HW Device Driver Manual Installation

During ATEasy installation, the setup will install a special device driver called HW used to provide access to various hardware resources.

The ATEasy Setup program normally installs the driver and starts it automatically. This section explains how to install the driver manually in case HW is not installed correctly.

To manually install the kernel mode driver, perform the following:

1.      Log in as an administrator.

2.      Open a Command prompt window.

3.      Change directory to the installation destination folder for the device driver HW by using the CD command. For example:

   CD \Program Files[ (x86)]\Marvin Test Solutions\HW

4.      At the command prompt, type the following command:

HWSETUP install start

If the current working folder is different from the folder where the HW driver resides, you may specify your own custom path. For example:

HWSETUP install=c:\downloads\hw start

An optional -vdd switch is available for older Windows applications that support 16-bit components such as DLLs allowing 16 bit components access hardware such as IO port and memory resources. This Option is no longer supported in newer versions of Windows.

A sperate stand-alone HW.EXE setup is also available for download. This can be distributed royalty free with your ATEasy applications.

Additional HWSETUP.EXE command line options are available. To display these options, type HWSETUP without command line options.