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I've created a separate page in order to document the progress I'm making
with the development of IrCOMM2k Version 2.0.
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IrCOMM2k gets better and better. Many issues were resolved already, a few might
still be hiding. A few mysterious phenomenon's exist too. Here is a brief overview
of what (probably) doesn't work, what is yet to come, and - what has been
achieved thus
far.
Known Issues and Problems:
Synchronization-Application for PsiWin for PSION Handhelds does not work.
It's not resolved yet totally, but according to PSION's statements, there is
an apparent bug in PsiWin. They seem to work on a fix, but it is not known
if and when they succeed. As soon as someone hears about a PsiWin version
which works, or which should work according to PSION, please notify me.
Workaround: None at this time, unfortunately. One goal (amongst
others) of the new IrCOMM2k-Architectur will be to
resolve this issue.
The Siemens SL45 won't synchronize via Infrared.
This problem too is a bit mysterious. According to the SL45-Manual and
an official statement from Siemens (customer service, maybe not the right
contact for things like this) this won't work at all. According to the
help file of the Siemens-Software should it be possible, though. Other
users reported that the S45 is affected by this issue as well.
Workaround: None at this time, unfortunately. One goal (amongst
others) of the new IrCOMM2k-Architectur will be to
resolve this issue.
Installation fails with "Error 2".
Should this error happen, it's mostly during the 2nd installation of IrCOMM2k.
A restart of the system resolves this issue in most cases. There are a few
tougher cases for which I have no solution yet. A few tests are pending with
affected users, hopefully I know more once they are completed.
Workaround: Some patience, for the time being...
In rare cases, there are problems with other drivers.
As discussed in the Troubleshooting-Area, some systems
have experienced "weird" problems with the Suspend-To-Disk/-RAM (seems to
have happened only on a small number of
systems...). A user even
reported of a crash related to a driver for Hardware-Dongles (Aladdin, "hardlock.sys").
Even on my system a problem happened once with a mouse driver. I have
simply no clue what the cause might be.
Workaround: Re-installation of or updating the other driver (for
Aladdin it was confirmed that only a update helps!).
Planned Improvements:
IrCOMM2k Version 2 - new driver architecture
Details can be found on this page.
[Postponed] Displaying a pick list once multiple devices have been
detected in range.
A somewhat useful feature (something for Power-Users), I don't
really like the current solution: simply grab whatever the system
detects first.
[Postponed] Silent installation
This might of interest for administrators. I received a request if
Setup.exe could be started with a switch (parameter) that would
automate the setup. At this time it is not possible, implementing this
feature should not cause too much of an effort.
Release Notes:
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Changes |
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Communications interface (bridge) -is created hidden. That way there
will be less chances for errors during setup (completely managed
internally, instead of PnP device)
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| · | Resolved bug in device
driver, which prevented use of virtual COM-Ports in DOS-Command
Prompt |
| · | Creating uninstall-record in
the system-list of installed software, setup application is placed
in Windows directory for this purpose |
| · | Minor improvements in device
driver, system service and setup application |
| · | Introduced Catalan and Spanish
versions |
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| · | Incorporated device property
page |
| · | User choice of setting for
status lines enabled |
| · | Workaround for a problem with
other IR-Applications (refer "Error code: 10055") |
| · | Timeout-scaling when reading
of virtual COM-Port
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| · | Enabled choice of
COM-Port-number when performing first-time setup |
| · | A number of minor improvements
in the setup-application
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| · | Service application
implemented as system service |
| · | Enhanced error reporting
within the service application
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| · | Resolved bug in device driver
experienced with TrueSync (caused e.g. a deadlock of the service
application) |
| · | Introduced setup application |
| · | Full English version
available |
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| · | Resolved bug which caused
e.g. the
Windows 2000 Fax service to become unavailable |
| · | Resolved root cause of
immediate crashes on multi-processor systems |
| · | All request to the driver can
be interrupted now, therefore no blocking should be seen by either
other applications or the service application |
| · | Restructured components of
the driver that can be paged |
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Certain runtime errors within the service application won't cause
termination any longer but will initiate a new attempt after 10
seconds.
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| · | Resolved bug which e.g.
prevented collaboration with Visual-Basic-applications |
| · | Root cause for premature
termination of the service application eliminated |
| · | Resolved 2 of 3 reasons why
COM-Port-applications or the service application could block |
| · | Miscellaneous corrections |
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Builds:
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ircomm2k.sys |
ircomm2k.exe |
ircomm2k.dll |
Setup.exe |
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