Dta1xx Wdm Device Driver

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Dta1xx WDM Driver Windows 2000/XP Device Driver Installation DTA-100 DTA-107 DTA-120 DTA-140 DTA-102 DTA-110 DTA-122 1. Introduction Dta1xx is the Windows-2000/XP device driver for DekTec’s line of digital-video PCI cards. The driver is generic to all DekTec PCI cards that have a type number starting with “DTA-1”. The Dta1xx driver supports operation of multiple parallel PCI cards. Installation of the Dta1xx device driver is straight-forward: Running a set-up program will automatically install or upgrade the device driver. 1.1. PCI Cards Supported by the Dta1xx Device Driver The Dta1xx device driver supports the following DekTec PCI cards: DTA-100 DVB/ASI Output Adapter for PCI Bus DTA-102 DVB/SPI (LVDS) Output Adapter for PCI Bus DTA-107 QPSK Modulator / L-Band Upconverter for PCI Bus DTA-110 QAM Modulator / UHF Upconverter for PCI Bus DTA-110T DVB-T/H Modulator / UHF Upconverter for PCI Bus DTA-120 DVB/ASI Input Adapter for PCI Bus DTA-122 DVB/SPI (LVDS) Output Adapter for PCI Bus DTA-124 Quad ASI/SDI Input Adapter for PCI Bus DTA-140 DVB/ASI Input+Output Adapter for PCI Bus © 2001-2005 DekTec Digital Video BV All rights reserved. Page 1 of 6 Dta1xx WDM Device Driver – Installation December 2005 Dta1xx WDM Driver 1.2. Files The Dta1xx.zip archive contains the following files: Dta1xx SetUp.exe Setup program that installs the Dta1xx device driver. Dta1xx Installation.pdf This installation document. The setup program copies two Dta1xx device-driver files into a selectable directory, defaulting to C:\Program Files\DekTec\Drivers. Dta1xx.sys V1.8.1.164 Device driver ‘system’ file (executable). Dta1xx.inf V1.8.1.164 Device driver information file (“.inf”). Thereafter, setup instructs the Windows 2000/XP Plug’n Play manager to install the device driver files. A log file is created, to aid debugging in case of an install failure. DtDrivInstall.log © 2001-2005 DekTec Digital Video BV All rights reserved. Log of installation events. Page 2 of 6 Dta1xx WDM Device Driver – Installation December 2005 Dta1xx WDM Driver 2. Installing the Software The Dta1xx setup program is self-contained. Installing the device driver is as simple as running the setup executable and pressing “Next” a few times. NOTE • A Windows 2000/XP device driver can only be installed by a user account with the privilege to load and unload device drivers, e.g. administrator. • Please make sure that no application is currently running that uses a DekTec PCI card. The device driver can be installed after the PCI card has been inserted into the system (§2.1), or before the hardware is inserted (Pre-Installation, §2.2). Both approaches are equally valid. 2.1. Hardware Inserted Prior To Device-Driver Installation This scenario assumes that: • The Dta1xx device driver software has not been installed before on the PC, and • A DekTec PCI card has been inserted into the PC and the PC is powered on. Some time after booting the PC, the Found New Hardware Wizard will show up. As no devicedriver software has been installed yet, you should CANCEL the wizard. You can now run the Dta1xx setup program to automatically install the device driver. After the installation completes, the PCI card can be used immediately. No reboot is required. 2.2. Pre-Installation: Device Driver Installed without Hardware Present This scenario assumes that: • No previous version of the Dta1xx device driver software has been installed on the PC, and • No DekTec PCI cards are present in the PC. You can pre-install the Dta1xx device driver by running the Dta1xx setup program. Then, shut-down the computer and insert the DekTec PCI card in a free PCI slot. After powering up the computer again, the device driver should install itself just after booting. On Windows XP, the Welcome to the Found New Hardware Wizard shows up. Choose Install the software automatically (Recommended). Press Next and Finish, and the driver installs. 2.3. Upgrading an Existing Driver The setup program can also be used to upgrade an already installed Dta1xx device driver to the latest version. Again, no reboot should be required. © 2001-2005 DekTec Digital Video BV All rights reserved. Page 3 of 6 Dta1xx WDM Device Driver – Installation December 2005 Dta1xx WDM Driver 3. Troubleshooting 3.1. Checking Device Status in the Device Manager The Windows-2000 device manager can be used to check whether the Dta1xx driver runs properly. To check the device status of a DTA-1XX PCI card: 1. Open the Windows-2000/XP device manager: right-click My Computer, select Manage, and go to Device Manager under System Tools. 2. Locate the DekTec device in category Professional audio/video interfaces. 3. Right-click the device, select Properties, and check the Device status pane. The status should be: This device is working properly. If not, don’t try the Windows-2000/XP Troubleshooter (it does not know anything about DekTec cards), but inspect the event log (§3.2) and the install log (§3.3). If the computer does not boot, please review §3.4. 3.2. Checking the Event Log The System Event Log can be consulted to check whether the Dta1xx device driver has been loaded and started properly. To open the System Event Log: 1. Right-click My Computer, select Manage, and open Event Viewer under System Tools. 2. Select the System log. 3. Driver messages from DekTec devices have Dta1xx in the Source column. If the driver loads successfully, the following event message is logged: The Dta1xx driver (Rev 1.8.1.164) has loaded successfully. The device-driver version listed in this message should match the Dta1xx-version number listed in the file overview in §1.2. For each DekTec PCI card inserted in the system, a start-up message listing PCI-Card Type, Firmware Version and Slot Number should be logged, e.g.: The DTA-102 (Firmware Version 8) in PCI Slot 3 has started successfully. Obviously, if the Dta1xx driver detects an error while trying to start the PCI-Card, the message above will not occur. Instead, an error message is logged, which may be helpful to find the source of the problem. 3.3. Checking the Install Log The install log is a text file (DtDrivInstall.log) written into C:\Program Files\DekTec\Drivers (or a redirected path). In case of installation troubles, please contact DekTec at [email protected], attaching the install log. 3.4. PC Does Not Boot In some exceptional cases, inserting a DekTec PCI card into a PC may stop that PC from booting. The PC may already be suspended in the BIOS start-up sequence. Assuming that the PC does boot when the DekTec PCI card is not inserted, this may be caused (1) by a broken PCI card, or (2) by a bad contact on the PCI bus. © 2001-2005 DekTec Digital Video BV All rights reserved. Page 4 of 6 Dta1xx WDM Device Driver – Installation December 2005 Dta1xx WDM Driver 3.4.1. Broken PCI Card Whether or not the PCI card is broken can be checked just after powering up the PC, by observing the LED on the PCI bracket of the card1 (all cards except DTA-100 have a LED). If the LED stays blank (does not flash), the PCI card is probably broken and should be returned to DekTec for repair. 3.4.2. Bad Contact on PCI Bus From practical experience it is known that the PCI Bus is quite sensitive to dust or grease on the PCIconnector fingers of a PCI card. A single bad contact may lead to system instabilities, including: • Boot failure; • Invisibility of a PCI card during installation; • System crash at the moment that the Dta1xx device driver starts. If one of these symptoms occurs, DekTec recommends extracting the DekTec PCI card, checking/cleaning the connector fingers and re-inserting the card, if possible in a different PC or in a different PCI slot, and avoiding mechanical strain on the PCI connector. If the problem persists, please contact DekTec at [email protected] 1 All DekTec PCI cards, except the DTA-100, have a LED on the PCI bracket. The DTA-100 cannot be checked easily. © 2001-2005 DekTec Digital Video BV All rights reserved. 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Dta1xx WDM Device Driver Revision History Version Date V1.8.1.164 2005.12.16 • Official version with support for DTA-110T V1.8.0.162 2005.11.11 • Beta version with support for DTA-110T V1.7.4.161 2005.10.06 • Bug fix for system hang that may occur under the following circumstances: - System is multi-processor and/or hyper-threaded - Multiple processes running with one process performing DMA while the other process attaches/detaches to/from a DekTec device • Bug fix for blue screen that occurs while powering down certain server-type systems V1.7.0.157 2005.07.11 • Add support for DTA-110 V1.6.1.156 2005.05.24 • Enable multi-threaded access to VPD V1.6.0.155 2005.02.10 • Add support for DTA-124 V1.5.0.151 2004.12.08 • Fixes system-dependent problem that prevents correct reading or writing from/to DekTec PCI cards V1.4.2.149 2004.11.16 • Fixes fatal start-up/installation bug for DTA-100 and DTA-102 V1.4.1.148 2004.11.03 • Support for DTA-107 QPSK Modulator / L-Band Upconverter • Fixes performance issue, under certain conditions, when using the input and output channel on a DTA-140 simultaneously V1.2.5.130 2003.08.05 • Add support for DTA-122 firmware version 4 V1.2.4.127 2003.06.23 • Fixes driver start-up problem on some systems, including: - Magma PCI-expansion devices - Intel® ISP 2150 Internet Server On these systems, and probably on some others, the old driver recognises DTA-1XX cards, but fails to start while reporting error code 10 • Add support for DTA-120 firmware version 4 V1.2.3.116 2003.03.17 • Fix reading/writing bugs of VPD data on fast machines, mainly for DTA-140. Manifestations of this bug: - DtGrabber does not recognise DTA-140 - DTC-300/DTC-320 cannot find DTA-140 and/or cannot read license - VPD data cannot be written to serial EEPROM V1.2.1.110 2002.12.27 • First device driver version with a setup program • Addition of ClearFifo and Reset for input channels V1.1.0.104 2002.11.12 • Support for transmit mode DTAPI_TXMODE_MIN16 V1.0.0.103 2002.11.10 • Support for DTA-140 DVB/ASI Input+Output V0.5.0.86 2002.07.11 • Support for DTA-120 DVB/ASI Input V0.4.2.82 2002.03.22 • Support for clear FIFO operation without truncation of packets © 2001-2005 DekTec Digital Video BV All rights reserved. Change Description Page 6 of 6 Dta1xx WDM Device Driver – Installation December 2005