Socket Dual Serial I/O Card installation CD for
Windows 95OB/98/98SE/Me/2000/XP

Version 6210-00133 A 02/28/03
(c) Copyright 2003 Socket Communications, Inc.
All Rights Reserved

This Readme file contains important information that supplements
the Dual Serial I/O Card User's Guide. 

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README TABLE OF CONTENTS

1.0  WHAT'S IN RELEASE 133 A?

2.0  FILE LOCATIONS    
  
3.0  RELEASE NOTES

4.0  UNINSTALL PROCEDURES  
    
5.0  FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS

6.0  TECHNICAL SUPPORT INFORMATION

7.0  CD CONTENT

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1.0  WHAT'S IN RELEASE 133 A?

This is the initial release of the Dual Serial I/O with Hi-Speed. 
This release includes:

- Data transfer speeds up to 921 Kbps 
- Front end installation setup 
- Hi-Speed COM Tools (Baud Mapper) for Windows 95OB/98/98SE/Me/
  2000/XP
- Third Party Applications "Acrobat Reader" and "I'm InTouch"

Please visit Socket's website for updates and information on
this product:

http//www.socketcom.com


2.0  FILE LOCATIONS

2.1  Windows 95 File Locations

The following files are copied to the Windows directory
when the Hi-Speed Dual software is installed on all Windows
95 devices: 

Windows\SCTray.exe
Windows\System\SKTDIO9x.VXD
               SCBaud.cpl
Windows\System\IOSubsys\SCTB.VXD
     
In addition, an INF file is created in Windows\Inf\Other 
directory, and some registry information is added.


2.2 Windows 98/98SE/Me File Locations

The following files are copied to the Windows directory
when the Hi-Speed Dual software is installed on all Windows
98/98SE/Me devices: 

Windows\SCTray.exe
Windows\System\SKTDIO9X.VXD
               SCBaud.cpl
Windows\System\IOSubsys\SCTB.VXD

In addition, an INF file is created in Windows\Inf\Other 
directory, and some registry information is added.


2.3  Windows 2000 File Locations

The following files are copied to the Windows directory
when the Hi-Speed Dual software is installed on all Windows
2000 devices: 

WINNT\SCTray.exe
WINNT\System32\SIOUi2K.dll
               SCBaud.cpl
WINNT\System32\Driver\SIO9502k.sys
         
In addition, an INF file is created in WINNT\Inf directory, and 
some registry information is added.

2.4  Windows XP File Locations

The following files are copied to the Windows directory
when the Hi-Speed Dual software is installed on all Windows
XP devices: 

Windows\SCTray.exe
Windows\System32\SIOUi2K.dll
                 SCBaud.cpl
Windows\System32\Drivers\SIO9502k.sys

Also an INF file is created in Windows\Inf directory, and 
some registry information is added.


3.0  RELEASE NOTES

This Readme.txt applies to the installation CD 6210-00133 A.

3.1 Hi-Speed Serial Dual Card Software

The installation consists of three software components:

1) Serial device driver
2) Property Page 
3) Hi-Speed COM Tools (Baud Mapper)

The three components are intended to provide the user with
enhanced configuration options.  The Property page allows
you to control the UART’s FIFO and to set the default
communication parameters. The Hi-Speed COM Tools provides
Baud Mapping (See more details in 3.2 - 3.4) and COM port 
changing capabilities.  

Hi-Speed Dual Serial Cards can be identified by the rev letter 
on the back of the card.  The following are hi-speed serial 
cards and are capable of transferring data at 921 Kbps. 

   PC Card with Removable Cable
   8510-00054 Rev K or later
   8010-00057 Rev K or later

   PC Card with ruggedized cable
   8510-00092 Rev F or later
   8510-00182 Rev F or later
   8510-00077 Rev F or later


3.2 Baud Mapper Operation (Hi-Speed COM Tools)

This program starts from the Control Panel and allows Baud 
Rate re-mapping from a lower (unused) baud rate to a higher 
one that may not be supported by the user's application 
(or the Windows OS itself, in the case of Windows 9x/ME). 

IMPORTANT!
On computer systems running Windows 95/98 or any other 
older systems with a slower processor speed, you may 
experience the following symptoms:

If you try to use the Dual Hi-Speed serial card on
multiple channels at Hi-Speed, you may overwhelm the 
system and experience reduced throughput.

There may be a limitation on the maximum baud rate
that can be achieved with the Hi-Speed COM Tools, 
e.g. you may not be able to achieve reliable connections
at 230.4 kbps, 460.8 kbps or 921.6 kbps.

You may also find that even though you are able to set 
a high baud rate such as 230.4, 460.8 or 921.6, the actual
throughput might be less than the stated baud rate, e.g.
you have the baud rate set to 460.8 kbps but the actual
throughput could be only 350 kbps.

On Windows Desktop the baud mapping is global, 
meaning it will be used for all Hi-Speed cards running
in the system.

3.3 Baud Mapper on Windows 2000/XP

When Baud Mapper is running on a Windows 2000/XP system, it 
displays the first Hi-Speed Dual Serial Card it finds in the 
system (and displays "Available"). The Card Status also 
shows a list of previously installed Hi-Speed cards along 
with their assigned COM ports. The assigned COM port can 
be changed for all cards in the list 
(including cards not currently running in the system).
 
3.4 Baud Mapper on Windows 95OB/98/98SE/Me

The Card Status is not available for Windows 9x/Me since there 
is no way to change the COM ports and dynamically assign it 
at run time, (unlike Windows 2000/XP). The list of inserted 
cards is not available either.

3.5  Installing More Than one High-Speed Serial Card

If you have previously installed the High-Speed COM Tools 
(Baud Mapper) and you are planning to install another 
High-Speed Serial (SIO, DIO, QIO) Card, you must remove 
the High-Speed COM Tools ICON from the Task Bar.

If the ICON does not show up in the Task Bar you may 
continue the installation. If the ICON is present in the 
Task Bar, it can be removed by clicking on the ICON to open 
the Hi-Speed COM Tools and unchecking "Always show icon on 
the task bar" at the bottom of the screen. The ICON should 
disappear and you can proceed with the installation of the 
new card. If you don't uncheck the box to remove the ICON,  
the new Serial card will not install correctly.

3.6  Hot Swapping

IMPORTANT!  
Hot Swapping is removing and inserting the card when the 
computer is turned on. You can safely hot swap your serial card
only if you have stopped the operation of the card. This can be 
done by double clicking on the task tray ICON "Safely Remove 
Hardware" and select "Stop".  If the communication port 
assigned to the DIO card is open, DO NOT remove the card. 
If you remove the card from your system, you may receive system 
error and require to reboot. Socket is not responsible for any 
data loss.  

3.7 Using More than one Socket Serial Product

If you happen to have more than one of the following Socket 
products that include the Hi-Speed COM Tools, you must install 
the software related to each product.  To ensure that you have 
available the latest version of the Hi-Speed COM Tools, install 
the most updated software version last. 

   - Hi-Speed Serial I/O Card
   - Hi-Speed Dual Serial I/O Card
   - Hi-Speed Quad Serial I/O Card
   - Hi-Speed Digital Phone Card

Whatever software is installed last will override the 
previously installed Hi-Speed COM Tools software.  Any 
enhancements or updates included in the latest version of the 
software will be available to the user when installed. 

However, if you install an older software version on top of 
the most updated version of software, the old software will 
override and whatever was offered in the latest version for 
Hi-Speed COM Tools will not be available.  Each of the above 
products will work as long as you install the corresponding 
software.   

To determine which software is the latest, refer to the 
Readme. The Readme will include the Rev letter and date.


3.8  Using the Hi-Speed Dual Serial Card with an Older I/O Card

In some cases, the Hi-Speed Dual Serial card may not work 
with an older serial I/O card simultaneously.


4.0  UNINSTALL PROCEDURES

4.1  Windows 95OB/98/98SE/Me Uninstall Procedures

Under normal operation, it should never be necessary to
uninstall the driver-related files for the Socket Dual Serial 
I/O cards. If you must remove them, perform the following steps:

Uninstall Categories:

4.1.1 Uninstall the Hi-Speed Serial Card from the Device Manager
4.1.2 Remove the Dual Serial I/O .INF 
4.1.3 Remove the Hi-Speed COM Tools & System Files 


4.1.1 Uninstall Procedures for Dual Serial I/O from the Device 
      Manager

  1.  Plug in the Socket Dual Serial HS I/O Card you wish to 
      uninstall
  2.  Go to Start | Settings | Control Panel and double click on
      System icon. This will take you to the System Properties.
  3.  Select the "Device Manager" tab and make sure to "View 
      the devices by type"
  4.  Under "Ports (COM & LPT)" select the "Socket DIO HS Card*" 
  5.  Right click and select REMOVE.
  6.  Click OK to confirm the Device Removal.
  7.  Remove the Serial Dual I/O Card from your Device

4.1.2 Remove the Dual Serial I/O INF file  

  If you installed the Hi-Speed Serial Card using the 
  installation   CD, you need to remove any reference to the 
  Socket Dual Serial I/O cards in the Windows\INF\OTHER 
  directory. Follow the directions in the next section to 
  complete the procedures for removing the drivers.

  Open Windows Explorer. Go to the View (or Tools) menu and 
  choose   Folder Options. Under View | Hidden Files make sure 
  to select "Show All Files". To change the settings click OK. 
  In  Windows Explorer, go to the Windows\Inf\Other folder. 
  There should be an .inf entry called "Socket Communication, 
  Inc.Sktdio.INF" or called "Socket Communication, 
  Inc.SktdioP.INF". Select the file and delete it.

4.1.3 Remove the Hi-Speed COM Tools & system Files

First you need to make sure that the application SCtray.exe 
is not running in the tasktray of your system. To do that open 
the Hi-Speed COM Tools from the Tasktray icon or from the 
Control Panel and uncheck the option: "Always show icon on the 
Taskbar". Close the application. The icon should disappear 
from your tasktray.

Open Windows Explorer and delete the files in the following 
locations: 
    
   1.  Windows\System\SKTDIO9X.VXD
   2.  Windows\System\SCBaud.cpl 
   3.  Windows\System\IOSubsys\SCTB.VXD
   4.  Windows\SCtray.exe


4.2  Windows 2000/XP Uninstall Procedures

Under normal operation, it should never be necessary to 
uninstall the driver-related files for the Socket Dual Serial 
I/O cards. If you must remove them, please perform the 
following steps:

Uninstall Categories:

4.2.1. Uninstall the Hi-Speed Serial Card from the Device Manager
4.2.2. Delete the Dual Serial I/O .INF and .PNF files 
4.2.3. Remove the Hi-Speed COM Tools & System Files 


4.2.1 Uninstall the Hi-Speed Serial Card from the Device Manager

  1. Plug in the Socket Serial Dual HS I/O Card you wish to uninstall.
  2. Go to Start | Settings | Control Panel and double click on
     System icon. This will take you to the System Properties.
  3. Go to "Hardware" tab and click on "Device Manager" button
     Make sure to "View the devices by type".
  4. Under "Multifunction Adapters", select the 
     "Socket HS Dual Serial Card" 
  5. Right click and select UNINSTALL.
  6. Click OK to confirm the Device Removal.
  7. Remove the Serial HS I/O Card from your Device.

4.2.2 Delete the Dual Serial I/O .INF and .PNF files
 
  1.  Open Windows Explorer. Go to Tools and select
        Folder Options. 
  2.  Go to View | Hidden Files Folders 
  3.  Select "Show Hidden Files and Folders".
  4.  Click OK to change setting .
  5.  Go to the Windows\Inf folder on your system drive. 
      (For Windows 2000 the folder is WINNT\INF).
  6.  Search for OEMx.INF files. Important!(If you have 
      multiple OEM files it is important that you view each 
      OEM file to find the correct one.) For a quick search, 
      open each file and look for the name
      "SocketComm" and the file name SKTDIO.INF. 
  7.  Once you find the correct file,(SKTDIO.INF) delete it.
  8.  Delete the corresponding OEMx.PNF file.

4.2.3 Remove the Hi-Speed COM Tools & System files

First you need to make sure that the Hi-Speed COM Tools app
is not running in the tasktray of your system. To do that open 
the Hi-Speed COM Tools from the Tasktray icon or from the 
Control Panel and uncheck the option: "Always show icon on the 
Taskbar".  Close the "Hi-Speed COM Tools application.  
The icon should disappear from your tasktray.

Open Windows Explorer and delete the files in the following 
locations: 

     1. WINDOWS\System32\SCBaud.cpl
     2. WINDOWS\System32\SIOUI2K.dll
     3. WINDOWS\System32\Drivers\SIO9502k.sys
     4. WINDOWS\SCtray.exe

Note: On Window 2000 the Windows directory is called WINNT 
instead of Windows.

5.0  Frequently Asked Questions

   Please visit our website for the most recent FAQ:
   http://www.socketcom.com/faq/

6.0  TECHNICAL SUPPORT INFORMATION

If you have trouble installing or using the Dual Serial I/O Card, 
please refer to the “Troubleshooting” section of the User’s 
Guide. If problems persist, contact Socket’s technical support 
department.

You must register your product to receive assistance from
Socket Technical support.  Register here:

www.socketcom.com/prodreg

After you register your product,you can use the product 
registration web page to submit an email inquiry directly 
to a technical support specialist for priority service, 
view product information, register additional products, 
view a complete database of FAQs and view a history of 
technical support activity for previous support issues.

You can track new product releases, software updates and
technical bulletins by visiting Socket's web page at 
www.socketcom.com


7.0  CD CONTENT

\CAB File
   This directory includes the Windows CE CAB files for the
   Hi-Speed Dual Serial I/O Cards. These are self-installing 
   files that contain the Windows CE drivers. The files are 
   identified by the version of Windows CE OS and processor 
   type.

\DOCS
   DIOPCdatatsheet.pdf
             PDF version of the data sheet for Dual Serial I/O Cards.
   DIOUserGuide.pdf
             PDF version of the User's Guide.
\html
   Contains the setup screens for the Dual Serial I/O Card 
   Setup center.
  
\ThirdParty
   This directory contains Third party applications. 
   \Acrobat Reader -  for reading PDF files
   \In Touch - I'm InTouch - Allows remote access to your PC
   
\WindowsCE_Hi_Speed
   Contains installation software for Windows CE HPC Pro 2.11,
   HPC 2000, Pocket PC2000, Pocket PC 2002.

DIO9xMe2kXpReadme.txt      -  17 KB    This Document
SCBaud.cpl            	-  88 KB    Control Panel Application
SCBaud.w9x            	-  88 KB    Setup file 
SCTB.VXD             	-   6 KB    Virtual device driver
SCTray.exe                          -  40 KB    Installation Application              		
setup.htm		               -   6 KB     HTML Setup Center
Setup.exe                             -  40 KB    Setup file            		 
Sio9502k.sys                        -  47 KB    System file		
SioUI2k.dll		-  76 KB    Application Extension            		
SKTDIO9X.VXD		-  17 KB    Virtual device driver            
sktDio.inf		               -  18 KB    Setup Information
SktDioP.inf		-  52 KB    Setup Information
TPCfg.ini            	              -   1 KB    Configuration Settings
