15 October, 2002

fishcamp engineering
105 W. Clark Ave.
Orcutt, CA  93455
TEL: 805-937-6365
FAX: 805-937-6252
www.fishcamp.com



FPCI-DIO WinXP Release notes:

Installation:

     1)  Copy the fpci_dio_wdm_xp.sys and fpci_dio_wdm_xp.inf files
         into a common directory on your computer.

     2)  Power off the computer.

     3)  Install PCI card in any available PCI card slot.  The
         FPCI-DIO card is a 5 volt only card and is compatible
         with almost all currently shipping PC systems.

     4)  Power-up the computer.  

     5)  The computer should automatically detect the new
         card and prompt for the driver.  Point to the directory 
         where you copied the files and select the fpci_dio_wdm_xp.inf
         file.  The system should copy the 'fpci_dio_wdm_xp.sys' to the 
         c:\WINNT\SYSTEN32\DRIVERS directory during the installation 
         and setup the device registry entries for the card.

     6)  You will need to reboot the computer.


Documentation:

     I have enclosed (On disk) full board schematics for your
reference.  This should enable you to interface to your external
instrument.  I have also included a test application that should
get you running on the software integration effort.  Refer to the
test application source code for more info.

     This is a preview release of the Win2K/WinXP driver software.
Please rely on the example application code included on the disk.
It has examples for each available driver call you may need in 
your own application.  

     The board manual has all of the required information you may
need with regard to the hardware aspects of the card.  The manual
is included on floppy as an Adobe Acrobat file.

     The WindowsXP driver is compatible with the previous drivers
released for Win95 and WinNT.  Your application software should
work unmodified.

Report any bugs to my contact information noted above.


Files included with this distribution:

       File Name                         Description
     fpci_dio_wdm_xp.inf         used during driver installation
     fpci_dio_wdm_xp.sys         WDM driver for WinXP
     readme                      This file
     TestApp2.cpp                source code to the test application
     fcdrintr.h                  header file needed by TestApp2.cpp
     TestApp2.exe                Compiled test application
     FPCI-DIO Board manual.pdf   FPCI-DIO board documentation
     FPCI-DIO sch1.pdf           Card schematic page #1
     FPCI-DIO sch2.pdf           Card schematic page #2
     FPCI-DIO sch3.pdf           Card schematic page #3
     FPCI-DIO sch4.pdf           Card schematic page #4
     FPCI-DIO sch5.pdf           Card schematic page #5
     FPCI-DIO sch6.pdf           Card schematic page #6




Bob Piatek

eMail: bobtek@fishcamp.com

