The General CADD
Pro security device is available in two hardware types:
USB
Port Device
The USB device is much
smaller than a parallel port device and has many advantages.
USB is a newer technology and an understanding of USB devices in
general will help.
USB Device Drivers:
Note!!
Do not plug in the device until after the drivers are
installed.
Overview
All USB devices require that a driver be installed. It is
important to note that it is usually recommended that the driver
be installed before the USB device is
plugged in. This is because of the way USB
is designed to work in the "Plug 'n Play" Windows
environment.
When you plug in a USB
device, Windows automatically searches for a compatible driver and
installs the driver on the "fly". If the driver is
not present at the time the device is plugged in, then Windows
does not know what to do with the attached device and confusion
can be the result.
USB Driver Installation:
STEP 1
To install the General
CADD security device driver, simply run the program General
CADD-USB-Driver-2004.exe which is located in your ../General
Cadd/drivers folder. This program will automatically
install the device drivers. If you are installing from the
General CADD CD, you will be given the option to install the
device driver as the final installation step.
Just click the setup
button once the driver installer program starts and in a few
seconds, you will get a message that the driver installation is
completed successfully. This statement is not 100%
accurate. It simply means that the installer has placed
the driver files onto the hard drive in the correct place. It
is now up to Windows to complete the job and do it's part.
STEP 2
Attaching the USB
security device:
The USB device
simply plugs into the USB port on the back (or front) of your
computer:
When
you plug in the USB device for the first time, Windows will
announce that new or unknown hardware has been found and start a
procedure to find the driver files and install them. Just
let windows do it's thing and accept what windows finds.
If at this point,
Windows cannot find the driver files the USB device is not
installed and GCP will remain in Demo mode until the installation
is correctly completed.
If Windows cannot
find the driver files, rather than look on the CD for the files,
manually type in C:\Windows\Inf\Other
as the correct path to find the files. This should help
Windows correctly find the files. If you do not have a C:\Windows\Inf\Other
folder under Win 98 or Win ME, then create one. Under these
OS's, the USB dongle installation will fail without it.
When
the device is properly installed, the windows device manager will
look as shown below:
To
view the Device Manager:
For
Win 98-ME - Right Click on My Computer Icon->click
properties->click on Device Manager Tab
For
Win 2000-XP - Right Click on My Computer Icon->click
properties->click hardware tab->click on Device Manager
Button Note!
Win 95 and NT do not support USB
Device Manager - Win9x Typical installation:
Device Manager - Windows XP Typical
Installation:
Device Manager when the USB
device is removed:
Note that Windows
refers to a Security Device as a dongle
General Comments on USB device installation:
Without running
General Cadd, you can determine if the USB security device
is functioning. Open Device
Manager. When you plug in the device, the list of devices will
show a dongle present. If you check the properties of the driver,
you will see that it is registered to General CADD. If there is
not a "dongles" heading in the device manager,
then the dongle is not acknowledged by the system for GCP
to use.
On my Win 98 portable, when I have device manager open, when I
plug in the device, my cursor changes to an hourglass for a second
and then the dongle appears in the device manager. When I unplug
it, I can watch it get removed from the device manager.
In Win XP, I can hear a "bloop" sound when the device is
plugged in and again a "bloop" when removed. In
any case, you have to be able to see "dongles" in the
device manager in order for GCP to fully run.
Some of the USB
ports in portables have a little different spec than desktops. Occasionally,
a USB device has to be slid partially out of the socket to
make proper connection. Wiggle it a bit if you have trouble seeing
the device recognized in the device manager or unplug it and then
plug it back in. If you continue to have trouble, try
rebooting your computer with the USB device plugged in.
Parallel
Port Device
The Parallel port
device is essentially a no brainer ... you attach it to your
parallel port and if the drivers are installed properly, that's
about it. However, you usually have only 1 parallel port and
it is best to use this parallel port for your printer.
Special
Note to Parallel Device users who are running NT, Win 2K or WinXP
Parallel
Device Drivers:
Note!!
First, plug the parallel port Security Device onto the parallel
port.
To install the
General CADD security device driver, simply run the program General
CADD-Parallel-Driver-2004.exe which is located in your ../General
Cadd/drivers folder. This program will automatically
install the device drivers. Just click the setup button once
the program starts and in a few seconds, you will get a message
that the driver installation is complete. An extra copy is
always available on our downloads
page should you ever need another copy.
Special
Note to Parallel Device users who are running NT, Win 2K or WinXP
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