Driver Installation Guide - Egmont Instruments

Driver Installation Guide 

for 

CompuScope Cards 

For all CompuScope boards 

CompuScope Driver Version 3.22+ 

P/N: 0045140 

Reorder #: MKT-SWM-DI002 

0009

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Second Edition (September 2000) 

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Driver Installation Guide for CompuScope Cards

Table of Contents 

Preface.................................................................................. 5 

Chapter 1 - Installation......................................................... 9 

Installing CompuScope Hardware.................................... 13 

Starting Gage Driver Disk Setup Program ....................... 15 

Installing CompuScope Win 95/98 Drivers for PCI 

Bus Cards Under Windows 95......................................... 19 


Bus Cards Under Windows 95 at a Later Date ................ 23 


Bus Cards Under Windows 98......................................... 31 

Installing CompuScope Win 95/98 Drivers for ISA 

Bus Cards ....................................................................... 37 

Installing CompuScope Win 2000 Drivers for PCI 

Bus Cards ....................................................................... 43 

Installing CompuScope Win 2000 Drivers for ISA 

Bus Cards ....................................................................... 49 

Installing CompuScope Win NT Drivers........................... 63 

Installing GageScope ® for DOS ....................................... 67 

Chapter 2 - Verifying Driver Installation............................ 73 

Verifying Driver Installation with Gage Config for 

Windows 95/98/NT/2000 ................................................. 73 

Running Gage Config................................................. 73 

Checking the Status of Your Board(s) ........................ 77 

Resolving I/O Conflicts ............................................... 81 

Resolving Memory Conflicts ....................................... 86 

Detailed Description of Gage Config Functions .......... 93 

Verifying Driver Installation with GSINST for DOS ......... 121 

Resolving I/O Conflicts ............................................. 128 

Resolving Memory Conflicts ..................................... 130 

Chapter 3 - Verifying Signal Acquisition......................... 137 

Verifying Signal Acquisition with CS_TEST for 

Windows 95/98/NT/2000 ............................................... 137 

Setting up your Hardware......................................... 137 

Running CS_TEST................................................... 138 

Table of Contents 3

Verifying Signal Acquisition with GageScope ® for 

DOS.............................................................................. 145 

Setting up your Hardware......................................... 145 

Running GageScope ® for DOS................................. 145 

Setting up a Channel for Sampling ........................... 146 

Chapter 4 - Uninstalling CompuScope Drivers............... 149 

Uninstalling the CompuScope Win 95/98 Drivers for 

PCI Bus Cards .............................................................. 149 

Uninstalling CompuScope Win 95/98 Drivers for ISA 

Bus Cards ..................................................................... 159 

Uninstalling CompuScope Win 2000 Drivers for ISA 

and PCI Bus Cards........................................................ 163 

Uninstalling GageScope ® for DOS................................. 189 

Uninstalling CompuScope Win NT Drivers .................... 191 

Chapter 5 - Files Copied in the Installation Process...... 193 

Gage Products .............................................................. 195 

What is the Gage CompuScope Driver Disk 

The Gage CompuScope Driver Disk on CD contains the most 

recently released versions of all of Gage’s drivers for 

CompuScope and CompuGen boards under DOS, Windows 

95, Windows 98, Windows NT and Windows 2000 as well as 

manuals for all the products contained on the driver 

distribution CD. 

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Preface 

Gage’s CompuScope Drivers allow your application programs 

to communicate with and control one or more CompuScope 

cards under DOS, Windows 95, Windows 98, Windows NT or 

Windows 2000. Multiple CompuScope cards may be in either 

a Master/Slave configuration or a Multiple/Independent 

configuration. 

This Installation Guide provides all the information you need in 

order to start using your CompuScope card(s) under DOS, 

Windows 95, Windows 98, Windows NT or Windows 2000, 

including software installation, uninstall information, and 

running your first utility to establish that your CompuScope 

card(s) is functioning properly. 

Please note that this guide is not intended as a reference for 

any software other than Gage’s CompuScope Drivers. If you 

did not receive the correct guide, please contact the factory for 

a replacement. 

It is assumed that the reader is familiar with using PCs, DOS, 

Windows, and ISA or PCI cards. No description is included for 

these topics. If you are not comfortable with these areas, it is 

strongly recommended that you refer to the appropriate 

product guides. 

Please note also that what you see on the screen during the 

install process may differ slightly from the screen shots in this 

manual due to improvements in the drivers since the 

publication of this guide. However, you can consult 

README.TXT for any recent changes to the drivers. You can 

find this file on the Gage Driver Disk on CD. 

To maintain the accuracy of the information contained herein, 

we reserve the right to make changes to this manual from time 

to time. The latest version of this Installation Guide (in PDF 

format) can be downloaded from our website at www.gageapplied.com 

in the Downloads -> User Manuals Page. 

Preface 5

Board Class 

Throughout many sections of this guide, CompuScope boards 

have been classified according to their board class. This was 

done to avoid listing individual board-types when describing 

the differences in functionality between the various 

CompuScope boards. There are three board classes: 

• CP500-class Boards 

• CSx012/PCI Boards 

• CompuScope ISA Boards 

To determine which category your CompuScope board(s) 

belongs to, see the tables below: 

CompuScope Analog Input Cards 

Board Bus Board Class 

CompuScope 1602 PCI CP500 

CompuScope 82G PCI CP500 




CompuScope 8012A/PCI PCI CSx012/PCI 

CompuScope 1012/PCI PCI CSx012/PCI 

CompuScope 512/PCI PCI CSx012/PCI 

CompuScope 8012A ISA CompuScope ISA 

CompuScope 1012 ISA CompuScope ISA 




CompuScope LITE ISA CompuScope ISA 

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CompuScope Digital Input Cards 

Board Bus Board Class 


The terms Card and Board have been used interchangeably 

throughout this manual to describe all CompuScope PCI or 

ISA hardware; e.g., CompuScope PCI Card is the same as 

CompuScope PCI Board. 

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Chapter 1 - Installation 

Installation procedures for the CompuScope drivers will vary 

depending upon the Operating System which is used for 

installating your CompuScope card(s). Please see below to 

determine the specific sections in this Installation Guide you 

must consult in order to successfully install CompuScope 

drivers on your system. 

OS 

Windows 95 

BUS 

PCI 

Refer to: 

Installing CompuScope Hardware Page 13 

Installing CompuScope Win 95/98 

Drivers for PCI Bus Cards Under 

Windows 95 

Verifying Driver Installation with Gage 

Config for Windows 95/98/NT/2000 

Verifying Signal Acquisition with 

CS_TEST for Windows 95/98/NT/2000 

Page 19 

Page 73 

Page 137 

Installation 9

Windows 98 

PCI 

Refer to: 




Windows 98 





Page 31 

Page 73 

Page 137 

Windows 2000 

PCI 

Refer to: 


Installing CompuScope Win 2000 


Windows 2000 





Page 43 

Page 73 

Page 137 

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Windows 95 OR Windows 98 

ISA 

Refer to: 



Drivers for ISA Bus Cards 





Page 37 

Page 73 

Page 137 

Windows 2000 

ISA 

Refer to: 


Installing CompuScope Win 2000 

Drivers for ISA Bus Cards Under 

Windows 2000 





Page 49 

Page 73 

Page 137 


Windows NT 

PCI OR ISA 

Refer to: 


Installing CompuScope Win NT Drivers Page 63 





Page 73 

Page 137 

DOS 

PCI OR ISA 

Refer to: 


Installing GageScope ® for DOS Page 67 

Verifying Driver Installation with GSINST 

for DOS 


GageScope ® for DOS 

Page 121 

Page 145 

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Installing CompuScope Hardware 

Turn your PC’s main power switch to OFF before opening the 

PC’s cover to install one or more boards. Insert the board into 

the expansion slot and screw the card bracket to the chassis. 

For further details, please refer to your hardware manual. 



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Starting Gage Driver Disk Setup Program 

The Gage Driver Disk is equipped with an AutoRun feature 

that will automatically launch the Gage Driver Disk Setup 

program as soon as you insert the CD into your CD-ROM 

drive. 

However, if the AutoRun feature does not initiate, or if you 

wish to launch the Gage Driver Disk Setup program yourself, 

you may do so by following one of the methods described 

below: 

Method 1: 

• From Windows Explorer, double-click on the drive letter 

representing your CD-ROM drive (left pane). The contents 

of the Gage Driver Disk CD will be displayed in the pane 

on the right-hand side of your Explorer Window. 

• Double-click on the Gage subdirectory to display its 

contents. 

• Double-click on SETUP.EXE. 

Method 2: 

• Select Run from the Start Menu. 

• Type the drive letter of your CD-ROM Drive followed by 

“:\GAGE\SETUP.EXE” in the Run dialog box, as shown 

below: 


• Click OK. 

Note: The Gage Driver Disk Setup program automatically 

detects whether you are running Windows 95/98, NT or 2000. 

This means if you are running Windows 95/98 when you insert 

the Gage Driver Disk CD, you will only be able to install Gage’s 

CompuScope Drivers for Win 95/98. 

The User Information dialog box appears immediately following 

any of these launch methods. The dialog box displays the user 

name and company name, as shown below: 

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Clicking on Next opens the Main Menu dialog box: 

Select the hardware product you would like to install drivers 

for. You can choose to install drivers for CompuScope Cards 

and/or CompuGen Cards. Clicking on Next opens the Software 

Product Selection dialog box, as shown below: 


To install the driver pertinent to your requirements, simply 

select it from the list of available drivers. All selections are 

displayed in the Selected Gage Software to be Installed 

window at the bottom of the screen. 

Click on Next to proceed with the installation. 

Note: Although the CompuScope Win 95/98 and Win 2000 

Drivers for PCI Bus Boards is listed in the Free Drivers 

window, you will be unable to install this driver from the Gage 

Driver Disk Setup program. For instructions on installing 

the CompuScope Win 95/98 and Win 2000 Drivers for PCI 

Bus Boards, please refer to the corresponding sections in 

this guide. 

Note: GageScope ® , the World’s Most Powerful Oscilloscope 

Software and a complete library of Software Development Kits 

are displayed as “grayed out” items in the window. These 

products can be purchased from Gage Applied. 

GageScope ® can be purchased on our web page at 

www.gagescope.com. 

For purchasing Software Development Kits, please contact 

Gage at 1-800-567-GAGE. 

Product Documentation for CompuScope Drivers and Gage’s 

Free Application Software is also included on the Gage Driver 

Disk CD. Click on Product Documentation to open a Manual 

List dialog box from which you may access the desired manual 

in PDF format. 

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Installing CompuScope Win 95/98 Drivers 

for PCI Bus Cards Under Windows 95 

Boot your PC to Windows 95. 

After an initial screen indicating that Windows 95 has found 

new hardware, you will see the following dialog: 

Insert the Gage Driver Disk CD into your computer’s CD-ROM 

drive. 

Click on Next. You will see the following window: 

Installation / CompuScope Win 95/98 for PCI Cards 19

Click on Finish. 

You will see the following window: 

Click OK. You will see the Copying Files window: 

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The installation process will resume only after you point to the 

location of the drive letter containing the Gage PCI driver for 

the Gage board. In this example, the CD-ROM drive letter is 

G:. 

Type G: in the Copy files from: text drop box shown below: 

Click on OK. 

The driver installation procedure will resume. When the 

installation finishes, you will be asked to reboot the computer: 

Click Yes. The drivers you installed will not become 

effective until you have restarted your computer. 

IMPORTANT NOTE: You should now proceed to the section 

entitled Verifying Driver Installation / Gage Config on page 73. 

It is very important that you configure your card(s) after 

installing the CompuScope drivers to ensure that your card(s) 

will operate properly. 





for PCI Bus Cards Under Windows 95 at a 

Later Date 

Note: In the instructions which follow, we have used a 

CompuScope 8500 board for our examples. If you have 

installed another CompuScope board, your screen may look 

slightly different. 

If you did not install the CompuScope Win 95/98 Drivers for 

PCI Bus Boards under the Windows 95 operating system 

when you first installed your CompuScope hardware, you must 

follow the instructions below in order to install the drivers. 

In the Windows 95 Start Menu, select Settings → Control 

Panel. 

The Control Panel window will appear. Double-click on 

System. 


The System Properties window will appear. 

Click on the Device Manager tab. You will see the following 

window: 

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Double-click on Other devices. Underneath Other devices, 

you will now see the item PCI Card, as shown below. 


Note: If your system shows more than one PCI Card, you 

must determine which is the Gage card. To do this, doubleclick 

on the first PCI Card item and go to the Resources Tab. 

The Resources tab for a Gage CompuScope card will contain 

two Input Range listings, one at 64 Bytes wide and the other 

256 Bytes wide. In addition, the Memory Size listed should be 

the on-board memory size of your card. (Remember that for a 

12 bit CompuScope board, you must multiply the on-board 

memory by 2 to get the proper memory size.) 

Double-click on PCI Card and select the Driver tab. 

Click on Change Driver. When prompted, you should select 

Install New Driver instead of Pick from Existing Drivers.) 

A dialog box will appear with a list of hardware types to select 

from. 

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Make sure Other devices is highlighted and click OK. Now 

you will see the Select Device dialog. 

Click Have disk. 

Insert the Gage Driver Disk CD into your CD-ROM drive. Type 

in the drive letter of your CD-ROM drive, or click Browse to 

select it. 

Click OK. 


You will now see the following dialog showing the devices 

compatible with the selected driver (in our case, the installed 

board is a CS8500): 

Click OK. Now you will see a window similar to the following: 

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Click OK. 

You will now see two windows displaying the installation 

progress. Finally, you may see the following screen: 

Note: Even if you do not see this screen, you must reboot your 

computer; otherwise the driver will not work properly. 










for PCI Bus Cards Under Windows 98 






After an initial screen indicating that Windows 98 has found 

new hardware, you will see the following window: 

Click Next. 

Note: At any time during this install process, you may click the 

Cancel button to terminate installation of the CompuScope 

Win 95/98 Drivers for your CompuScope PCI card(s). 

However, the next time you boot your PC to Windows 98, and 

at every successive startup, Windows 98 will prompt you again 

that it has found new hardware; this will continue until you: (1) 

install the CompuScope Win 95/98 Drivers for your 

CompuScope PCI card(s), or (2) remove the CompuScope 


PCI card(s) from your system. 

Next you will see the following dialog: 


drive. 

Select the Search for the best driver for your device 

(Recommended) option. 

Click Next. 

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You will see the following dialog: 

Select the CD-ROM drive option by clicking on its 

corresponding check mark box. Make sure the Gage Driver 

Disk CD is in your computer’s CD-ROM drive. 

Click Next. 

Windows 98 will then briefly display a window indicating that it 

is searching for the required setup file(s) on your CD-ROM 

drive. 


Once the appropriate file(s) has been located on the Gage 

Driver Disk CD, Windows 98 will display the following window: 

The above window indicates that Windows 98 has recognized 

the PCI card as a CompuScope board and has located a 

compatible driver (in our case, a CompuScope 12100). 

Click Next. 

The installation process will continue until all the files are 

copied. You will then see the following window: 

Click Yes to restart your computer. The drivers you installed 

will not become effective until you have restarted your 

computer. 

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If you have installed more than one CompuScope PCI Bus 

Board on your system, Windows 98 will display a window 

notifying you that it has found a new PCI Card (as soon as 

Windows 98 boots up again). A second window will appear 

indicating Windows 98 has recognized the new PCI Card as a 

CompuScope PCI Bus Board and is installing the appropriate 

software for it. Once installation is complete, you will be 

prompted to restart Windows. 

Note: Windows 98 will use the CompuScope Win 95/98 

Drivers for PCI Bus Boards for all of the CompuScope PCI Bus 

boards that you have installed on your system. 








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for ISA Bus Cards 

Insert the Gage Driver Disk CD in your CD-ROM Drive. This 

will initiate the AutoRun feature on the CD, which will launch 

the Gage Driver Disk Setup program. 

If the Gage Driver Disk Setup program does not AutoRun, 

please refer to Starting the Gage Driver Disk Setup program 

earlier in this guide. 

Once the setup program has completed loading, the following 

window will be displayed: 

Highlight and click the CompuScope Win 95 98 Drivers (for 

ISA Bus Boards) option from the upper window. Your 

selection will now appear in the bottom window. Click Next to 

continue. 

Installation / CompuScope Win 95/98 for ISA Cards 37

This will launch the CompuScope Win 95 98 Drivers (for ISA 

Bus Boards) Setup program: 

Once the Setup program completes loading, you will see the 

Welcome screen: 

Note: You may click the Cancel button at any time during the 

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installation process to terminate installation; you will be 

prompted to Resume or Exit Setup. 

Click Next to continue with the installation. You will see the 

following dialog box, which will allow you to change the 

destination location for the driver files: 

Note: You may click the Back button to return to a previous 

screen. 

If you want to install the CompuScope Win 95 98 Drivers (for 

ISA Bus Boards) in the default directory, C:\GAGE\ 

CompuScope SDK for Win 95 98 NT, simply click Next. 

If you would like to select a different location to install the files, 

click Browse. 

Once you select the desired location, click Next to continue 

with the installation. 


The Setup program will begin copying the necessary files to 

your computer and activate the following two windows which 

display the progress of the installation process: 

Once the Setup program has completed installing the 

CompuScope Win 95/98 Drivers for ISA Bus Boards, the 

following window will be displayed: 

Click Yes to view the ReadMe file. This file contains the most 

recent information about the CompuScope Win 95/98 Drivers 

for ISA Bus Boards. 

After viewing the ReadMe file, close your text viewer. 

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The Setup Complete Window will be displayed: 

Make sure the Yes, I want to restart my computer now 

option is selected. The CompuScope Win 95/98 Drivers for 

ISA Bus Boards will not become effective until you have 

restarted your computer. 

Click Finish to complete setup for the CompuScope Win 

95/98 Drivers for ISA Bus Boards. 








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Installing CompuScope Win 2000 Drivers 

for PCI Bus Cards 






Shortly after start up you will see the Found New Hardware 

Install Wizard, indicating that the Windows 2000 has found 

new hardware: 

Click Next. 

Installation / CompuScope Win 2000 for PCI Cards 43

Note: At any time during this install process, you may click the 

Cancel button to terminate installation of the CompuScope 

Win 2000 Drivers for your CompuScope PCI card(s). 

However, the next time you boot your PC to Windows 2000, 

and at every successive startup, Windows 2000 will prompt 

you again that it has found new hardware; this will continue 

until you: (1) install the CompuScope Win 2000 Drivers for 

your CompuScope PCI card(s), or (2) remove the 

CompuScope PCI card(s) from your system. 

Next you will see the following dialog: 


drive. 

Select the Search for the best driver for your device 

(Recommended) option. 

Click Next. 

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You will see the following dialog: 

Select the CD-ROM drive option by clicking on its 

corresponding check mark box. Make sure the Gage Driver 

Disk CD is in your computer’s CD-ROM drive. 

Click Next. 

Windows 2000 will then briefly display a window indicating that 

it is searching for the required setup file(s) on your CD-ROM 

drive. 


Once the appropriate file(s) has been located on the Gage 

Driver Disk CD, Windows 2000 will display the following 

window: 

The above window indicates that Windows 2000 has 

recognized the PCI card as a CompuScope board and located 

a compatible driver (in our case, a CompuScope 8500 card). 

Click Next. 

Copying Files window will appear showing that the 

CompuScope driver files are being copied to an appropriate 

system’s directory: 

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The installation process will continue until all the files are 

copied. You will then see the following window: 

The CompuScope card has been successfully identified and 

installed. 

Click Finish. You will be prompted to restart the computer: 

The drivers you installed will not become effective until you 

have restarted your computer. Click Yes to reboot your 

machine. 


If you have installed more than one CompuScope PCI Bus 

Board on your system, Windows 2000 will display a window 

notifying you that it has found a new PCI Card (as soon as 

Windows 2000 boots up again). A second window will appear 

indicating Windows 2000 has recognized the new PCI Card as 

a CompuScope PCI Bus Board and is installing the 

appropriate software for it. Once installation is complete, you 

will be prompted to restart Windows. 






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Installing CompuScope Win 2000 Drivers 

for ISA Bus Cards 





If you did not install the CompuScope Win 2000 Drivers for 

ISA Bus Boards under the Windows 2000 operating system 

when you first installed your CompuScope hardware, you must 

follow the instructions below in order to install the drivers. 


Panel. 


Add/Remove Hardware. 

Installation / CompuScope Win 2000 for ISA Cards 49

The Add/Remove Hardware Wizard will appear. 

Click Next. 

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Chose Add/Troubleshoot a device option. Click Next. 

The Hardware Wizard searches for the new device to be 

installed: 


In a short while, you will be prompted to choose the type of the 

hardware device to be installed. 

Choose Add a new device from the Devices list: 

Click Next. 

You will see the window shown below: 

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Add/Remove Hardware Wizard will ask you if Windows can 

search for the new hardware. Select No, I want to select the 

hardware from a list option. 

Click Next. 

Select Other devices from the list in the Hardware types: in 

the Window shown above. 

Click Next. 


You will see the Select a Device Driver Window as shown 

below: 

At this stage, disregard the options available under the 

Manufacturers and the Models Menus. Simply click on Have 

Disk. The Install From Disk Window will appear: 

Insert the CompuScope Win 2000 ISA Driver disk in the floppy 

drive. 

Click OK. 

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From the list of available Models for the CompuScope cards, 

click on the type of card you own. For all ISA cards, select 

CompuScope ISA Board. 

Clicking Next will start the CompuScope Win 2000 ISA driver 

installation procedure. After the installation is complete, 

following message will appear, informing the user that the 

driver has been successfully installed: 


It is important at this stage to check the Resources assigned 

to your newly installed CompuScope ISA card. Resources 

include both the I/O address and the Base Memory address. 

Click on Resources tab to view the Input/Output and Base 

Memory addresses of the card. The Add New Hardware 

Wizard Properties Window will appear: 

In the Resource settings dialog box, the Resource type and 

the Setting fields for the installed CompuScope card are 

shown. Users can specify the Input/Output Range and the 

Memory Range for the newly installed CompuScope card. 

However, the current settings are allocated automatically by 

the Windows 2000 Operating System. Make sure that No 

conflicts appears in the Conflicting Device List box. 

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Please make sure that you write down the Input/Output Range 

and the Memory Range as you are going to need it when 

configuring the cards using Gage Config utility provided with 

the CompuScope Windows 2000 drivers 

In case there is a conflict, click on Change Setting… The Edit 

Input/Output Range window will appear: 

Although the message in the Conflict Information box indicates 

that No devices are conflicting, you must ensure that the 

physical Input/Output settings (via jumpers) on your 

CompuScope card match the ones in the Value box in the 

Windows shown above. You will be provided with a list of 

factory configured I/O addresses for the CompuScope cards at 

the time of purchase. For details on how to reset the jumper 

settings on your CompuScope cards, refer to Chapter 2, titled 

Hardware and Software Installation in the GageScope for DOS 

manual. 


In the Edit Input/Output Range window shown above, you 

can change the Input/Output values using the forward or 

backward scroll pointers. 

The Memory Base addresses can be assigned to the 

CompuScope cards, depending on the available resources of 

the operating system. It is recommended that you chose the 

base Memory address for the CompuScope cards from the 

following Memory address range: 

000C 0000 - 000D FFFF 

Once done, click OK. You will get back to the Add New 

Hardware Wizard properties window: 

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Select Memory Range and click on Change Setting. The 

following window will appear: 

Once again, make sure that the chosen Memory base address 

settings do not result in a conflict of resources. In other words, 

in case of proper assignment of the Memory address, No 

devices are conflicting must appear in the Conflict 

information box. 

In case of a conflict, keep changing the Value using the scroll 

pointers till No Devices are conflicting appears in the Conflict 

information box. Keep a note of the assigned memory 

resource. 

Click OK. 


The following window will appear: 

Click on Finish to end the installation process. The System 

Settings Change window will appear: 

At this stage, you must reboot your computer, otherwise 

your newly installed CompuScope card will not work properly. 

You must proceed to the Gage Driver Installation Guide for 

CompuScope Cards for further details on how to use the Gage 

Config utility to configure the CompuScope cards. 

Note: In case you are installing multiple CompuScope cards, 

DO NOT REBOOT. The step-by-step procedure for 

CompuScope multicard installation is outlined in the following 

section. 

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Note: Follow the same procedure outlined above in case you 

are installing multiple CompuScope ISA cards. 

If you have installed a single ISA card already and are in the 

process of installing the second card, you should follow 

exactly the same steps as outlined previously for the single 

card installation. When you get to the stage where the system 

Resources have to be assigned to the second card, Click on 

Resources to view the Input/Output and Base Memory 

addresses of the card. The Add New Hardware Wizard 

Properties Window will appear: 


Note that the resources shown in the Resource settings box 

are currently assigned to a CompuScope ISA card. In fact, 

these are the same settings for the first CompuScope card 

that you just installed. Therefore, you must reassign both 

Input/Output and the Memory Base addresses to the second 

CompuScope ISA card. Refer to the previous section on how 

to change the Input/Output and Memory Range settings 

IMPORTANT: You need to make a list of the Input/Output and 

the Memory Base addresses. As an example, the table below 

shows the Card designation, Input/Output Address range and 

Base Memory Address range for a four card CS2125 system 

comprising of one Master and three Slave boards: 

Board 

Designation 

Input/Output 

Address Range 

Base Memory 

Address Range 

CS2125 Master 0200-0201 D000-D1FF 

CS2125 Slave 1 

0202-0203D200-D3FF 

CS2125 Slave 2 0204-0205 D400-D5FF 

CS2125 Slave 30206-0207 

D600-D7FF 

You will have the entries corresponding to the type and total 

number of CompuScope ISA cards in your system. 

You must proceed to the Gage Driver Installation Guide for 

CompuScope Cards for further details on how to use Gage 

Config utility to configure the CompuScope cards. 

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Installing CompuScope Win NT Drivers 



the CompuScope Driver Pack Setup program. 






Highlight and click the CompuScope Win NT Drivers option 

from the upper window. Your selection will now appear in the 

bottom window. 

Click Next to continue. 

Installation / CompuScope Win NT Drivers 63

This will launch the CompuScope Win NT Drivers Setup 

program: 






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screen. 

If you want to install the CompuScope Win NT Drivers in the 

default directory, C:\GAGE\CompuScope SDK for Win 95 98 

NT, simply click Next. 


click Browse. 


with the installation. 

The Setup program will begin copying the necessary files to 

your computer and activate the following two windows which 

display the progress of the installation process: 

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Once the Setup program has completed installing the 

CompuScope Win NT Drivers, the following window will be 

displayed: 


recent information about the CompuScope Win NT Drivers. 



Make sure the Yes, I want to restart my computer now 

option is selected. The CompuScope Win NT Drivers will not 

become effective until you have restarted your computer. 

Click Finish to complete setup for the CompuScope Win NT 

Drivers. 






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Installing GageScope ® for DOS 



the Gage Driver Disk Setup program. 






Note: The GageScope ® for DOS option is only available when 

installing CompuScope Drivers under Windows 95 or 98; 

GageScope ® for DOS cannot be installed on a system running 

Windows NT. 

Highlight and click the GageScope ® for DOS option from the 

upper window. Your selection will now appear in the bottom 

window. 

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Click Next to continue. 

This will launch the GageScope ® for DOS Setup program: 



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screen. 

If you want to install GageScope ® for DOS in the default 

directory, C:\Gagescop, simply click Next. 


click Browse. 



with the installation, the Setup program will begin copying the 

necessary files to your computer. This will activate the 

following two windows which display the progress of the 

installation process: 

Once the Setup program has completed installing GageScope ® 

for DOS, the following window will be displayed: 


recent information about GageScope ® for DOS. 


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Click Finish to complete setup for GageScope ® for DOS. 


entitled Verifying Driver Installation / GSINST on page 119. It is 

very important that you configure your card(s) after installing 

GageScope ® for DOS to ensure that your card(s) will operate 

properly. 




Chapter 2 - Verifying Driver 

Installation 



Running Gage Config 

Note: You do not need to manually install Gage Config. It is 

automatically installed by the Gage Driver Disk Setup program. 

GageCFG.EXE is copied to your Windows directory. 

To run Gage Config, first make sure you have properly 

installed your CompuScope hardware and its corresponding 

drivers. For more details, refer to the appropriate sections 


When Gage Config was installed, a shortcut was placed in 

your Windows Start Menu. Follow this sequence in your 

Windows Start Menu to activate Gage Config: 

Start→Programs→Gage→Config 

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Why do I get a blank screen when I run Gage Config 

If Gage Config is unable to locate any drivers for CompuScope 

cards, it will display a window with no systems showing: 

You must install the appropriate drivers for your card(s) in 

order for Gage Config to operate properly. 

Close Gage Config, install the appropriate drivers, and run 

Gage Config again. 

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Which version of Gage Config do I have on my 

system 

To determine the version of Gage Config installed on your 

system, simply click on the icon on the upper-left-hand corner 

of the Gage Config screen. A menu will appear: 

Select About Gage Config… and you will see the About Gage 

Config dialog: 

Note: This manual applies only to Gage Config version 2.16 or 

later. 

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Exiting Gage Config 

To exit Gage Config, simply click the Close button at the 

bottom of the screen. You can also select Close from the 

Main Menu or press Alt+F4. 

If you have not saved your configuration file before exiting, you 

will be prompted with the following message: 

Click Yes if you want your changes to be retained by Gage 

Config. 

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Checking the Status of Your Board(s) 

When you run Gage Config for the first time, you may find that 

your CompuScope board(s) is configured improperly, thereby 

causing a conflict. This section allows you to determine the 

status of your board(s). 

Note: In this case, a CompuScope 2125 with 256K of onboard 

memory was installed. If you have installed different 

boards, your screen will look different. 

PCI Bus CompuScope Boards: If you have one or more PCI 

Bus CompuScope cards (including CS82G, CS8500, 

CS12100, CS1250, CS8012A/PCI, CS8012/PCI, CS6012/PCI, 

CS1012/PCI, and CS512/PCI), your Gage Config screen will 

look slightly different. See the special section on CP500 and 

CSx012/PCI Boards on page 79. 

Saved / Verify OK 

If your STATUS box reads Saved / Verify OK for all of your 

boards, as highlighted on the screen below, you simply need to 

close Gage Config (click Close). Your board or boards are 

properly configured. 


I/O Conflict 

If the Board Name field reads Not found and the Memory 

Size reads N/A, you have an I/O conflict. See Resolving I/O 

Conflicts on page 81. The screen below shows an I/O conflict. 

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Memory Conflict 

If the Board Name field displays your board name, for 

example CS2125, but the Memory Size reads N/A, you have 

a memory conflict. See Resolving Memory Conflicts on page 

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CP500 and CSx012/PCI Boards 

Since CP500 boards are plug-n-play compliant and 

CSx012/PCI boards are partially plug-n-play compliant, Gage 

Config handles these boards slightly differently from ISA bus 

cards. 

• For CP500 boards, both the I/O Address and Memory 

Base Address are automatically set by the PCI BIOS. 

• For CSx012/PCI boards, the Memory Base Address is 

automatically set by the PCI BIOS. 

When you open Gage Config for the first time, the program will 

display the default settings for your board(s). A sample 

CS8500 screen is shown below. 


Note: If you previously had an ISA CompuScope card installed 

in the same computer, the configuration information stored in 

a file called gagescop.inc may point to I/O and memory 

addresses for that ISA bus card; for example, I/O address at 

0x200 and memory address at 0x0000. 

Note: For CP500-class boards, the I/O Address and Memory 

Base fields both display PnP (for Plug-n-Play) or PCI PnP (for 

PCI Plug-n-Play), depending on your version of Gage Config. 

Gage Config has queried the BIOS as to the addresses for 

your board(s) and displays this code to indicate that these 

fields cannot be modified by the user. 

For CSx012/PCI boards, the Memory Base field displays PnP 

(for Plug-n-Play) or PCI PnP (for PCI Plug-n-Play), depending 

on your version of Gage Config. Gage Config has queried the 

BIOS as to the addresses for your board(s) and displays this 

code to indicate that this field cannot be modified by the user. 

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Resolving I/O Conflicts 

Note: This section does not apply to CP500-class boards, 

which are fully plug-n-play compliant. 

The following are several steps to take in order to resolve an 

I/O Conflict: 

1) Respecify I/O address(es) for the offending board(s) 

by setting DIP switches (see the section Respecifying 

I/O Addresses below). Remember to change the I/O 

Address setting in Gage Config as well. See the 

section, How to Respecify I/O Addresses in Gage 

Config. 

2) If you are performing a Master/Slave installation, try 

installing the Master board by itself. In a Master/Slave 

system, if the Master board is not detected, none of 

the Slave boards will be detected either. 

3) Try the card(s) in another PC. 

4) If, after respecifying I/O addresses, your PC still does 

not boot, remove all other cards except the video and 

drive controller cards. Create a boot disk and try 

booting from a floppy. 

If none of these steps resolves the I/O conflict, contact Gage 

technical support for assistance. 

Respecifying I/O Addresses 

Note: If you are changing any I/O addresses, make sure you 

do not specify an address you are using for another board. 

Follow these steps to reset switches and re-configure your 

board(s): 

• Power off your PC and remove any previously installed 

CompuScope board(s). 

• Set the board I/O switch(es) using the diagrams in your 

hardware manual or GageScope ® for DOS User’s Guide. 


• Record any new I/O addresses you chose, in order, 

from the MASTER through to the last SLAVE (if 

applicable). You will have to enter these addresses 

when running the Gage Config program again. 

• Re-install the board(s), following the instructions in your 

hardware manual or GageScope ® for DOS User’s Guide. 

• Power on your PC and run Gage Config once again. 

• Specify the new address(es) for your board(s) in Gage 

Config. 

• See the next section, How to Respecify I/O Addresses 

in Gage Config, for more details. 

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How to Respecify I/O Addresses in Gage Config 

The I/O switch setting on your board must always match the 

I/O Address setting in Gage Config. If you change the switch 

setting on your board, you must also change the I/O Address 

setting in Gage Config. To do this, double-click on the I/O 

Address field. 

You will see the Board Location dialog: 


Since the I/O switch on our CompuScope 2125 board was set 

to 0204, we selected 0x0204 from the I/O Address drop-down 

menu. 

Click OK to confirm the change. Gage Config will 

automatically verify the changed settings. Your Status Box 

should now read Not Saved / Verify OK, as shown below. 

The new I/O Address setting should also be displayed. 

Click on Save to save the configuration file to your Windows 

directory. 

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The Status Box should now read Saved / Verify OK, as shown 

below. 


Resolving Memory Conflicts 

Note: This section does not apply to PCI Bus CompuScope 

cards, since the memory base address is set by the PCI BIOS 

for these cards. 

The following are several common sources of memory conflict 

for CompuScope boards. 

Please note that you may also try a clean boot in order to 

bypass your autoexec.bat and config.sys files and prevent any 

extra programs from loading at boot time. Press and hold the 

F5 key after your screen displays the message “Starting 

Windows.” Or, you may create a boot disk and boot from it 

instead. See your MS-DOS manual for details. 

Memory Managers 

EMM386 is a memory manager used by DOS and Windows 

and is automatically installed by MEMMAKER when you 

choose to Optimize your system. EMM386 takes up all the 

upper memory blocks to install some of the Extended Memory 

for running DOS drivers, TSRs, etc., so that there is no 8K 

window in the upper memory left to be used by the 

CompuScope card. 

MEMMAKER changes the first line of the CONFIG.SYS file to: 

DEVICE=C:\DOS\EMM386.EXE NOEMS 

This means that all the upper memory blocks are automatically 

dedicated to loading TSRs and MS-DOS devices. 

386MAX, another popular memory manager, also takes up all 

the upper memory blocks for its own use. 

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To resolve conflicts caused by memory managers, follow these 

steps: 

1) Open your CONFIG.SYS file using a plain text editor 

and use the “X” parameter to specify the memory 

address range taken up by the board(s). 

For EMM386, the required 8K (or 4K) window can be 

freed up by changing the first line of the CONFIG.SYS 

file to: 

DEVICE=C:\DOS\EMM386.EXE NOEMS X=D000-D0FF 

(for CS250, CS225, and CSLITE boards) 


For 386MAX, the solution is slightly different. 386MAX 

uses a file called 386MAX.PRO to store its profile, and 

the addition of the following line is sufficient to instruct 

it to leave free the 8K area D000-D200 (or the 4K area 

D000-D100): 

RAM = D000-D100 (for CS250, CS225 and CSLITE boards) 

RAM = D000-D200 (for all other CompuScope boards) 

2) Re-install your CompuScope card(s). 

3) Save the file and restart your computer for the change 

to take effect. 

4) If this does not resolve your memory conflict, try 

disabling any Memory Managers running in your 

system. Open your CONFIG.SYS file using a plain 

text editor, and type the word rem followed by a space 

at the beginning of the "DEVICE=" line in which the 

memory manager is specified. This will cause the line 

to be treated as a remark and it will not be processed. 

5) Re-install your CompuScope card(s). 

6) Save the file and reboot your computer for the change 

to take effect. 


Memory Base Addresses Specified in Gage Config 

If the Board Name field displays your board name, for 

example CS2125, but the Memory Size reads N/A, you have 

a memory conflict. You may need to change the memory base 

address(es) in Gage Config. 

Ensure that you do not specify an address you are using or will 

be using for another board; each CompuScope board must 

have its own memory base address. 

Note: There are no jumpers or DIP switches to select the 

memory address; it is done in software. 

Changing the Memory Base Address in Gage Config 

Upon starting Gage Config for the first time, the Memory Base 

field shows the default Memory Base Address for each of your 

CompuScope boards. If there is no memory conflict between 

the default settings and your PC, then you do not have to edit 

this field. The default memory base address for a single 

CompuScope board is D000. For Multi-Card systems, the 

Memory Base addresses are listed on a sheet enclosed with 

your boards. 

To change the Memory Base Address in Gage Config, doubleclick 

on the Memory Base field and you will see the Board 

Location dialog. 

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To try another memory base address, simply click on the dropdown 

menu. The values in the drop-down menu are generally 

available on most PCs and should not cause a conflict with 

other components in your system. After clicking OK, Gage 

Config will automatically verify the new setting. If the memory 

conflict has been resolved, Verify OK will be displayed in the 

Status box. 

Click Save to save the Configuration file. The Status box 

should now read Saved / Verify OK. 


Alternate Memory Base Addresses 

The following are some of the most commonly available 

alternate memory base addresses for CompuScope cards. 

For a full listing, please see Appendix B, Alternate Addresses, 

in your GageScope ® for DOS User’s Guide. 

The addresses in the gray-shaded columns are available only 

on CS250, CS225 and CSLITE as these boards require only a 

4K memory block to run. All other CompuScope boards 

require an 8K memory block to run, so that addresses such as 

D100, D300, D700, etc. cannot be used. 

D000 D100 D200 D300 D400 D500 D600 D700 

D800 D900 DA00 DB00 DC00 DD00 DE00 DF00 

B000 B100 B200 B300 B400 B500 B600 B700 

B800 B900 BA00 BB00 BC00 BD00 BE00 BF00 

C000 C100 C200 C300 C400 C500 C600 C700 

C800 C900 CA00 CB00 CC00 CD00 CE00 CF00 

Note also that 64-bit video cards such as the Diamond Stealth 

64 may use addresses A000 through C7FF, so that they will 

not be available for use by the CompuScope card. 

Non-Standard Video Card 

Your PC may have a non-standard video card which has a 

“HIGH SPEED DECODE” or “FAST DECODE MODE” enabled 

which prevents any card from utilizing space in the upper 

memory blocks. Consult your video card manual, the 

manufacturer, or your dealer to determine proper jumper 

settings for disabling this feature. 

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Bus Speed 

Some BIOS’s allow non-standard AT bus speeds which are not 

compatible with AT cards, so that the CompuScope may show 

a memory conflict due to incorrect bus clock selection. The 

compatible AT standard bus speed is 8.3 MHz. 

The BIOS setting may vary with the manufacturer, however, 

so you need to find the appropriate line in the advanced 

chipset. The Phoenix BIOS setup is one example: 

System timing: 

AT clk select [Pclk/4] 

On a 66 MHz system, Pclk is 33 MHz, so the setting should 

be: 

System timing: 

AT clk select [Pclk/4] 

(33 MHz / 4) = 8.3 MHz 

Other BIOS’s may allow you to set the AT bus speed to 8 

MHz. 

Other Cards in your System 

Other cards in your computer may be causing a memory 

conflict with the CompuScope card(s). To check whether this 

is the case, try running a “bare-bones” system: 

• Remove all other boards from your computer, leaving 

only the motherboard, the video card and the hard disk 

controller. If you still can’t get the board to work, try it 

in another computer. This may help identify the 

problem. 

• Then insert all other boards in the computer, one at a 

time, and check for any conflicts using Gage Config. 


Advanced CMOS Settings 

Some computers use the Upper Memory Blocks as Shadow 

Memory to speed up the system by copying data from slow 

ROM devices to fast RAM. This can cause a memory conflict 

if the default CompuScope address is occupied by shadow 

memory. 

For example, Gateway Pentium computers have an option 

called DISABLE SHADOW MEMORY SIZE in the advanced 

CMOS settings. The default selection for this option is 

DISABLED, meaning that all upper memory blocks are to be 

used for shadow memory. Change this setting to 16K and 

then set the next option, DISABLE SHADOW MEMORY BASE 

ADDRESS, to D000. When you save these settings to CMOS 

and reboot, the system will not use the area D000 to D400. 

While it is impossible to list all the CMOS options used, it can 

help to disable everything that is not essential to running a 

“bare-bones” system, including cache memories, Fast A20 

Gate Enable, Shadow RAMs, Video Shadow RAMs, etc. If you 

are then able to run the card(s) without any problems, then 

reactivate each feature one by one and test for normal 

operation of the CompuScope. You will eventually find the 

setting(s) causing the problem. 

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Detailed Description of Gage Config 

Functions 

The following pages provide details on each Gage Config 

function. 

System Tab 

If you have more than one CompuScope board installed in 

your PC, you will see additional System Tabs. Click on each 

System Tab to configure the boards in that system. 


Board Number Field 

If you have more than one CompuScope board installed, you 

will see additional boards listed in the CompuScope tab. 

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I/O Address Field 

Upon running Gage Config for the first time, this field displays 

the default I/O address setting for your board. For example, 

the factory default I/O address setting for a single 

CompuScope card is 0200. If the I/O switch on your board is 

set to the default, Gage Config will automatically verify your 

board. For more details, see Resolving I/O Conflicts on page 

81. 


Memory Base Field 

Upon starting Gage Config for the first time, the Memory Base 

field shows the default Memory Base Address for each of your 

CompuScope boards. If there is no memory conflict between 

the default settings and your PC, then you do not have to edit 

this field. The default Memory base address for a single 

CompuScope board is D000. For more details, see Resolving 

Memory Conflicts on page 86. 

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Board Name Field 

If your board is found by Gage Config, the Board Name field 

will display the name of your board. In this case, a 

CompuScope 2125 board was found. 

If your board is not found by Gage Config, the Board Name 

field will display Not found, as shown below: 


In this case, you have an I/O conflict or your card is not 

properly installed in the slot. See Resolving I/O Conflicts on 

page 81. 

To obtain more information about your CompuScope board, 

double-click on the board name. You will see the Board 

Information dialog: 

This screen displays all the information Gage Config has found 

for your board. 

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Memory Size Field 

The Memory Size field displays the on-board memory of your 

card. In this case, the CompuScope 2125 board is equipped 

with 256 kilosamples of on-board memory. 

If Gage Config cannot find your board’s memory, this field will 

be displayed as N/A (Not Available). In this case, you may 

have a memory conflict. See Resolving I/O Conflicts on page 

81. 


Status Field 

This field is reserved for future use. 


Add Button 

The Add button allows you to add another CompuScope board 

to your current configuration file. You will see a the following 

dialog displaying the next available I/O and Memory Base 

addresses: 

Select the proper I/O and Memory base addresses for your 

board and click OK. 

Verifying Driver Instalation / Gage Config101

Modify Button 

Clicking the Modify button brings up the Board Location 

dialog, allowing you to modify the I/O Address and Memory 

Base settings for the currently selected board. This button 

performs the same function as double-clicking on the I/O 

Address or Memory Base fields. 


Remove Button 

The Remove button allows you to remove the selected 

CompuScope board from the configuration file—for example, if 

you have uninstalled the board from your PC. You cannot 

remove the last board in the current system, since this would 

mean removing the entire configuration file. To remove the 

entire configuration file, click Remove System instead. 


Up/Down Buttons 

These buttons allow you to select a different CompuScope 

board in a Multi-Card system. Note that these buttons will be 

grayed out if you have only a single board installed. 


Save Button 

The Save button saves the current settings to the 

configuration file. For CompuScope boards, this file is named 

Gagescop.inc. The configuration files is stored in your 

Windows directory. 


Verify Button 

The Verify button allows you to verify your current settings to 

see if there are any conflicts. By default, Gage Config will 

automatically verify at program start-up and after any settings 

are changed. If you wish, you can change this by un-checking 

the AutoVerify checkbox. 


Operation Mode Box 

The Operation Mode box allows you to set a Multi-Card 

system as either a Master/Slave or Multiple/Independent 

system. All boards in a Master/Slave system operate with a 

common clock and trigger (Master/Slave Mode is an optional 

upgrade). Each board in a Multiple/Independent system has 

its own clock and trigger source. Simply click on the radio 

button next to the appropriate option. 

While GageConfig fully supports a Multiple Independent 

system of CompuScope cards, the current versions of 

GageScope ® software have no such support. 


Status Box 

The Status box displays the current status of the configuration 

file (either Saved or Not saved) and whether the board 

settings have been verified (either Verify OK or Verify 

ERROR). Before exiting Gage Config, make sure the Status 

box reads Saved / Verify OK. 


Configuration File Box 

The Configuration File box displays the name and location of 

the configuration file for your CompuScope boards (when the 

CompuScope tab is current). This box cannot be modified by 

the user; it is for display purposes only. 

If by chance your configuration file has been moved or 

deleted, Gage Config will automatically make another copy of 

the file based on the current board settings. 

For CompuScope boards, the configuration file is named 

Gagescop.inc. The configuration file is stored in your 

Windows directory, usually C:\Windows. 

Note: If you have installed multiple systems, see Add System 

Button for more details on the configuration file. 


Boards Supported List 

The Boards Supported list displays the boards supported by 

the CompuScope driver associated with Gage Config. 


Driver Version Button 

The Driver Version button displays the version of the driver 

associated with Gage Config for CompuScope boards. In this 

case, the CompuScope driver version is 3.00c. 

Note: This is an internal version number; it does not 

correspond with the version of the CompuScope drivers that 

you installed, which follow a different numbering convention. 


If you click on the button, you will see the Driver Information 

dialog: 

This dialog displays information about the driver, including 

boards supported, version number, location and name of the 

driver file, size of the driver, and date the driver was released. 

The CompuScope driver, gage_drv.dll is stored in your 

Windows/System directory, usually C:\Windows\System (for 

Windows 95/98) or C:\Windows\System32 (for Windows NT). 

AutoVerify Checkbox 


The AutoVerify checkbox allows you to set whether Gage 

Config will automatically verify your changed settings. By 

default, AutoVerify is checked. If you uncheck this box, after 

you change settings you will have to click Verify to see if you 

have the proper board settings. 

Add System Button 

The Add System button allows you to add a system of 

CompuScope boards, with its own configuration file. You will 

see the New System dialog: 

Click the CompuScope system, and click OK. 


This creates a new configuration file in your C:\Windows 

directory called gsystem1.inc. (If you add another system, 

this would create another configuration file called 

gsystem2.inc, and so on.) 

As shown above, if you have more than one CompuScope 

system, you will see more than one System Tab in the Gage 

Config window. See also System Tab. 

Please note that in order for you to install additional systems, 

the CompuScope drivers must support multiple systems. If 

your driver does not support multiple systems, you will see the 

following message: 


If you click Add System without first installing the appropriate 

driver, you will get the following message indicating that the 

driver was not found (in our case, we chose to add a 

CompuScope system: 

If you then click Yes, Gage Config will open a system but will 

display Driver Not Found in the Boards Supported List: 

You must install the appropriate driver for your board(s) for 

Gage Config to operate properly. 


Remove System Button 

The Remove System button allows you to remove the current 

system. Clicking Remove System brings up the Remove 

configuration file dialog: 

Clicking Yes will delete the configuration file for this system 

from your Windows directory; clicking No will leave it there. 


Save All Button 

The Save All button allows you to save the settings for your 

CompuScope board. 


Verify All Button 

The Verify All button allows you to verify the settings for your 

CompuScope board. 


Close Button 

The Close button allows you to exit Gage Config. Note that 

you must save your configuration file before exiting. 




Verifying Driver Installation with GSINST 

for DOS 

To run the configuration utility to set up your boards, when the 

C:\GAGESCOP directory is current, type 

GSINST 

Below is a sample opening screen for GSINST. The fields for 

Board 1 are set to the default I/O Address and Memory 

Segment Address, while the fields for subsequent boards are 

blank. 

The following keys enable you to adjust these settings by 

specifying the I/O address(es) and segment(s) and then 

verifying the installed board. Refer to the next page for 

detailed information on these steps. 

The highlight will initially appear in the Configuration Box in the 

upper left-hand corner for board number 1. 

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or < Right 

Arrow> 

+ 

or 

or 

 

 

 

 

 

Moves the highlight to the box for the 

next-highest board number. The box 

for the current board appears 

highlighted. If the highlight was in the 

box for Board 8, a new GSINST 

screen will appear, showing the 

memory and I/O addresses for boards 

9 through 16. If, however, the 

highlight was in the box for Board 16, 

the original screen showing boards 1 

through 8 will reappear. 

Moves the highlight to the box for the 

next-lowest board number. The box 

for the current board appears 

highlighted. 

Moves the highlight between the I/O 

Address and Segment fields for the 

current board. 

Clears the contents of the box. 

Activates the cursor, allowing you to 

edit the current I/O ADDRESS or 

SEGMENT field. 

Valid characters are 0 to 9 and A to 

F. 

After editing a field, confirms the 

values entered for the current I/O 

ADDRESS or SEGMENT field. 

Shifts boards one place to the right 

and inserts a blank board in the 

current window. 

Removes the boards in the current 

window and shifts the board one 

place to the left. Also inserts a blank 

board in the last window. 


While editing a field: 

or 

 

 

 

Moves the cursor within the I/O 

ADDRESS or SEGMENT field. 

Deletes characters to the left of the 

cursor. 

Deletes characters to the right of the 

cursor. 

Follow the steps below to configure and verify your 

CompuScope boards. 

Specifying I/O and Memory Segment Addresses 

Special Instructions for CP500 Boards 

While for other CompuScopes you enter the default I/O and 

Memory Segment addresses in GSINST, CP500 boards are 

slightly different. For all CP500 boards, you must type FFFF in 

both the I/O Address and Segment fields for EACH of your 

boards in GSINST. After you press to accept the 

changes, GSINST will display PCI in these fields for all of your 

boards. You may then proceed to the section Checking the 

Installed Boards below. 

The screen below shows that in the Configuration Box for 

Board 1, we have typed FFFF in the I/O Address field and 

pressed , thus displaying PCI. In the Segment field, 

we have typed FFFF but have not yet pressed . 


Special Instructions for CSx012/PCI Boards 

While the PCI BIOS handles the assignment of memory 

segment addresses for CSx012/PCI cards at boot time, 

GSINST requires that you specify these fields. After you have 

specified the fields (leaving the default addresses for a singlecard 

installation, and using the addresses suggested below for 

multi-card installations), the configuration utility will then 

interrogate the PCI BIOS to determine the actual addresses 

for your board(s). 

Default Addresses 

Important: The factory default I/O and memory segment 

addresses for a single-card CompuScope system are as 

follows: 

I/O ADDRESS: 0200 

MEMORY SEGMENT ADDRESS: D000 

For multi-card installations, the factory-assigned I/O and 

memory segment addresses are shown on the sheet enclosed 

with your CompuScope boards. 


Setting the I/O and Memory Segment Addresses 

Your cursor will be placed in the I/O Address field for the first 

or only board. Leave this field set to the default, 0200. 

Use the key to move the highlighted area to 

the SEGMENT field for the first or only board. Press 

to activate the cursor. Set this field to D000 for single-card 

systems, and follow the enclosed sheet of addresses for multicard 

systems. 

If you are installing more than one board, use the key 

to move the cursor to the box for the next board. Use the or key to move the highlighted area to 

the I/O ADDRESS field, and press . Type in the I/O 

address shown on the sheet enclosed with your boards in 

hexadecimal format, for example 0300. Press again 

to confirm the value. 

Use the or key to move the 

highlighted area to the SEGMENT field, and press . 

Type in the memory segment address shown on the sheet 

enclosed with your boards in hexadecimal format, for example 

D200. Press again to confirm the value. 

Repeat this step until you have specified I/O and memory 

segment addresses for all installed boards. 

Checking the Installed Board(s) 

When checking your board(s), you will receive messages in 

the center of your screen as well as in the Board Type and 

Memory Size fields for all installed boards. If there are I/O or 

memory conflicts, you may see an ABSENT message in the 

Board Type field or a FAIL message in the Memory Size field. 

If this occurs, you need to respecify the I/O and/or memory 

segment addresses as shown below. 

Press to verify the type and memory depth of the 

installed board(s). If you receive a message indicating an I/O 

or memory conflict, see Resolving I/O Conflicts and/or 


Resolving Memory Conflicts below for details. Note also that 

in multi-card systems, if the Master board is not detected, 

none of the Slave boards will be detected either. When a 

conflict has been detected, therefore, it is best to attempt to 

install the Master board separately first. 

Below is a sample screen showing a successful configuration 

for a CompuScope 2125 card: 

Note: that the BOARD field displays CS2125, and the 

MEMORY field displays 256K now that the board has been 

properly configured. 

CP500 and CSx012/PCI Cards 

After verifying that your boards have been found, press or to receive information about the PCI BIOS. A 

sample PCI BIOS screen is shown below for a CS8500 

installation: 


Note: For CP500 boards, the final four fields will always 

display ABSENT. This is not an error. CSx012/PCI cards will 

display all fields in the PCI BIOS screen correctly. 

CompuScope 2125 and CompuScope 265 

If you have installed one or more CompuScope 2125 or 

CompuScope 265 boards, after verifying the hardware and the 

boards have been found, use + to view the current 

EEPROM contents. 

Saving Your Configuration File and Exiting the 

Configuration Utility 

Press to verify and save your configuration to the file 

GAGESCOP.INC (used by the GageScope ® for DOS program), 

and exit the configuration utility. The message “All 

CompuScope hardware verified” indicates proper configuration 

of your boards. 

Once the configuration utility has been run successfully, the 

GageScope ® for DOS program will have no trouble finding and 

capturing signals from the installed board(s). 

You are now ready to run the GageScope ® for DOS program 

and capture signals from the installed hardware. For 

instructions on starting and exiting GageScope ® for DOS, see 

the Starting and Terminating GageScope ® for DOS section of 


Chapter3, Product Operation. 

Resolving I/O Conflicts 

Note: This section does not apply to CP500 cards. 

The following are several steps to take in order to resolve an 

I/O Conflict: 

• Respecify I/O address(es) for the offending board(s) by 

setting I/O switches (see the section Respecifying I/O 

Addresses below). Remember to change the software 

setting in GSINST as well. 

• If you are performing a multi-card installation, try the 

Master board by itself. In a multi-card system, if the 

Master board is not detected, none of the Slave boards will 

be detected either. 

• Try the card(s) in another PC. 

• If, after respecifying I/O addresses, your PC still does not 

boot, remove all other cards except the video and drive 

controller cards. Create a boot disk and try booting from a 

floppy. 

• If none of these steps resolves the I/O conflict, contact 

Gage technical support for assistance. 

Respecifying I/O Addresses 

Note: If you are changing any I/O addresses, make sure you 

do not specify an address you are using for another board. 

Follow these steps to reset switches and re-configure your 

board(s): 

• Power off your PC and remove any previously installed 

CompuScope board(s). 

• Set the board I/O switch(es) using the diagrams in the 


section I/O Addresses for CompuScope Cards. 

• Using the table in the section Specifying I/O and Memory 

Segment Addresses, record any new I/O addresses you 

chose, in order, from the MASTER through to the last 

SLAVE. You will have to enter these addresses when 

running the GSINST program again. 

• Re-install the board(s), following the instructions above in 

Basic Installation. 

• Power on your PC. Run GSINST by typing 

followed by at the DOS prompt from the directory 

you chose for the GageScope ® for DOS program files. If 

you have not yet attempted Basic Installation, see 

Installing GageScope ® for DOS and Running GSINST. 

• To specify the new address(es), follow the guidelines in 

Running GSINST for specifying I/O and/or memory 

segment addresses. 


Resolving Memory Conflicts 

Note: This section does not apply to PCI Bus CompuScope 

cards. 

The following are several common sources of memory conflict 

for CompuScope boards. 

Please note that you may also try a clean boot in order to 

bypass your autoexec.bat and config.sys files and prevent any 

extra programs from loading at boot time. Press and hold the 

F5 key as soon as your screen displays the message “Starting 

MS-DOS.” You may also create a boot disk and boot from it 

instead. See your MS-DOS manual for details. Finally, you 

may use the GageScope ® for DOS Diagnostic Disk as a boot 

disk. 

Memory Managers 

GageScope ® for DOS requires a 4 kilobyte window in the upper 

memory block area to communicate with the on-board RAM of 

the CS250, CS225 and CSLITE, and an 8 kilobyte window for 

all other CompuScope cards. 

EMM386 is a memory manager used by DOS and Windows 

and is automatically installed by MEMMAKER when you 

choose to Optimize your system. EMM386 takes up all the 

upper memory blocks to install some of the Extended memory 

for running DOS drivers, TSRs, etc., so that there is no 

window in the upper memory left to be used by the 

CompuScope card. 

MEMMAKER changes the first line of the CONFIG.SYS file 

to: 

DEVICE=C:\DOS\EMM386.EXE NOEMS 

This means that all the upper memory blocks are automatically 

dedicated to loading TSRs and MS-DOS devices. 


386MAX, another popular memory manager, also takes up all 

the upper memory blocks for its own use. 

To resolve conflicts caused by memory managers, follow these 

steps: 

• Open your CONFIG.SYS file using a plain text editor and 

use the “X” parameter to specify the memory address 

range taken up by the board(s). 

For EMM386, the required window can be freed up by 

changing the first line of the CONFIG.SYS file to: 


(for CS1016, CS8012A, CS8012, CS6012, CS1012, 

CS512, CS2125 and CS265) 


(for CS250, CS225, and CSLITE) 

If you are trying to operate the CompuScope board at any 

other memory location that does not work, specify that range 

in place of D000-D1FF (or D000-D0FF). 

Note that if the DEVICE = C:\DOS\EMM386 line includes 1= or 

WIN= options, you should edit these ranges so that they do 

not overlap with the X = range. 

For 386MAX, the solution is slightly different. 386MAX uses a 

file called 386MAX.PRO to store its profile, and the addition of 

the following line is sufficient to instruct it to leave free the 

required window: 

RAM = D000-D200 (for CSx016, CS8012A, CS8012, CS6012, 

CS1012, CS512, CS2125 and CS265) 

RAM = D000-D100 (for CS250, CS225, and CSLITE) 

• Save the file and reboot your computer for the change to 

take effect. 


• Reconfigure your CompuScope card(s) with GSINST. 

• If this does not resolve your memory conflict, try disabling 

any Memory Managers running in your system. Open 

your CONFIG.SYS file using a plain text editor, and type 

the word rem followed by a space at the beginning of the 

"DEVICE=" line in which the memory manager is specified. 

This will cause the line to be treated as a remark and it will 

not processed. 

• Save the file and reboot your computer for the change to 

take effect. 

• Reconfigure your CompuScope card(s) with GSINST. 

Memory Segment Addresses Specified in GSINST 

If you receive a message informing you that the memory has 

failed, you may need to change the memory segment 

address(es) on one or more boards and specify the new 

address(es) when configuring the board(s) using GSINST (see 

Alternate Memory Segment Addresses below). 

Ensure that you do not specify an address you are using or will 

be using for another board; each CompuScope board must 

have its own memory segment address. 

Note that there are no jumpers or DIP switches to select the 

memory address; it is done in software. 

Alternate Memory Segment Addresses 

Some of the most generally available alternate memory 

segment addresses are shown below. The advanced user 

may also want to look at Appendix B, Alternate Addresses for 

a complete list. 

CSx016, CSx012, CS2125, and CS265 


Because these CompuScope cards require an 8K memory 

block to run, addresses such as D100, D300, D700, etc. 

cannot be used. 

D000 D200 D400 D600 

D800 DA00 DC00 DE00 

B000 B200 B400 B600 

B800 BA00 BC00 BE00 

C000 C200 C400 C600 

C800 CA00 CC00 CE00 

CS250, CS225 and CSLITE 

D000 D100 D200 D300 

D400 D500 D600 D700 

D800 D900 DA00 DB00 

DC00 DD00 DE00 DF00 

B000 B100 B200 B300 

B400 B500 B600 B700 

Notes: 

• While CS250, CS225 and CSLITE require 4 kilobytes of 

memory space, CSx016, CSx012, CS2125 and CS265 

require 8 kilobytes of memory space. 

• Memory segment addresses are not applicable to the PCI 

Bus CompuScope cards, since this is handled by the PCI 

BIOS at boot time. 

• Note also that 64 bit video cards such as the Diamond 

Stealth 64 may use addresses A000 through C7FF, so that 

they will not be available for use by the CompuScope card. 


Non-Standard Video Card 

Your PC may have a non-standard video card which has a 

“HIGH SPEED DECODE” or “FAST DECODE MODE” enabled 

which prevents any card from utilizing space in the upper 

memory blocks. Consult your video card manual, the 

manufacturer, or see your dealer to determine proper jumper 

settings for disabling this feature. 

Bus Speed 

Some BIOS’s allow non-standard AT bus speeds which are not 

compatible with AT cards, so that the CS8012 may show a 

MEMORY FAIL due to incorrect bus clock selection. The 

compatible AT standard bus speed is 8.3 MHz. 

The BIOS setting may vary with the manufacturer, however, 

so you need to find the appropriate line in the advanced 

chipset. The Phoenix BIOS setup is one example: 

System timing: AT clk select [Pclk/4] 

where Pclk is the Processor clock speed. On a 66 MHz 

system, Pclk is 33 MHz, so the setting should be: 

System timing: AT clk select [Pclk/4] 

(33MHz / 4) = 8.3 MHz 

Other BIOS’s may allow you to set the AT bus speed to 8 

MHz. 

Running GSINST from within Windows 

If you have been running GSINST from within Windows, try 

closing Windows and running GSINST directly from MS-DOS. 


Other Cards in your System 

Other cards in your computer may be causing a memory 

conflict with the CompuScope card(s). To check whether this 

is the case, try running a “bare-bones” system: 

Remove all other boards from your computer, leaving only the 

motherboard, the video card and the hard disk controller. If 

you still can’t get the board to work, try it in another computer. 

This may help identify the problem. 

Then insert all other boards in the computer, one at a time, 

and check for any conflicts using GSINST. 

Advanced CMOS Settings 

Some computers use the Upper Memory Blocks as Shadow 

Memory to speed up the system by copying data from slow 

ROM devices to fast RAM. This can cause a memory conflict 

if the default CompuScope address is occupied by shadow 

memory. 

For example, Gateway Pentium computers have an option 

called DISABLE SHADOW MEMORY SIZE in the advanced 

CMOS settings. The default selection for this option is 

DISABLED, meaning that all upper memory blocks are to be 

used for shadow memory. Change this setting to 16K and 

then set the next option, DISABLE SHADOW MEMORY BASE 

ADDRESS, to D000. When you save these settings to CMOS 

and reboot, the system will not use the area D000 to D400. 

While it is impossible to list all the CMOS options used, it can 

help to disable everything that is not essential to running a 

“bare-bones” system, including cache memories, Fast A20 

Gate Enable, Shadow RAMs, Video Shadow RAMs, etc. If you 

are then able to run the card(s) without any problems, then 

reactivate each feature one by one and test for normal 

operation of the CompuScope. You will eventually find the 

setting(s) causing the problem. If none of these steps resolves 

the Memory Conflict, contact Gage for assistance. 




Chapter 3 - Verifying Signal 

Acquisition 

Verifying Signal Acquisition with CS_TEST 

for Windows 95/98/NT/2000 

CS_TEST.EXE is a utility program which allows acquisition 

and display of data from a CompuScope board. It acts as a 

test to ensure that your CompuScope board(s) is fully 

functional. 

Now that you have successfully installed the CompuScope 

Drivers and have tested driver installation with the Gage 

Config utility, you can run CS_TEST to verify that these drivers 

are properly communicating with the CompuScope card(s). 

Setting up your Hardware 

Using a function (signal) generator, generate a 1 MHz sine 

wave signal and connect it to the CH1 input of your 

CompuScope card. If you have installed a CompuScope 8500 

board, use the 1MΩ input instead. 

Verifying Signal Acquisition / CS_Test 137

Running CS_TEST 

You can run CS_TEST from the Windows 95/98/NT/2000 Start 

Menu: 

CS_TEST 

CS_TEST.EXE is found in the main install folder 

(C:\GAGE\CompuScope SDK for Win 95 98 NT). 

When you run CS_TEST, you will see the following screen 

message: 

This is a listing of all CompuScope ISA and PCI boards 

supported by the CompuScope Drivers. Click OK. 


This will activate a second screen message indicating the 

installed board type (in our case, a CompuScope 12100): 

Click OK. 

A third screen message will appear indicating the current 

CompuScope Driver version: 

Click OK. 

Verifying Signal Acquisition / CS_TEST 139

You should now see a window labeled CS_TEST. 

Go to the Controls menu and click on Continuous. 

You should see a sine wave on the screen starting from the 

positive slope. 


Change the frequency of the signal source to determine that 

new data is being captured by CS_TEST. As you change the 

frequency, you should see a corresponding change in the sine 

wave being displayed. 

Note: You may have noticed the eight-digit number in the 

bottom left corner of the CS_TEST window. This is a counter. 

Every time CS_TEST acquires data, the counter is 

incremented by 1. 

Now, go back to the Controls menu and click on Abort. This 

will stop any further acquisition. 

We will now change a trigger parameter such as Trigger Slope 

to verify that all controls for the board are working as they 

should. Go to the Parameters menu and select Trigger 

Control. 

You should see a new dialog box. 


Click on the radio button next to Negative in the Trigger 

Slope panel to change the trigger slope from positive to 

negative. You must click on Apply for this change to be 

registered and then Close to close the menu. 

When you go back to the Controls menu and click on 

Continuous, you should see the same sine wave, but starting 

from a negative slope. 


This short experiment proves that communication between a 

utility program, CS_TEST, the CompuScope Drivers and a 

CompuScope card has been successfully established. 

To exit CS_TEST, select Exit from the Controls menu. 





GageScope ® for DOS 

GageScope ® for DOS is a powerful software package which 

allows acquisition and display of data from CompuScope 

cards. For the purpose of this guide, we have only presented 

some of the more basic feature sets and functionality of 

GageScope ® for DOS; this is so that you may test to ensure 

your CompuScope board(s) is fully functional. For more 

detailed information on GageScope ® for DOS, please refer to 

the GageScope ® for DOS: Technical Reference and User’s 

Guide. 

Setting up your Hardware 

Connect a function (signal) generator to the BNC connector of 

the Channel A input on your CompuScope board, as in the 

following diagram: 

Running GageScope ® for DOS 

To start GageScope ® for DOS, make sure the C:\Gagescop 

directory is current, and type the following command at the 

DOS prompt: 

GAGESCOP 

You can then type in a user name of up to 40 characters at the 

prompt, or simply press . 

Verifying Signal Acquisition / GageScope for DOS 145

Once you have started the GageScope ® for DOS program, you 

can set up a channel to sample an electronic signal by making 

settings on the SETUP menu’s CHANNELS sub-menu. 

Use the or key to select the 

SETUP menu and press . The SETUP menu will 

appear, displaying the following sub-menu titles: 

CHANNELS 

SYSTEM 

DISPLAY 

AUTO SAVE 

EXTENDED TRIG 

ETS 

Note: EXTENDED TRIG appears only if you have installed 

CSx012, CSx012/PCI, CS2125 or CS265 boards as well as 

certain CS250 and CS225 boards. ETS appears only if you 

have installed ETS-equipped CS2125 and CS265 boards. 

Setting up a Channel for Sampling 

Set your function generator to output a 100 KHz sine wave of 

±500mV amplitude. 


CHANNELS sub-menu, then press . A CHANNELS 

sub-menu similar to the following will appear: 

Chan No. 

Name 

Comment 

Enable 

Disk File 

Input Range 

Impedance 

Coupling 

Probe 

Polarization 

Vert. Scale 

Time Base 

MASTER 

MASTER 

N/A 

ON 

N/A 

±1V 

1MOhm* 

DC 

x1 

NORMAL 

500 mV/d* 

2 uS/d 


Use the or + key to change the Chan 

No. to CHAN 1. 

Note: When the MASTER channel is active, any item setting 

that is not the same for all channels will be indicated by an 

asterisk (*). 


Enable item, then use the or key 

to set this item to ON. 

Use the or key to select the Input 

Range item, then use the or key 

to set this item to ±1V. The input level for each channel can 

be changed. 


Coupling item, then use the or 

key to set this item to DC. 

Use the or key to select the Probe 

item, then use the or key to set 

the Probe gain to match the setting of the probe, typically x1 or 

x10. 


Polarization item, then use the or 

key to set this item to NORMAL. 

Use the or key to select the Vert. 

Scale item, then use the or key to 

set this item to 200 mV/d (200 millivolts per division). This 

sets the vertical scale of your display screen. 

Use the or key to select the Time 

Base item, then use the or key to 

set this item to 1 uS/d (1 microsecond per division). This sets 

the horizontal scale of your display screen. Press to 

confirm these settings. 

Verifying Signal Acquisition / GageScope for DOS147

A signal should appear on your screen: 

This short experiment proves that communication between 

GageScope ® for DOS, the CompuScope Drivers and a 

CompuScope card has been successfully established. 

To quit GageScope ® for DOS, use the or key to select the FILE menu. Use the or 

key to select the QUIT item and press . 

You will be asked to confirm your intention to quit the program. 

Press to exit GageScope ® for DOS. 


Chapter 4 - Uninstalling 

CompuScope Drivers 

Uninstalling the CompuScope Win 95/98 

Drivers for PCI Bus Cards 

To uninstall the CompuScope Win 95/98 Drivers, follow these 

steps: 

1. Remove the device information for the 

CompuScope board from the Device Manager 

In the Windows 95/98 Start Menu, select Settings → Control 

Panel. 


System. 

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The System Properties window will appear. 

Click on the Device Manager tab and you will see the 

following window. 


Double-click on System Devices. A window similar to the 

following will appear. 

Select either CS8500 A/D board, CS12100 A/D board, or 

CS1250 A/D Board, depending on your CompuScope model. 


Click on Remove. The Confirm Device Removal window will 

appear. 

Click OK to remove the drivers. 


2. Find and delete the .INF file that contains 

setup information on the CompuScope board 

In the Windows 95/98 Start Menu, select Run. 

You will see the following window. Type REGEDIT. 

Click OK. 


The Registry Editor window will appear. 

Double-click through the following series of folders: 

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE → System → CurrentControlSet 

→ Services → Class 


Double-click on Class and the following window will appear. 

Double-click on System. The following window will appear. 


In the Edit Menu, select Find. The following window will 

appear. Type in gagedrv, as shown below: 

Click on Find Next. You will see the following window: 


In the right-hand portion of the window, verify that the 

DriverDesc is CS82G A/D board, CS8500 A/D board, 

CS12100 A/D board, CS1602 A/D board or CS1250 A/D 

board, depending on your CompuScope model. 

Now, record the file name listed to the right of InfPath—in our 

case, the file name is OEM1.INF. This file must be deleted. It 

will be located in your Windows\INF\Other directory. The exact 

file name will vary from system to system. 

You have now uninstalled the CompuScope Win 95/98 Drivers 

for PCI Bus Cards. 




Uninstalling CompuScope Win 95/98 

Drivers for ISA Bus Cards 

To uninstall the CompuScope Win 95/98 Drivers for ISA Bus 

Cards, follow these steps: 


Panel. 


Add/Remove Programs. 


The Add/Remove Programs window will appear. Select 

CompuScope Win 95/98 Drivers for ISA Bus Cards. 


Click on . 

A window will appear asking you if you are sure you want to 

completely remove the selected item. 

Click Yes to remove the drivers. 




Uninstalling CompuScope Win 2000 

Drivers for ISA and PCI Bus Cards 

The procedure to uninstall the Windows 2000 drivers for ISA 

and PCI cards is almost identical. The steps that differ for both 

uninstalls are highlighted in this section. 

Follow the steps below to uninstall the CompuScope ISA and 

PCI Bus Board Drivers under the Windows 2000 operating 

system: 

1. Remove the device information for the 

CompuScope board from the Device Manager 


Panel. 



Add/Remove Hardware. 

The Add/Remove Hardware Wizard will appear as shown 

below: 

Click Next. 



This Window gives you the option to either Install or Uninstall 

the device drivers. Select Uninstall/Unplug a device option. 

Click Next. 


Select Uninstall a device option. This will initiate the device 

driver uninstallation process. 

Click Next. 

In the Window above, you will see a list of installed devices on 

your computer. Select the Gage board you wish to uninstall. 

You may see multiple listings for the Gage boards depending 

on their type, i.e. ISA or PCI. 

Scroll down to the CompuScope ISA Board and highlight it. 

In this step, you noticed that a CompuScope ISA Board was 

previously installed. 

Click Next. 


The Add/Remove Hardware Wizard wants to make sure that 

you are ready to uninstall the device. Select Yes, I want to 

uninstall the device if you are sure to carry on with the 

uninstallation of your CompuScope card. 

Click Next. 

Upon completion of uninstallation process, the following 

window will appear, informing you that the driver has been 

successfully uninstalled. 


Follow exactly the same steps for uninstalling a PCI card. 

Click Finish to restore the original Windows 2000 desktop 

configuration. 

2. Find and delete the .INF file that contains setup 

information on the CompuScope board 

In the Windows 2000 Start Menu, right click on Start, select 

Explore and left click to open it. 


We will first make sure that all hidden folders can be viewed 

otherwise you will not be able to see the inf folder which 

contains the file, we must remove, to uninstall Gage drivers 

under Win 2000 from the system. 

The Start Menu Window will show. Click on Tools. From the 

pull down menu, click Folder Options. 


You will see the following Folder Options window: 

Click the View tab. 


Make sure that you select Show hidden files and folders. 

Click Apply. 

Click OK. 

When the Microsoft Browser opens, scroll down to the WINNT 

directory and select the inf folder. You will be able to see this 

folder since you have enabled the radio button for showing 

hidden files and folders in the previous step. 


Search for files starting with letters oem. In this case you will 

notice that a file named oem0 does exist. 


Double click on this file to open it in the default text editor. If 

this is the Gage inf file, you will see the following: 

Once you have made sure that oem0 (in this case) is indeed a 

Gage file, click on X in the top right corner to close the file. 

You will get back to the Microsoft Explorer with the oem0 file 

highlighted. Right click on the highlighted file. Following menu 

will appear: 


Click Delete. 

The operating system will ask you to confirm oem0 folder 

deletion. 

Click Yes to confirm the deletion of the oem0.inf folder from 

your system. 

3. Steps to delete pertinent Registry entries 

From the Windows 2000 desktop, select Run. 


In the Window that appears, enter regedit OR regedit32 

depending on your system configuration: 

The Regedit editor will appear: 


The first step in making changes in the Registry in Windows 

2000 is that you must grant yourself the permission to edit the 

Registry. 

Click Security. You will see Permissions as an item in the 

drop down menu: 


When you Click Permission, the following window appears: 


Under Allow, check the box labeled Full Control. The change 

will take effect only when you click Apply. 

Click OK. 


The Regedit window reappears: 

At this stage, we will go through a sequence of three major 

steps to ensure that all Gage related entries are removed from 

the Registry. 

Step 3A 



→ Control → Class 


This is shown below: 

You can find the folder within Class by clicking on Edit and 

following the steps as follows: 

In the drop down menu that appears, click Find. 


Following window will appear. Type Gage in Find What box. 

The Registry Editor will find the first folder with the word Gage 

appearing as a Key, Values or Data. 

Click Find Next. 


Click Edit again from the drop down menu: 

Click Delete. 

In the Warning window shown below, Click Yes to delete the 

Key and all subkeys from the registry. 

Keep repeating this until all Keys in the Class folder are found 

and subsequently deleted. 


Step 3B (GAGE ISA BUS CARDS ONLY) 



→ Enum → Root 



Search for the Registry file named GAGE DEVICES 

Find this folder and delete it from the Registry. 


Step 3B (GAGE PCI BUS CARDS ONLY) 



→ Enum → PCI 


Repeat the same procedure as outlined previously to search 

for Gage related Keys using the Edit/Find combination. 


A representative Registry folder bearing Gage entry is shown 

as follows: 

Delete all Registry subfolders within the PCI folder that contain 

Gage related information. 


Step 3C 



→ Services 


Scroll down the list in the Services folder to find the folder 

named gagedrv. An easier way to search for this folder is to 

use the Edit/Find menu combination in the Registry Editor. 


Delete this folder to complete the CompuScope Win 2000 

Drivers uninstallation procedure for ISA and PCI bus 

CompuScope cards. 

You must reboot your system for the changes to take 

effect. 


Uninstalling GageScope ® for DOS 

To uninstall GageScope ® for DOS, follow these steps: 


Panel. 



Uninstalling GageScope for DOS 189


GageScope ® for DOS. 

Click on . 





Uninstalling CompuScope Win NT Drivers 

To uninstall the CompuScope Win NT Drivers, follow these 

steps: 

In the Windows NT Start Menu, select Settings → Control 

Panel. 



Uninstalling Windows NT Drivers 191


CompuScope Win NT Drivers. 

Click on . 





Chapter 5 - Files Copied in the 

Installation Process 

• Below is a list of files that have been copied to your 

Windows\System directory. These files may not be 

exactly as listed below, as new functionality is constantly 

being added to the CP500 class boards. 

FILE NAME 

gage_drv.dll 

gage_drv.lib 

gagedrv.vxd 

boot.fl 

85cs18.rbf 

85cs2d.rbf 

85csg28.rbf 

85csgx28.rbf 

85csx17.rbf 

85csx2d.rbf 

85dc105.rbf 

85dc106.rbf 

85dc207.rbf 

DESCRIPTION 

This file is an interface between your program and the 

device driver. 

This file is an import library for the DLL. 

The file is a virtual device driver that talks to the hardware. 

This is a boot file that the driver needs in order to find the 

hardware. 

85dc407.rbf 

85dc807.rbf 

85dcx107.rbf 

85cs16.rbf 

ctl-tarb.rbf 

ctl-tcd0.rbf 

ctl-tfim.rbf 

cch01.rbf 

cdh00.rbf 

The .rbf files are the images needed by the 

device driver. 

• The executable sample program CS_TEST.EXE is copied 

to the C:\GAGE\CompuScope SDK for Win 95 98 NT 

folder. See the section Running CS_TEST to Verify Driver 

Installation. 

• The configuration utility Gage Config is copied to your 

Windows directory (usually C:\Windows).This utility should 

be used to configure your CP500 hardware. The 

executable file name is GAGECFG.EXE. 

• Release Notes for the CP500 Win 95/98 Drivers are 

copied to the Executable Sample Programs directory. 

Readme.txt file contains the latest information on the 

driver. 

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Gage Products 

For ordering information, see Gage’s Product Catalog 

or visit our web site at www.gage-applied.com 

PCI Bus 

Products 

ISA Bus 

Products: 

CompuScope 

CompuScope 1602 



CompuScope 82G 



CompuScope 8012A 





16 bit, 2.5 MS/s A/D Card 

12 bit, 100 MS/s A/D Card 


8 bit, 2 GS/s A/D Card 


32 bit,100 MHz Digital Input Card 

12 bit, 100 MS/s A/D card 





CompuGen CompuGen 1100 

CompuGen 3250 

Application 

Software 

Software 

Development 

Kits 

Instrument 

Mainframes 

GageScope ® 

GageBit Software 

CompuGen for Windows 

CompuScope DOS SDK 

CompuScope Windows 95/98 

SDK 

CompuScope Windows NT SDK 

CompuScope LabVIEW SDK 

CompuScope MATLAB SDK 

Instrument Mainframe 5000 

Instrument Mainframe 2000 

Other Trigger Marker Board 

CompuTrigger TV10 

Probes 

SI-9000 

12 bit, 80 MS/s D/A card 

32 bit, 50 MHz Digital Output 

Card 

World’s Most Powerful 

Oscilloscope Software 

Digital Input/Output Software for 

Windows 

Arbitrary Waveform Generator 

Software for Windows 

CompuGen DOS SDK 

CompuGen Windows 95/98 SDK 

CompuGen Windows NT SDK 

CompuGen LabVIEW SDK 

CompuGen MATLAB SDK 

Instrument Mainframes for Housing 

CompuScope and CompuGen 

Products 

Gage Products 195

GAGE APPLIED, INC. 

2000, 32nd Avenue 

Lachine, QC 

Canada H8T 3H7 

Tel: 514-633-7447 

Fax: 514-633-0770 

E-mail: prodinfo@gage-applied.com 

Web: http://www.gage-applied.com

Driver Installation Guide - Egmont Instruments

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