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**  OMEGA ENGINEERING, INC.                            **
**  OME Series of Data Acquisition                     **
**  Revision : 2.0.1                                   **
**  Date   : Mar-17-2008                               **
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This CD-ROM last updated on Mar-17-2008
Check for recent updates on ftp://ftp.omega.com



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**      Table of Contents      **
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A. Auto-Run Mechanism.

B. Installation Steps.
   B-1. For DOS users.
   B-2. For Windows users without MENU (Not Auto-Run).
   B-3. For Windows users with MENU (Auto-Run).
   B-4. Plug and Play.
   
C. Relative Resources.
   C-1. Our Web-Site on the Internet.
   C-2. The Acrobat Reader 6.0 for Windows.
   C-3. User Manuals.
   C-4. Other Documents.

D. Layout of this CD-ROM.
   D-1. Brief Folder Structure.
   D-2. Detailed Folder Structure.

E. Appendix.
   E-1. LabVIEW?
   E-2. Do Demo program need other files?
   


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**   A. Auto-Run Mechanism.    **
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    Windows 95/98/NT/2000/XP provides the Auto-Run Mechanism, and this CD-ROM
supports it.  That is,  when the user insert this CD-ROM into the CD-ROM Drive,
the Windows 95/98 or Windows NT/2000/XP Operating System will read and interpret 
the "AutoRun.inf".  And then run the program which is specified by the 
"AutoRun.inf".

    This CD-ROM provides a MENU (program file), the Auto-Run Mechanism under
Windows 95/98 and Windows NT/2000/XP will force this MENU to be shown on the 
screen. The structure of this MENU is:

   |--\Install Toolkits (Softwares) / Manual
   |   |--\PCI Bus DAQ Card
   |   |   
   |   |--\ISA Bus DAQ Card   
   |   |
   |   +--\Others
   |
   |--\Browse CD-ROM Contents
   |
   |--\Contact Us
   |
   |--\View Readme.txt                        <-- this file 
   |
   |
   |--\View Our Web-Site on the Internet
   |
   +--\Install Acrobat Reader 6.0
       ( The user manual is written in .PDF format, 
         the user need the Acrobat reader to read the user manual. )
   

    The MENU ( program file "\OMEGA\Auto32.exe" ) allows the user to easily
install the development toolkits simply using the Point-and-Click method.

    The MENU will be launched automatically after the user inserts this CD-ROM
into the  CD-ROM Drive  under  Windows 95/98 and Windows NT/2000/XP.The Auto-Run 
mechanism can be enabled/disabled by system settings (set by user).  If this 
MENU does not shown in the screen when the user inserts this CD-ROM,  the user
can also run the program  "\OMEGA\Auto32.exe"  manually to force the MENU to 
be shown. 

    The MENU(program file "\OMEGA\Auto32.exe") supports Windows 95/98 and
Windows NT/2000/XP Only. It is a standard Win32 execution file.




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**   B. Installation Steps.    **
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B-1. For DOS user.

	  The MENU (Win32 Program) is not suported in an MS-DOS environment. 
   
   Step 1. Find the folder that contains the desired Development Toolkit for DOS.
           Please refer to Section "D. Layout of this CD-ROM."

   Step 2. Change the directory to desired folder. 
           
           For example (CD-ROM Drive is "D:" and using the PCI-TMC12) : 
           
             C:\>d:
             D:\>cd \OMEGA\PCI\PCI-TMC12\DOS
             D:\OMEGA\PCI\PCI-TMC12\DOS\>_ 
           
   Step 3. Run the batch file "Install.bat" to install the Toolkit for DOS.
           The batch file will show the message to prompt you to install.
           
           For example (Use PCI-TMC12): 

           **********************************************************************
           **                                                                  **
           **  This batch file will copy the folder into C:\OMEGA\PCITMC12    **
           **                                                                  **
           **                                                                  **
           **  The user can also change the destination by specifying the      **
           **  parameter on the command line.                                  **
           **                                                                  **
           **  For example:                                                    **
           **      install D:\MyProj                                           **
           **                                                                  **
           ** This will force the copying of the folder into D:\MyProj\PCITMC12**
           **                                                                  **
           **********************************************************************

           Please press [Ctrl] + [C] to cancel this process, or
           Press any key to continue . . .

   Step 4. After the message is shown on the screen, please press [Enter] key to
           continue installation. And, then the folder of Development Toolkit
           for DOS will be copied into  C:\OMEGA.   Or,  the user  can press 
           [Ctrl] + [C] to cancel this installation. 
           
   Step 5. After installation, the user can find the  folder of  Toolkit for DOS 
           under C:\OMEGA.
           
           For example (Using PCI-TMC12) :  
           
               C:\OMEGA\PCITMC12.


   Note 1. If the message(Step 3) shows as follows .....

           Out of environment space

           **********************************************************************
           **                                                                  **
           **  This batch file will copy the folder into C:\OMEGA\             **
           .........
           ...........
           
           
           
           Please configure the system's "Config.sys" to provides more 
           environment space. 
           
           For example (if the command.com is under C:\) :
           
               shell=C:\Command.com /e:4096
               
           Restart the system and run the install.bat again. 
           
           
   Note 2. The user can also copy the folder manually. 
   
           For example (Using PCI-TMC12) :
           
               XCopy /s PCITMC12\*.* C:\OMEGA\PCITMC12\*.*
               

B-2. For Windows users without MENU (Program).

   Step 1. Find the folder  that  contains the desired Development Toolkit for
           Windows 95/98  or  NT, Please refer to Section "D. Layout of this CD-ROM."

   Step 2. Change the directory the desired folder. 
           
           For example (CD-ROM Drive is "D:" and using the PCI-TMC12 under NT): 
           
             C:\>d:
             D:\>cd \OMEGA\DOWNLOAD\PCI\TMC12\WinNT\Setup
             D:\OMEGA\DOWNLOAD\PCI\TMC12\WinNT\Setup\>_ 
           
   Step 3. Run the installation file "Setup.exe" to install the Toolkit  for 
           Windows 95/98 or for Windows NT. 
           
   Step 4. Please follows the message prompts in order to chooses
           the directory in which to install, and complete the installation steps.
           


B-3. For Windows user with MENU (Program "\OMEGA\Auto32.exe" ).

   Step 1. Find out the MENU Item that contains the desired Development Toolkit for
           Windows 95/98/NT/2000/XP, Please refer to Section "A. Auto-Run Mechanism."

   Step 2. Change to the desired page. 
           
           For example (Using the PCI-TMC12): 
           
             (1) Click the menu item "Install Toolkits (Software) / Manuals" 
             (2) Click the menu item "Plug-in Biards for the PCI-bus"
             (3) Click the menu item "PCI-TMC12"
           
   Step 3. Click the menu item to install the Development Toolkit. 
   
           For example (using PCI-TMC12 under Windows NT) :
           
             (1) Click the menu item "Insall Toolkit for Windows NT"
             (2) The installation file "Setup.exe" will be launched.

   Step 4. Please follows the message prompts in order to choose the directory
           in which to install, and complete the installation steps.
           


B-4. Plug and Play

       Windows 95/98/2000/XP provides a PnP (Plug and Play) mechanism,  and the PCI
   Bus Series DAQ Cards  support this mechanism. After the user  plugs the PCI
   DAQ Card on the main-board,  the PnP mechanism will detect the bus to find
   the new devices.  If this  mechanism is not launched  automatically, 
   the user can also  launch the program  "Add New Hardware"  from the folder 
   "Control Panel" manually.
   
       Please follow  the message prompts to choose the folder  which contains the
   PnP Information file (.INF),  and complete the installation steps. 

   For example (using PCI-TMC12, CD-ROM Drive is D:) :
   
       choose the folder  "D:\OMEGA\TMC12_Win95\Inf"
       and then select the information file "TMC12.INF".
   
       After completing the setting of the PnP Information file, Windows 95/98
   will record the information of the specific PCI DAQ Card  in the database,
   and allocate the resource (I/O Port, IRQ number, DMA) to this card.

       The PnP mechanism reads the .INF file, and then 
           (1) Causes the PCI Card to be identified by the system.
           (2) Makes the system allocate resources to this PCI Card.



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**   C. Relative Resources.    **
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C-1. Our Web-Site on the Internet.

   For the latest information, please refer to our web site.
       Web Site: http://www.omega.com
       E-mail  : das@omega.com
               

C-2. The Acrobat Reader 5.05 for Windows.

       The  free Adobe Acrobat Reader 5.05  enables you to view, navigate, and
   browse  PDF  files,  either inside  a  Web browser  or  in  a  stand-alone 
   application.
       \OMEGA\Ar6\AdbeRdr60_enu_full.exe

C-4. User Manuals
	
   after install	
   \OMEGA\PCI\Manul\PnPInstall.pdf
       PnP (Plug and Play) information file  installation Manual for  PCI Bus
       DAQ Card under Windows 95/98/NT/2000/XP.
   
   \OMEGA\PCI\Manual\ResCheck.pdf
       The user manual for resources (I/O Port, IRQ number, DMA) checking for
       PCI/ISA Bus DAQ Card under Windows 95/98/NT/2000/XP. 
   
   \OMEGA\PCI\Inf\SoftInst.pdf   
       The user manual for  Development Toolkit for Windows 95/98 and Windows
       NT/2000/XP installation.
   
   \OMEGA\PCI\Manual\CallDLL.pdf   
       The user manual for  programmers to using VC5, VB5, Delphi3 and BCB3
       to call the functions of Win32 DLLs. It is for Development Toolkits for
       Windows 95/98 and NT/2000/XP.
   
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**  D. Layout of this CD-ROM.  **
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D-1. Detailed Folder Structure :
|--\OMEGA
    |
    |--\Linux
    |   |--\PCI
    |   |   +--\omega-ixpci-0.16.0.tar.gz	 <-- Linux driver of PCI-1002/1202/1602/180x,TMC12A
    |   +--\PIO										
    |   |   +--\omega-ixpio-0.19.3.tar.gz        <-- Linux driver of PISO-813,PIODA,PIODIO
    |   *--\ISA\
    |	    +--\omega-ixisa-0.16.0.tar.gz	 <-- Linux driver of A8111 A822 A826
    |
    |--\PCI                                      <-- PCI Bus DAQ Card
    |   |--\Manual                               <-- The user manual and reference document   
    |   |--\PCI-1002                             <-- PCI-1002L/PCI-1002H
    |   |   |--\DOS              Ver(1.0)        <-- Toolkit for DOS
    |   |   |--\DLL_OCX          Ver(3.02.00)    <-- Toolkit for Windows 95/98/ME/NT/2K/XP
    |   |   |                                        Provides demos for VB6, VC6, Delphi4, BCB4, C#.NET 2005 and VB.NET 2005   
    |   |   |--\LabView          Ver(3.00.00)    <-- Toolkit for LabVIEW 95/98/ME/NT/2K/XP
    |   |   +--\Manual           Ver(1.01)       <-- User Manual
    |   | 
    |   |--\PCI-1202                             <-- PCI-1202L/PCI-1202H
    |   |   |--\DOS              Ver(2.0)        <-- Toolkit for DOS
    |   |   |--\DLL_OCX          Ver(2.35.00)    <-- Toolkit for Windows 95/98/ME/NT/2K/XP
    |   |   |                                        Provides demos for VB6, VC6, Delphi4, BCB4, C#.NET 2005 and VB.NET 2005
    |   |   |--\LabView          Ver(2.20.01)    <-- Toolkit for LabVIEW 95/98/ME/NT/2K/XP
    |   |   +--\Manual           Ver(3.02)       <-- User Manual
    |   | 
    |   |--\PCI-1602                             <-- PCI-1602/1602F
    |   |   |--\DOS              Ver(2.0)        <-- Toolkit for DOS
    |   |   |--\DLL_OCX          Ver(2.35.00)    <-- Toolkit for Windows 95/98/ME/NT/2K/XP
    |   |   |                                        Provides demos for VB6, VC6, Delphi4, BCB4, C#.NET 2005 and VB.NET 2005
    |   |   |--\LabView          Ver(2.20.01)    <-- Toolkit for LabVIEW 95/98/ME/NT/2K/XP 
    |   |   +--\Manual           Ver(3.02)       <-- User Manual
    |   | 
    |   |--\PCI-180X                             <-- PCI-1800L/PCI-1800H, PCI-1802L/PCI-1802H
    |   |   |--\DOS              Ver(2.0)        <-- Toolkit for DOS
    |   |   |--\DLL_OCX          Ver(2.35.00)    <-- Toolkit for Windows 95/98/ME/NT/2K/XP
    |   |   |                                        Provides demos for VB6, VC6, Delphi4, BCB4, C#.NET 2005 and VB.NET 2005
    |   |   |--\LabView          Ver(2.20.01)    <-- Toolkit for LabVIEW 95/98/ME/NT/2K/XP 
    |   |   +--\Manual                           <-- User Manual
    |   |
    |   +--\PISO-813
    |   |   |--\DOS              Ver(1.0)        <-- Toolkit for DOS
    |   |   |--\DLL_OCX          Ver(2.02.00)    <-- Toolkit for Windows 95/98/ME/NT/2K/XP
    |   |   |                                        Provides demos for VB6, VC6, Delphi4, BCB4, C#.NET 2005 and VB.NET 2005
    |   |   |--\LabView          Ver(2.20.01)    <-- Toolkit for LabVIEW 95/98/ME/NT/2K/XP 
    |   |   +--\Manual                           <-- User Manual
    |   |    
    |   +--\PIO-DIO
    |   |   |--\DOS              Ver(1.0)        <-- Toolkit for DOS
    |   |   |--\DLL_OCX          Ver(2.10.00)    <-- Toolkit for Windows 95/98/ME/NT/2K/XP
    |   |   |                                        Provides demos for VB6, VC6, Delphi4, BCB4, C#.NET 2005 and VB.NET 2005
    |   |   |--\LabView          Ver(1.10.00)    <-- Toolkit for LabVIEW 95/98/ME/NT/2K/XP 
    |   |   +-\Manual                            <-- User Manual    
    |   |
    |   *--\PIO-DA
    |       |--\DOS              Ver(1.0)        <-- Toolkit for DOS
    |       |--\DLL_OCX          Ver(2.25.00)    <-- Toolkit for Windows 95/98/ME/NT/2K/XP
    |       |                                        Provides demos for VB6, VC6, Delphi4, BCB4, C#.NET 2005 and VB.NET 2005
    |       |--\LabView          Ver(1.10.00)    <-- Toolkit for LabVIEW 95/98/ME/NT/2K/XP 
    |       +-\Manual                            <-- User Manual  
    |	
    |--\Dasylab		 
    |   |--\Dasylab_Win2k_XP_7x		 	 <-- Toolkit for Dasylab 7.0 Windows 2000/XP
    |   |--\Dasylab_Win2k_XP_8x		 	 <-- Toolkit for Dasylab 8.0 Windows 2000/XP
    |   |--\Dasylab_Win95__7x		 	 <-- Toolkit for Dasylab 7.0 Windows 95/98
    |   *--\Dasylab_WinNT_7x		 	 <-- Toolkit for Dasylab 7.0 Windows NT
    |	
    |--\Daughter_Board			         <--Hardware Manual of DB-37/DB-20/DN-37/ADP-20,DB-16P/DB-8R, DB-8225,					
    |			                            DB-16R/DB-24R/DB-24RD, DB-24PR/DB-24PRD/DB-16P/DB-24C/DB-24POR,
    |   					    DB-24SSR/DB-16P/DB-24P
    |
    |--\ISA                                      <-- ISA Bus DAQ Card
    |   |--\Manual                               <-- The user manual and reference document   
    |   | 
    |   |--\A8111                                <-- A8111
    |   |   |--\DOS              Ver(1.0)        <-- Toolkit for DOS
    |   |   |--\DLL_OCX          Ver(2.03.00)    <-- Toolkit for Windows 95/98/ME/NT/2K/XP
    |   |   |                                        Provides demos for VB6, VC6, Delphi5, BCB3.
    |   |   |--\LabView          Ver(3.00.00)    <-- Toolkit for LabVIEW NT/95/98/2000/XP    
    |   |   *--\Manual                           <-- User Manual    
    |   | 
    |   |--\A822                               	 <-- A822
    |   |   |--\DOS              Ver(2.0)        <-- Toolkit for DOS
    |   |   |--\DLL_OCX          Ver(3.23.00)    <-- Toolkit for Windows 95/98/ME/NT/2K/XP
    |   |   |                                        Provides demos for VB6, VC6, Delphi4, BCB4.
    |   |   |--\LabView          Ver(2.20.01)    <-- Toolkit for LabVIEW NT/95/98/2000/XP    
    |   |   *--\Manual                           <-- User Manual
    |   |
    |   |--\A826                               	 <-- A826
    |   |   |--\DOS              Ver(2.0)        <-- Toolkit for DOS
    |   |   |--\DLL_OCX          Ver(3.12.00)    <-- Toolkit for Windows 95/98/ME/NT/2K/XP
    |   |   |                                        Provides demos for VB6, VC6, Delphi3, BCB3.
    |   |   |--\LabView          Ver(2.20.01)    <-- Toolkit for LabVIEW 95/98/NT/2000/XP    
    |   |   *--\Manual                           <-- User Manual
 
    
	

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**   E. Appendix.              **
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E-1. LabVIEW?

         LabVIEW is a industrial, graphics-based programming system  developed by
     National Instruments. With LabVIEW, the user can quickly design the user
     interface  and control program as a block diagram. NAPVIEW supports
     many driver VIs and demo VIs which can be used by LabeVIEW 4.0. 
       
       
E-2. Do Demo programs need other files?

     For DOS:
             The demo programs of  Development Toolkit for DOS  do not need 
         any external files to work. They're merely stand-alone executable programs
         .
     
     For Windows 95/98 and NT:
         
             All of the  demo programs   of   Development Toolkit for Windows 
         95/98 and NT needs some  device drivers(.sys or .vxd files)  and some
         Win32 DLLs to work(access the device). And some  device drivers needs 
         to be registered in the system.  For  detailed information,  please
         refer to the  "Readme.txt" of  each  Development Toolkit for Windows 
         95/98 and NT/2000/XP.
         
             The  Development Toolkit for Windows 95/98 and NT  provides demo 
         programs   for   VB5 ( Visual Basic 6.0 ),   VC5 ( Visual C++ 6.0 ), 
         BCB3 ( Borland C++ Builder 3.0 ) and Delphi3 ( Delphi 3.0 ). The demo 
	 programs require the proper programming environment to run them successfully.
         
         For Visual Basic 6: (needs VB6)
         
                These executable demo programs  require Visual Basic 5 environment.
             That is, the user needs to install Visual Basic 5 into the system before
	     running the executable demo programs.(need the device drivers and some 
	     Win32 DLLs)
         
         
         For Visual C++ 6:
         
                 These  demo programs for Visual C++ 5 were written in the  SDK
             style, it does not uses the  MFC library or  others.  Thus, the 
             user can run the demo programs stand-alone  without other files.
             (But, also needs the device drivers and some Win32 DLLs)
         
         
         For Borland C++ Builder 4: (needs BCB4)
                The executable demo programs require BCB3 environment.  That is,
	     the user needs to install Borland C++ Builder 3 into the system before
	     running the executable demo programs. 
         
                 The user can also  set the PROJECT's OPTIONS to make the 
             executable program run in stand-alone mode. For more information
             , please refer to the user manual of the Borland C++ Builder 3. 
             (needs the device drivers and some Win32 DLLs)
         
         
         For Delphi 4:
         
                 The  demo programs for Delphi 4 can be run in stand-alone mode. 
             (But, also needs the device drivers and some Win32 DLLs).

	 For Visual Basic.NET 2005: (needs VB.NET2005)
         
                These executable demo programs  require MS .NET Framework 2.0 environment.
             That is, the user needs to install Visual Basic.NET 2005 into the system before
	     running the executable demo programs.(need the device drivers and some 
	     Win32 DLLs)

	 For Visual C#.NET 2005: (needs CSharp.NET2005)
         
                These executable demo programs  require MS .NET Framework 2.0 environment.
             That is, the user needs to install Visual C#.NET 2005 into the system before
	     running the executable demo programs.(need the device drivers and some 
	     Win32 DLLs)
         
         
         For LabVIEW 4: (needs LabVIEW4)

                 The executable demo programs require LabVIEW4 environment.
             That is, the user needs to install LabVIEW 4.0 into the system before
             running the demo programs. 
             (needs the device drivers and some Win32 DLLs)



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