Date:  Tue, 24 Jan 2006 15:41:57 -0500
From:  madodel <madodel at ptdprolog.net>
Subject:  [VOICENWS] SW: USB "configurator" beta4 available

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From: Peter Brown <losepeteDESPAM at DESPAMntlworld.com>


This application is designed to help (re)configure USB drivers and 
devices. It is not designed to install USB drivers, the drivers must 
already be installed - it should help sort out driver parameters so 
the drivers become useful though  :-)

Please read the Readme.txt file included in the package before 
attempting to install and use the application.


http://hobbes.nmsu.edu/pub/incoming/USBcfgb4.zip

Or later

http://hobbes.nmsu.edu/pub/os2/system/usbcfgb4.zip


Changes to beta3 are:-


Now checks screen resolution and sizes accordingly when started for 
the first time. Resizes if the system is switched to 800*600 or lower; 
also repositions app centre screen if the app was closed partially off 
screen.

As a result of the above "vga compatability" the app has some visual 
changes including new pages to put the changes onto - System, Devices 
and Communications now have 2 pages, the Drives page has changed to 2 
pages, CD/DVD and Other Drives.

Backups are now made with the filename config.nnn where nnn is a 
sequential value between 001 to 999 inc. The higher value the filename 
extension the more recent the backup is. If you ever generate 
config.999 then the next attempt to create a backup will fail and a 
message will be displayed bringing this large number of backups to 
your attention...

Checks existing config.sys file for non-standard/default USB Device 
Driver locations and stores the relevent details preventing USBcfg 
from resetting Device driver paths to the standard/Default locations 
when writing a new config.sys file.
Note: Does not hunt through the system for any driver files in 
non-default locations but if the driver is already in the config.sys 
file that location is used.

Checks for Drivers when a new Device is selected (user checks a 
previously unchecked device driver checkbox), Displays a message if 
the Driver is not in a Standard directory/Default directory (for most 
devices [bootdrive]:\os2\boot) and will not be able to configure the 
Device.

The Undo button is still "Global" - undo ALL changes; but it should 
work a bit quicker now.

"Local" Undo allowing changes made to be undone by clicking the same 
checkbox again now works.

Now searches \os2\boot and the system path for hcimonit.exe 
(hcimonit.exe is supplied with the IBM USB Base Driver package).

Updated the Other Drives page, Removables options to include the 2 new 
parameters, /CHS and /MS10_OFF, included in the USBMSD.ADD update, 
Build 10.162

Added the gphoto2 usb driver, gph2usb.sys, to the application on 
Devices, Page 2 of 2

*** Removed the Scanner from Devices, Page 2 of 2 - the driver 
involved, USBSCAN.SYS, is no longer required with current builds of 
sane (from http://smedley.info/sane.html)

Disabled the Ethernet configuration options. This device should be 
installed and configured using MPTS, the details are shown for 
completeness of information with the option to Add/Remove the Verbose 
parameter being the only active option if the Ethernet driver is 
already installed and in use.



Hope the above is of use.

Regards

Pete


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