CardWare for Windows 98/ME User's Guide
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1. marks and does not include FTL specific data You will see a card like formatted floppy disk Physical dump will show the actual physical dump of the card s memory as with SRAM cards or FLASH cards without FTL To switch between raw dump modes you should choose menu Tools Options select Read Write pane and press Enable FTL support button To enable FTL support for read write raw operations button should be in pressed state checked File list information sub pane becomes available when inserted card is formatted with one of supported file system formats like FAT or FFSIL CardWare for Windows 98 ME User s Guide Card Access CardWare for Windows 98 ME User s Guide APSoft Information can be viewed in three different formats Icons List Details Using this pane you can walk through directories structure on the card to see its contents MCView supports two types of operations named File access and Raw access File access operations provide access to a card on drive file system level Raw access operations provide access to a card on physical binary level File access operations Open New Rename Delete Properties Assign drive letter Force media change Format card Full drag n drop and cut copy paste support Eject card Raw access operations Read Write raw data HEX Editor Erase card Go to Find data Refer to MCView help file for obtain more detailed information 32. 52 Helpful Information CardWare for Windows 98 ME User s Guide Glossary Adapter Associated ATA Card APSoft The hardware that connects a computer bus to PC Card sockets Also Certain PC Cards are commonly called adapters The relationship between a device and a defined PC Card CardWare uses associated devices to configure a PC Card with the appropriate system resources See also System Resources Device Acronym for AT Attachment specification The industrial standard for interfacing to Integrated Drive Electronics IDE hard drives and flash drives A PCMCIA compliant card Also known as a PC Card See also PC Card Card Definition Card Definitions are used by CardWare to determine how to configure a PC Card A definition includes a card name information from the Card Information Structure CIS that is used to recognize the card when it is inserted and a list of associated devices See also Configure Card Information Structure Associated Device Card Information Structure Card Type CardWare for Windows 98 ME User s Guide See CIS The type of the function performed by a PC Card Examples is ATA hard drive Network Adapter Parallel Port Serial Port and Other 53 APSoft 54 Helpful Information CIS Configure Device Device type DMA See also PC Card PC Cards that complies with industrial standards contains the card information structure Card Information Structure that
3. Card Control is the program for configuring your PC Cards To run PC Card Control click on the Icon in the CardWare group or left double click on tray icon Personal Computer Memory Card International Association has created and documented a series of specifications to allow you to plug in and use almost any compliant PC Card To CardWare recognized means that a PC Card is identified when it is inserted A PC Card must be recognized before it can be configured using an associated device See also Associated CardWare can identify an inserted card using information registered in an internal database 57 APSoft Socket The 68 pin slot into which the PC Card is inserted to make physical and electrical connection to the PC Card adapter See also Adapter System Resources A system interacts with its world through four resources Memory Interrupts e TO ports DMA channels Devices describe the set of resources used by a PC Card once it is configured See also V O Interrupts Memory Tuple Tuples are special fields in the internal memory of certain PC Cards PCMCIA compliant tuples describe the configurable characteristics of Memory Only and VO Cards See also CIS WAV Files A WAV pronounced wave file is a file of digitized sound like on a CD Because the extension of the file name the three characters following the period in the file name is WAV e g SOUNDS WAV these segments of sound have bec
4. Card to exit Slot Power Off state Card Disable Disable the card function device node as you will do it in the Device Manager APSoft Card Stop Remove the card function device node in the Device Manager To prevent data lost it s recommended that you remove the PCMCIA Card from slot only after all card functions are stopped Cards Reconfigure This command allows reconfiguration of PC Cards This is logically the same as a card removal and card reinsertion If you have changed the configuration of a PC Card you have to tell CardWare to reconfigure the card There are two ways to reconfigure a PC Card 1 Choose Cards Reconfigure from the menu Then select the socket that contains the card you would like to reconfigure 2 Double click on the card image in the socket Open Device Manager The command opens the System Device Manager Open MCView Toggle the command starts MC View if it isn t started and closes MC View if it is started Exit PCCard This command minimizes PC Card Control to Tray icon The Options menu contains various SIPC Card Control Menu Options CardWare and PC Card Control Cards Options Info View Help preference settings 3 amp Event Notifications 2 User Level Auto Start MCView V Hide PCCard On Start Event Notifications Select Event Notifications to instruct CardWare to interrupt your work when the following events occur 26 CardWare
5. Drag n Drop or Copy Paste operations Re assign drive letters Format card Erase card Eject card if your adapter supports this operation MCView Main MCView main window consists of two panes left and right Window CardWare Memory Cards Viewer Version 7 00 File access Raw access Edit View Tools Help 5 B alal bsla E i Information E Raw Dump 9 Drive l Socket 1 Socket 0 Card Hyundai Electronics Co Ltd 2MB FLASH CARD HYCFLO02 Function Memory card Write protected No Battery Good Device Drive letter s I Memory Window 1 Base 010200000h End 0103FFFFFh Length 200000 2 Mb FLASH Card Information Number ofregions 1 4 gt Region 0 Figure 13 MCView Main Window 34 CardWare User Interface CardWare for Windows 98 ME User s Guide APSoft Gathering Card Information The left pane represents explorer style devices folders tree All available PC Card sockets reside on upper level If any memory card is inserted into the socket its name will be shown on the same level with the socket The next level represents a drive assigned to the card If the card is formatted for any supported file system like FFSI or FAT and if it contains any directories structure the tree of directories will be shown under the drive item The right pane is used to show card information card s memory raw dump files stored on the card etc In order to choose one of the information sub panes you j
6. User Interface CardWare for Windows 98 ME User s Guide APSoft 1 Card insertion removal 2 Battery low or dead CardWare can respond to each event with up to three actions 1 Restore the Card Control window 2 Display an appropriate message 3 Play a WAV file Selecting Sound File associates a WAV file with each event User Level This dialog lets you specify a user s skill level Every menu item in CardWare has associated user level A menu item will be shown only for user of that level or for more experienced user level This feature helps less experienced users to avoid potential problems Auto Start MCView If this option is on then MCView will be started automatically on PCMCIA memory card insertion Hide PCCard on Start If this option is ON then PC Card Control will start as an icon in the system tray area only If this option is OFF then also main PC Card Control window will be started Info menu provides Ceno Menu Info information about installed m info Views Help version of Card Services and rl Ceed Servicgs Into laa al Card Services clients PCOESE POCARD POFLAEH CardWare for Windows 98 ME User s Guide 27 AP Soft Menu View 28 CardWare User Interface The View menu lets you change the size and placement of your view of the slots CardWare offers several different sizes of images of the slots and cards themselves CardWare for Windows 98 ME User s Guide APSoft Tool
7. about your computer APSoft designed a specialized PC analyzer the PCScope For run PCScope please connect to http www tssc de support support_cw98 htm and follow instructions PCScope will create file C CWSUPRT REP in root of your disk C Please attach this file to your support request Alternatively you can collect required technical info manually as described in following section If you created and attached CWSUPRT REP to your e mail please ignore following section Please attach to your e mail following files 1 Please run REGEDIT go to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE window and change to following key Enum PCMCIA Select command Export Registry file from Registry menu create a text file e g pemcia reg and provide this file with your e mail as an attachment 51 APSoft 2 Please run REGEDIT go to HREY_LOCAL_MACHINE window and change to following key Enum SCSI Select command Export Registry file from Registry menu create a text file e g scsi reg and provide this file with your e mail as an attachment 3 Please find in your installation directory e g C Program Files APSoft CardWare CW7 log file if it is exist and provide this file with your e mail as an attachment Attention Do not include text of required files in your e mail All support files should be attached We will not process support requests without files listed above or with content of such files included into e mail text
8. access the card CardWare provides the industrial standard Card Services API defined in PC Card Standard for Win32 applications CardWare works in the background so applications can use your PC Cards CardWare for Windows 98 ME User s Guide CardWare Basics 9 APSoft This page is intentionally blank 10 CardWare Basics CardWare for Windows 98 ME User s Guide C HA PTERQ Installing CardWare This chapter explains how to install CardWare for Windows 98 ME e Make sure you have the correct equipment and operating system to install and run CardWare See the detailed list of system requirements on the following page NOTE In some cases your system may be shipped with CardWare preinstalled Please check to see if CardWare is already installed before going through the installation procedure described in this chapter CardWare Installation Options 1 Download CardWare from APSoft website The latest version of CardWare is always available in the download area of APSoft s WEB site http www tssc de You can always download CardWare from the WEB and use it as an update to a previously purchased version or as evaluation software In the download area of APSoft WEB site click on the floppy icon to start the download If you are using Microsoft R Internet Explorer the File Download window will open Click on Save to store the file onto your hard disk If you want to update an existing CardWare version you will need to
9. c PCDisk d PCFlash e PCSram Remove the registry value HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE Software Microsoft Windows CurrentVersion Run PCCARD Remove the registry key HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE Software Microsoft Windows CurrentVersion Uninstall CardWare Delete subdirectory C Program Files APSoft CardWare Remove from windir System following files a medll dll b MCUninst dll c pcata vxd d peflash vxd e pcsram vxd f pcdisk vxd g csdll dll h gencard vxd i Csmpr vxd Delete subdirectory windir Start Menu Programs Card Ware See to the C CONFIG SYS and if you find REM CW7 marks then remove them CardWare for Windows 98 ME User s Guide AP Soft How to Get Technical Support for CardWare for Windows 98 ME CardWare for Windows 98 ME User s Guide Please send an e mail in English we can t process technical support questions in any other language to technical support support tssc de In your request please specify f CardWare version exactly as it appears in C Program Files APSoft CardWare README TXT Where and when did you bought your version your serial number or license number Description of your problem If problem is related with particular card please specify the card name and manufacturer exactly as it appears on the card If you have troubles with card drivers please specify an exact driver version and URL where you got the driver In order to help you collect technical information
10. card using standard Drag n Drop or Copy Paste operations etc CardWare User Interface 21 APSoft PC Card Control PC Card Control Main Window Menu Cards 22 CardWare User Interface When you open PC Card Control appears a window similar to shown below It has a menu bar optional tool bar optional status line and a graphical representation of your PC Card sockets and installed cards eee ed Ciotone nfo Wes Hein B38 4x Seo te DIL Gegn Povr E otha ak PU al a l i For Help press FI Figure 7 PC Card Control Main Window Note The exact content of menus is context specific and depends from selected User Level and inserted PC Cards The Cards menu lets you view edit PC Card settings Stop or power off a card reconfigure an installed card and format a storage card Note that the content of Cards menu may vary depending on the installed cards Cards Settings Card Settings dialog consists of several property sheets Application Launch page specifies application which should be started when specified card is inserted CardWare for Windows 98 ME User s Guide CardWare for Windows 98 ME User s Guide APSoft Lad Selhege AU S rtem Powis Y HES PLLA Ei Ageheabon Launch Sia Pai Conkgunakor Device Maraga FS Eraba ha card fot audamatic bunch pic ation Figure 8 Card Settings Application Launch Dialog Serial Port Configuration page specifies serial port that
11. places the sockets in a column returns the sockets to their default size and sizes the window to the socket size If you have multiple sockets but not all are visible selecting this option places all of them into visible area Adjust window to contents This option sizes the window so the sockets are centered inside of the window at its minimum size Frame settings Selecting this option pops up a window with the current settings for size location and alignment of the sockets Socket Properties PC Card Control pops up the Socket Properties dialog box Save settings on exit Checking this option causes PC Card to use the last used settings each time it starts PC Card Control has a powerful online help system that gives you detailed information on all topics You can get help by choosing Help from the main menu or by simply pressing the F1 key whenever you need help If you press Shift F1 the cursor changes to a question mark and you can point to the region for which you need help You can use the mouse for send several command to PC Card Control e To reconfigure the card make a left double click on the card image in the main window It s the same as selecting Cards Reconfigure To show a card description click the card name with the right mouse button and hold down the button CardWare for Windows 98 ME User s Guide APSoft PC Card Control Tray Icon Left Single Click To show device information click and h
12. should be assigned to the specified card Card Settings Xircom Cardbus Ethernet 100 Modem 56 Modem Interface x Application Launch Serial Port Configuration Device Manager Serial Port Configuration Cancel pp Help Figure 9 Card Settings Serial Port Configuration Dialog Device Manager page specifies Device Manager Settings for the selected card APSoft HaSeh PCC Figure 10 Card Settings Device Manager Dialog Device Properties This is just shortcut which opens System Device Manager dialog related to specific device 24 CardWare User Interface CardWare for Windows 98 ME User s Guide CardWare for Windows 98 ME User s Guide APSoft roam Cardbus EEharmat 1 Meier oh nets ral CASE ee Geral Weda Dinie Aaron birom arkan Ehara 100 Modern 56 Hodam iieii Device ope Modena Lissar binon Liria Ciddi ta SPC bert J dente 0 action zl Treuibledhocder Device wage lls tine dirin pariba Figure 11 Device Properties Dialog Slot Power Off Whether this menu entry is available or not depends on the inserted PC cards and may also be limited by your system manufacturer Command switches the power for the PCMCIA slot OFF This feature enhances user control over cards inserted in slots or built inside of notebook preventing PC Cards from consuming system resources or battery power Use Slot Power ON option or simply remove and reinsert the PC
13. uninstall the existing version now After download please run this executable file When the splash screen appears choose Install CardWare The installer will automatically unpack the self executable file to your temporarily sub directory and will start the CardWare Setup automatically If you are using CardWare for product evaluation please note You are licensed to use CardWare free of charge during a 14 day period for evaluation purposes only CardWare for Windows 98 ME User s Guide Installing CardWare 11 APSoft Evaluation and Registration The Serial Number 12 Installing CardWare Any use of the CardWare evaluation software other than evaluation represents a breach of this license and may result in legal prosecution Unless you enter the valid serial number at the end of the CardWare installation the software will function for 14 days in evaluation mode If you are satisfied with the result of your evaluation please contact mailto sales tssc de to purchase the serial number Once entered the serial number will transform the evaluation version of CardWare into the full retail version 2 Purchase CardWare on CD ROM After inserting the CardWare CD ROM into your computer the AUTORUN program will start automatically Please choose Install CardWare and the CardWare setup will automatically start In the case the AUTORUN program will not start on your computer please go to the directory on your CardW
14. while both the computer and the docking station are in full power and full functional operating mode CardWare supports hot docking if the mobile computer has a Plug and Play BIOS that supports hot docking 55 APSoft 56 Helpful Information Hot Spot An area on the display screen where clicking with a mouse results in a move to another area of the help file The cursor changes from an arrow to a small hand when positioned over a hot spot Hot Swapping Interrupts VO Ports IRQ Memory MTD Inserting a PC Card in the socket while the computer is in full power and full operational mode All PC Cards support hot swapping but some software notably telecommunication packages and network operating systems do not Interrupts are used to get the system s attention If a PC Card generates interrupts CardWare configures the card socket to route the card s interrupt signal to an available Interrupt ReQuest IRQ level in the system See also System Resources Ports have a port number or address and are used to pass information to or from peripheral devices Port address space is separate from memory address space CardWare configures PC Cards with I O ports to use unoccupied port address space See also System Resources See Interrupts Memory is the place used to store information while it is being used Computer memory is organized as a number on individual locations each identified by an address Memory address spa
15. your computer They work cooperatively with the operating environment to provide the full functionality of a data storage disk CardWare storage card features include the following Dynamic assignment of drive letter e Recognition of data storage cards using a unique detection algorithm ATA SRAM and flash data storage card support e Plug in support for new flash cards Built in support for Flash Translation Layer FTL standard e Built in support for Flash File System II e Supports standard operating system utilities for file transfer format etc Erase whole card e Comprehensive on line help and information e Raw data transfer read write of unformatted data from storage card PCDISK VXD Description The memory card client driver PCDISK is responsible for disk like formatted storage card support From the point of view of Windows this is a low level device driver This driver supports all file systems supported by Windows as well as installable file systems e g flash file systems The storage card client driver uses media technology drivers MTDs for physical access to the PC Card This is NOT a utility program Location of SystemRoot system installed file 42 CardWare Files CardWare for Windows 98 ME User s Guide PCATA VXD Description Location of installed file PCSRAM VXD Description Location of installed file PCFLASH VXD Description Location of installed file CardWare fo
16. 9 APSoft This page is intentionally blank 40 CardWare User Interface CardWare for Windows 98 ME User s Guide Card Services Mapper CSMPR VXD Description Location of installed file Kernel Mode Driver GENCARD VXD Description Location of installed file CardWare for Windows 98 ME User s Guide APPENDIX A CardWare Files CardWare consists of a set of programs each with a specific function Most are drivers that are loaded as operating system extensions CSMPR VXD is Card Services Mapper for Win32 applications It is the interface between the Socket Services driver and the various cards and system software that you use in your computer The driver is responsible for resource management in cooperation with the Windows resource manager and client notification CSMPR VXD allows to call Card Services PCCARD VXD from GUI or console applications If Win32 application registers self Card Service client CSMPR allows PCCARD to call Win32 application client callback This is NOT a utility program SystemRoot system GENCARD VXD is generic PCMCIA card driver Windows does not configure card if INF driver is missing GENCARD VXD can be registered for a card w o INF driver file It causes assigning default configuration for PCMCIA card SystemRoot system CardWare Files 41 APSoft Data Storage Card Drivers PCDISK and Memory Technology Drivers MTDs add complete PC Card Plug and Play functionality to
17. AL_MACHINE Software APSoft CardWare V700 CardWare Memory Cards Support HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE System CurrentControlSet Services VxD a CsMpr b PCAta CardWare for Windows 98 ME User s Guide APSoft c PCDisk d PCFlash e PCSram HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE Software Microsoft Windows CurrentVersion Run PCCARD HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE Software Microsoft Windows CurrentVersion Uninstall CardWare HKEY_CURRENT_USER Software APSoft CardWare HKEY_CURRENT_USER Software APSoft MCVIEW Legacy Devices Resource Assignment The industry standard PC AT bus uses a scheme of permanent device resource assignments shown below Interrupt 4 LPT1 3BC 3BF monochrome display ee ad LPT1 LPT2 378 37F LPT2 LPT3 278 27F 3C0 3CF 3D0 CDF 1F0 1F7 3F6 3F7 SCSI HDD 270 277 Floppy drive 3F2 3F4 3F5 3F7 PS 2 mouse eee Eee y CardWare for Windows 98 ME User s Guide 49 APSoft How to Manually Uninstall CardWare 50 Helpful Information WE WILL NOT ADVISE YOU TO REMOVE IT MANUALLY If you really need to do it you have to 1 23 Shut down PCCARD EXE and MCVIEW EXE if open Remove the entire registry tree HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE Software APSoft CardWare HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE Software APSoft CardWare V700 CardWare Memory Cards Support HKEY_CURRENT_USER Software APSoft CardWare and HKEY_CURRENT_USER Software APSoft MC VIEW Remove the following keys from HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE System CurrentControlSet Services VxD a CsMpr b PCAta
18. E operating systems How is hot swapping of cards handled An interrupt is generated by the system on insertion and removal of a PC Card This interrupt is used to either flag that the card needs to be configured or released What file formats do you support with memory cards Currently we support FAT for SRAM cards For FLASH cards we support Disk like FAT Microsoft Flash File System II FFSID and Flash Translation Layer FTL with any file system supported by Microsoft Windows How are you going to support new cards as they are released For a card to comply with PC Card Standards it must have a Card Information Structure CIS Since our software uses the CIS information to configure the card any card that is compliant with PC Card Standards is automatically recognized and supported by our software In addition APSoft has established a Card Review Program designed to promote the review and testing of card manufacturers CIS with CardWare How do you update the system registry What is the information format so that I end user can modify or troubleshoot it When a card is configured specifically for the first time CardWare stores this configuration information in the system registry You can edit the registry with the registry editor REGEDIT APSoft recommends that only service personnel personnel or advanced users attempt to edit the system registry List of Registry Key HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE Software APSoft CardWare HKEY_LOC
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20. QP oft CardWare for Windows 98 ME R 7 00 PC Card Control Of x Cards Options Info View Help 2 oM Bm geo en POWER OFF COM2 For Help press F1 User s Guide APSoft Copyright Notice and Disclaimer Unless otherwise noted this document and the information herein disclosed are proprietary to APSoft Any person or entity to whom this document is furnished or who otherwise has possession thereof by acceptance agrees that it will not be copied or reproduced in whole or in part nor used in any manner except to meet the purposes for which it was delivered The information in this document is subject to change without notice and should not be considered as a commitment by APSoft Although APSoft will make every effort to inform users of substantive errors APSoft disclaims all liability for any loss or damage resulting from the use of this document or any hardware or software described herein including without limitation contingent special or incidental liability Copyright 2003 APSoft All rights reserved Issue date 24 11 03 PCCard for Windows 98 ME PCCard and the APSoft logo are registered trademarks of APSoft All other products and brand names are trademarks and registered trademarks of their respective companies APSoft Tel 49 0 89 900 479 0 Sonnenstrasse 26b Fax 49 0 89 900 479 11 85622 Feldkirchen Internet _http www tssc de Germany CardWare for Windows 98 ME User s Guid
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23. are CD ROM and run SETUP EXE The CardWare serial number is located on the inside of your CardWare package You are licensed to use CardWare free of charge during a 14 day period for evaluation purposes only Any use of the CardWare evaluation software other than evaluation represents a breach of this license and may result in legal prosecution APSoft issues the serial number when you purchase CardWare Once entered it will transform the evaluation version of CardWare into a full retail version The serial number is valid for free updates during a period of one year Any update of CardWare released by APSoft during this time can be installed using the same serial number After the annual expiry date the serial number will still be able to use your copy of CardWare without time limitation but you will not be able to upgrade any longer free of charge If you want to continue to receive free updates of CardWare you will need to purchase an upgrade You will receive a remainder two weeks before the serial number expires For details on our upgrade policy and price please check our WEB site http www tssc de web policies htm CardWare for Windows 98 ME User s Guide APSoft What Happens During Installation Starting the Program Before You Start Adding the Program The CardWare Setup program automatically installs CardWare on your system The program copies all CardWare components onto your system and modifies the Windows regi
24. bar The toolbar is a row of buttons that allow quick access to some of the common functions for scaling and aligning images of your PC Card slots When Toolbar is checked the toolbar appears below the main menu Open Card Services Information Dialog 100 Size Select object for help Open Options User Level Dialog Help fa i 4 oe w 25 Size i Size to socket size Open System Device Side by side Manager Columns Default ordering Open Options Event Notifications Dialo Figure 12 PC Card Control Toolbar Status Bar The status bar displays information on the current view When the item is checked the status bar appears at the bottom of the PC Card Control window When not checked the CardWare display area is smaller Percentage The check mark indicates the current sizing as a percentage of the default size Free scale You can manually enter the size in percents Always on top Checking this option makes CardWare always visible Even when you are using another application the card and slot representation is visible Adjust sockets in line Checking this option places the sockets side by side CardWare for Windows 98 ME User s Guide 29 APSoft Getting Help in PC Card Control Using Mouse in PC Card Control 30 CardWare User Interface Adjust sockets in column Checking this option places the sockets one above the other This is the default arrangement Adjust sockets to default This option
25. ce is the sum of all locations identified by an address The memory address space is often much larger than the actual amount of memory available to store data See also System Resources Acronym for Memory Technology Driver An MTD is responsible for manipulating the physical media on a storage memory or ATA PC Card The generic storage card software PCDISK uses the MTDs CardWare for Windows 98 ME User s Guide APSoft Multiple Function PC Card PC Card A PC Card that integrates two distinct functions such as a LAN function and a modem function into a single PC Card There are two styles of cards having more than one function Those that are designed using the MFC extensions defined in the 11 95 release of the PC Card Standards these are called MFCs and those that are designed for the 2 10 release of the PC Card Standards commonly called Combo Cards Term used to describe cards compliant with the PCMCIA PC Card Standards About the size of a credit card but varying in thickness these cards plug into a 68 pin socket and expand the capability of your system PC Cards can add additional storage using memory devices or ATA flash and hard drives Other types of cards are specialized devices such as modems network adapters or GPS receivers Some cards are actually interfaces through which your system can access even more devices PC Card Control PCMCIA Recognized Registered CardWare for Windows 98 ME User s Guide PC
26. consists of information about the card its purpose and the resources it needs The CIS is a memory area inside certain PC Cards This memory area is divided into Tuples fields of data that allow the system and application programs to know what are required to properly use that PC Card See also Tuple The act of programming a socket and PC Card for use in a system When a PC Card is inserted CardWare uses a card definition to recognize the card Once a card is recognized associated devices are used to determine the system resource required and how the card is configured See also PC Card In CardWare A named collection of system resources that a PC Card uses when it is configured by CardWare More generally A peripheral or subsystem in a computer system Examples are hard drives serial ports and network adapters See also Device type The card type the device is intended to support Card definitions may only be associated with devices of the same type Different device types use different combinations of system resources See also Associated DMA channels are used for highspeed transfer of data Typically these are used by audio PC Cards If a PC Card needs a DMA channel CardWare configures the card socket to route the card s DMA channel signals to an available DMA channel in the system CardWare for Windows 98 ME User s Guide IDE APSoft Acronym for Integrated Drive Electronics Used to describe hard drives wit
27. cts the existing program group so it does not create another program group Therefore when you run Uninstall there is no record of creating a program group so Uninstall does not remove it APSoft This page is intentionally blank 20 Installing CardWare CardWare for Windows 98 ME User s Guide CardWare for Windows 98 ME User s Guide C HAPTER CardWare User Interface CardWare User Interface consists of two main components 1 PC Card Control is a desktop utility that gives you easy access to the most frequently used card control functions like Card Power On Off Card Stop Start Card Reconfigure and so on The menus and commands available in PC Card Control vary depending on the type of PC Cards you are using It gives you easy access to the information about your PC Card and its configuration PC Card Control allows you to assigning ports for serial or parallel cards or associated application which may be automatically started when the specific card is inserted All PC Card Control features are available from the system tray icon it gives quick and easy access to all card control functions information about card s and its configuration MCView is a utility for quick and easy access to several memory card operations MCView allows you to format erase and eject card s as well as edit card contents directly from HEX editor read write cards formatted by Microsoft FFSII standard easy copy files to from
28. dWare control options pops up iti You can choose from following options Open PCCard Open MCView Open Device Manager Event Notifications User Level Auto Start MCView Card Services Info Client Info About PCCard Exit PCCard Open the PC Card Control Main Window same function as left double click Start MCView See description of Memory Cards Viewer below Opens the System Device Manager Opens the CardWare Event Notifications window shown on page Error Bookmark not defined Opens the dialog for specifying the user experience Beginner Intermediate or Expert Option to specify if the Memory Card View is started when the memory card is inserted Provides information about Card Services Provides a list of the currently loaded client drivers Gives you information about PC Card Control Turns off PC Card Control CardWare for Windows 98 ME User s Guide AP Soft Left Double Left double click on PC Card Control tray icon opens PC Card Control for Click Windows CardWare for Windows 98 ME User s Guide 33 APSoft Memory Cards Viewer MCView MCView is a memory cards control utility designed as a GUI application Following memory card operations are available from MC View interface Gather card information Raw access to card memory Edit card contents directly with HEX editor Read Write cards formatted by Microsoft FFSII Easy copy files to from card using standard
29. e APSoft Evaluation and Registration You are licensed to use CardWare free of charge during a 14 day period for evaluation purposes only Any use of the CardWare evaluation software other than evaluation represents a breach of this license and may result in legal prosecution See the README TXT file in you CardWare installation directory for information about how to contact APSoft and how to license CardWare The Serial Number APSoft issues the serial number when you purchase CardWare Once entered it will transform the evaluation version of CardWare into a full retail version The serial number is valid for free updates during a period of one year Any update of CardWare released by APSoft during this time can be installed using the same serial number After the annual expiry date the serial number will still be able to use your copy of CardWare without time limitation but you will not be able to upgrade any longer free of charge If you want to continue to receive free updates of CardWare you will need to purchase an upgrade You will receive a remainder two weeks before the serial number expires For details on our upgrade policy and price please check our WEB site http www tssc de web policies htm Distribution Provided that you verify that you are distributing the Evaluation Version you are hereby licensed to make as many copies of the Evaluation version of this software and documentation as you wish give exact copies of t
30. ee that you will not transfer or sublicense these rights Term This License Agreement is effective from the day you receive the Software and continues until you return the original magnetic media and all copies of the Software to APSoft APSoft shall have the right to terminate this license if you violate any of its provisions APSoft or its licensors own all right title and interest including all worldwide copyrights in the Software and all copies of the Software Your Agreement You agree not to transfer the Software in any form to any party without the prior written consent of APSoft You further agree not to copy the Software in whole or in part unless APSoft consents in writing You will use your best efforts and take all reasonable steps to protect the Software from unauthorized reproduction publication disclosure or distribution and you agree not to disassemble decompile reverse engineer or transmit the Software in any form or by any means You understand that the unauthorized reproduction of the Software and or transfer of any copy may be a serious crime as well as subjecting you to damages and attorney fees Copyright The Software and accompanying documentation is protected by copyright laws international copyright treaties as well as other intellectual property laws and treaties You may not copy the program or the documentation All copies are in violation of this Agreement Disclaimer APSOFT MAKES NO WARRANTIES EITHER EXPRES
31. esents a graphical representation of the PC Card socket s and the PC Card s you have inserted PC Card Control lets you edit PC Card definitions defines their associated devices reconfigures installed cards and controls the way PC Card Control runs This is NOT a utility program CardWare Install directory default C PROGRAM FILES APSoft CardWare CardWare Memory Cards Viewer It is a GUI application that gives user access to all memory card operations through a standard user interface C Program Files APSoft CardWare CSDLL DLL is Card Services interface library Any Win32 application can access Card Services via DoCS function call SystemRoot system This DLL implements all memory card operations for MCVIEW application This is NOT a utility program SystemRoot system Memory Cards Viewer uninstallation library SystemRoot system CardWare for Windows 98 ME User s Guide APSoft CARDWARE CHM Description PCCARD Help file Location of C Program Files APSoft CardWare installed file MCVIEW CHM Description CardWare Memory Cards Viewer Help file Location of C Program Files APSoft CardWare installed file CardWare for Windows 98 ME User s Guide 45 APSoft This page is intentionally blank 46 CardWare Files CardWare for Windows 98 ME User s Guide APPENDIX B Helpful Information How CardWare Recognizes a Memory Card CardWare recognizes memory card with help of Windows PnP subsystem Windo
32. h an on board controller The interface to the controller is described in the ATA specification Installing a PC Card Generic GPS Hot Docking CardWare for Windows 98 ME User s Guide A process including these steps 1 Mapping memory ranges from the PC Card into the system memory space if required 2 Mapping VO ranges from the PC Card into the system I O space if required 3 Routing an interrupt from the PC Card to a system interrupt if required 4 Routing a DMA channel from the PC Card to a system DMA channel if required Common PC Cards that conforms to the PC Card specification containing information that identifies each card according to its function For such generic cards CardWare does not need to develop a specific individual definition Instead CardWare configures the card according to its generic type using pre defined devices appropriate to the card s function Generic card recognition greatly reduces the number of required card definitions and allows a class of cards to be handled in a standard manner with automatic configuration from the first insertion CardWare recognizes such common generic card types as ATA data storage fax modem SCSI and LAN Acronym for Global Positioning System GPS is a navigational system using satellites GPS receivers may be implemented as PC Cards GPS PC Cards typically have a serial port interface Inserting or removing a mobile computer into a docking station
33. he original Evaluation version to anyone and distribute the Evaluation version of the software and documentation in its unmodified form via electronic means There is no charge for any of the above You are specifically prohibited from charging or requesting donations for any such copies however made and from distributing the software and or documentation with other products commercially or otherwise without prior written permission You are specifically prohibited from charging or requesting donations for any such copies however made and from distributing the software and or documentation with other products commercially or otherwise without prior written permission CardWare for Windows 98 ME User s Guide iii APSoft This page is intentionally blank iv CardWare for Windows 98 ME User s Guide APSoft Table of Contents ITO GUCTION zsm ee acne eae cere vii Intention of This Manali toe a aa EA aa EVA EEA EA EVARA AEE AA AE vii CardWare Basics What Is CardWare for Windows 98 ME Installing Card Ware ccccecsseseseesseeseeesseeeeseeeeseesneeesseaeeseesseesaeeeseeeeesenenenenens CardWare Installation Options Evaluation and Registration The Serial Number What Happens During Installation Starting the Program Before You Start Adding the Program Finishing the Installation Uninstalling CardWare CardWare User Interface cccccsssssscceceeesssssssceeeeess
34. l Uninstall tab click Install 4 Follow the prompt to insert the CardWare installation medium in the drive 5 Click Next then confirm or edit the command line for the CardWare installation program Click Finish this button title is misleading you are finished with the Windows installation utility but just starting CardWare installation 6 Wait while the setup program loads This screen appears Figure 1 CardWare Setup Welcome 7 Click Next read the license agreement 14 Installing CardWare CardWare for Windows 98 ME User s Guide APSoft Figure 2 CardWare License Agreement 8 Please read the license agreement If you don t accept it then click No and the setup will close If you accept it click Yes and the screen with CardWare destination directory appears CardWare for Windows 98 ME User s Guide 15 APSoft Setup al metal Cachia in then fediowang hida Te retell to Uh odds check Maced Tokaisi a dsn bolder dkak Eras saj soko aroi Ma by Faial Cade be chokig Caesa bo et mp Deimons Fokje CNP agn Fe AFT aA a ra o E ee Figure 3 CardWare Setup Destination Directory 9 Confirm the destination directory for CardWare or select a different one Then click Next Select Program Folder dialog appears Select Program Folder x Setup will add program icons to the Program Folder listed below You may type a new folder name or select one from the Existing Folders list Click Next to conti
35. nue Program Folder Ca re Administrative Tools Common Startup lt Back Carcel Figure 4 CardWare Setup Group Selection 16 Installing CardWare CardWare for Windows 98 ME User s Guide APSoft 10 Confirm or edit the name of the program folder here and click the Next button The Start Copying Files dialog appears Figure 5 Start Copying Files Verify Current Setup settings and click Next button CardWare for Windows 98 ME User s Guide 17 APSoft Finishing the Installation Figure 6 CardWare Setup Completed Follow the program instructions to complete the installation When the installation of CardWare is complete and your system files updated remove the installation medium and reboot your computer to activate CardWare 18 Installing CardWare CardWare for Windows 98 ME User s Guide APSoft Uninstalling CardWare NOTE CardWare for Windows 98 ME User s Guide To remove CardWare from your system use the CardWare Uninstall program 1 2 Start Windows Select Uninstall from the CardWare group Follow the program prompts After the program is removed delete any remaining CardWare files and directories If you install CardWare more than once without removing it after each installation the CardWare program group remains even after you run the CardWare Uninstall program The reason is rather technical but to summarize each subsequent time you run Install this program dete
36. old the right mouse button on the device name below the card image in the main window To edit Socket Settings make a right click or left double click on the socket image between card socket name and device name fields in the main window It s the same as selecting View Socket Settings e To edit Frame Settings make a right click or left double click on frame image between socket images in the main window It s the same as selecting View Frame Settings When PC Card Control is started a small icon appears in the system tray area The PC Card Control tray icon a small representation of a PC Card Control is in the system tray area of the Windows taskbar When your cursor rests on the PC Card Control tray icon for a few moments a tooltip pops up saying CardWare Control You can activate program functions by clicking the left or right mouse buttons Double clicking with the left mouse button opens PC Card Control If you click once with the left mouse button on the PC Card Control tray icon a command menu opens similar to this biel This menu varies depending on the kind of PC Card s currently inserted This is the same menu as the PCCard Main Window Cards menu see description in chapter Menu Cards CardWare for Windows 98 ME User s Guide APSoft Right Single Click 32 CardWare User Interface If you right click once on the PC Card Control icon in system tray area a list of Car
37. ome known as WAV files 58 Helpful Information CardWare for Windows 98 ME User s Guide This page is intentionally blank CUSTOMER LICENSE AGREEMENT APSoft thanks you for selecting one of their products for your computer This is the APSoft Customer License Agreement which describes APSoft s license terms After reading this license agreement please complete and submit either the electronic or printed Registration Card PLEASE READ THIS NOTICE CAREFULLY DO NOT USE THE SOFTWARE UNTIL YOU HAVE READ THE LICENSE AGREEMENT BY CHOOSING TO USE THIS SOFTWARE YOU HAVE AGREED TO BE BOUND BY THIS STANDARD AGREEMENT IF YOU DO NOT ACCEPT THE TERMS OF THIS LICENSE YOU MUST REMOVE ALL OF THE SOFTWARE FROM YOUR COMPUTER AND DESTROY ANY COPIES OF THE SOFTWARE OR RETURN THE PACKAGE UNUSED TO THE PARTY FROM WHOM YOU RECEIVED IT Grant of License APSoft grants to you and you accept a license to use the programs and related materials Software delivered with this License Agreement This Software is a single licensed version for use on one computer at a time It is not to be used in a factory production or repair environment and neither can its components be separated The software is not to be installed on or accessed through a network The software should not be installed on more than one computer If you use the Software on more than one computer at a time you must license additional copies or request a multi user license from APSoft You agr
38. or SRAM different card information will be shown For FLASH cards it s usually Name or Manufacturer of card Function Assigned drive letter List of memory windows List or regions with detailed information for each region like size offset etc For SRAM cards the information is similar except that the description of each region is less detailed It contains just region size and region offset For ATA cards the information of the socket is the same plus it shows specific ATA card information e g Serial number Firmware revision Model number Number of cylinders Number of heads Number of sectors per track Current capacity in sectors Etc ATAPI cards additionally show decoded ATAPI information if present Device type Removable media ATAPI version Vendor information Product ID Product revision level CardWare for Windows 98 ME User s Guide Gathering Drive Information CardWare for Windows 98 ME User s Guide APSoft If card inserted in the socket is formatted with one of the supported formats FFSII or FAT for example MC View will be able to show a drive information table for this card Ly komsion FesenCume 2 Fie ft Drive H Basic information File System PFS II Parton Spaces Tota number of teias Bae Mee8 7 9 bby Tote number of free byes 1087S 106 2 Kb Files occupy B206244 7 8 hy Fila contol sadures occupy 4782 4 6 Eb Dlireciories occupy 13 336 Block allocation st
39. r Windows 98 ME User s Guide APSoft The table below shows currently available data storage cards and their associated drivers MTD Nave Hard disk ATA PCATA VXD Flash disk an SRAM ROM Flash memory PCATA VXD is the MTD for ATA storage PC Cards e g Integral and SanDisk It must be used together with PCDISK APSoft MTDs fully support the PC Card Standards MTD specification as well as an extended proprietary interface This is NOT a utility program SystemRoot system PCSRAM VXD is the MTD for SRAM PC Cards It must be used together with PCDISK APSoft MTDs fully support the PC Card Standards MTD specification as well as an extended proprietary interface This is NOT a utility program SystemRoot system PCFLASH VXD is the MTD for flash PC Cards It must be used together with PCDISK APSoft MTDs fully support the PC Card Standards MTD specification as well as an extended proprietary interface The flash MTD includes built in FTL and FFS2 support This is NOT a utility program SystemRoot system 43 User Interface Files PCCARD EXE Description Location of installed file MCVIEW EXE Description Location of installed file CSDLL DLL Description Location of installed file MCDLL DLL Description Location of installed file MCUNINST DLL Description Location of installed file 44 CardWare Files This is the CardWare for Windows user interface program PCCARD Control pr
40. ructures occupy 2268 fe Eb Tote number af bytes occupied by oi taken 5535 6 9 Ko Figure 15 Drive Information In order to show drive information you should insert a card choose Information tab and in the left tree select a drive If card is not formatted with one of the supported formats then message Drive information is unavailable will be shown Independently of type of the card FLASH or SRAM drive information will be the same Drive geometry Number of cylinders Number of tracks per cylinder Number of sectors per track Number of bytes per sector Drive spaces Total number of bytes APSoft Raw Dump File List 38 CardWare User Interface Total number of free bytes Files occupy for FFSII only File control structures occupy for FFSII only Directories occupy for FFSII only Block allocation structures occupy for FFSH only Space occupied by de allocated blocks Raw dump of card s memory is available whenever card is inserted into the PC Card socket A Information Raw Dump 2 File lst 6 T S SaD EGS 00000000 7C 8B F4 50 07 50 1F FB 00000010 BF 00 06 B9 00 0l FZ AS EA 1D 06 OO 00 BE BE 07 00000020 B3 04 80 3C 80 74 OE 80 3C 00 75 1C 83 C6 10 FE 00000030 CB 75 EF CD 18 8B 14 8B 4C 02 8B EE 83 C6 10 FE 00000040 CB 74 1A 80 3C 00 74 F4 BE 8B 06 AC 3C 00 74 OB 00000050 56 BB 07 00 B4 OE CD 10 SE EB FO EB FE BF OS 00 00000060 BB 00 7C B8 01l 02 57 CD 13 SF 73
41. sssceeeeesesessseeeeeseneeeas 21 PC Card Control PC Card Control Main Window Getting Help in PC Card Control Using Mouse in PC Card Control PC Card Control Tray Icon Left Single Click Right Single Clic Left Double Click Memory Cards Viewer MCView MCView Main Window Gathering Card Information Gathering Drive Information Raw Dump File List Card Access CardWare Files sic ce2 032 cecc ecco cette so ke ck cceeee sche teven nied aada aeiaai edatia Card Services Mapper Kernel Mode Driver Data Storage Card Drivers User Interface Files Helpful Inf rmati n z re e E onie i o ia How CardWare Recognizes a Memory Card Troubleshooting Frequently Asked Questions Legacy Devices Resource Assignment How to Manually Uninstall CardWare How to Get Technical Support for CardWare for Windows 98 ME Glossary CardWare for Windows 98 ME User s Guide v APSoft This page is intentionally blank vi CardWare for Windows 98 ME User s Guide APSoft Introduction Intention of This Manual CardWare for Windows 98 ME User s Guide This manual provides an overview of CardWare 7 0 for Windows 98 ME It does not fully describe all functions of CardWare If you are looking for a complete description please consult the online help of the product by selecting CardWare Help from the CardWare Group in the start menu or by pressing F1 while PC Card Control is running
42. stry as necessary The installation process does the following 1 2 1 2 Lets you specify the location of CardWare Copies CardWare files to your system for list of installed files see the Appendix Creates a CardWare program folder and adds program icons to the folder Creates a CardWare program folder and adds program icons to the folder Before you install CardWare be sure your system meets these minimum requirements PC Card controller At least one socket using one of the supported controller ICs check the README file for the latest information Hard Disk Approximately 8 MB free space without Acrobat Reader installation CD ROM Drive CD ROM drive during install process from CDROM Operating system Microsoft Windows 98 98SE ME NOT Windows 95 System Processor and RAM sufficient to support Windows 98 98SE ME During the installation you can move backward or forward through the screens until the program starts copying files to the destination drive At any time during the installation process you can cancel setup and exit Start Windows Insert CardWare CD ROM in the CD ROM drive CardWare setup procedure will start automatically If CardWare setup program will not start automatically then perform steps 3 4 and 5 otherwise go to step Error Reference source not found CardWare for Windows 98 ME User s Guide APSoft 3 Open the Windows Control Panel Click Add Remove Programs In the Instal
43. ust have to click on the corresponding tab at the top of right pane In order to gather any card information you first should insert memory card to one of the available PC Card sockets wait until the end of card installation process and then open the MCView window MCView supports Windows PnP notifications and will detect inserted card automatically without additional user intervention A Indoenastion 2 Fise thump Card Fistciac Circe Bieron singdira 1 intel Zman FlashFiles amore card Dre ters G icim ih FCIFFFFFR H000 2 ME ASE Fane End Langit FLASH Card Information Sumber of regia Region i Region sra Ragion ossi Bundan sins Wiisik siza Ersa block site JEDEC D Erase algonthen Raad aoenenand Werte inp Raad wpa File Syveheri SOO 000 2 ME tes h D00 2 MEytes STOO Us 2 Eb tics D0000 128 KHa Asah niel Sirsa 5 Fl shFile intel Senes 2 2 FFh Equal oee Equal to ver FFS i Partion Figure 14a Card Information CardWare for Windows 98 ME User s Guide APSoft 36 CardWare User Interface If there is no card inserted to one of the supported PC Card sockets MCView will show No supported memory card detected in the Information sub pane All other sub panes Raw dump File list etc will be unavailable 1 tnkomation No supported memory card detected a Figure 13b Alternative Info Depends on the type of the card FLASH
44. vij APSoft This page is intentionally blank viii CardWare for Windows 98 ME User s Guide C HAPTER CardWare Basics This chapter gives an overview of how CardWare using your computer resources makes PC Cards work for you What Is CardWare for Windows 98 ME CardWare is a total software solution for PC Cards that complies with the PC Card Standards It is designed to effortlessly manage the complexity of plugging and unplugging the latest generation of PC Cards Main CardWare features are listed below e Support for all types of memory cards SRAM FLASH and ATA cards are supported The FLASH cards support includes support of FTL Flash Translation Layer and FFSII Microsoft Flash File System M CardWare allows you to use storage cards memory cards and PC Card ATA flash or hard disk drives as if they were normal floppies or hard disk drives CardWare allows you to assign User selectable parameters such as COM and LPT port number drive letters etc to specific PC Cards e CardWare allows you to put the card into various power saving modes This feature allows the user to reduce the power consumption of the system thus conserving the notebook s battery CardWare centralizes all aspects of PC Card support information in one place e CardWare can configure the PC Card w o drivers installed CardWare can install and configure PC Cards on your system so standard software not just PC Card specific software can
45. ws automatically detects identification of PCMCIA card and asks CardWare s driver to handle such cards Troubleshooting Occasionally problems occur with new software because of incompatibilities with your system s BIOS Older BIOS versions with limited PC Card support may interfere with CardWare In many cases updating your BIOS to the latest release can reduce the potential for problems Many portable computers have the BIOS in flash memory which can be easily updated Mouse driver interference Erratic movement of the mouse or interferes with PC Card activity is usually caused by assigning the card to the COM port corresponding to the COM port of the mouse e g COM1 and COM3 or COM2 and COM4 PC Card Conirol does not notify you of low or dead battery Be sure the low or dead battery beep warning is enabled in PC Card Control s Options Event menu Also be sure your speaker is turned on No audio notifications Remove the card from the socket and make a visual inspection of the card and socket rails to insure that there is nothing that could obstruct a connection If there is an obstruction remove it and reinsert card FIRMLY Also make sure your speaker is not turned off CardWare for Windows 98 ME User s Guide Helpful Information 47 APSoft Frequently Asked Questions 48 Helpful Information Which Operating Systems are currently supported CardWare 7 0 supports Windows 98 Windows 98SE and Windows M
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