UPDATING THE WINDOWS 2k/Xp/Vs DRIVER FOR AN i2x0 CONTROLLER CARD
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To Update the iNet-2x0 Pci/Pcmcia Windows 2k/Xp/Vs/> Driver...

• Make sure you are on a Windows 2k/Xp/Vs/> Computer
• Verify that the instruNet software has already been installed on the computer by identifying the START / PROGRAMMING FILES / INSTRUNET directory in the START menu.
• Visually verify that your i2x0 controller card is firmly inserted into it's connector
• Run the Device Manager program by selecting START / Control Panels / System / Hardware tab / Device Manager Button. The Device Manager program contains a list of devices (e.g. pci, pcmcia cards) installed on your computer.
• Click on "Data-Acquisition Cards", locate the i200 or i230 card, double-click on the card itself , press the Driver tab, and click the Uninstall button.
• Restart your computer.
• When your computer boots up, it will see your instruNet i2x0 card and will note that a driver (i.e. sys/inf file) is not attached. At this point, one must NOT install the default driver (i.e. the old one), yet instead one must navigate via the Browse button to the latest instruNet driver files at the following locations:
  
  i230 PCMCIA Driver For Win 2k/Xp/Vs/>
  
      Program Files \ instruNet \ Internal \ PCMCIA Win 2k-Xp Driver \
  
  i200 PCI Driver For Win 2k/Xp/Vs/>
  
      Program Files \ instruNet \ Internal \ PCI Win Nt-2k-Xp Driver \
  
• Proceed to To Verify Your System.
• If you continue to have problems, please see Troubleshooting i2x0 Installation. Note that the i230 does not run under Win NT. 

Working with instruNet Driver Files

Installing New Hardware
The instruNet Setup.exe software >= v1.4 installs inf and sys driver files for the i230 card. Then, later, when an i230 card in inserted in the machine, the computer already has the drivers, and the install occurs without prompt. However, in the i200 PCI case, the end user must navigate after inserting the card to the inet.sys/inetpci.inf files at "Program Files \ instruNet \ Internal \ PCI Win Nt-2k-Xp Driver \".

instruNet Driver Files after Installation
The Installer stores drivers at the following locations. If one cannot see the INF or Driver directories, select START \ Control Panels \ Folder Options, click the View tab, and then select "Show hidden files and folders". The iNet32.dll and iNet32_WinXp.dll files are not part of the formal instruNet Windows OS hardware driver, yet are used heavily by instruNet World and interface software (e.g. DasyLab, C, Basic). In some cases, the inf/sys files are not copied to the Windows directory until a card is inserted in the computer.

instruNet Driver Files before Installation
The instruNet Setup.exe installer places a copy of the driver files at the following locations. If your computer asks for a .sys, .inf, or .vxd driver file (upon seeing new hardware); please navigate to one of the below directories.

PCMCIA

PCI

Working with the Device Manager

Device Manager
The Device Manager program contains a list of devices (e.g. pci, pcmcia cards) installed on your computer. One runs this software by selecting START / Control Panels / System / Hardware tab / Device Manager Button.

Identifying the State of your i2x0 Controller Card
An installed i2x0 card is in one of 3 states: (#1) OS does not see the physical card due to card/motherboard malfunction, card not seated well, or conflict with other card/driver; (#2) OS sees card yet Driver (i.e. .inf/.sys or .ini/.vxd files) cannot establish connection due to card/motherboard malfunction, card not seated well, conflict with other card/driver, or Driver not installed properly or not at all (Remove / Update driver, noted below, might remedy this last case), (#3) OS sees card, Driver is installed, and Driver has successful connected the card to the OS / Computer. To identify which state your card is in: Install your card, open the Device Manager, as noted above, and look for a "Data-Acquisition Cards" category with a card listed under it. If you don't see that card, you are in State #1. If you see the card, yet see a yellow mark on it's icon, you are in State #2 and the error message in it's Property dialog summarizes your problem (this message is helpful when interacting with your supplier). If you see that card without the yellow mark, and the Property dialog says "Driver Installed Correctly", then you are in State #3. If there is a conflict with other pci/pcmcia cards (typically State #2), then emailing a Registry Report might be helpful.

Removing a PCI or PCMCIA Driver on Windows 2k/Xp/Vs/>
To remove a Driver (i.e. .inf/.sys files), one must enter the Device Manager (described above), click on "Data-Acquisition Cards", locate the i200 or i230 card, double-click on the card itself , press the Driver tab, click Driver Details, write down the location of the driver files, and then click the Uninstall button. The location of the files is probably similar to that noted above under "instruNet Driver Files after Installation". After Uninstalling, check that these files have been deleted from your computer, and if they haven't, delete them manually and Restart your computer. This pertains to "iNetPcm.inf", "iNetPcm.pnf", and "iNetPcm.sys" for the i230 PCMCIA card; and "inetpci.inf", "inetpci.pnf" and "iNet.sys" for the i200 PCI card.

Updating a PCI or PCMCIA Driver on Windows 2k/Xp/Vs/>
The instruNet Setup.exe install program updates the i230 drivers when run (i.e. it writes to the Windows inf and driver directories). However, if one wants to do this manually after running the instruNet Setup.exe, follow the above instructions in "Removing a PCI or PCMCIA Driver", yet press the "Update Driver" button instead of the "Uninstall" button. One must then navigate to the directory noted above in "instruNet Driver Files locations before sys/inf Installation" for the inf/sys files.