RocketPort/RocketModem(R) Device Driver for Windows(TM) NT Operating System Part Number: ____ (V4.02) NT5.0 Driver Release(BETA TEST) --------------------------------- INSTALLING THE BOARD For detailed installation instructions, see the Manual and Reference Card that came with the RocketPort/RocketModem Board. The Setup program that you install for the RocketPort/RocketModem board has complete installation information. To access this information prior to installing the board, you can Run>"WINHELP rksetup.hlp", or double click on the rksetup.hlp file from the Explorer. --------------------------------- INSTALLING THE DEVICE DRIVER(PCI board) Use the following procedure to install the device driver for the first time with a RocketPort PCI board. After the board is installed in the machine, when Windows NT5.0 powers up the Found New Hardware Wizard will see this new PCI board as a PCI Simple Communications Controller. Select search for driver files and click next. On the next sheet select "Other Locations" to search for drivers. You will then need to type in the path to the driver disk or directory with the RocketPort drivers. After the driver files are copied over, you can set the starting com-port name by starting the Hardware Wizard in the control panel, select change device properties, select network-adapters and then select the RocketPort card. An options sheet is available to adjust these options. --------------------------------- INSTALLING THE DEVICE DRIVER(ISA board) Use the following procedure to install the device driver for the first time with a RocketPort ISA board. After the board is installed in the machine, run the Add Hardware Wizard from the Windows NT5.0 control panel. Select Network Adapter to install. Then select the button. You will need to type in the path to the driver disk or directory with the RocketPort drivers. The resources should be selected according to your switch selection on the RocketPort board. The RocketPort ISA board switch setting default from the factory are 180H io-address. After the driver is installed, you can set the starting com-port name by starting the Hardware Wizard in the control panel, select network-adapters and then select the RocketPort card. An options sheet should be available to adjust the options. Reboot the machine after the installation. --------------------------------- INSTALLING ADDITIONAL ROCKETPORT ISA-BUS BOARDS When installing additional RocketPort ISA-BUS boards, you will need to change the "settings based on" field to adjust the resource requirements. This field can be found on the "Resources" property sheet for the device. For additional ISA-BUS boards, the setting should be: "Basic Configuration 0001" instead of "Basic Configuration 0000" as used for the first RocketPort Board. --------------------------------- REGISTRY AND FILE DETAILS The following registry entries are made during the installation: For PCI RocketPort boards, a node(PCI Vendor ID: 11FE) is made under: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Enum\Pci\xxxx For ISA RocketPort boards, a node is made under: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Enum\Root\NET\xxxx An entry for each board is made under the network adapter GUID: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Control\Class\{4D36E972-...} Service entry is made as: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\RocketPort The rocket.sys file is copied to \WINNT\SYSTEM32\DRIVERS. The rksetup.dll, rksetup.hlp files are copied to \WINNT\SYSTEM32. The netctmrk.inf, mdmctm1.inf files are copied to \WINNT\INF. The remaining files are copied to \WINNT\SYSTEM32\ROCKET. --------------------------------- TECHNICAL SUPPORT Run WINHELP rksetup.hlp or double click on the rksetup.hlp file from the Explorer for installation and technical support information. --------------------------------- ALPHA is a trademark of Digital Corporation. Comtrol is a trademark of Comtrol Corporation. RocketPort is a registered trademark of Comtrol Corporation. Windows is a trademark of Microsoft Corporation.