Quatech, Inc.
Quatech Serial Device Server Driver Set for Windows readme file
November 2011

(Please refer to the HISTORY.TXT file for change history.)

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Readme Contents
  Section 1:  Driver Overview
  Section 2:  Devices Supported by Driver Set
  Section 3:  Installation
  Section 4:  Updating Device Drivers on Windows XP and later
  Section 5:  Release Notes

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[SECTION 1: Driver Overview]

This readme file contains information for the Quatech Serial Device Server Driver Set.
For full information on using a Quatech Serial Device Server, please see the User's
Manual included with the product or download the PDF version of the manual from our
website:

      http://www.quatech.com/

Windows NT and Windows 2000 are no longer supported.  

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[SECTION 2: Devices Supported]

This driver set supports the following Quatech Serial Device Servers:
	SSE-xxx
	SSEW-xxx
	DSE-xxx
	DSEW-xxx
	QSE-xxx
	ESE-xxx

where 'x' represents a digit that varies depending on product configuration.


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[SECTION 3: Installation]

Use the installation software included on the CD which came with your hardware.


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[SECTION 4: Updating Device Drivers on Windows XP and later]

Updating the device drivers involves uninstalling the existing device drivers
and running the installation wizard again.  Follow the steps listed below.

1.  Open the Windows Device Manager.
      - Click the "Start" button.
      - Choose "Control Panel", then "System".
      - Click on the "Hardware" tab.
      - Click the "Device Manager" button.

2.  Click on the '+' next to the "Multi-port serial adapters" line.

3.  Find the SDS device listed under "Multi-port serial adapters".
    Select it with a single click of the left mouse button.
      - If you have more than one SDS installed, select any one of them.

4.  Uninstall the SDS device by doing one of the following:
      - Press the "DELETE" key on your keyboard
      ** OR **
      - Click "Action" on the menu bar and choose "Uninstall"  OR
      ** OR **
      - Click the right mouse button on the selected SDS and
        choose "Uninstall"

5.  Click "OK" at the "Confirm Device Removal" prompt.

6.  Wait for Windows to uninstall the SDS device.
      - The SDS device you selected in Step 3 should disappear from
        the Device Manager listing.  If you had only one SDS device
        installed, the "Multi-port serial adapters" section may disappear.

7.  Close Device Manager.

8.  Close the "System Properties" window.

9.  If your device's model number begins with "SSE", "DSE", "QSE" or "ESE",
    run QTEWIZARD.EXE to reinstall the drivers.

10. Follow the same steps in the installation software that you followed 
    when you first installed the your device.





[SECTION 5: Release Notes]

1.  Please refer to the HISTORY.TXT file for change history.


