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                  CANcardX / CANcardY WDM Drivers and Firmware

                                    for

               Windows XP, Windows 2000, Windows 98 and Windows ME


                      Vector Informatik GmbH, Stuttgart

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                      Date:             20.08.2002
                      Driver Version:   3.4.32
                      Firmware Version: 1.50.120

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Vector Informatik GmbH
Ingersheimer Straße 24
70499 Stuttgart, Germany

Phone: - 711 - 80670 - 0
Fax:   - 711 - 80670 - 111


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Content
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1. Card Driver Installation  
2. Card Driver Update 
3. Card Firmware Update
4. Application Drivers
5. CAN Hardware configuration utility (vcanconf.exe)
6. Troubleshooting 
7. Uninstall
8. Files
9. Support


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1. Card Driver Installation 
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- Start your Computer. 

- If you are installing under Windows 2000 or Windows XP, be sure that you have 
    administrator rights. 

- Be sure that all Applications and the CAN Hardware configuration utility (vcanconf) 
    are closed (not visible in task bar). 

- Insert the Card. 

- Insert the driver disk. 

- Follow the instructions of Windows. 

- Restart your computer. 

For additional help and information please refer to the installation manual 
shipped with the CAN Driver CD or on the Vector internet homepage 
(http://www.vector-informatik.com, section support). 


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2. Card Driver Update 
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- If you're using Windows 2000 or Windows XP, be sure you have administrator rights. 

- Insert the Card. 

- Insert the driver disk. 

- Start the Windows Device Manager. 

- Go to the CANcardX / CANcardY settings and select Driver update.
  Choose to select a driver from a list of available drivers.
  Specify the path of the driver (e.g. "a:").
  Complete the installation.   

For additional help and information please refer to the installation manual 
shipped with the CAN Driver CD or on the Vector internet homepage 
(http://www.vector-informatik.com, section support). 


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3. Card Firmware Update
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To update the cards firmware be sure that the drivers of this driver disk are 
installed properly, especially the reboot is done after driver installation 
and no CAN related applications (including the CAN Hardware configuration 
utility) are running. Then start prom32.exe on the driver disk to do the 
firmware update.

> a:
> prom32

Note: If your card has a broken firmware make sure you start prom32 before 
you have started any other application using the CAN Hardware (especially the
CAN Hardware configuration utility).


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4. Application Drivers
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Usually the application's CAN drivers are installed by the application's
installation programs.

To update the application CAN driver manually just copy CANDRV32.DLL to your
application directory.
Note: This is required for CANalyzer (Version less 3.0), CANoe (Version less 3.0), 
CANape (Version less 3.1) and ProCANopen. 

Example:

- copy a:\candrv32.dll c:\Program Files\CANalyzer\exec32\candrv32.dll
- copy a:\candrv32.dll c:\Program Files\CANape\exec\candrv32.dll


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5. CAN Hardware configuration utility (vcanconf.exe)
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The CAN Hardware configuration utility gives you the ability to configurate 
all installed Vector CAN Hardware. It is located in your Control Panel under
'CAN-Hardware' or on your CAN-Driver disc.


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6. Troubleshooting 
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6.1 PCMCIA Drives with PCI Interface
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Most PCMCIA drives with PCI Interface (not the ELAN drives) use shared PCI
Interrupts for the PCMCIA Interrupt.
In this case the PCMCIA card has to use the same interrupt as the drive.
If you are using Windows 2000, you have to install Service Pack 1 and execute
the 'PciSwapbox.reg' delivered with this driver.

On some machines the Plug&Play mechanism does not work correctly with the SCM
drive. In this case you have to go to the 'Device Manager' and do a manual 
update.

6.2 ELAN PCMCIA Drives
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The ELAN PCMCIA drives are shipped with a special device driver called PSeries.
If you are using Windows 98 or Windows ME please make sure that you are using
a version 5.05 or higher of the PSeries driver. 
Usage of older versions may result in considerable reduced performance or
unexpected behavior.


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7. Uninstall
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Uninstallation of the driver is done with the Windows Device Manager.
It is possible to remove the card driver and Virtual CAN Bus driver by 
removing it from the Device Manager. No additional action is necessary.


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8. Files
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File              Description                            Destination
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cancardx.inf      setup configuration information        \%windir%\inf (Win2k, WinXP)
                                                         \%windir%\inf\other (Win98/ME)
virtual.inf       setup configuration information

vcanx.sys         card driver                            \%windir%\system32\drivers
vcanv.sys         virtual CAN bus driver                 \%windir%\system32\drivers

candrv32.dll      driver DLL for CANalyzer up to V2.5    \canape32\exec
                                                         \canwin\exec32
vcndrvms.dll      driver DLL for CANalyzer 3.0 and higer (1)

vcanconf.exe      CAN hardware configuration utility     (1)
vcanconf.hlp                                             (1)
vcancpa.cpl                                              (1)

PciSwapBox.reg    registry entries required for some     a:\
                    pcmcia drives 

btest32.exe       test application                       a:\
loop.exe          test application                       a:\
hw_test.bat       batch file to start automatic test     a:\

prom32.exe        firmware programming utility           a:\
ccxfw150.h86      card firmware                          a:\

readme.txt        readme                                 a:\


(1):    \%windir%\system32 on Win2k / WinXP
        \%windir%\system on Win98 / WinME


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9. Support 
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If you need technical support, you find additional information on the Vector 
internet homepage (http://www.vector-informatik.com) or contact Vector by mail 
(support@vector-informatik.de / info@vector-cantech.com / eng@vector-japan.co.jp)  
and send the following information: 
    - version number of the driver
    - version number of the card's firmware  
    - which CAN hardware you're using 
    - serial number of the CAN hardware
    - which CAN software you're using 
    - your computer system 
    - your operating system 
    - description of your problem 
    

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