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Readme File for RSIB Passport
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Release 1.4     (12 September 2002)


C O N T E N T S

1. Release Notes
2. Installation


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1. Release Notes
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Release 1.4     (12 September 2002)
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- Removed superfluous debug string outputs
- Company name spelling for registration fixed in installation 
- Supplied new RSIB32.dll to the installation

Release 1.3     (07 May 2002)
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- Modified timeout value to comply with VISA milliseconds.
- Function viRead returns the character count even if return code was not 
  equal to success.

Release 1.2     (30 March 2001)
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- Tested with NI-VISA 2.5 (NiViSv32.dll/2.5.1B3 and Visa32.dll/2.5.1B3)
- Thread synchronisation between the application-thread and the passport
  event-thread work without crashes in Passport.
- Event thread priority is set to "above normal" in the passport.

Release 1.1     (15 Dezember 2000)
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- Tested with NI-VISA 2.5
- The functions are fully implemented.
- The passport does not only recognize resources listed in the RsViRsib.ini file.
- The following manufacturer attribute is defined.
  -> RS_ATTR_RSIB_VER (defined in RsViRsib.h)

Release 1.0     (28 November 2000)
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- The following functions are implemented, but nof fully.
  -> viFindRsrc, viParceRsrc, viOpen, viClose, viGetAttribute, viSetAttribute,
     viWrite, viRead, viReadSTB, viClear, viEnableEvent, viDisableEvent, viAssertTrigger
- Supports VI_EVENT_SERVICE_REQ and VI_EVENT_IO_COMPLETION (for asynchronous I/O)
- SRQ-Event handling is implemented.
- The resource names are listed in RsViRsib.ini file. The passport recognizes 
  only these resources.
- The Passport supports the Formatted I/O services.
- Manufacturer-ID might be incorrect.
- The following manufacturer attributes are defined.
  -> RS_ATTR_RSIB_SRE, RS_ATTR_RSIB_LOC (defined in RsViRsib.h)

Release 0.1     (26 October 2000)
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- Initial version.
- The passport doesn't use the RSIB32.DLL
- Only shows the functionality of the passport driver.


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2. Installation
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Start Setup.exe from installation disk (CD). When NI-VISA is not installed
Setup will abort. To comply with VISA, the recommended installation path
should be used.

The following requirements must be met.
- NI-VISA 2.5 - Library or later must be installed.
- The user should have administrator rights (Windows NT, Windows 2000).

The following files can be found in these directories.
- RSIB32.dll is in the Windows - Systemdirectory (ex. "C:\WinNT\System32").
- Passport-Dll "RsViRsib.dll" is in the VISA-Bin directory. 
  The directory can be named "C:\VXIpnp\WinNT\Bin\".
- The Passport INI-File "RsViRsib.ini" is located in the VISA-directory 
  "C:\VXIpnp\WinNT\" in the subdirectory "\RSIB\".
- Under the registrykey "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\National Instruments\...
  ...NI-VISA for Windows 95/NT\CurrentVersion\IoLibraries\RsViRsib.dll"
  the following entries are listed.
            -LibraryDescription   VISA Library Passport for RSIB-INSTR V1.4
            -LibraryEnabled       0x00000001
            -LibraryPath          C:\VXIpnp\WinNT\Bin\RsViRsib.dll



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