PCMCIA
PCMWIN

PCMWIN is the information and configuration utility for PCM+.  PCMWIN will provide information about the current card(s) inserted, and will also allow you to edit the configuration for cards to define and use the most appropriate configuration for your system. Using PCMWIN to configure new cards or to modify card configurations requires basic knowledge of system resource allocation.

Advanced Screen

Associations

Card List

Client Info

Edit Config

Add Card

Message On Card Events

Copyright


PCMCIA

Personal Computer Memory Card International Association

A consortium of hardware and software companies interested in standardizing the components related to this technology.


Socket

Specially-designed receptacle in which PCMCIA cards are plugged.  Each socket is managed by a piece of hardware known as a socket controller.


Card

A PCMCIA device which when plugged into a supported socket and properly configured provides memory and/or I/O functionality.


Events

PCMCIA events include insertions, extractions, and battery warnings.


Card ID

A unique textual string that identifies a card.  The ID usually contains information such as manufacturer, model number, capacity (for memory devices), and firmware revision.


Card Services

Card Services provides higher-level abstraction of the PCMCIA hardware.  Its services are related to resource management and allocation, card configuration, power management of cards and related hardware, and client driver management.


Socket Services

Socket Services provides low-level abstraction of the PCMCIA hardware.  Its services are related to device-independent manipulation of the PCMCIA socket controller.


Client Driver

A DOS device driver that interfaces a particular PCMCIA card or cards to Card Services and the operating system.  Client drivers typically control the configuration of a card, but may also provide power management support and other functionality as well.


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Advanced Screen

General information about the current card is displayed when the card is inserted. Advanced information is available, displaying resource and register information about the current card. This information may be useful in changing a card configuration (see Configure menu choices).


Associations

When you associate a PCMCIA card with an application, you can insert the card and have the application start at the same time.

For example, a modem card is used with a communications program, like Windows Terminal.  By associating your modem card with Windows Terminal, that application will start when you insert the card.

To enable or disable an association between a PCMCIA card and an application,  toggle the Enable check box located in the Associations dialog box.


Card List

The card list displays all cards with configuration information currently found in the PCM+ initialization file.  Not all cards need to be listed in this database in order to be used with PCM+.  Generally, LAN cards, FAX/modem cards, and other cards that use multiple system resources should be added to the configuration list.  To add a card to the configuration list, choose CONFIGURE, then ADD CARD from the menu choices.


Client Info

The Client Program Information provides the type of clients, the Card Services Compliance Level, and the Client Release Number with the date of the commercial release. Using Next and Previous buttons, you can review the different client programs which are currently loaded in your system.


Edit Config

From the EDIT CONFIG window, you can edit the configuration field for this configuration. Use the TAB key to move between fields, and then enter your new configuration information. When the changes have been made to a field, select <OK>  to confirm the change. PCM+ will analyze the configuration information and confirm the changes or notify you of a conflict with a message.


Add Card

After you have inserted a card, you can add its configuration information to the PCM+ initialization file using Add Card. The Card may have several configurations to use. You can view and select the configuration choices using the up/down arrow keys. After selecting a configuration, press <ENTER> to add this configuration. Once configured, you can Edit the configuration using EDIT CONFIG.


Messages
Message On Card Events

PCM+ will use beeps to confirm PC card insertion and removal,and when a card is successfully configured. If you do not want PCM+ to beep for these events, press <ENTER> in the OPTIONS - MESSAGE ON CARD EVENTS menu choices. To reinstate the beeps, repeat these selections.