What's New

Note : BSOD stands for "Blue Screen of Death" of MS Windows.


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2002/10/11 v1.02.00

Fix : Add a filter for CTS signals when the port is not used.

Fix : Data format does not set correctly in Port7000. Fix it.


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2002/08/20 v1.01.01

Add : VxComm Utility supports "Import" and "Export" features. It is 
      used to export the current settings into a configuration file,
      and to import settings from a configuration file.

      For more information, please refer to the "sample.cfg" file.

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2002/08/05 v1.01.00

Add : Suuports CTS/RTS flow control.
      (7188E firmware must be VCOM3007.exe 2002/07/26 or newer.)

      +------------------------+-------------------------------+ 
      | Win32                  | 7188E                         |
      +------------------------+-------------------------------+ 
      | RTS_CONTROL_DISABLE    | Mode 1, Default RTS low       |
      | RTS_CONTROL_ENABLE     | Mode 1, Default RTS high      |
      | RTS_CONTROL_HANDSHAKE  | Mode 3, Library auto-control  |
      | RTS_CONTROL_TOGGLE     | Mode 3, Library auto-control  |
      +------------------------+-------------------------------+

      When writting, if CTS_CONTROL_HANDSHAKE is set, the driver
      will wait until the CTS line is high or timeout occurred.
      ( It's about 7 seconds for waiting CTS line to high. )

Fix : Copy the data before sending it out. This prevents the BSOD
      while connection broken.

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2002/07/05 v1.00.00

> Supports Windows 95/OSR2, 98/SE, ME. Test OK!
> Supports up to COM256 under Windows 95/OSR2, 98/SE, ME. Test OK!

Add : Provides more detailed installation procedures in the readme.txt
      file.

Change : pre-allocated DevNodes = 3;  Max-Reserved DevNodes = 3 * 2;
         if ( OriginalDevNodes < NewDevNodes ) 
              Add ( NewDevNodes + 3 - OriginalDevNodes ) DevNodes;
         if ( OriginalDevNodes > NewDevNodes + 3 * 2 ) 
         	  Remove ( OriginalDevNodes - NewDevNodes - 3 * 2 ) DevNodes; 
         
Fix : Fix the condition for reboot request.

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2002/06/29 v0.09.03

Fix : Clears the DeviceMap(COM port) settings with VxComm Utility before
      uninstall the VxComm Driver 98. This prevents the unused COM ports
      keeping exist in the system.

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2002/06/26 v0.09.02 Beta

> VxComm Utility 98 uses the following algorithm to reduce the request 
  of system reboot.

  if ( DevNodes < ComPorts ) {
     1. Create new (ComPorts - DevNodes + 5) DevNodes 
     2. Reboot computer to initialize the new created DevNodes
  }
 
  if ( DevNodes > ComPorts + 5 ) {
     1. Remove (DevNodes - ComPorts - 5) DevNodes
  }

Fix : Returns failure while failed to open the connection with the 
      7188E/8000E.

Fix : Fix bugs for sending/receiving data continuously.

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v0.09.01 Beta

It's the firt version of VxComm Driver 98 for beta test only.

> Supports virtual-COM port open/close, baud rate setting, data format
  setting and send/receive functions.
> Supports break-signal on/off setting.
> Supports multi-COM ports.
> Supports VxComm Utility to assign 7188E/8000E device information.