

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.



