Release Notes PN 93000483 Rev 1P Digi RealPort Device Driver Version 1.0.3.0 Microsoft Windows 98/Me Software Package PN 40002297 11/19/02 CONTENTS Section Description 1 Introduction 2 Supported Products 3 Known Limitations 4 Installation 5 Additional Notes 6 History 1. INTRODUCTION This document describes the Digi RealPort Device Driver for Microsoft Windows 98 and Me. Refer to the following number when searching the Digi International Inc. web site (www.digi.com) or the ftp site (ftp.digi.com) for the latest software package: 40002297_ 2. SUPPORTED PRODUCTS Digi One EM Digi One IA Digi One IA RealPort Digi One RealPort Digi One SP Digi One TS Digi Flex Digi PortServer Digi PortServer II Digi PortServer II Rack Digi PortServer TS 2 Digi PortServer TS 4 Digi PortServer TS 8 Digi PortServer TS 16 Digi PortServer TS 16 Rack Digi EtherLite 2 Digi EtherLite 8 Digi EtherLite 16 Digi EtherLite 32 Digi EtherLite 80 Digi EtherLite 160 Digi EtherLite 162 3. KNOWN LIMITATIONS The Device Manager incorrectly reports bogus resources for each of the RealPort serial ports (see the Ports (COM & LPT) category of the Device Manager). This is a limitation of the operating system, which requires that serial ports are associated with a physical address space, albeit phantom. If you plan to use the RealPort driver with serial printers, you may want to reboot the system after device installation or after renaming ports to see the new ports listed in the Print Spooler's list of available ports. This is a known limitation of the Print Spooler, which does not detect changes in the list of available ports automatically. If you experience difficulties operating serial printers, try enabling the option, "Complete write requests immediately." A checkbox of the same name can be found in the port's Port Properties dialog in the Device Manager. 4. INSTALLATION To install the driver, follow these steps: 1. Run the Add New Hardware Wizard o Open Start > Settings > Control Panel. o Locate and run the control panel named "Add New Hardware". o Windows indicates that it will next search for new Plug and Play devices, which may take a few moments. Choose "Next >" to continue. (Windows 95 allows you to bypass the search -- just highlight the radio button entitled: "No".) o If Windows finds any new Plug and Play devices for which it has installation files, it will install them and will complete the Add New Hardware Wizard. If this happens, rerun the Add New Hardware Wizard. Otherwise, Windows may find some devices for which it doesn't have installation files and will list them now. o Tell Windows the device you want to install isn't listed by selecting the radio entitled, "No, the device isn't in the list." Choose "Next >" to continue. (This dialog does not appear in Windows Me.) o Windows allows you to search for non-Plug and Play compatible devices. Select instead the radio, "No, I want to select the hardware from a list," and choose "Next >". o Windows displays a list of hardware categories. Select "Other devices" and choose "Next >" to continue. o Windows will display a list of known hardware in the category previously selected. Don't select any device from the list. Instead, choose "Have Disk..." to point Windows to the location of the installation files. o Enter the path to the installation files. Choose "OK". o Windows now searches the indicated directory for installation files and displays a list of devices it can install. Find your device in the list, select it, and choose "Next >." o Choose "Finish" to complete the installation. 2. Configure the I.P. Address o Next, you must open the Device Manager to configure the I.P. address the driver uses to talk to the PortServer device. o Open Start > Settings > Control Panel. o Run the control panel named "System". o Click the "Device Manager" tab. o Find and open the "Multi-port serial adapters" category. o Display the properties dialog for the device you would like to configure. o Click the "Device Configuration" tab. o The parent adapter should be highlighted; choose "Properties..." to open its properties dialog. o Enter the I.P. address of the device. o Choose "OK" to close the properties dialog. o Choose "OK" to close the configuration dialog. You will be informed that you need to close all open ports for your changes to stick. Choose "OK". 5. ADDITIONAL NOTES On-line help is available after installing the product. Installation documentation can be found at Digi's Web site, http://www.digi.com, or at Digi's FTP server, ftp://ftp.digi.com. 6. HISTORY Version 1.0.3.0 --------------- Nov 19, 2002 -- Pilot release, Rev. 1P