PhoenixCard Manager™ - A Total Solution Provider for PCMCIA
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1. Deinstall then requests the complete path to Windows PhoenixCARD Manager De Installation La ue of fa d f f f Windows Directoryf fi P xg f 1555551 3 3 Some PCMCIA OMNE Ua Windows system files P 3 enter the Breet ory MIELE Microsoft Windows is e 3 3 3 3 3 C V WI NDOWS lt Enter gt continue lt ESC gt Back Fl zHelp lt F3 gt Exi Next Deinstall gives you the option of viewing the changes which the program will make to the system files PhoenixCARD Manager De Installation f VI EW CHANGES LD geb ob al Fas O RS SAO fe et 40 e Previous Next Back to Content 3 3 n order to de install PCMCIA utilities several of your system files have been modified 3 3 3 3 Would you like to view the modifications made to these files This will allow you to accept or reject the changes 3 3 3 uU gud ap qw 3 Yes 3 3 3 No 3 3 ETE PoP OPP OY 3 3 ji feed e TE EE o SP o fff f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f Y Y View lt N gt Continue lt Enter gt Select lt ESC gt Back lt Fl gt Help lt F3 gt Exit If you select Yes to view the changes Deinstall walks you through all the system files line by line Previous Next Back to Content 41 First it displays your CONFIG SYS file similar to the following PhoenixCARD Manager De Installation TOTO PAR T POL Dee A CONG Sys PORA SS o m R 3 KEEP menuitem swedish KEEP suene spo gt KEEP nm 3 KEE2. EESE 30 DAVES IE E eee cts LO E SS ted ET E Id cl 31 Exit32 Help een E E RR iodo 32 PEM 5 335 605m ID ac fein ores B e ERO Rr RD ep fera dd es 32 Before You Use PEM EXE 500 teer ine e REPE Shatin TE RET Mee 32 When to Use PCM EXE tees teret et e eser vet Seed tet exceed te edu ena gos 32 Index Using PCM EXE Menu Items Introduction Quick Reference To install PhoenixCard Manager insert Installation Disk number 1 into your 3 5 drive and from Windows Program Manager select File Run Alt F R and type a install if A is the letter of your 3 5 inch floppy drive Otherwise substitute the appropriate drive letter in the Command Line field Simply follow the subsequent instructions to complete the installation For your convenience the tables below will direct you to the section in this manual for instruction on how to complete the corresponding task Imwmm CN e id The PCM Setup utility Adding support for functions that you originally did not 22 enable when you first installed PhoenixCard Manager Specifying default communications ports or Flash File 23 System path Next Back to Content 5 Customizing the Event Log E Specifying a value for IRQ CIS address Token Ring Speed or Card Settling Time Specifying ATA or Flash card values for Base Address Window Size Spin Down Time Number of Partitions or Number of Erase Queues Setting the partition table for an ATA card Installation
3. PCMFDISK calculates the resulting drive size Use PCMFDISK also to adjust partition settings for enhancing the performance of the disk Consult the documentation Previous Next Back to Content 27 accompanying the ATA PC Card for the optimum configuration To run PCMFDISK type the following at the DOS prompt PCMFDISK Enter The initial display comes into view as follows Save Modify Help f f f f f f f f d F A Partition and Geometry f f f f f f f f f f P Pod Socket Number 0 artition System Size Usage Head Cyl Sec FP Of f f f f f f f f f f f f f POT Od E OSE FAT16 10 mb 100 1 0 1 Geometry Heads 2 Cylinders 320 Sectors Track 32 Total Disk Size 10 Mbytes 20480 Sectors amp f f f f f f P P f P P f f f f f f f f Lodo d qoo god ie oh AE SN lt Alt gt Menu Key gt Activate Menu lt Fl gt Hel p The Partition and Geometry screen presents information on the current partition s existing on an ATA card This screen provides information on each partition including the socket number where the card is located the system type the partition size the amount of the partition currently being used and the number of heads cylinders and sectors used by the partition Below the partition information the PCMFDISK utility provides the geometry for the total ATA disk To access the pull down menu options Save Modify Help press Alt and the highlighted letter simultaneously To modify the Par
4. Before you attempt to use PCM EXE to configure a card remember e PhoenixCard Manager will automatically configure FAX Modem ATA SRAM and FLASH cards e For PC Cards other than those mentioned above you should use the PC Card manufacturer driver Follow the instructions provided by the manufacturer to install the respective driver To make certain that a PC Card is configured by its driver you must first load the driver and then insert the PC Card into one of the sockets in your system When to Use PCM EXE You can use PCM EXE in any of the following situations e You want view a configuration of a PC Card that has been configured by a non Phoenix driver 32 e Previous Next Back to Content e Windows is not operating on your system or you prefer to work in DOS e Windows is not operating on your system and a PC Card fails to configure Using PCM EXE To execute PCM EXE exit from Windows and move to the directory in which you installed PhoenixCard Manager the default of which is C PCM4 PROGRAM At the prompt type PCM and press Enter PCM initially displays the version and copyright notice After you press any key the General Information Per Socket window is displayed as shown below View Information Configure Option Hel p f f f f f f f fGeneral Information Per Socket f f Tf f T f g Socket Number 0 Function Number Single Function PC Card Status Card configured successfully Client Driver PCMSCD
5. 0 or 1 You can enable a CIS dump of the first two sockets designated as 0 and 1 respectively on your system When you select this option CardAgent generates a text file of the CIS of the PC Card that is inserted in the corresponding socket and saves that file as CSDUMP TXT in the directory into which you installed PhoenixCard Manager CardAgent can only generate one CIS dump Therefore if you want to generate CIS files for both Socket 0 and Socket 1 you must first generate the file for Socket 0 and then rename the file Otherwise when you want to generate the file for Socket 1 CardAgent will overwrite the file generated for Socket 1 as it uses the same file name CSDUMP TXT Of equal importance If you want to generate a CIS dump for a socket number greater than 1 i e you have more that two sockets in your system then you must go to the DOS prompt and run CISDUMP directly Previous Next Back to Content 19 Using The Event Log Clicking on the Event Log button in the CardAgent main window opens the Event Log Viewer window The Event Log contains information about all events related to the PC Card sockets in your system including card insertions extractions card configuration success failures card event action associations and programs launched Event Log Viewer FROM Date 12 12 95 TO Date 12 14 95 Time 17 29 14 940 Time 13 02 01 420 O Real Time Messages 12 14 95 10 08 54 620 EPD PCHWIND DLL registration
6. 16 4 Partitions 1 4 1 Card Settling Time ms 660 Erase Queues 1 4 fi Figure 13 Advanced Options Dialogue Box The Advanced Options dialog box allows you to specify values for the following resources IRQ IRQ is an acronym for Interrupt ReQuest When an application requires services data processing transferring etc from the CPU Central Processing Unit or the rain of your system the application generates an interrupt request and passes that request for services to the CPU via one of 16 numbered 0 to 15 IRQ lines In the case of Phoenix Card Manager it is Card Services that processes interrupts generated by card events such as card insertion extraction The default is no IRQs as Card Services will poll eriodically checking for card status changes Many of the IRQ lines are reserved for other devices and peripherals such as communication ports printer ports video and other hardware You have the option of specifying the IRQ with a value ranging from 0 to 15 Be sure that you do not assign two devices to the same IRQ or an error will result CIS Address The Card Information Structure more commonly known by its acronym CIS is an area within a PC Card containing data that is required for your system to properly identify and use the card This option allows you to indicate the specific location in memory for PCM Card Services to access a PC Card CIS In order to read a PC Card CIS PCM Card Services must
7. Installing PhoenixCard Manager is very easy Before you start the installation program make sure your system has the following e DOS 5 0 or later version e Windows 3 1 or Windows for Work Groups 3 11 e Atleast one PC Card socket e Socket Controller e Hard disk with at least 2 2 MB of free space e 386 or better processor The installation procedure is self explanatory and simple If you encounter an error message can click on the Help button at any time during installation for easy specific details and instructions To successfully install and use PhoenixCard Manager do the following 1 Start Windows if you have not already done so Remove all PC Cards that you may have inserted into any of the sockets in your system Close all Windows applications but leave Windows running Insert the PhoenixCard Manager diskette into your 3 5 inch floppy drive po e COD URS From Windows Program Manager select File Run Alt F R and enter A INSTALL EXE if A is the letter of your 3 5 inch floppy drive Otherwise substitute the appropriate drive letter 6 Follow the instructions in the windows that the Installation program initially presents to you 6 Previous Next Back to Content de Note er Note er Note If your system is set up for multiple boot configurations after you complete the initial steps the installation program scans your CONFIG SYS file displays all possible boot configurations and highligh
8. files have been edited by user or by other utilities or i i fI IIIIfIrIIIIIIIRLZJ f ff OS S S S F fF F P S S SOY lt PgUp gt lt PgDn gt Scroll lt Enter gt Continue lt ESC gt Back Fl zHelp lt F3 gt Exit Read the above message carefully When you have finished reviewing the message press lt Enter gt to continue Deinstall then gives you the option of either commenting out or removing the lines associated with the previously installed software and drivers PhoenixCARD Manager De Installation f f f f f 5 f A Remove or Comment Out f f f P pop d d qo e 3 To disable PCMCIA utilities changes must be made 3 to your CONFIG SYS file and possibly other files The lines which need to be made inactive can either 3 be removed from the file or they can be commented out X 3 3 3 Would you like to remove such lines from the file 3 3 or would you like to place a comment in front of 3 3 such lines 3 3 f f F f f f f f f o Comment out lines 3 3 Remove lines 3 at ART Pac FFF T de e 3 amp f f f f f f f f f f f f f 1 1 f f f f ff f f f f f Y lt R gt Remove lt C gt Comment lt Enter gt Select lt ESC gt Back lt Fl gt Help lt F3 gt Exit 38 Previous Next Back to Content If your system is running DOS 6 0 with the multiple boot option Deinstall displays the following PhoenixCARD Manager De Installation f f f f f A De Install fr
9. or to the printed copy PCM LOG for troubleshooting purposes particularly when you contact Technical Support Because the Event Log viewer has a display limit of 64Kb worth of characters you should delete PCM LOG when it size exceeds that limit When PCM LOG exceeds 64Kb in size you will not be able to scroll to up to view earlier messages beyond 64Kb You should also note the FROM and TO fields at the top of the Event Log viewer which indicate the time span of the messages currently displayed Although PCM LOG may contain may more messages the Event Log view displays only those messages within the indicated time span As you scroll upwards the FROM field will go back in time As the Event Log receives real time messages from card insertions extractions and other events the TO field will go forward in time The Clear List button is useful if you want to see messages displayed as they occur that is in real time You can turn off or turn back on the Real Time Message feature by clicking on the Real Time Message checkbox The checkbox will be empty LT when real time is disabled Turning off Real Time Messages is useful when you are reviewing older messages because if Real Time Messages is enabled CardAgent will automatically scroll down to the latest message when an event occurs When you have finished reviewing the Event Log click on OK to return to the CardAgent main window 20 Previous Next Back to Content de Note de Note
10. software PhoenixCard Manager cannot be installed while other PCMCIA software is still loaded in the current configuration on the system For details about deinstallation see Appendix A on page 36 e PCM EXE This utility enables users who do not have Windows running on their system to review allocated resources and to configure cards This is strictly a DOS based utility which you cannot execute in a DOS window from MS Windows If Windows is running on your system you should use CardA gent e PCM Setup Enables you to add options and features that you originally did not select when you first installed PhoenixCard Manager In previous versions of PhoenixCard Manager this setup utility was strictly DOS based Now with PCM 4 0 the Setup utility must be used in Windows The Install Program automatically installs an icon for PCM Setup in the PhoenixCard Manager group window e PCMFDISK EXE A DOS only utility used for managing creating or deleting partitions on ATA cards e PCMRMAN EXE A DOS based utility that allows you to review and allocate resources such as IRQ I O ranges Memory ranges and DMA channels PCMRMAN also displays the voltage setting The PCM Install Program automatically installs an icon for PCMRMAN EXE in the PhoenixCard Manager group window 10 Previous Next Back to Content Features PhoenixCard Manager offers the following e PC Card 16 Compliance e Additional host silicon support e Enhanced Windows based Se
11. 3 KEEP devices parity KEEP device biosxlat 3 COMMENT by PCM by PCM device vcd 42 o Previous Next Back to Content 3 COMMENT COM4BASE 2E8 3 KEEP PCMCI AComm4 TRUE X KEEP pcmci ati mer TRUE t 3 COMMENT EMMExcl udezC800 DFFF T KEEP device vmcpd 3 KEEP da 3 KEEP dede 3 KEEP Local CON 3 KEEP Files ys Changesot t 3 KEEP Pagi ngFi Le C WI NDOWS WI N386 SWP O KEEP MaxPagi ngFileSize 12288 gt KEEP TIENI 3 KEEP manes 3 COMMENT devi ce C FRENCH PCMVCD 386 3 ADD erica 3 COMMENT Emixcl ude C800 CAFF CC00 CFFF f f f f f f f f f 1 f f E 1 fff FoF F F Ff f f f f f f f F P S ESC Back lt ENTER gt Accept change lt Fl gt Help lt F3 gt Exit lt PgUp gt lt PgDn gt Scro Scroll through the file line by line and when your are finished reviewing the changes press lt Enter gt Next Deinstall walks you through your WIN INI file which may be similar to the following Phoeni xCARD Manager De Installation f f f f f f f f T f f f f T f f f WN IND f f f f f f f f f f FO J f 5 f ff 3 KEEP windows KEEP spooler yes U KEEP load 3 COMMENT runzC FRENCH PCMWARN EXE 3 ADD RUN 3 KEEP Beep yes X KEEP Nul Port None 3 KEEP device KEEP Border Wi dth 3 KEEP CursorBlinkRat e 530 3 KEEP DoubleClickSpeedz452 KEEP Programs com exe bat pif 3 KEEP Documents 3 KEEP Devi ceNo
12. Customizing The Event Log You can customize the type of information CardAgent displays in the Event Log To do so complete the following steps 1 Click on the Event Log button in the Card Agent main window 2 Click on the Settings button in the Event Log Viewer window Event Log Message Filter Message Filter Switches C Card Agent AGT O Event Processor Daemon EPD Setup Program STP Install Program INS Figure 9 Event Log Message Filter Dialogue Box 3 After CardAgent displays the Event Log Message Filter dialogue box click on the appropriate options to exclude the corresponding messages from the Event Log If you click on All Off then none of the filters are enabled and all events actions and messages will be displayed in the Event Log Only those switches that you enable will filter the corresponding event action message and prevent them from being displayed in the Event Log 4 Click on OK 5 After the Event Log Message Filter dialogue box closes click on the Filter check box in the Event Log Viewer window The corresponding event action messages that you specified will be instantaneously excluded from the Event Log The filter only takes out the relevant messages from the Event Log viewer but does not exclude them from the PCM LOG file The filter settings remain in effect only for duration of time that you use the Event Log viewer When you exit the viewer and re enter at a l
13. Il When you disable the option the box is empty L1 Options gives you specific choices for using PhoenixCard Manager as follows PCMCIA Options Flash File Enable this option if you plan to use Flash cards ATA Devices Enable this option if you plan to use ATA cards If you use ATA Cards and you did not install ATA support you must run SETUP after INSTALLATION Card Selection The Card Selection section allows you to instruct CardAgent to configure a PC Card that you select from this list Note that when you select a card CardAgent will use the Phoenix Super Client Driver PCMSCD EXE to configure the card However since it is best to allow the manufacturer supplied driver to configure its own PC Card in virtually all cases you should not have to use the card selection list To select a card use your mouse to click on the name of the card displayed in the Card List window Resource Conflict Resolution 220 Previous Next Back to Content On occasion a card cannot be configured because one or more of its assigned resources COM port IRQ Memory range etc are also allocated to another device You can resolve resource conflicts in one of the two following options Automatic When you enable this option CardAgent automatically reallocates the resources that are in conflict With automatic conflict resolution CardAgent does all the work and does not require any input from you the user If CardAgent cannot automatically resolve
14. contains these two options Add Card to List and Edit Config Parameters Add Card to List is used to write information to the PCM INI file You should use this command only if you want PhoenixCard Manager to configure a card If the card in question comes with its own driver and software DO NOT add that card to the list Edit Config Parameters allows you to modify or reassign the values for the following e Memory Window Address e O Window Address e IRQ e COM Port e DMA Channel Option This item enables your system to display a message whenever you insert or extract a PC Card from a socket To activate this option 1 From the PCM main menu press lt A1t gt lt o gt to open the following pulldown message 3 hostage od cara Fed J DJ e GLO RR Lou AAA Y 2 Press Enter PCM displays this message Card Events Enabled Once enabled PhoenixCard Manager displays a message each time a card is inserted or withdrawn from a PCMCIA socket or when a card is successfully configured The messages look like 0 Qd Event OccurredO O 0 PC Card inserted in Socket 0 0 19 10 o 6660606606660 0600000 0 O Qd Event OccurredO 0 PC Card removed from Socket 0 000060606060606006006006 6 6 60 When Options is activated a check mark V appears before the pulldown message To disable this option simply repeat steps 1 and 2 PCM displays a message to indicate that the Card Events feature has been disab
15. the conflict the Event Log will indicate that the resolution attempt was unsuccessful Manual When you enable this option and if the card is unconfigured CardAgent automatically opens its Edit Configuration window and prompts you to reallocate resources in order to successfully configure the card After you have made your selections you can save your choices and exit from the Options window by clicking on OK Or if you decide not to save your choices you can exit by clicking on Cancel Defaults The Defaults menu allows you to assign the default Communications port for your FAX Modem card and permits you to specify the complete path to the directory that contains your Flash File System FFS drivers To specify a Communications port for your FAX Modem card do the following 1 Activate the Defaults menu by pressing lt Alt gt d on your keyboard or by clicking on Defaults with your mouse 2 Press m on your keyboard or click on Modem Port Modem Commmunications Port Communications Figure 11 Modem Communications Port Dialogue Box 3 After the Modem Communications Port dialogue box appears click on the down arrow 31 with your mouse to open the drop down menu 4 Select the appropriate Comm Port 1 2 3 or 4 Make sure there are no conflicts with other devices on your system that use a Comm Port 5 Click on DONE when you have specified the default Comm Port or click on Cancel to exit without
16. AA Phoenix Technologies Ltd PhoenixCard Manager User s Manual Version 4 0 2 Click here to content page and choose the ones you want Proprietary Information Information specific to the design contained in this document is proprietary to Phoenix Technologies Ltd It is against the law to copy software on any medium except as specifically allowed in the license or nondisclosure agreement Copyright 1994 1996 Phoenix Technologies LTD All rights reserved This document may not be copied reproduced transmitted electronically or mechanically stored in a retrieval system or translated into any computer language in any form or by any means without the prior written permission of Phoenix Technologies Ltd 135 Technology Drive CA 92618 Disclaimers Phoenix Technologies Ltd makes no representations or warranties with respect to the design and documentation described in this manual Phoenix Technologies Ltd especially disclaims any implied warranties of merchant ability or fitness for any particular purpose Further this design and documentation is subject to change without notice Additional Phoenix Technologies Ltd documentation can be found in electronic form at www phoenix com pcemcia pcemcia html Trademarks Phoenix PhoenixCard Manager Phoenix CardAgent and Phoenix EPD are trademarks of Phoenix Technologies Ltd Novell is a trademark of Novell Inc Microsoft MS MS DOS Microsoft Flash File Sys
17. ARD Manager De Installation f f f f f f f f f f f fRE BOOT SYSTEM f f f f f f f f f f 5 5 1 3 All of the system files have been properly updated However changes will not take effect and PCMCIA drivers wil not be disabled until your system is re booted Be sure to remove any diskettes before rebooting 3 PLEASE RE BOOT YOUR SYSTEM AFTER RETURNI NG TO DOS 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 Y 3 3 3 ff jf f f f f f f Pp lt Enter gt Exit lt ESC gt Exit lt Fl gt Help lt F3 gt Exit Modifications will not take effect until you exit to DOS by pressing lt Enter gt or lt Esc gt and reboot your system After you reboot your system run the install program to complete the installation of PhoenixCard Manager 46 e Previous Next Back to Content Index access more than one partition on a ATA card 29 adding PC card options 21 association delete 18 setup or modify 17 ATA cards access to more than one partition 29 erase queues 25 Geometry 29 Memory Base 24 partitions 25 partitions and PCMSETUP 29 specifying number of partitions 29 spin down time 25 Window Size 24 ATA partition table editing 27 card configuration viewing when configured by third party driver 16 31 Card Information Structure CIS dump 19 Card Settling Time 24 CardAgent 13 Previous Next Back to Content 47 configuring cards with 15 Diagnostics 19 Event Log 20 menu items 14 CIS A
18. Client Handle 20aah Manufacturer ECC Model DFM A Type Serial Port COM3 Memory Window 1 None Memory Window 2 None 1 0 Window 1 3E8h 1 0 Window 2 None IRQ 4 DMA None Vcc 5 0V Vppl 5 0V Vpp2 5 0V S toh E of odo fof eT oP OL BR VEO gogo ode pp pepueg aped lt Fl gt Help Alt Menu Key gt Activate Menu PgUp PgDn zPrev Next Funcs Soc The information displayed therein is for viewing purposes only Menu Items The following is a brief discussion of the commands and fields that correspond to the PCM EXE menus View View contains two options Advanced and Exit To exit from PCM EXE press lt Alt gt lt v gt and then press x The Advanced menu item displays a window in which you can review the following information e Socket Number e Function Number e Register Base Address e Option Status Pin Replacement Extended Status and Copy Registers e O Base Address Registers e O Limit Registers e Voltage Previous Next Back to Content 33 Information This menu contains two options Card List and Client Info Card List contains a list of PC Cards which are to be configured by any of the Phoenix drivers such as PCMMTD EXE PCMATA SYS or PCMSCD EXE Client Info shows information about the driver that is responsible for configuring the PC Card in question such as Type i e I O or memory Name Vendor Card Services compliance Release Date and Client Handle Configure Configure
19. MAT command At the DOS prompt type FORMAT d U Where d is the drive letter The partition number and drive letter mapping is under sequential and ascending order Exit To exit from PCMFDISK and return to the DOS prompt 1 Press Alt S 2 Use the down arrow key to highlight Exit and press Enter or press X Help PCMFDISK provides three areas of help under the Help menu including e Contents A short overview of PCMFDISK and what it can change e About PCMFDISK The utility version numbers e Environment Information about this disk specific environment This includes the number of partitions set by PCM Setup PCM EXE PCM EXE a DOS based utility that allows you to review modify or create PC Card configurations is intended for advanced users who do not have Windows on their system or who prefer to use DOS Using PCM EXE requires knowledge of system resource allocation You cannot execute this utility in a DOS box from Windows You must close all applications and exit from Windows before you execute PCM EXE If you are using Windows you should use the CardAgent utility because it offers more features and options than PCM EXE The only exception to using CardAgent is when you want to review the configuration values of a PC Card configured by the driver that the card manufacturer supplies CardAgent cannot access the configuration of a PC Card that has been configured by a third party driver Before You Use PCM EXE
20. O Devices ATA FAX PC Card Flash SRAM Modem SCS LAN Eunctions Drivers Socket Services CPU Logic Level Hardware Figure 2 Basic PC Card Architecture The table below shows the PC Card function the required driver for configuring the card and whether PhoenixCard Manager will automatically configure that card PC Card Driver Used Automatically Configured function For Configuring By PCM ATA drive Phoenix PCMATA SYS Yes if ATA software is installed Flash Memory Phoenix PCMFFCS EXE and Yes if Flash software is installed SRAM Phoenix PCMMTD EXE FAX MODEM Phoenix PCMSCD EXE aw SOUND a VIDEO i Drivers are usually provided by card vendor Some card vendors do not provide this software to configure the card you may have to use Super Client Driver PCMSCD EXE These are usually not but can be added for SCD e g Linksys er Note An exception in the case of LAN cards is the LINKSYS card which should be configured by Phoenix Super Client Driver PCMSCD EXE In the case of ATA FLASH SRAM and FAX MODEM cards if the drivers are installed PhoenixCard Manager automatically configures them and all you have to do is insert them into a socket on your system in order to use them However FAX MODEM and ATA cards may require application software Previous Next Back to Content 9 de Note The heart of PhoenixCard Manager is the Event Processor Daemon EPD a technological breakthrough that
21. P heroi Caiettalnan 3 KEEP menui temef rench 3 KEEP common t KEEP device c dos power exe KEEP device c windows hi mem sys t 3 KEEP dos hi gh umb 3 KEEP Aee e debet ve t 3 KEEP BUFFERS 45 3 KEEP ti LES 40 3 KEEP STACKS 9 256 3 KEEP shell Esteri com c p e 800 3 KEEP swedish 3 KEEP devi ree isteme Ekk noems 3 KEEP gerry 3 COMMENT device c dos emm386 exe noems X C800 C8FF X CC00 CFFF 3 ADD DEVICES C IEA EXE NOEMS 3 KEEP REM de PCM v3 0 X C800 C8FF X CCO0 CFFF 3 Keep 3 COMMENT DEVI CE C V SPANI SH CNFI GNAM EXE SPANI SH U eco COS E ES E O OE fof dott fot fid A Po fod POP OEP OR ff A O SA A A i lt ENTER gt Accept changes lt ESC gt Back lt PgUp gt lt PgDn gt Scroll lt Fl gt Help lt F3 gt Exit In the above example which includes Multiple Boot options KEEP indicates an unchanged line COMMENT indicates a REMarked out line and ADD indicates a line which PhoenixCard Manager will install into the file Use your mouse to click on the scroll bar on the right of the window to scroll through each line of the file Next Deinstall displays your SYSTEM INI which may be similar to the following PhoenixCARD Manager De Installation f f f f f f f f f f T f f f f SYSTEM INI f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f 3 KEEP 7 boot 3 KEEP shell progman exe 3 KEEP fuse deae eS 3 KEEP vaca 3 KEEP a drena Hee 3 KEEP Shem Sada KEEP ca 3 KEEP devices
22. PhoenixCARD Manager Version 3 20 3 PCMCIA De Installation Utility 3 Revision 2 00 3 3 3 Copy Rio MELT 1993 1994 Phoenix Technologies Ltd All Rights Reserved Press any key to continue 3 3 3 f f fF fY 36 o Previous Next Back to Content lt Enter gt Continue lt ESC gt Abort lt Fl gt Help lt F3 gt Exit Previous Next Back to Content 37 After you press Enter Deinstall displays the following PhoenixCARD Manager De Installation f f f F F f f f f f f LA WARNING f f poo foe PO d d 3 THERE ARE CONDITIONS UNDER WHICH THIS PROGRAM MAY FAIL 0 T U 3 UPDATE YOUR SYSTEM FILES PROPERLY PLEASE READ YOUR MANUAL 3 CAREFULLY BEFORE PROCEEDING t 3 3 CREATING BOOTABLE DISKETTE It may be advisable to create a bootable diskette Make sure that you have a bootable 3 diskette available so that in the unlikely event that 3 problems occur due to conflict with unsupported utilities you can re boot your system 3 t 3 GENERAL This program allows you to disable PCMCIA utilities already on your system so that the latest t 3 version of PCM can be installed Utilities are disabled by 3 removing from your system files all directives which Were 3 added there by the PCM INSTALL EXE utility These are 3 typically in CONFIG SYS AUTOEXEC BAT SYSTEM INI N W N INI 3 or PROGMAN INI files Program may not succeed if these
23. allation f f f f f f f f f f f A CHANGES MADE f f Ru poproLhcproe e di X 3 CONFIG SYS Was MODIFIED 3 3 CONFIG 103 Contains the ORIGINAL data backup 3 3 3 3 AUTOEXEC BAT Was not used 3 SYSTEM I NI Was MODIFIED 3 3 SYSTEM 103 Contains the ORIGINAL data backup X 3 3 3 WIN INI Was MODI FIED 3 3 WIN 103 Contains the ORIGINAL data backup 3 3 3 3 PROGMAN INI Was MODIFIED 3 3 PROGMAN 103 Contains the ORIGINAL data backup 3 amp f f f f f f f f f 1 f f f 1 1 1 5 f PPP 135 P P P P POP P P P Y Enter gt Conti nue lt ESC gt Continue lt Fl gt Help lt F3 gt Exit ae Previous Next Backto Content er Note Deinstall saves your old files by adding a 10n extension where n is the number of previously backed up files plus one The first time that Deinstall saves an old file it adds the extension 101 and the next time it saves the file with an extension of 102 and so on Consequently you will have access to all of your previous system files regardless of how many time you use Deinstall In the example used in this section of the manual the AUTOEXEC BAT file was not modified However if changes are needed in your AUTOEXEC BAT Deinstall will treat it as it would the other system files it modifies Previous Next Back to Content 45 After you press Enter or Esc while in the CHANGES MADE screen Deinstall displays this final screen PhoenixC
24. ater time Event Log reverts to the default setting of having all filter turned off PhoenixCard Manager Setup PCM Setup is a utility that enables you to e Select PC Card options that you did not originally select when you first installed PhoenixCard Manager e Configure your system to optimize its performance e Customize the PhoenixCard Manager software to maximize its functionality Previous Next Back to Content 21 er Note To start PCM Setup click on the PCM Setup For Windows icon in the PhoenixCard Manager group window from Windows Program Manager Menu Items The PCM Setup interface includes the menu items described below Note that the descriptions are very basic For more details about the menus and selections press the F1 key Options The Options menu allows you to make selections that you did not originally specify when you first installed PhoenixCard Manager When you execute PCM Setup the utility defaults to the Options dialogue box You can also activate the Options window with your mouse by clicking on Options or with your keyboard by pressing Alt lt O gt A Card Selection PCMCIA Options gi ATA Devices Resource Conflict Resolution Automatic O Manual Figure 10 PCM Setup Options Window After you activate Options you can enable various options for your system by clicking on the appropriate checkbox When the option is enabled an X appears in the box
25. automatically loads when you start windows and runs in the background along with your other Windows applications The EPD monitors all events related to the PC Card sockets in your system such as card insertions extractions card configuration success failures card event action associations and programs launched EPD records these events in the Event Log which you can easily access review and print if needed Keep in mind that EPD does not have a User Interface and does not interact with you the user Instead you will interact with the Windows based CardAgent utility to review information diagnose errors configure cards and associate applications with cards and events For PC Cards configured by PhoenixCard Manager Card Services client ATA Flash SRAM and FAX Modem PhoenixCard Manager can automatically detect and resolve resource conflicts during card configuration If you choose the automatic option CardAgent does all the work for you PhoenixCard Manager also provides you the option of resolving resource conflicts manually If you select the manual option PhoenixCard Manager launches the CardAgent interface when you insert a card that it is unable to use due to resource conflicts You should need to use CardAgent to configure cards only in the rarest of cases Additionally PhoenixCard Manager includes a number of utilities such as e DEINSTAL EXE A DOS based deinstallation utility that removes any previously installed PCMCIA
26. ctions provided by the manufacturer to install the respective driver To make certain that a PC Card is configured by its driver you must first load the driver and then insert the PC Card into one of the sockets in your system CardAgent will show this card as configured However if you do not run CardAgent you should hear two beeps when you insert the card indicating that the card has been successfully configured When a PC Card has been configured by its own driver and you want to view its configuration values you can use the Phoenix DOS utility PCM EXE or the Windows utility CardAgent Shortcut to Configuring a Card with CardAgent If you cannot use a PC Card because CardAgent could not configure it due to unresolved resource conflicts you may be able to solve the problem as follows 1 From the CardAgent main window click on the button that corresponds to the socket in which the PC Card in question is inserted 2 Click on Configurations to open the Edit Configurations window 3 CardAgent indicates that the PC Card is not configured and displays the values of the first configuration as predefined by the PC Card manufacturer in the Card Information structure CIS CardAgent also shows the total number of configurations defined in the CIS 4 Click on the Next gt gt button to display the values of the next predefined configuration in the CIS Under certain conditions some of the fields may not show a value In which case
27. d provide the required information for the subsequent fields that correspond to the selected action make sure the Association Enabled box is checked and then click on Save Or if you decide not to complete this association click on Cancel 8 When you click on Save or Cancel CardAgent returns to the Event Triggered Associations list window To complete the association click on OK after which CardAgent writes the new association to the PCM INI file and returns to the CardAgent main window You can delete an association by selecting one from the Event Triggered Associations list clicking on Edit Info and then clicking on Delete See Figures 5 and 6 18 e Previous Next Back to Content er Note Using Diagnostics CardAgent provides you with a number of tools to diagnose the cause of any errors you may encounter Some of these tools are for reference should you need to contact Technical Support personnel Types CIS Dump socket 0 C CIS Dump socket 1 Figure 7 Diagnostics dialog box When you click on Diagnostics from the main window CardAgent displays a dialog box in which you can select the following options for generating reports to review or print Report of Log When you select this option CardAgent generates a summary of the Event Log and saves that report as REPORT TXT in the directory into which you installed PhoenixCard Manager usually this directory is C PCM4 PROGRAM CIS Dump of Socket
28. ddress 24 CIS dump 19 more than 2 sockets 19 configuring cards when Windows is not installed 10 with CardAgent 13 Conflict Resolution manual 15 specifying automatic or manual 13 22 Creating a partition 29 Customizing The Event Log 21 Deinstalling old PCMCIA software 34 delete an assocation 18 Deleting a partition 28 Diagnostics 19 CIS dump 19 DOS Utilities 27 PCM EXE 31 Enabling DOS card event message 33 EPD See Event Processor Daemon Erase Queues 25 Event Log 20 customizing 21 Real Time Messages 20 Event Processor Daemon 10 Flash cards Memory Base 24 spin down time 25 Window Size 24 installation 6 IRQ specifying 24 Partition table 27 Partitions 25 specifying on ATA card 29 PCM Setup 21 29 menu items 22 PCM EXE 13 27 PCM LOG 20 PCMATA SYS 29 PCMFDISK 27 creating a partition 29 deleting a partition 28 48 e Previous Next Back to Content exit 31 geometry 29 PhoenixCard Manager features 11 product overview 8 PhoenixCard Manager Setup 21 Real Time Messages 20 turning off 20 required drivers 9 Setting ATA Card partition table 27 Setup utility 21 Token Ring Speed 24 Using CardAgent To Configure Cards 15 Using The Event Log 20 Writing the partition 30 Previous Back to Content 49
29. have a 4K window that resides within C800 and EFOO Token Ring Speed If you are using a network type PC Card with a Token Ring format you have the option of specifying a transfer speed of either 4 Mbps megabits per second or 16 Mbps Card Settling Time The default value should suffice for most PC Cards However if the manufacturer of the card you are using suggests a different value enter that value here 24 Previous Next Back to Content ATA FFS Options You can optimize your use of ATA and FLASH cards when you specify these values e Memory Base e Window Size e Spin Down Time e Partitions e Erase Queues When you have finished entering the appropriate values click on Done or click on Cancel to exit without saving the values Help The Help menu offers the following commands File Index Displays the Contents page of PhoenixCard Manager Setup Help Using Help Provides general instructions on using Help About Displays the version number of PCM Setup File includes only the Exit command You can activate File and then exit by using either your mouse or your keyboard Using your mouse you can exit from PCM Setup by clicking on File and then clicking on Exit At that time PCM Setup will prompt you to confirm that you want to exit and then will query whether to save the changes you have made Using your keyboard you can exit from PCM Setup by pressing Alt lt f gt and then pressing Enter o
30. hlight the desired field Press Enter after typing in the new value s PCMFDISK displays this subwindow Wte SPURS 5 No 9 Yes 06006 6 0 0 2 4 Select Yes to change the disk geometry Select No to ignore the changes and return to the main menu If Yes is selected the heads and sector per track values will reflect the new values 3 3 3 3 3 3 Save No modifications to the ATA disk partition tables become actual until Write Partition is selected This saves all the changes and deletes creates a new partition table for the disk To use this option 1 Press Alt S to open this pulldown menu aede p d does 4 Wr i p Partition 3 Exi 3 i f E f f fff ff 2 Press lt Enter gt PCMFDISK displays this warning Save Modify Hel p f P f d f f f f f A Partition and Geometry 1115 5 5 1 Socket Number 0 Partition i Usage Head Cyl Sec Sectors fff f deus le fido seat 3 the partition table may cause data currently on the card mat drive s after exit Do you wish to write partition table Mn PER API IE IA be A Ga O Fai Total Disk Size 10 Mbytes 20480 Sectors EEE TALA ES TN A Pe ef od gode f 1115355111111 Write Partition table to ATA card lt Enter gt Select Option Fl zHelp RAG I elc DAD dy e Pref gs f 3 Select Yes to confirm the write The partition information is written changed Previous Next Back to Content 31 4 Exitto DOS and format the drive with the DOS FOR
31. led and the check mark disappears from the pulldown message Help Help contains three options About PCM shows the version number and copyright notice Contents shows a brief message describing PCM EXE 34 e Previous Next Back to Content Environment shows the Card Services version number the number sockets detected and the available memory in bytes Previous Next Back to Content 35 Appendix A Deinstallation Deinstallation is required when other PCMCIA support software has been installed If other PCMCIA software is already installed PCM issues this message during installation PhoenixCARD Manager Installation iififfbfifbifkW fW liiili e 311135 JF fF fF f It has been determined that your system has another version of PCMCIA utilities installed You cannot continue 3 installation until the other version of PCMCIA utilities 3 3 have been Mit Se you like PCM to de 3 these utilities at this time 3 4 spp ded ES JIJI 1311111555551 lt Enter gt Continue lt ESC gt Back lt Fl gt Help lt F3 gt Exit PhoenixCard Manager cannot be installed while other PCMCIA software is still loaded in the system The PhoenixCard Manager De Install utility will automatically remove previously installed PCMCIA software specifically Card Services and Socket Services To deinstall software highlight Yes and press Enter The Deinstall utility displays PhoenixCARD Manager De Installation
32. ndow See Figure 1 You can execute CardA gent by clicking on the icon However if the Manual Conflict Resolution option see Figure 2 is enabled and you subsequently attempt to use an unconfigured PC Card for the first time PhoenixCard Manager automatically executes CardAgent and opens the Edit Configuration window If you have used a card previously and you need to add or edit a configuration click on the Configurations button in the CardAgent main window Edit Configuration PCMSCD Will Use This Configuration STATUS Card Is Configured With Config 2 Socket 1 Function 0 Card List 1 Config 3 of 5 a lt lt Previous Manufacturer TDK Model DF1414 DATA FAX MODEM Type Serial Port COM3 Compliance 4 1 Widths Resource Windows Sizes IRQ ja Memory Window 1 Memory Window 2 ih I 0 Window 1 03E8 O3EF 8 ports 8 bits Me 170 Window 2 Mode Voltages Config Reg s Serial 1 0 Device 5 0 5 0 5 0 62 98 EF EE IX Audio Switch Vcc Vppl Vpp2 STAT EXTS Figure 4 Edit Configuration window Before You Use CardAgent Before you attempt to configure a card with CardA gent remember Previous Next Back to Content 15 de Note e CardAgent will automatically configure FAX Modem ATA SRAM and FLASH cards Gf support is installed e For PC Cards other than those mentioned above you should use the PC Card manufacturer driver Follow the instru
33. ntent Configuring PC Cards er Note er Note By design it is best to allow PC Cards to be configured by the drivers that the card manufacturer provides Therefore the first task to perform when you want to use a new PC Card is to install the software and the driver that comes with the PC Card However PhoenixCard Manager recognizes and dynamically configures FAX Modem ATA SRAM and FLASH cards if support is installed Other PC Card types should be configured by their own drivers However when a PC Card fails to configure for any reason PhoenixCard Manager provides you with the tools to configure a card While PhoenixCard Manager will display information about all card types it allows non Phoenix drivers to take responsiblity and configure their respective PC Cards If you prefer to use DOS or if Windows is not operating on your system you can use Phoenix DOS based PCM EXE to review modify or create PC Card configurations See the section PCM EXE in the next chapter Using PCM DOS Utilities CardAgent Utility The CardAgent Utility the main user interface for PhoenixCard Manager allows you to perform the following tasks e Create or modify a configuration for a specific PC Card You should not have to use the CardAgent utility to configure cards However if all else fails then you can use CardAgent to configure a PC Card e Associate an application or action with a specific card or card event e Diagnose the cause of er
34. of the Card Information Structure CIS for a specific card inserted in a socket Status Bar Removes or displays the Status Bar at the bottom of the CardAgent main window The Status Bar displays short messages such as Ready Card Extraction or Insertion Card Configured Successfully and others Edit Click on Edit with your mouse to activate the drop down menu that includes these options All Associations Shows all Event Triggered associations that have been saved to the PCM INI file Associations Shows only those associations corresponding to a PC Card inserted in the socket that you highlight from the CardAgent main window 14 e Previous Next Back to Content PC Card List This list includes PC Cards that have been recorded in the PCM INI file CardAgent will use Phoenix drivers to configure a card included in this list caution If a PC Card comes with its own driver and software DO NOT add this card to the list Further since CardAgent automatically configures FAX MODEM SRAM FLASH and ATA is support is installed cards it is not necessary to add these card types to the list Help The Help menu has two options Contents Shows a list of topics tasks and menu items about which you can receive help About PhoenixCard Manager Displays a copyright notice and the version number of CardAgent Using CardAgent To Configure Cards The installation program installs the CardAgent icon in the PhoenixCard Manager group wi
35. om All Configurations ff f f 3 3 t has been determined that your system is capable 3 3 of multiple boot configurations You have a choice 3 of disabling drivers in current or all boot configurations If you are using Windows and previous version of PCM 3 included Windows drivers then you need to disable 3 drivers in ALL configurations 3 3 3 3 Would you like to disable drivers in all configurations 3 3 Pap b desta du 3 Disable in All Configurations Disable in Current Configuration ES f f f f f f P f f f Pat of deed amp f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f 5 f f f f f f f f f f f f f f P lt A gt Al lt C gt Current lt Enter gt Select lt ESC gt Back lt Fl gt Help lt F3 gt Exit Previous Next Back to Content 39 As the previous message indicates you should disable drivers in all configurations Next Deinstall displays the following PhoenixCARD Manager De Installation f f f f f f f f F fWindows Directory f f jJ ff f f f f f f f o 3 3 Some PCMCIA utilities modify Windows system files Do 3 you have Microsoft Windows installed on your system 3 3 3 wf o dou Yes 3 3 No 3 3 GU du qur 3 eod oWopngoldfo fo fof ofodoTS oW O A fof POP Poe OE oh dg lt Y gt Yes lt N gt No lt Enter gt Select lt ESC gt Back lt Fl gt Help lt F3 gt Exit S you press If you are running Windows on your system highlight Yes and press Enter
36. on where XXX is an integer between 000 and 999 epending on how many times the files have been modified with PhoenixCard Manager These backups of your system files are distinct from the MOD files described above 9 The installation program displays a window that allows you to select a Typical or Custom installation If you choose Typical PhoenixCard Manager will install support for the most commonly used PC Card functions If you choose Custom PhoenixCard Manager allows you to specify the additional functions e g ATA and SRAM Flash card support for which support will be installed If you want ATA or Flash support to be installed you must select Custom and check the ATA and or Flash box Before you choose the installation type double check the destination path shown at the bottom of the window The Destination Directory is the directory into which you would like to install PhoenixCard Manager The installation program defaults to C PCM4 If this directory is acceptable to you click on Next with your mouse after you have selected the installation type If the default directory C PCM4 is not acceptable click on the Browse button After you click on Browse the installation program displays a window where you can specify the drive and complete path in which to install PhoenixCard Manager 10 Before the installation program copies files and creates the group window and icons you have the option of specifying a group folder name or accep
37. r x At that time PCM Setup will prompt you to confirm that you want to exit and then will query whether to save the changes you have made Previous Next Back to Content 25 26 Previous Next Back to Content Using PCM DOS Utilities The installation program loads several additional programs to the PhoenixCard Manager directory default of which is C PCM4 PROGRAM The table below lists these files and their uses Each program is explained in detail later in this chapter PCM EXE DOS based utility for reviewing modifying or creating PC Card configurations PCMFDISK EXE Edits partition table for ATA PC Cards PCMFDISK PCMFDISK like the DOS FDISK utility sets the partition table for ATA rotating disks and solid state mass storage PC Cards 2 Warning PCMFDISK will destroy all data on the device if new partitions are created DO NOT use PCMFDISK on SRAM PC Cards formatted for use with PCMATA the Phoenix ATA IDE device driver because PCMATA treats SRAM cards more like floppy disk drives than hard disk drives PCM Setup enables you to specify the maximum number of partitions to allow on ATA cards By default all ATA cards will have the minimum of one partition Use the PCMFDISK utility to optimize the settings you may have specified in PCM Setup After inserting the ATA PC Card run PCMFDISK to set or reset the following e Number of partitions e Number of drive heads The number of sectors per track
38. rd you just inserted then click on the Associations button Event Triggered Associations No Manufacturer Model Enabled Event Action YES Insertion of PC Ca Display A Message B YES _ Extraction of PC Ca Launch A Program Figure 5 Event Triggered Assosciations List If you want to modify an existing association highlight that association from the Event Triggered Associations list and click on Edit Info Previous Next Back to Content 17 er Note ce Note 4 If you want to create a new association click on New Ear X Association Enabled ECC DFM A Association No 02 Event Action insertion of PCCad E Launching Program s Complete Pathname ai Cancel Help Figure 6 Associations window 5 To choose the associated Event click on the down arrow to the right of the Event field and highlight the any of the following events in the subsequent pull down menu Card Insertion Card Insertion Failure Card Extraction Power Management Resume Power Management Suspend Time Triggered If you specify Time Triggered as the event the only available action is Launching a Program 6 For the associated Action click on the down arrow to the right of the Action field and highlight the appropriate action in the subsequent pull down menu These are the actions that you can choose Launch A Program Terminate A Program Display A Message Box Send A Windows Message 7 After you select the action an
39. rors you might encounter while attempting to use a PC Card e Review the Event Log generated by the Event Processor Daemon EPD e Specify either Automatic or Manual Conflict Resolution Previous Next Back to Content 13 Phoenix Card Manager tm File View Edit Help Socket 0 Socket 1 Function 0 Conflict Resolution 1 Automatic Manual Diagnostics Manufacturer ECC Model DFM A Associations Type Serial Port COM3 Status Card Configured rations Tie En Et Figure 3 The CardAgent interface Menu Items The CardAgent interface includes the menu items described below Note that the descriptions below are very basic For more details about the menus and commands click on Help or press F1 File File includes only the Exit command You can activate File and then exit by using either your mouse or your keyboard View Click on View with your mouse to activate the drop down menu that includes these options Client Driver List Displays a list of Drivers that have registered with Card Services Further you can obtain detailed information about each of the drivers in the list Such information is useful for troubleshooting or when contacting Technical Support Event Log Displays a time stamped history of events that have been saved to the PCM LOG by the Event Processor Daemon EPD and CardAgent AGT Diagnostics Menu Enables you to generate separate text file reports of the Event Log and
40. saving the Comm Port specification 6 After you click on DONE exit from PCM Setup Be sure to specify Yes to the prompts that PCM Setup presents before exiting To specify the default path to the Flash File System drivers for your Flash card do this 1 Activate the Defaults menu by pressing lt Alt gt d on your keyboard or by clicking on Defaults with your mouse 2 Press lt gt on your keyboard or click on Flash Path Current Path to FFS Drivers Previous Next Back to Content 23 Figure 12 Flash File System Path Dialogue Box 3 After the Flash File System Path dialogue box appears type in the complete path to the directory that contains the Flash File System drivers for your Flash card 4 When you have entered the Flash File System path click on Done or click on Cancel to exit without saving the FFS path designation Advanced The Advanced menu contains options that are intended for experienced and advanced computer users The default settings should suffice for most systems and users However there may be occasions when you must change these settings to resolve confilicts To activate the Advanced Options dialog box use your mouse to click on Advanced or press Alt a on your keyboard ATA FFS Options Advanced Setup Memory Base C800H ECOOH REID IRQ 0 15 NONE s Window Size 4 64 in 4K steps 16 CIS Address C800H EFOOH cano Spin Down Time 0 24 5 Token Ring Speed 4
41. successful 12 14 95 10 08 54 620 EPD Sockets to monitor 2 functions per socket 2 E i 12 14 95 10 08 54 680 EPD CS Level 5 00 Vendor Phoenix PCCard95 Card Services Rev ov 22 1995 17 08 40 12 14 95 10 08 54 730 EPD 3 event action association s loaded from PCM INI 12 14 95 10 08 54 790 EPD Init complete 12 14 95 10 08 54 790 EPD Event Monitoring start 12 14 95 10 08 54 790 EPD Event on socket 0 function 0 CARD INSERTION 12 14 95 10 08 54 840 EPD Card successfully configured by PCM SuperClient 12 14 95 10 08 54 900 EPD Event 1 0 criteria has been met setting state to TRUE 12 14 95 10 08 54 900 EPD Card ID ECC DFM A 12 14 95 10 08 54 900 EPD FN SKT 0 0 10 03E8 8 0000 0 IRQ 4 DMA 0 MEM 00000 0 000 12 14 95 10 08 55 010 EPD Event 1 0 has become TRUE taking action 12 14 95 13 02 01 420 AGT Registered with EPD Figure 8 Event Log Viewer The Event Log displays the last page of events all of which are time stamped and listed in chronological order with the latest message highlighted You can scroll up to view earlier messages A three letter acronym indicates the origin of each message as follows AGT CardAgent EPD Event Processor Daemon STP PCM Setup INS Install Program CardAgent saves the Event Log as a text file PCM LOG in the directory into which you installed PhoenixCard Manager usually this directory is C PCM4 PROGRAM You should refer to the Event Log
42. tSel ectedTi meout 215 t KEEP TransmissionRetryTi meout 45 gt KEEP Key p sndbebayes KEEP Keyboar dSpeed 31 3 KEEP Sertensaventk pop 3 KEEP ScreenSaveTi meOut 120 lt ENTER gt Accept changes lt ESC gt Back lt PgUp gt lt PgDn gt Scroll lt Fl gt Help lt F3 gt Exit Previous Next Back to Content 43 After you have scrolled through the file and accepted the changes by pressing Enter Deinstall then takes you through the changes in your PROGRAM INI file which may look like PhoenixCARD Manager De Installation f f f f f f f f f A PROGMAN INI f f f f f f f f f fd e 3 KEEP Setti ngs 3 KEEP Wi ndow 68 48 580 384 3 3 3 KEEP display drv wga drv 3 COMMENT Order 5 3 42 1 3 ADD ORDER 3421 3 KEEP Savesettings 1 3 KEEP AutoArrange 1 3 KEEP 3 3 KEEP Groups 3 KEEP Group1 C WI NDOWS1 MAI N GRP 3 KEEP Group2 C WI NDOWS ACCESSOR GRP 3 KEEP Group3 C WI NDOWS1 GAMES GRP 3 KEEP Group4 C Y WI NDOWS STARTUP GRP 3 COMMENT Group5 C ITALI AN SAVE PCMPLUS GRP EE Peal fei feb AEREA A E d 5 FF f f P POP P P P Y lt ENTER gt Accept changes lt ESC gt Back lt PgUp gt lt PgDn gt Scroll lt Fl gt Help lt F3 gt Exit After you have finished scrolling through the changes and you want to accept the changes press lt Enter gt Deinstall then displays the following window to summarize the system files that it has modified PhoenixCARD Manager De Inst
43. te the Write Partition option under Save is selected Create Partition Use this option to create a partition entry in the first empty partition slot A maximum of four partition entries are allowed per ATA card The number of partitions which PCMATA can access depends on how PCMATA is set up PCMFDISK displays the number of partitions set by PCM Setup when Environment from under the Help menu is selected Selecting the Quick mode from PCM Setup limits the number of partitions which PCMATA can access to only one Consequently no matter how many partitions are created with PCMFDISK only the first partition may be accessed However if access to more than the one partition is required return to PCM Setup and run the Advanced mode version The Advanced mode in PCM Setup allows stipulating the number of partitions on any ATA card in a particular socket This stipulation in the advanced mode of PCM Setup sets the maximum number of partitions that can be accessed 1 Press Alt M to open the following pulldown menu cfeate darditidon Y Top p Delete Partition Geometry 3 i f PB P FP P FOF iS 2 Press C or Enter PCMFDISK displays the following window L f f f f f f Create Partitinf f ff wr ode p Gd 2 Total Disk Size 10 Mbytes 20480 Sectors 2 3 Maxi mum DRESS available for Partition 1 E 10 Mbytes 20480 Sectors 100 Enter partition size in Mbytes 1 to 10 10 pado ERIT dgeXIpg mg opor d gogo 3 Press En
44. te the card with those values After you have entered the necessary values or have accepted the displayed defaults click on Validate If the current configuration values are valid CardAgent displays a message indicating that the configuration was successful If CardAgent reports that the attempt to configure the card is unsuccessful the cause for the failure is usually a resource conflict You will have to take extra steps to resolve resource conflicts Among those extra steps is running the Phoenix DOS utiltity PCMRMAN EXE Refer to Phoenix Technologies Web page at WWW PHOENIX COM and click on the PC Card link for more details about using PCM DOS Utilities Next click on Save to write the configuration data to the PCM INI file When the data has been written to PCM INI CardAgent closes the Edit Configuration window and returns to the main window If you change the resources for a FAX Modem card particularly IRQ and I O address you must also go into Windows Control Panel open the Ports dialog box and check the advanced settings to make sure the IRQ and I O values match those that you specified with CardAgent Using CardAgent For Event Triggered Associations To setup or modify an association with a PC Card do the following 1 2 Insert into a socket the card for which you want to create or modify an association From the CardAgent main window click on the socket and function number combination that corresponds to the ca
45. tem I and II and Windows are registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation Intel Intel Series I And II Flash Cards are registered trademarks of Intel Corporation IBM is a registered trademark of the International Business Machines Corporation Document Number PCM4 0 2 02 10 97 Next Contents Introduction 5 Quick Reference ion epe e rer ee eT E Ue ee Edd 5 HWICIEDITDIEREEEREI nes 6 iB E TE 8 BFeat resz s ooa de eet eren aa 11 Configuring PC Cards 13 CardAgent Utility n ERR ERE RE RP Te RENI e REDE eee 13 Menu Tte icons 14 Using CardAgent To Configure Cards essere 15 Before You Use CardABent oe ce ee eo o ede e Oe de Reis 15 Shortcut to Configuring a Card with CardA gent sees 16 Editing a PC Card Configuration sees 16 Using CardAgent For Event Triggered Associations esse 17 Using Diagnostics eene nhnnn tese n enn n rhn es ese e ean ne esses nnn un 19 Using The Event Log nia delen Re 20 Customizing The Event Log esee teinte nti dern rte nenne rn n 21 PhoenixCard Manager Setup sorse genny esenee sen tee nennen neret eE R tenete 21 Ment tems sse a teet edt te tee d et e Eee 22 Using PCM DOS Utilities 27 PCMPBDISK 5 2 HERR D RB bit 27 Delete Partition a edet dotati ate 28 Create Partition nseni to e eer i e Lee i re deed rude 29 Geometry E
46. ter to accept the partition size shown in the highlighted field this value reflects the total size of the Mbytes remaining on the disk or type in a new size and press Enter The Partition table reappears with the new partition table values 4 To create another partition repeat steps 1 through 3 Changes made to the partition table with the Modify option are not committed to the disk until you select the Write Partition option under Save Previous Next Backto Content 29 Geometry Usually the disk geometry does not require any changes The default geometry has the fastest access speed However some ATA cards allow changes to their geometry 2 Warning After you change the geometry the partition table may become invalid and you may need to reset it Also some ATA cards will fail to write and become unstable in which case you must remove and reinsert the card to reset the state 30 e Previous Next Back to Content To change the Geometry follow these steps Press Alt M to open this pulldown menu A a f A J f m Ld cd 3 Del 3 Geo y f f Pb f f f f f SB 2 Press G or use the down arrow key to highlight Geometry and press Enter PCMFDISK displays this window f f f f BR Modify Geometry f f f f f f e For advanced users only Press Fl for detail titio titio 3 3 TNNT i LAS d d IA de d ee et d Eo 3 Type in a new value for either Heads Sector Tracks or both as required Use the arrow key to hig
47. ting the default name of PhoenixCard Manager 11 After you specify the folder name installation is complete when the installation program copies its files to your hard disk and creates the group window and icons Previous Next Back to Content 7 Program Manager 2 PhoenixCard Manager pm EPD Utility PCMRmanFor Card Agent DOS Utility Accessories Network Games StartUp Applications Figure 1 PhoenixCard Manager group window Overview PhoenixCard Manager provides you with the tools you need to take advantage of the latest in PC Card technology In order to use PC Cards your system must be equipped with at least one PC Card socket and a Socket Controller which interfaces between the host system and the actual PC Card On the software side of PC Card technology your system must have Socket Services which intializes and enables the features of the socket controller In the case of PhoenixCard Manager the Socket Services driver is PCMSS EXE Of equal importance in the PC Card specification is Card Services which is the sole client of Socket Services Card Sevices in turn provides a means for managing system resources memory interrupts I O ranges and communicating with drivers that configure the actual PC Card in a socket These drivers that configure the PC Cards register with and become clients of Card Services The Phoenix Card Services driver is PCMCS95 EXE 8 Previous Next Back to Content Storage Devices l
48. tition or Geometry of the installed ATA card do one of the following 1 Create a new partition First delete existing partitions with Delete Partition then create new partitions with Create Partitions 2 Add a new partition to existing partitions Use Create Partitions to define a new space This new partition is limited to the size of the disk minus the existing partition size If the Usage field on the main screen displays 100 the disk does not have enough free space to add a new partition 3 Change the default geometry for the ATA disk to optimize access speed and overall performance Use the Geometry option Delete Partition Press Alt M to open this pulldown menu 28 Previous Next Back to Content 3 3 3 11555 2 Press D or use the down arrow key to select Delete Partition and press Enter PCMFDISK displays the following message L f f Delete Partition f f f f Partition 1 will be deleted Press ENTER to confirm or press ESC to abort i f PP P f fd f f f f P P P Pf f f D If more than one partition exists on the card PCMFDISK deletes the last partition first For example if two partitions exist on the disk Partition 2 is deleted before Partition 1 3 Press Enter to confirm deletion of the partition or press lt ESC gt to abort deletion and return to the main screen e Note Changes made to the partition table with the Modify option are not committed to the disk until de No
49. ts the configuration under which your system is currently booted 7 Ifthe configuration that the Installation program highlights is NOT the configuration in which you want to install PhoenixCard Manager then you must exit from the installation program and reboot your system under the configuration in which you plan to use PhoenixCard Manager The system will bring up a Boot Configuration Options screen The configuration you are currently booted under will selected as the destination You must be booted under the correct configuration to install PhoenixCard Manager 8 To successfully install PhoenixCard Manager either you must manually or the installation program must automatically modify your AUTOEXEC BAT CONFIG SYS PROGRAM INI WINDOWS INI and SYSTEM INI files Before modifying these files the installation program queries whether or not it should directly modify the original files Allow the installation program to make all the necessary changes directly to your system files If you choose the Save Changes to Backup File option the installation program makes the changes to a copy of the file saves the file by adding a MOD modified extension and leaves the original files intact After the installation program makes the changes to the backup files you must incorporate these changes manually into your system files and then reboot your system The installation program automatically creates sequential backup files with an XXX extensi
50. tup and Installation e Direct Memory Access support e Mixed Voltage 5 0v and 3 3v Vcc support e Multi function card support e Input Output range increased to 16 bits e Enhanced Power Management including Intel Microsoft Advanced Power Management APM 1 1 e Support for DOS 6 x Multiple Boot Option e Support for Microsoft Flash File System II FFSID e Information and configuration utilities for managing PC Cards in both DOS and Microsoft Windows e Supports wide range of PC Cards including Zoom Video Flash Memory SRAM Network LAN Fax Modem ATA hard disks SCSI and other I O Cards e Very Small Memory Footprint Bundled with Novell DPMS EXE utility PhoenixCard Manager loads its drivers into Extended Memory XMS to maximize the availability of conventional memory or DOS memory e Sophisticated real time Conflict Resolution capabilities that automatically resolve resource conflicts e Diagnostic capabilities through the Phoenix Event Log e Notification of PC Card insertions extractions and configurations under the CardA gent interface e Event Triggered Associations allow PC Card users to associate specific actions launch or terminate an application etc with a specified PC Card event card insertion or removal Additional User Documentation Additional user documentation is available from www phoenix com pemcia pemcia html Previous Next Back to Content 11 12 e Previous Next Back to Co
51. you must supply values for those empty fields Failure to do so will result in an error 5 Click on Validate If the PC Card is configured successfully CardAgent will display a message to indicate a successful configuration and you should be able to use the PC Card If CardAgent does not configure the PC Card repeat steps 4 and 5 until you have attempted to configure the PC Card using all of the predefined configurations If CardAgent still cannot configure the card you will need to create a new configuration by modifying some or all of the configuration values see following section and then saving the new configuration Editing a PC Card Configuration The Edit Configuration window allows you to view values for the Configuration Registers and Voltage and to assign values for the following e O Window e IRQ e Memory Window e DMA To edit a PC Card Configuration do the following 16 e Previous Next Back to Content de Note Insert the PC Card in question into one of the sockets in your system Make sure you see the card icon on one of the socket buttons at the top of the Edit Configuration window Click on Configurations from the CardAgent main window Enter the required values Some cards require specific values for resources Check the documentation that accompanies your card to determine those values CardAgent may display default values that it reads from the card CIS You can accept the defaults and try to valida
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