cause total system failure Understanding the Information The information layout is identical for all resource types The first column shows the resource address range Memory and I O IRQ or DMA channel The other columns in the window are Permanent and Current attributes associated with the resource the system Bus to which the resource is allocated and the Device that has claimed is using the resource Last is the Group with which the resource is identified Group data is for your information only CardWare for Windows NT User s Guide PC Card User Interfaces 51 APSoft PCDisk Options NOTE PCDRVM Options 52 PC Card User Interfaces Adding Resource Definitions When you find that a driver has not reported all the resources it uses you can add resource definitions For example some system audio devices need to use T O range 800h 80Fh but the drivers for those d
58. he type of card e g LAN or modem and the system resources it requires If CardWare can t read the CIS it cannot recognize or configure the card Next CardWare searches its internal database for a record of this specific card If such an entry exists CardWare tries to configure the card with one of its associated devices If no record exists CardWare checks the original Windows NT database for PC Cards If the card is listed in this database and a driver for this card is installed CardWare uses the settings required by the driver to configure the card in NT compatible mode If no entry exists in the original NT database CardWare checks whether the card is generic If it is CardWare tries to configure the card with one of the devices associated with the generic card If the card is neither specific nor generic and cannot be configured in NT compatible mode CardWare tries to auto configure the card with a pre defined device If this fails CardWare tries to create a device on the fly and to configure the card with this new device There are two possibilities when a new PC Card is inserted for the first time 1 CardWare configures the card If the resources are available CardWare automatically installs the PC Card or not if the card s definition directs CardWare to ignore it and installs starts the appropriate device driver CardWare for Windows NT User s Guide Configuration Classes CardWare for Windows NT User s G
59. ifically tailor the configuration of any PC card You may never need this feature as an increasing number of PC Cards conform to the PC Card Standard However if a card does deviate or if you prefer a different configuration CardWare gives you exceptional power combined with unparalleled ease To understand how CardWare recognizes and configures PC Cards it is important to be familiar with the following three key concepts 1 Generic A generic card conforms to PC Card Standard for one of several types of PC Cards and has a data field that informs CardWare of its function Recognized generic cards include fax modem ATA ATAPI data storage LAN SCSI and some multifunction cards 2 Auto Configured A card is auto configured if the generic I O card enabler PCENABLE determines how to install the card and uses this information for setting up the card 3 Configured A configured card is successfully installed and set up in your system By default CardWare tries to auto configure all PC Cards inserted in your system In most cases CardWare determines the correct configuration for your card If you need greater control PC Card Control and PCTray let you change the configuration of each card You also can use PC Card Control and PCTray to instruct CardWare not to configure a card in cases where your card comes with its own configuration software The glossary defines most of the technical terms in this manual However several terms
60. ill automatically unpack the self executable file to your temporarily sub directory and will start the CardWare Setup automatically 3 Follow the prompts through the first screens clicking Next or Finish to move from screen to screen Quick Install xiii APSoft 4 IMPORTANT When you come to the list of platforms select your platform from the list If and only if your system is not on the list select the generic Platform with PCIC compatible controller 5 When asked to choose the installation type select Express Setup 6 When the program ends restart your system CardWare should load and automatically detect insertion and removal of PC Cards any time during system operation For details see Chapter CardWare Installation Options page 19 Xiv Quick Install CardWare for Windows NT User s Guide What Is CardWare CardWare for Windows NT User s Guide C HAPTER CardWare Basics This chapter gives an overview of how CardWare using your computer resources makes PC Cards work for you CardWare is a total software solution for PC Cards that complies with the PC Card Standard It is designed to painlessly manage the complexity of plugging and unplugging the latest generation of PC Cards More specifically CardWare offers two kinds of services to your PC 1 CardWare provides an industrial standard Application Programming Interface API This API allows third party software network drivers for instance to
61. ion e g HyperTerminal CardWare automatically recognizes and installs your modem PC Card as a modem if it has a valid CIS that conforms to PC Card Standard specifications If your CIS is not valid or has been damaged CardWare cannot configure the card NOTE Generic modems are not named in the card list when you choose the Cards Edit command in PC Card Control To change the configuration for a generic modem edit the associations for the Generic Modem card see Chapter PC Card User Interfaces If a specific or generic fax modem has more than one associated device CardWare attempts to configure the card dynamically trying each device in the same order as it appears in CardWare s internal database For example if you associated the card with COM A COM D and COM C respectively then when the card is inserted CardWare attempts first to configure the card as COM A If COM A is already in use the software attempts to configure the card as COM D and then COM C if necessary next NOTES CardWare always lists the name of the assigned Windows NT COM port and not the name of the device used to configure the card in PC Card Control Few third party fax and telecommunication programs can detect the difference between an ISA BUS modem or serial modem and a modem PC Card Insert your modem before you run any third party fax or telecommunication software We do not recommend removing or hot swapping PC Cards during the operation o
62. ition You can use the mouse for shortcuts like this in PC Card Control CardWare for Windows NT User s Guide APSoft After editing an installed card double click the card image in the main window to reconfigure the card It s the same as selecting Cards Reconfigure e To show a card description click the card name with the right mouse button and hold down the button e To show device information click and hold the right mouse button on the device name below the card image in the main window Getting Help in PC Card Control has a powerful online help system that gives you detailed PC Card Control information on all topics You can get help by choosing Help from the main menu or by simply pressing the key F1 whenever you need help If you press Shift F1 the cursor changes to a question mark and you can point to the region for which you need help PC Card Control When you open PC Card Control a window similar to this appears It has a Main Window menu bar optional tool bar please note we show all of possible toolbar buttons optional status line and a graphical representation of your PC Card sockets and installed cards PC Card Control for Windows NT oix Cards Devices Options Info View Help eSx MPDE va dt stge sg oss 2 Static RAM Battery Dead J 1 1 Ccom2 For Help press F1 Figure 15 PC Card Control Main Window CardWare for Windows NT User s Guide PC Card User Interfaces 41
63. ity program CardWare Install directory default C Program Files APSoft Card Ware DOSCARD displays the revision of the installed software and the current configuration of any installed PC Cards This is a utility program CardWare Install directory default C Program Files APSoft CardWare DOSCARD H D S n Print help text Detailed information with card configuration Specifies the zero based socket number n if only information about this socket should be displayed default display information about all sockets Screen shot CardWare for Windows NT User s Guide APSoft C Program Files APSoft CardWare gt doscard d DOSCARD Windows NT Version 5 00 C Copyright 1992 2000 by APSoft All rights reserved Disassembly or decompilation prohibited This software is provided under a signed non disclosure agreement for evaluation purposes only It is intended for distribution or disclosure only to parties of that agreement Card Services Release 5 02 Revision 5 00 Client PCENABLE Release 5 00 Client PCATA Release 5 00 Client PCDISK Release 5 00 Client PCFLASH Release 5 00 Client PCSRAM Release 5 00 Client 5 CWSERV Release 5 00 Registry REGISTRY MACHINE SYSTEM CURRENTCONTROLSET SERVICES PCENABLE Installed sockets 4 Socket Socket 0 Card Intel International faxed Voltages Vac Uy Vppl 5 0 V Vpp2 5 0 V Function Device 8 bytes Configured by Socket Socket 1 Card Socket Soc
64. ket 2 Card Voltages 5 0 V Function Device 8 bytes Configured by Socket Socket 3 Card Voltages 5 0 V Function Device 16 kB 16 bytes Configured by Serial Port COM2 IO Range 1 IRQ PCENABLE No Card inserted 2F8h Length ELSA Ashen Germany MicroLink 28 8MC Vac 5 0 V Vppl Serial Port AUTO IO Range 1 IRQ PCENABLE 5 0 V Vpp2 3E8h Length Xircom CreditCard 10Base T Vac 5 0 V Vppl Network Adapter LAN2 Memory Range 1 Base IO Range 1 Base IRQ a 45 PCENABLE C Program Files APSoft CardWare gt 5 0 Vv Vpp2 D0000h Length 300h Length CardWare Files 75 APSoft PCRM SYS Description Location of installed file Syntax where H MEM VO IRQ DMA XMEM XVO XIRQ XDMA IV Q E Notes 76 CardWare Files The Card Services Resource Manager utility PCRM EXE informs Card Services about system resources that may not be used or may be used with special sharing considerations for configuration of PC Cards and displays the current resource settings for Card Services Resources memory pages I O ports IRQ levels or DMA channels are initialized according to settings on the PCRM command line and affect only the current session This is a utility program Open at a command line shell CardWare Install directory default C Program Files APSoft Card Ware PCRM H V E Q X MEM gt base length share X I O base length
65. lashdisk and Harddisk Cards Memory Cards S ards Flash Cards PC Card Resource Requirements Fax Modem Cards Network Adapter Cards ATA Flashdisk and Harddisk Cards 18 Memory Cards 18 Installing CardWarre ccccecssessseesseesseeeseeeseeeeeseeeneneseneessessseeeneeeseeeeeseessenenees CardWare Installation Options Evaluation and Registration The Serial Number What Happens During Installation Starting the Program Before You Start Adding the Program Installation Choices Platform Setup Type Custom Setup Options Hardware Profile Installation Options Load Management Program Folder Finishing the Installation Resolving Resource Conflicts Changing the Status Change Interrupt Disabling the Status Change Interrupt Uninstalling CardWare CardWare for Windows NT User s Guide APSoft vii APSoft PC Card User Interfaces csscccceesssseceeeeeesssseeeeeeseneseeeeeeesnssceeeeesnesssaeeees 35 Windows NT PCTray Left Single Click Right Single Click Left Double Click PC Card Control Card Configuration Basics Navigating in PC Card Control Getting Help in PC Card Control PC Card Control Main Window Menu Cards Editing a PC Card Definition Defining a Device System Resources T O Ranges Memory Ranges IRQ and DMA Menu Options Event Notifications
66. les have been selected A box at the bottom of the window shows required and available disk space When you finish selecting options click Next Here are the selections Socket Services This option installs a driver for your PC Card controller the PCMCIA Adapter selected in the previous field Click Files to display the driver selections Most systems have a PCIC compatible controller and use SSPCIC SYS A few systems have a TCIC compatible controller and use SSTCIC SYS Even if the PC Card controller in your system has its own proprietary PC Card compliant Socket Services driver we recommend that you try the CardWare Socket Services driver first because CardWare cannot function correctly if the proprietary driver is incompatible If CardWare is unsuccessful then try the proprietary driver of the PC Card controller CardWare for Windows NT User s Guide Installing CardWare 27 APSoft Card Services The Card Services driver controls PC Cards If you have a special PC Card or one with it s own proprietary software that is not compatible with the CardWare Card Services driver then you may not need to install CardWare Card Services In most cases however you should install the CardWare Card Services driver and try it first with the card CardWare Components CardWare Components are applications that use Socket and or Card Services Click Change to display a list of components Select Sub components DOSCARD
67. llites GPS receivers may be implemented as PC Cards GPS PC Cards typically have a serial port interface CardWare for Windows NT User s Guide Hot Docking Hot Spot APSoft Inserting or removing a mobile computer into a docking station while both the computer and the docking station are in full power and full functional operating mode CardWare supports hot docking if the mobile computer has a Plug and Play BIOS that supports hot docking An area on the display screen where clicking with a mouse results in a move to another area of the help file The cursor changes from an arrow to a small hand when positioned over a hot spot Hot Swapping Interrupts VO Ports IRQ Memory CardWare for Windows NT User s Guide Inserting a PC Card in the socket while the computer is in full power and full operational mode All PC Cards support hot swapping but some software notably telecommunication packages and network operating systems do not Interrupts are used to get the system s attention If a PC Card generates interrupts CardWare configures the card socket to route the card s interrupt signal to an available Interrupt ReQuest IRQ level in the system See also System Resources Ports have a port number or address and are used to pass information to or from peripheral devices Port address space is separate from memory address space CardWare configures PC Cards with I O ports to use unoccupied port address space See a
68. lso System Resources See Interrupts Memory is the place used to store information while it is being used Computer memory is organized as a number on individual locations each identified by an address Memory address space is the sum of all locations identified by an address The memory address space is often much larger than the actual amount of memory available to store data See also System Resources Helpful Information 87 APSoft 88 Helpful Information MTD Acronym for Memory Technology Driver An MTD is responsible for manipulating the physical media on a storage memory or ATA PC Card The generic storage card software PCDISK uses the MTDs Multiple Function PC Card PC Card A PC Card that integrates two distinct functions such as a LAN function and a modem function into a single PC Card There are two styles of cards having more than one function Those that are designed using the MFC extensions defined in the 11 95 release of the PC Card Standards these are called MFCs and those that are designed for the 2 10 release of the PC Card Standards commonly called Combo Cards Term used to describe cards compliant with the PCMCIA PC Card Standards About the size of a credit card but varying in thickness these cards plug into a 68 pin socket and expand the capability of your system PC Cards can add additional storage using memory devices or ATA flash and hard drives Other types of cards are specialized devices su
69. lt when you insert a new PC Card in your computer CardWare tries to determine which drivers the card requires and installs them This procedure is done as many times as specified by the value entered in Default number of auto configuration retries The Reset button near this entry resets the number of auto configuration retries to the default value 3 This dialog allows you to enable and disable the autoconfiguration procedure change the retry counter for any particular card select the card using the combo box reset this counter to 0 and modify the default number of auto configuration retries This dialog lets you specify a user s skill level Every menu item in CardWare has associated user levels A menu item will be shown only to users of that level or for more experienced users This feature will help inexperienced users to avoid possible problems If this option is on then MCView will be started automatically on PCMCIA memory card insertion This dialog lets you select options for CardWare Advisor You may select a behavior of Advisor at card insertion and at start of PCCARD or PCTRAY To specify a behavior at card insertion select Always radio button if you want to check the card on every card insertion Please note that in that situation Advisor will shows a message only if an error is found and will show nothing if no error occurs Select Never radio button if you don t want Adviser to start on card insertion In thi
70. maller Percentage The check mark indicates the current sizing as a percentage of the default size Free scale You can manually enter the size as a percent Always on top Checking this option causes CardWare to remain visible Even when you are using another application the card and slot representation are visible Adjust sockets in line Checking this option places the sockets side by side Adjust sockets in column Checking this option places the sockets one above the other This is the default arrangement Adjust sockets to default This option places the sockets in a column returns the sockets to their default size and sizes the window to the socket size If you have multiple sockets but not all are visible selecting this option places all into view PC Card User Interfaces 57 APSoft Adjust window to contents This option sizes the window so the sockets are centered with the window at its minimum size Frame settings Selecting this option pops up a window with the current settings for size location and alignment of the sockets Save settings on exit Checking this option causes PC Card control to use the last settings each time it starts 58 PC Card User Interfaces CardWare for Windows NT User s Guide Memory Cards Viewer MCView APSoft MCView is a memory cards control utility designed as a GUI application Following memory card operations are available from MC View interface Gather card
71. me dialer exe Open Files of type Applications exe EF Cancel Figure 17 Selecting an Application to Launch To associate an application either enter the path and startup command in the Associated Application box directly or select Browse to locate the application If desired check the boxes that let you confirm the application startup and run it for instance for background reception When you have checked the appropriate boxes and are satisfied with the card s configuration select OK CardWare does not automatically reconfigure an installed card after you edit its definition You must reconfigure it To reconfigure a card after editing its definition select Cards Reconfigure or simply click on the card image displayed in the socket Cards Reconfigure causes CardWare to immediately configure or reconfigure a card inserted in the selected slot CardWare runs through the list of associated devices to find the correct combination of available resources Cards Format lets you prepare storage cards for use Depending on the type of storage card inserted in the PC Card slot either the Windows NT Format command starts or the flash card Erase command starts followed by the Windows NT Format command If a flash card is inserted in the socket the Format command first erases the flash card and prepares it with a Flash CardWare for Windows NT User s Guide APSoft Menu Devices Ne
72. mon functions for scaling and aligning images of your PC Card slots When Toolbar is checked the toolbar appears below the main menu 100 Size Select object for help Help 25 Size Side by side Size to socket size Default order Columns Figure 20 Default PC Card Control Toolbar Additionally you may add the following buttons to the toolbar D Edit Card definition for any card menu Cards x Delete card definition menu Cards K Delete Device Definition menu Devices 5l Edit existing Device Definition menu Devices 22 _ Create new Device Definition menu Devices Rename Device Definition menu Devices 6 Specify the options for the Configuration Advisor menu Options El Adjust auto configuration options menu Options E Specify Event Notification method menu Options E Edit the load order of the CardWare drivers menu Options E Edit PCCard database menu Options CardWare for Windows NT User s Guide CardWare for Windows NT User s Guide APSoft Edit options for PCDisk menu Options Edit options for PCDRVM menu Options Adjust Card Services resources menu Options e Call user level dialog menu Options gt Get Card Services Info menu Info Status Bar The status bar displays information about the current view When the item is checked the status bar appears at the bottom of the PC Card Control window If not checked the CardWare display area is s
73. nd in full functional operating mode CardWare now recognizes the addition or removal of a docking station after a docking event and adds or removes support for any PC Card sockets on the station CardWare for Windows NT User s Guide CardWare Basics 7 APSoft Using Battery Operated Computers What the Beeps Mean 8 CardWare Basics CardWare can support hot docking if the mobile system where CardWare is loaded has a Plug and Play BIOS that supports hot docking and CardWare has been integrated onto this system Many battery operated computers have Advanced Power Management APM software that monitors system activity shutting down various components and even the computer itself whenever they have been idle for a set period of time APM can make a significant difference in the length of time you can work before having to recharge the battery Most APM equipped computers are PC Card aware and can detect the presence of a PC Card and can notify CardWare and other PC Card support software when system power is about to be turned off However some computers do not comply with PC Card Standard even though they have one or more PC Card sockets If your computer and system software are not PC Card aware we suggest that you disable APM suspend mode while you are using your PC Cards Just as you wouldn t pull the plug to your VCR from the electrical outlet while recording a TV program you don t want to allow the plug to be pulled
74. ocket controller This is NOT a utility program SystemRoot system32 drivers Socket Services driver for the Databook family SSTCIC is implemented as a HAL extension and provides a hardware abstraction layer between Card Services and the PC Card socket controller This is NOT a utility program SystemRoot system32 drivers CardWare Files 65 APSoft Card Services Service CWSERV EXE Description The PC Card Services service CWSERV EXE is a key component of the CardWare for Windows NT package This service provides the mechanisms by which PC Card Control communicates with Card Services This is NOT a utility program Location of SystemRoot system32 installed file Card Services Driver PCCS SYS Description The Card Services driver PCCS SYS is the interface between the Socket Services driver and the various cards and system software that you use in your computer The driver is responsible for resource management in cooperation with the Windows NT resource manager and client notification The Card Services driver with APSoft proprietary hot docking support functionality provides the full functionality described in the PC Card Standards with no limitations or restrictions CardBus and ZV port support are implemented in the current driver release This is NOT a utility program Location of SystemRoot system32 drivers installed file 66 CardWare Files CardWare for Windows NT User s Guide PC Card Enabler
75. oft MTDs fully support the PC Card Standard MTD specification as well as an extended proprietary interface The flash MTD includes built in FTL and FFS2 support This is NOT a utility program SystemRoot system32 drivers PCFDS SYS is the MTD for floppy disk controller cards It must be used together with PCDISK APSoft MTDs fully support the PC Card Standard MTD specification as well as an extended proprietary interface This is NOT a utility program SystemRoot system32 drivers CardWare Files 73 APSoft User Interface Files PCTRAY EXE Description Location of installed file PCCARD EXE Description Location of installed file DOSCARD EXE Description Location of installed file Syntax where H D S n 74 CardWare Files CardWare for Windows NT User s Guide Desktop program for quick information and configuration PCTray lets you edit PC Card definitions define their associated devices reconfigure installed cards and control the way CardWare runs This is NOT a utility program CardWare Install directory default C Program Files APSoft Card Ware This is the CardWare for Windows NT user interface program PCCARD Control presents a graphical representation of the PC Card socket s and the PC Card s you have inserted PC Card Control lets you edit PC Card definitions define their associated devices reconfigure installed cards and control the way PC Card Control runs This is NOT a util
76. ommand first erases the flash card and prepares it with a Flash Translation Layer FTL standard compatible format and then starts the Windows NT Format command to format the card Card Power down not pictured reduces the power of the PC Card socket This command helps you minimize power usage and extend the life of the battery in your computer Note that a PC Card may need a little more time than usual to start operating again after the Card Power down command because the socket must power up first For example if you attempt to read from an ATA ATAPI PC Card after power down the first read command takes a little more time than normal but subsequent reads should execute normally Slot Power Off turns the PC Card socket power off You need to reinitialize the socket before using the PC Card again Before powering off the socket CardWare unloads the device driver for the card if possible thus allowing removal of SCSI and LAN cards CardWare for Windows NT User s Guide Right Single Click CardWare for Windows NT User s Guide If you right click once on the PCTray icon a list of CardWare control options pops up APSoft Open PC Card Control Open MCYiew Notifications Autoconfiguration setup PCDisk Options PCCard Database Advisor Options User Level v Auto Start MCView Enable beeps Card Services Info ClientInfo gt About PCTray Disable PC Card Tray Icon 6 45 AM You
77. on CardWare 7 0 for Windows NT provides these features Hot swapping modem PC Cards Hot swapping ATA ATAPI and ATA flash PC Cards Hot swapping SRAM PC Cards Hot swapping flash PC Cards FFS and FTL supported Hot swapping LAN PC Cards Hot swapping SCSI PC Cards Hot swapping zoomed video PC Cards Hot swapping DMA PC Cards Hot swapping multifunction PC Cards Hot swapping combo PC Cards 5 0 and 3 3 volt PC Cards Slot naming Cold warm and hot docking with multiple dis similar controllers CardBus PC Cards with device details listed above 16 Bit PC Cards with device details listed above Support for all types of memory cards SRAM FLASH and ATA ATAPI cards are supported The FLASH cards support includes support of FTL Flash Translation Layer and FFSH Microsoft Flash File System I Allows you to use storage cards memory cards and PC Card ATA ATAPI flashdisk and harddisk drives as if they were normal floppy or hard disk drives e An InstallShield based installation program An uninstall utility InstallShield based which completely removes the product from the hard drive e Intuitive and easy to use user interface with complete Help facilities Translation support for national languages e Integration of Advanced Power Management support with LAPTOP SYS CardWare for Windows NT User s Guide APSoft Intuitive and easy to use UI with complete Help facilities e Integration of Advanced Power Management s
78. on your card while it is live or connected to your computer Most Windows NT systems do not have full APM functionality If your system manufacturer preinstalled or upgraded CardWare they have already configured power management options If you are installing CardWare yourself then power management most likely does not work due to restrictions in the OS Beep tones are the way CardWare notifies you that certain events have occurred By default CardWare uses the system speaker to signal recognition and configuration of installed PC Cards as follows 1 A single beep signals the insertion of a PC Card 2 A second slightly higher pitched beep indicates that the generic card enabler PCEnable has recognized the PC Card 3 Finally a third beep at an even higher pitch indicates the recognized PC Card is configured using an associated device 4 A two tone warning sounds twice if a recognized PC Card cannot be configured because none of the associated devices are available This warning comes after the initial two beeps that signal card insertion and recognition CardWare for Windows NT User s Guide NOTE CardWare for Windows NT User s Guide APSoft PC Card Control and PCTray described in Chapter 4 let you disable the beep tones that signal card insertion recognition and configuration determine the current state of any installed PC Card and select sound files wav files to signal PC Card events CardWare Basics 9
79. osoft FFS2 version Here are some examples Example PCDISK DD 0 Meaning Display contents of the root directory of FFS2 partition on the card in socket 0 Example PCDISK DD 1 CD TEST Meaning Display contents of TEST directory of FFS2 partition on the card in socket 1 CardWare for Windows NT User s Guide CardWare Files 69 APSoft PCDISK EXE Description Location of installed file Syntax where HI E WC on LS off DI n FC n IY FTL support 70 CardWare Files Example PCDISK CH 0 Meaning Check internal FFS2 structures for the FFS2 partition on the card in socket 0 Example PCDISK CF 0 CD N TEST Meaning Copy all contents of the card in socket n to the directory structure N TEST Example PCDISK CC 0 CD N TEST Meaning Copy all contents of the directory structure N TEST to the card in socket 0 Storage card command line utility Formats and erases storage cards as well as allowing adjustment of PCDISK SYS runtime features CardWare Install directory default C Program Files APSoft CardWare PCDISK HI E WC onloff ES n LS onloff DI n FC n Y lt TL n gt FS FileSys lt DF filename gt lt RS n WS n gt A n L n lt FF n CH n CF n CC n DD n gt CD path Online help Silent mode no video output to display Enable Write Delay cache for PCDISK drives default off Write Cache disable Disable usage of LBA for ATA
80. p card reader CardWare for Windows NT User s Guide Such a card reader is dependent on the CMOS setup of the base computer Especially important would be system bus speeds and TO timings since the reader requires the use of a bus slot Symptoms would be errors reported by CardWare while the system is booting and the CardWare drivers are loading or errors reported during normal operation Helpful Information 79 APSoft Frequently Asked Questions 80 Helpful Information What target platforms are currently supported Check the README file for information about supported platforms Do you support Type Ill cards CardWare supports Type M ATA ATAPI drives How do you deal with a non PCMCIA compliant card On card insertion the program notifies the user that the information required to configure the card is not available or cannot be read Only a single beep tone occurs indicating that the software did not recognize the inserted card How is hot swapping of cards handled An interrupt is generated by the system on insertion and removal of a PC Card This interrupt is used to either flag that the card needs to be configured or released What file formats do you support with memory cards Currently we support FAT for SRAM cards For FLASH cards we support Disk like FAT Microsoft Flash File System II FFSII and Flash Translation Layer FTL with any file system supported by Microsoft Windows How are you going to support new
81. rent flash cards from AMD Intel and Hyundai and their compatibles in a new driver PCFLASH SYS CardWare includes the FFS and MTDs in its automatic installation process Card Preparation You have three choices for preparing a flash card 1 Using PCTRAY Insert your flash card and click with the left mouse button on the PCTray icon in the system tray Then select the FORMAT menu 2 Using PC Card Control Insert your flash card and select the Cards FORMAT menu 3 Using the command line utility PCDISK Preformat a new card by running the CardWare PCDISK utility from the command line shell with the TL lt DriveLetter gt switch See Chapter Data Storage Card Drivers for details about PCDISK Example PCDISK TL E CardWare for Windows NT User s Guide APSoft Meaning Prepares a flash card in drive E for use in the system following these steps 1 Card is erased 2 Card is prepared for FTL usage 3 The card is formatted PCDISK starts the operating system format utility automatically to format the card 5 Using Memory Cards Viewer MCView Insert your flash card and select the File Access Format menu After your flash card is formatted you can use it the same way you use diskettes The procedure for copying and deleting files on a flash card is the same as that for an SRAM card You can also use Windows Explorer PC Card Resource Requirements Fax Modem Cards Network Adapter Cards CardWare for
82. ry Cards Just as the ATA ATAPI settings above are fixed so too are those allocated to memory cards Note that while CardWare should automatically detect a memory card as a flash or SRAM card and configure it accordingly PC Card Control lists the card type as Unknown 18 Types of PC Cards CardWare for Windows NT User s Guide NOTE C HAPTER Installing CardWare This chapter explains how to install CardWare under Windows NT Before you start check the contents of your CardWare package Make sure you have the correct equipment and operating system to install and run CardWare See the detailed list on the following page e If you receive CardWare on CD ROM make a backup Store the original distribution CD in a safe place and use the backup CD In some cases your system may come with CardWare pre installed Before going through the installation procedure described in this chapter check to see if CardWare is already installed Before you install CardWare check the brand and type of your computer or PC Card reader You may need this information during the installation CardWare Installation Options CardWare for Windows NT User s Guide 1 Download CardWare from APSoft website The latest version of CardWare is always available in the download area of APSoft s WEB site http www tssc de You can always download CardWare from the WEB and use it as an update to a previously purchased version or as evaluation software In
83. s During Installation CardWare for Windows NT User s Guide The CardWare Setup program automatically installs CardWare on your system The program copies all CardWare components onto your system and modifies the Windows registry as necessary The installation process does the following 1 2 Lets you specify the location of CardWare Copies CardWare files to your system for list of installed files see the Appendix Creates a CardWare program folder and adds program icons to the folder Asks if you want to update your program if you are installing CardWare over an old version Installing CardWare 21 APSoft Starting the Program Before You Start 1 Before you install CardWare for Windows NT be sure your system meets these minimum requirements PC Card At least one socket using one of controller the supported controller ICs check the README file for the latest information Hard Disk Approximately 5 MB free space 2 Remove any PC Cards from the card slots NOTE If your system only has native Windows NT PC Card support you must turn off the system before you remove any PC Cards Adding the During the installation you can move backward or forward through the screens Program until the program starts copying files to the destination drive At any time during the installation process you can cancel and exit 1 Start Windows NT 2 Open the Windows Control Panel Click Add Remove Programs In the Install
84. s situation you can manually start advising from menu Cards Advise Select If card was not configured radio button to start Advisor only if CardWare failed to configure a card This option is selected by default and is recommended Checking this box suppresses beeps If you have assigned WAV files to card events you may wish to turn the beeps off Note that even if you MUTE the system speaker through the speaker icon in the system tray while beeps are enabled box not checked the PC Card beeps remain enabled CardWare for Windows NT User s Guide AP Soft In the Info menu you can view into wen Help l information about PC Cards and Caid giei irits about each PC Card Client ECTS E Menu Info PLERABLE PLATA POISE PCS Fak CMwSERR PETRS FECARD Menu View Open the View menu item by typing Alt V or by clicking the mouse _ ke Hee directly on View in the main menu ia Irka bar w Fiba Bii The View menu lets you change the E id size and placement of your view of Oe the slots CardWare offers several x different sizes of images of the slots Eisa arais and cards themselves kair on fon Fedpaal bikeh m fri di baiti r pii Pedal pooh fo default rll verdes iooni rka Hinnye i GyHonae hoia finer Settings on ed CardWare for Windows NT User s Guide PC Card User Interfaces 55 APSoft 56 PC Card User Interfaces Toolbar The toolbar is a row of buttons that allow quick access to some of the com
85. se Slot Power Off from the PCTray menu to power off the slot and allow CardWare to unload the driver for the card Your ATA ATAPI PC Card is automatically recognized and installed as a disk drive if it has a valid CIS that conforms to PC Card Standards If the card s CIS is not valid or has been damaged CardWare cannot configure it CardWare for Windows NT User s Guide NOTES Memory Cards CardWare for Windows NT User s Guide APSoft CardWare dynamically assigns a drive letter for storage cards Thus a drive letter is only assigned when you insert a storage card into your system You can modify the way CardWare assigns a drive letter right click on the PCTray icon on the task bar and select PCDisk Options Event Notifications Load Control PCCard Database Autoconfiguration Setup Advisor Options User Level Auto Start MCView Disable Beeps If your ATA ATAPI drive is a generic drive its name does not appear in the Card list when you choose the Cards Edit command in PC Card Control To change the configuration for a generic drive edit the associations for the Generic ATA ATAPI Disk card To change the configuration for an ATA ATAPI PC Card see Chapter PC Card User Interfaces CardWare attempts to configure the card dynamically using the devices in the same order as they appear in the Associations box for the card The manufacturer usually formats ATA ATAPI PC Cards If your card is no
86. stribution or disclosure only to parties of that agreement Detect Card Services Driver Release 5 02 List of system resources in use by Card Services Mem range from A0000h to BFFFFh Range is excluded may not be used Mem range from D0000h to D3FFFh Range is in use exclusively Mem range from DFOOOh to DFFFFh Range is in use shared Mem range from E0000h to FFFFFh Range is excluded may not be used I O range from 2E8h to 2EFh Range is available exclusively I O range from 2F8h to 30Fh Range is in use exclusively I O range from 3E8h to 3EFh Range is in use exclusively IRQ Level 3 Range is in use exclusively C Program Files APSoft CardWare gt CardWare Memory Cards Viewer It is a GUI application that gives the user access to all memory card operations through a standard user interface CardWare Install directory default C Program Files APSoft CardWare CSDLL DLL is Card Services interface library Any Win32 application can access Card Services via DoCS function call SystemRoot system CardWare Files 77 APSoft MCDLL DLL Description This DLL implements all memory card operations for MCVIEW application This is NOT a utility program Location of SystemRoot system installed file MCUNINST DLL Description Memory Cards Viewer uninstallation library Location of SystemRoot system installed file CARDWARE CHM Description PCCARD Help file Location of CardWare Install directory default C Program
87. stry settings manually You can modify settings for either the current session or you can make permanent modification that will be saved in the registry In order for the new Stored Settings to take affect you have to reboot the computer CardWare is able to detect and start the SCSI devices CD ROMs Disks etc connected to your SCSI PC Card adapter after boot of the system To detect new devices CardWare must automatically or by user request perform re enumeration of SCSI bus This dialog allows you to change the configuration of PnP subsystem of CardWare CardWare for Windows NT User s Guide APSoft PCCard Database CardWare for Windows NT User s Guide Rescan Mode Manual Auto Intelligent Auto Rescan Interval Max Rescan Time Disconnect network resources Rescan bus with claimed device Performs re enumeration only by user request Performs re enumeration automatically based upon the time interval specified by the Auto Rescan Interval The same as Auto but interval will gradually increase Interval between the rescan cycles sec In some cases the re enumeration of SCSI bus can occupy a long time CardWare will automatically disable the Auto and Intelligent re enumeration if it detects that the duration exceeds the Max rescan time interval tenths of a second Enables Disables automatic disconnection of network resources by CardWare If this feature is enabled CardWare will
88. t formatted or you wish to change the format use the same commands you would use to format an internal hard drive e g format You can use Windows Explorer for formatting and copying You can insert a memory card in the PC Card socket either before or after you turn on your system If you insert the memory card three beeps sound signifying that the card was successfully installed and is now active You can remove your memory card at any time as long it is not currently accessed e g copying files from to the card but you should Power Off the slot first Types of PC Cards 15 APSoft SRAM Cards Flash Cards 16 Types of PC Cards Use Slot Power Off from the PCTray menu to power off the slot and allow CardWare to unload the driver for the card You can use SRAM cards the same way you use diskettes If your SRAM card is not already formatted run FORMAT before copying files to your memory card You can also use Windows Explorer for formatting and copying To use a flash memory card you need to install software for it on your system and prepare the card if it is new System Software You need two system software components for a flash memory card e A flash filing system FFS APSoft now supplies a PC Card compliant Flash Translation Layer driver with CardWare CardWare also supports Flash File System II FFS II e A media technology driver MTD for your specific card APSoft now includes flash MTDs for all cur
89. ternet _http www tssc de Germany CardWare for Windows NT User s Guide APSoft Evaluation and Registration You are licensed to use CardWare free of charge during a 14 day period for evaluation purposes only Any use of the CardWare evaluation software other than evaluation represents a breach of this license and may result in legal prosecution See the README TXT file in you CardWare installation directory for information about how to contact APSoft and how to license CardWare The Serial Number APSoft issues the serial number when you purchase CardWare Once entered it will transform the evaluation version of CardWare into a full retail version The serial number is valid for free updates during a period of one year Any update of CardWare released by APSoft during this time can be installed using the same serial number After the annual expiry date the serial number will still be able to use your copy of CardWare without time limitation but you will not be able to upgrade any longer free of charge If you want to continue to receive free updates of CardWare you will need to purchase an upgrade You will receive a remainder two weeks before the serial number expires For details on our upgrade policy and price please check our WEB site http www tssc de web policies htm Distribution Provided that you verify that you are distributing the Evaluation Version you are hereby licensed to make as many copies of the Evaluation v
90. that connects a computer bus to PC Card sockets Also Certain PC Cards are commonly called adapters The relationship between a device and a defined PC Card CardWare uses associated devices to configure a PC Card with the appropriate system resources See also System Resources Device Acronym for AT Attachment specification The industrial standard for interfacing to Integrated Drive Electronics IDE hard drives and flash drives Auto Configure Card CardWare automatically attempts to configure each PC Card inserted It does this by reading the CIS If the CIS does not contain enough information CardWare attempts to logically configure the PC Card However even if successful CardWare does not update registry until the user employs PC Card Control to configure the card A PCMCIA compliant card Also known as a PC Card See also PC Card Card Definition Card Definitions are used by CardWare to determine how to configure a PC Card A definition includes a card name information from the Card Information Structure CIS that is used to recognize the card when it is inserted and a list of associated devices See also Configure Card Information Structure Associated Device CardWare for Windows NT User s Guide APSoft Card Information Structure Card Type CIS Configure Device Device type CardWare for Windows NT User s Guide See CIS The type of the function performed by a PC Card Examples is ATA
91. tion about CardWare Use it as your first information source While using PC Card Control PCTray or MCView you can press F1 to get online help for nearly every dialog box in the program Check the CardWare installation directory for a README file This file contains the latest information about CardWare Check APSoft WEB site http www tssc de for the latest information on CardWare releases Tech Support troubleshooting FAQs Throughout this manual are references to lines required in your system registry One line in particular includes reference to a device driver SSxxxxxx yyy This line is a generic reference to software that supports a specific type of socket controller The x s and y s are specific to a certain type of controller while SS means socket services When specific entries for your system registry are mentioned they are explained in a table as shown below CardWare Basics 3 APSoft Parameter lt parameter name and syntax gt Key Tree lt location in registry gt Type lt key type REG_SZ or REG_NUM gt Data lt actual value to assign to the key gt This format explains the entries for the registry and the place within the registry where these entries need to occur How CardWare Recognizes a PC Card First Time Insertion of a 4 CardWare Basics PC Card When you insert a PC Card into your system CardWare reads the CIS from the card The CIS normally supplies detailed information about t
92. uide APSoft 2 CardWare cannot configure the card because either the requested resources are not available or the CIS structure on the card does not include enough information to recognize the card and to register it for future use CardWare can recognize and configure a PC Card using any of several different methods Generic Cards Many but not all PC Cards contain standard information that CardWare can read One piece of information that may be present is the function of the PC Card If CardWare recognizes a new PC Card as a generic type it configures the card according to the devices associated with its particular generic type By default generic modems are set up as the next available COM port Generic ATA ATAPI flashdisks and harddisks use the logical drive letter assigned to the PC Card socket where the card was inserted Auto Configured Some PC Cards can be recognized even if they do not include all the required CIS information These cards are auto configured by default You have to ensure that the software intended for these cards is configured according to these settings If you are running PC Card Control you can determine the settings by right clicking on the device name displayed below the socket see Chapter PC Card User Interfaces From a command line shell you can type DOSCARD D to get this information Other Configuration Options If you do not want a card to be auto configured use PC Card Control or
93. upport with LAPTOP SYS e Socket power management socket off on demand Plug and Play configuration method Multiple CardWare uses the same basic logic for multiple function cards as for single function cards Upon detecting a multiple function card CardWare configures each separate function as if it were a separate PC Card When editing a multiple function card the following dialog box pops up asking you to select the function you wish to edit Function Cards Select card tumction Caid Hatenal Semiconductor LAK amd Habe The whiti cad ii a mulie fonction cai Pease select nee of the functions lipted belys al Prot Figure 1 Multiple Function Cards Hot Swapping CardWare supports hot swapping and hot docking and Hot Hot swapping is inserting a card in a socket while the computer is in full power Docking and full functional operating mode By design PC Cards support hot swapping however some software does not Prior to removing the card from the system always power off a card by selecting Slot Power Off from the PCTray menu gt a vISE gt Even though CardWare supports the removal of LAN and SCSI cards that use the standard Windows NT device driver you should always power off the slot before removing a card to allow CardWare to unload the card driver Hot docking is inserting or removing a mobile computer into from a docking station while both the computer and the docking station are in full power a
94. vice and its driver do not require a DMA channel select None for the DMA If the device and its driver can use any available DMA channel select Any for the DMA If the device and its driver require a specific DMA channel select Edit and then select a specific DMA channel from the drop down list of DMAs CardWare for Windows NT User s Guide Menu Options Event Notifications Load Control CardWare for Windows NT User s Guide Contains various CardWare and PC Card Control preference settings Select Event Notifications to instruct CardWare to interrupt your work when the following events occur 1 Card insertion removal 2 Battery low dead CardWare can respond to each event with up to three actions 1 Restore the Card Control window 2 Display an appropriate message 3 Execute a WAV file APSoft trol for Window Ea tiem Info View Help Event Notifications Load Control Resource Management PCDisk Options PCDRYM Options PCCard Database Autoconfiguration Setup Advisor Options User Level Auto Start MCView Disable Beeps CardWare Notification Setup Event Restore Show Play Sound Names POCARD Message Sound File CardInsetion O O 0 No Sound Set LJ Card Removal O O jml No Sound Set Battey Low M m o No Sound Set o o g Battery Dead o No Sound Set Notification Timeout sec CE Pluosn Play Timeout
95. w Edit Rename Delete Translation Layer FTL standard compatible format and then starts the Windows NT Format command to format the card A device is a named set of d Contre For Windows system resources The Device item in the menu bar lets you define a new device or change the definition of an existing device You may also rename and delete devices To define a new device choose Devices New from the main menu Enter a new device a name For an existing device choose Devices Edit Select the device name you wish to edit from the Name list box Then reassign system resources to this device The system resource fields display their current assignments for your convenience You can also rename or delete a device CardWare for Windows NT User s Guide PC Card User Interfaces 45 APSoft Defining a Device You may need to define a device in these situations When defining a new PC Card e When editing an existing PC Card definition When a resource in an existing device must be changed e g changing the memory base address or IRQ The Devices menu lets you configure a new or existing device in this window PC Card Device Settings Name l 10 Ranges None Any Edit Base Hes Length Range 0 oO O isd Rangel O O il Memory Ranges None Any Edit Base Hes Length Ranged O farses LE row 0 0 LIL Ranges O rT I R
96. y help e MCVIEW CHM Online Help MC View utility help Create CardWare Group If you omit this option the installation program does not create a program folder and program icons CardWare for Windows NT User s Guide Installing CardWare 29 APSoft Load Management After selecting the CardWare options to install the Load Control screen appears It shows information about the way that CardWare files load Only the files you selected for installation are available for load management The screen below shows the default load configuration CardWare Load Control Program PCCS S1 5 SSPCIC SYS PCENABLE SY S PCATA SYS PCSRAM SYS PCFLASH SY S PCDISK SYS PCFDS SYS PCDRVM SYS Boot System Auto Manual Disable Command line B SC OFF MC 15 4 AS AUTO MF ON MD 40 a lt 4 CE a a a a a O AAAA A P F P 4 lt lt xI CWSERV EXE PCTRAY EXE lt Back NOTE 30 Installing CardWare Figure 9 CardWare Load Management Changing the load sequences of CardWare files can cause program errors Unless you understand the meaning and consequences of your actions leave load management at its default settings Click Default to restore the default load management Here is a brief explanation of the column labels Boot System Auto Windows NT has a complex multi stage booting process Place a check mark v in one of these three columns to select the boot stage in which the file loa

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