DOS/Windows 3.x &  Windows 95 DOS Mode
Plug and Play Installation Tips
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Welcome to the world of Plug and Play (PnP).

So, this manual is prepared to show you how to install and
use CTCM and CTCU in your system.  We have also provided some
information here, to help you understand basic PnP concepts
as well as Creative's PnP solution for non-PnP environments.
And to find out how to solve some common PnP installation
problems, just flip to the last section.

The information here is organized into the following sections:
1.	Installing CTCM & CTCU
2.	Using CTCM
3.	Using CTCU
4.	PnP Concepts
5.	PnP in Windows 95 MS-DOS Mode
6.	PnP in DOS/Windows 3.x
7.	Creative's Approach to PnP
8.	Common Questions and Answers

NOTE: Please read the README.TXT file in your PnP 
      Configuration Manager diskette for the latest
      information on the software.


1. INSTALLING CTCM & CTCU

   To install Creative PnP Configuration Manager (CTCM)
   and Creative PnP Configuration Utility (CTCU) in
   DOS/Windows 3.x:

   1.  Insert the PnP Configuration Manager installation diskette
       into your floppy drive.
   2.  Exit to DOS if you are in Windows 3.x.
   3.  Type A:INSTALL (or B:INSTALL if your diskette is in
       drive B:) and press <ENTER>.
   4.  Follow the instructions on the screen to complete the
       installation.

   The installation program will install CTCM as a DOS device
   driver by adding the following line to the CONFIG.SYS file:

	   DEVICE=<C:\CTCM>\CTCM.EXE

   where <C:\CTCM> is the directory where you have installed CTCM.

   This CTCM statement will be placed before all the statements
   that load other low-level device drivers (such as CTSB16.SYS
   and SBIDE.SYS) so that your Creative PnP cards will be
   configured before these device drivers try to use them.

   NOTE: If you add this line to CONFIG.SYS manually, please
         make sure that this line is placed after the statement
         (if any) that loads the other PnP configuration manager
         in your system.

   The installation program will also add the following lines to
   the AUTOEXEC.BAT file:

	   SET CTCM=<C:\CTCM>
	   <C:\CTCM>\CTCU /S /W=<C:\WINDOWS>

   where <C:\CTCM> and <C:\WINDOWS> are the directories where
   your CTCM/CTCU and Windows 3.x files are installed respectively.

   After the installation, CTCM and CTCU will be invoked each
   time you boot your system.  CTCM will scan for and configure
   any unconfigured Creative PnP cards.  CTCU will run in silent
   mode and update the parameters needed by your Creative and
   Windows drivers.  It will also update the BLASTER environment
   variable if it detects a Creative audio card in the system.

   For more details on how the CTCM and CTCU commands work,
   please read the sections "Using CTCM" and "Using CTCU".

   NOTE: To configure Creative PnP cards in  Windows 95 MS-DOS
         Mode, CTCM is required but CTCU is not necessary since
         CTCM can get both legacy (non-PnP) and PnP card settings
         from Windows 95. If you do not have Creative Windows 95
         software and you need to configure these cards in Windows
         95 MS-DOS Mode, please refer to section "Common Questions
         and Answers" for configuring these cards under Windows 95
         MS-DOS Mode.


2. USING CTCM

   After booting your system, you may want to configure a Creative
   PnP card again.  You can do so by running Creative PnP Configuration
   Manager (CTCM)  from the DOS prompt:

   1.  Exit to DOS if you are in Windows 3.x or restart in MS-DOS
       Mode if you are in Windows 95.
   2.  Type CTCM and press <ENTER>.
       CTCM will configure your Creative PnP card(s) and update
       the BLASTER environment variable if it detects a Creative
       audio card in your system.

   NOTE: CTCM configures Creative PnP cards only.  But it can work
         with or without another PnP configuration manager installed
         in the same system.

3. USING CTCU

   You should run Creative PnP Configuration Utility (CTCU) when
   one of the following situations happens:

   a.  Your PnP cards' settings do not work properly.
       For example, some systems do not support high DMA (Direct
       Memory Access) and one of your PnP devices is set to use
       high DMA.  Then you need to run CTCU to select another set
       of configuration which does not use high DMA.

   b.  You need to add resource settings for new and existing legacy
       (non-PnP) cards.
   c.  You have changed the resource settings of your legacy cards.
   d.  You have removed a legacy card from your system.
       Running CTCU helps to free the resources previously
       allocated to the card.

   NOTE: CTCU does not access the resource settings database
         used by Intel Configuration Manager (ICM).  So, do not use
         CTCU to change or disable your card settings if you already
         have ICM installed.  Use ISA Configuration Utility (ICU)
         instead.  For more details, please refer to the section
         "PnP in DOS/Windows 3.x".

   To run CTCU in DOS/Windows 3.x:

          1.  Exit to DOS if you are in Windows 3.x.
          2.  Change to the directory where your CTCM and CTCU programs
              are installed.  The default directory is C:\CTCM.
          3.  Type CTCU and press <ENTER>.

   The CTCU command has two optional switches: /S and /W=C:\<WINDOWS>.
   You can type it in the following way:

          CTCU /S /W=<C:\WINDOWS>

   where <C:\WINDOWS> is the directory where your Windows 3.x
   files are installed.

   The /S switch notifies CTCU to run in silent mode.  This means that
   it will not display any messages or screens.  It will simply update
   the parameters required by Creative drivers.  If you do not use the
   /S switch, CTCU will run in full-screen mode.

   The /W=<C:\WINDOWS> switch informs CTCU to update the PnP hardware
   information of your Windows drivers in the SYSTEM.INI file.  If you
   do not use this switch, CTCU will prompt you to enter the name of
   the directory where your Windows files can be found.

   When you run CTCU in full-screen mode, you can pull down the
   menu to select one of the following sections:

          1.  PnP Cards section
          2.  Legacy Cards section
          3.  System Devices section

   You can use your mouse or keyboard to move around and select an
   item or action in CTCU.

   To pull down the CTCU menu, click the menu or press the <ALT>
   key, followed by <ENTER>.  To select an item in a menu or box,
   use your mouse or the arrow keys to move your screen cursor to
   that item.

   To see more details about an item, double-click the item or press
   <ENTER> after you have moved your screen cursor to that item.  To
   move your screen cursor from box to box within the same window,
   click the box or press <TAB>.

   The instructions in the following sections are written with the
   assumption that you will use your mouse in CTCU.


   3.1 PnP Cards Section

       NOTE: You can use this section to view the resource settings
             of the PnP cards in your system and change the settings
             of Creative PnP cards only.

       When you select the PnP Cards section from the CTCU menu, the
       Plug and Play window will appear, listing the PnP cards in the
       system.  Choosing a card here will, in turn, display a list of
       logical devices on that particular card.

       To view the resources for a PnP device, double-click the device
       you want.  Alternatively, select the device from the list and
       then click the Resources button.  The Resources window will
       appear.

       The Resources window displays the current resource settings of
       a particular logical device.  The settings shown may include
       input/output (I/O) ranges, interrupts, Direct Memory Access
       (DMA) channels and 32-bit memory ranges, depending on the PnP
       card you have and the configuration chosen.

       To change the resource configuration, click the down arrow
       next to the Configuration box and then select a suitable
       configuration which has all the settings that your card needs.

       To disable a logical device, click the Disable checkbox.  A
       mark will appear in the box, informing CTCM not to configure
       this device the next time it runs.

       To view or change a resource setting, double-click the setting
       you want, or alternatively, select the setting and then click
       the Reconfigure button in the Resources window.  Depending on
       the setting that you have chosen, one of the following windows
       will appear:

       a.  I/O Range window
       b.  Interrupt window
       c.  Direct Memory Access window
       d.  Memory Range window
	   
       The I/O Range window displays the current I/O resource setting
       and a list of possible settings.  To change this setting, select
       one from the list.  Make sure it will not conflict with the other
       cards' settings.  Then double-click the new setting or click the
       OK button.

       The Interrupt window displays the current interrupt resource
       setting and a list of possible settings.  To change this setting,
       select one from the list.  Make sure that it will not conflict
       with the other cards' settings.  Then double-click the new setting
       or click OK.

       The Direct Memory Access window displays the current DMA resource
       setting and a list of possible settings.  To change this setting,
       select one from the list.  Make sure it will not conflict with the
       other cards' settings.  Then double-click the new setting or click
       the OK button.

       The Memory Range window displays the current 32-bit memory resource
       setting and a list of possible settings.  To change this setting,
       select one from the list.  Make sure it will not conflict with the
       other cards' settings.  Then double-click the new setting or click
       OK.

       NOTE: Each of these windows has a Conflicting Devices message
             box which will inform you of any hardware conflicts that
             may result from the settings you have just selected for
             your card.

       To see the list of settings available in each window, click the
       down arrow on the right-hand side of the Choices box.


   3.2 Legacy Cards Section

       NOTE: You can use this section to enter, view or change the
             resource settings of all the legacy (non-PnP) cards in
             your system.

       When you select the Legacy Cards section from the CTCU menu,
       the Legacy window will appear, displaying the resources taken
       up by the legacy cards in your system.

       You can add information on a legacy card's resource settings
       by simply clicking the Add button. You can also view, change
       or remove an existing card's resource settings by selecting a
       card in the window and then clicking one of the following:

       a.  Add button
       b.  View All button
       c.  Change button
       d.  Remove button

       Add Button

       Clicking this button in the Legacy window opens the Add window
       where you can enter the following details for a new or existing
       legacy card in your system:

       a.  Card Name
       b.  Input/Output Range (I/O)
       c.  Interrupt (IRQ)
       d.  Direct Memory Access channel (DMA)
       e.  32-bit Memory Range (Mem)

       NOTE: You must enter the card's name in the Card Name field.  The
             other fields can be left blank.

       View All Button

       Clicking this button in the Legacy window opens the View All
       window, which lists all the resources you have reserved in your
       system. These resources are grouped by type and displayed in four
       boxes  input/output Range (I/O), interrupt (IRQ), Direct Memory
       Access channel (DMA), and 32-bit memory range (Mem).

       Change Button

       Clicking this button in the Legacy window opens the Change window
       which displays the current resources that have been reserved for
       a selected legacy card.  You can also change any of the resources
       as well as the card's name here.

       NOTE: Be very careful when you add or change resource information
             for a legacy card. Verify all the hardware settings of the
             legacy cards in your system.  Filling in incorrect data may
             reserve resources which will not be used by any device!

       Remove Button

       Clicking this button in the Legacy window removes a selected
       card's settings.


   3.3 System Devices Section

       NOTE: You can use this section to view but not change the
             resource settings of the system devices in your
             computer.

       When you select the System Devices section from the CTCU menu,
       the System Device Resources window appears, listing all the
       resources used by your system devices.

       These resources are grouped by type and displayed in four
       boxes: input/output range (I/O), interrupt (IRQ), Direct
       Memory Access channel (DMA) and 32-bit memory range (Mem).

4. PnP CONCEPTS

   When you add a hardware card to your personal computer (PC), you
   must reserve some system resources - such as input/output address
   spaces, interrupts, Direct Memory Access channels or memory spaces
   - for the card.  You must also make sure that there is no hardware
   conflict, that is, the resources reserved by one card are not used
   by another card in the same system.

   Before Plug and Play (PnP) was introduced, you can reserve system
   resources only by manually changing the settings of some dip
   switches or jumpers on a legacy (non-PnP) card.	This can be quite
   difficult since you have to understand how the hardware settings
   correspond to the system resources that your card requires.  It
   can also be very tedious since you may need to change the dip
   switch or jumper settings several times before your card can be
   configured without any hardware conflict.

   With the emergence of Plug and Play (PnP), a revolutionary design
   philosophy and a new PC architecture specification finalized
   recently, the PC, hardware cards, drivers and the operating
   system can now work together without such user intervention.

   You no longer need to change any hardware settings on your card
   before it can work properly in a PC.  Instead, a PnP BIOS or
   software would find out the types of resources each card needs
   and allocate the resources accordingly.

   Generally, a PnP card requires one of the following to work:
   1.  PnP System BIOS
   2.  PnP Operating System
   3.  PnP Configuration Drivers and Utilities

   NOTE: The PnP BIOS specification went through several revisions.
         The version 1.0a specification was finalized in May 1994,
         with further clarifications documented in October 1994.
         As a result, older PnP systems shipped are not fully
         compliant with this specification.  So, there are some
         compatibility problems. For more details, please read
         the section "PnP in DOS/Windows 3.x".


   4.1 PnP System BIOS

       The PnP system BIOS is the lowest level of your PnP system.
       Its main functions are to provide information on the resource
       settings of your system devices and to configure PnP cards.

	   Some PnP system BIOS configure PnP cards automatically. Other
       BIOS give you an option in their setup utilities to disable
       their PnP configuration capability.  Please refer to your
       system manual for more details.


   4.2 PnP Operating System

       A PnP operating system provides a fully PnP user environment.
       It can support PnP cards on its own, with or without a PnP
       system BIOS.  Its main functions are to determine which
       resources have been reserved by the legacy and PnP cards
       in your system, and then dynamically allocate free resources
       to newly added PnP cards.

       Windows 95 is an example of a PnP operating system.  When you
       install or upgrade to Windows 95 for the first time, it will
       automatically determine the resource settings of the existing
       cards in your system and allocate other resources to new PnP
       cards.

       When you add a legacy card later, however, you will need to
       run the "Add New Hardware" wizard in Control Panel so that
       Windows 95 can detect this card.  To avoid any conflicts that
       may be introduced by the hardware settings of this new legacy
       card, Windows 95 may also re-assign different resources to
       existing PnP cards.

   4.3 PnP Configuration Drivers and Utilities

       If you do not have a PnP operating system, you need to install
       a PnP configuration driver and utility to perform the allocation
       and configuration functions of a PnP operating system.

       A PnP configuration driver determines the resource settings of
       all your system devices and legacy cards, configures PnP cards,
       and provides relevant configuration information to other drivers
       or applications that access your PnP cards.

       A PnP configuration utility allows you to view, enter or change
       the resource settings of the PnP and legacy cards in your system.
       The new or changed settings are then used by the PnP configuration
       driver to configure new PnP cards.

       Intel Configuration Manager (ICM) and ISA Configuration Utility
       (ICU) are examples of a PnP configuration driver and a PnP
       configuration utility.  For more details, please read the
       section "PnP in DOS/Windows 3.x".


5. PnP IN WINDOWS 95 MS-DOS MODE

   Although Windows 95 configures PnP cards in its Windows and DOS box
   environments, it does not configure them in an MS-DOS Mode session.
   Therefore, you need to run a PnP configuration driver to configure
   these cards in this session.  Otherwise, when you run a DOS program
   in MS-DOS Mode, the program would not be able to detect any of your
   PnP cards.

   NOTE: For more details on how you can start an MS-DOS Mode session
         in Windows 95, please refer to the documentation that comes
         with Windows 95.


6. PnP IN DOS/WINDOWS 3.x

   DOS/Windows 3.x is not a PnP operating system.  So, to configure
   PnP cards, you need to install a PnP configuration driver and a PnP
   configuration utility.

   Currently, a generic set of PnP configuration driver and utility
   that you can find in the market for the DOS/Windows 3.x environment
   is ICM.  Consisting of Intel Configuration Manager (ICM) and ISA
   Configuration Utility (ICU), this driver and utility set was
   developed by Intel Corporation as an interim solution to facilitate
   PnP configuration when a PnP operating system is not available.
   It may come pre-installed in your PC or bundled with your PnP cards.

   However, due to the compatibility problem mentioned earlier (please
   refer to the note in the section "PnP Concepts"), you may encounter
   one of the following error message or problems when you use ICM
   version 4.13 to configure your PnP card:

   a.  "Error: Failed NVS write, Error=82h"
   b.  Failure to detect PnP BIOS machine
   c.  Failure to assign new configuration to PnP card

   And ICM may not be able to configure your PnP card properly.


7. CREATIVE'S APPROACH TO PnP

   To solve problems similar to those mentioned in the previous
   section, we have developed a set of DOS-based PnP configuration
   driver and utility for the DOS/Windows 3.x and Windows 95 MS-
   DOS Mode environments.  They are called Creative PnP Configuration
   Manager (CTCM) and Creative PnP Configuration Utility (CTCU).

   CTCM can be loaded as a device driver through a statement in
   the CONFIG.SYS file.  It can also be run from the DOS prompt.
   It configures Creative PnP cards only and provides configuration
   information to other drivers or DOS applications.

   CTCU is used when your DOS/Windows 3.x system does not have
   ICM and ICU.  It allows you to perform the following functions
   on the devices in your system:

   a.  Enter, view, change or remove the settings of legacy cards
   b.  View, change, or disable the settings of Creative PnP cards
   c.  View the settings of system devices and non-Creative PnP
       cards


   7.1 Why Use CTCM and CTCU?

       There are several reasons why we offer CTCM and CTCU:

       1.  CTCM provides a consistent method for configuring all
           Creative PnP cards.  It works with or without PnP BIOS or
           ICM.  If your PnP BIOS or ICM has already configured your
           PnP card(s), CTCM will simply retain those settings.

       2.  If the PnP BIOS or ICM did not configure your Creative PnP
           cards properly, due to incompatability problems similar to
           those mentioned in the section "PnP in DOS/Windows 3.x",
           CTCM may be able to allocate resources to these cards.

       3.  If you use ICM to solve the Windows 95 MS-DOS Mode problem,
           you need to enter legacy card settings through ICU although
           Windows 95 already has this information.  ICM also stays
           resident and competes with your DOS programs for memory space.

           CTCM, on the other hand, configures Creative PnP cards with
           the same settings used by Windows 95.  You need not run
           CTCU at all.  CTCM also does not stay resident and thus,
           does not waste any memory space.

       4.  You need not reboot your system after using CTCU to change
           Creative PnP card settings, if you do not have any DOS device
           drivers (e.g., SBIDE.SYS or CTSB16.SYS) loaded. You only need
           to run CTCM to reconfigure the card.  This is possible because
           CTCM can be activated from the DOS prompt, unlike ICM.


   7.2 Limitations of CTCM and CTCU

       If you use a non-PnP operating system like DOS/Windows 3.x and
       do not have a PnP BIOS or ICM, your PnP card works like a
       software-configurable card.

       In such an environment, CTCM needs to know which resources have
       been reserved by all the legacy and PnP cards, and system devices
       in your system before it can allocate conflict-free resources to
       your new Creative PnP card.

       CTCM can get the resource settings of PnP cards and system devices
       from the PnP cards and BIOS.  But you need to use CTCU to enter
       the resource settings of all the legacy cards in your PC, and then
       run CTCM to configure your Creative PnP card.

       You may still encounter hardware conflicts if the resource settings
       specified through CTCU are incomplete or wrong.  If this happens,
       use CTCU to select a different group of resources for the Creative
       PnP card that caused the conflict.  You may need to try a few
       combinations until you find one that works.  This can be tedious,
       but it is easier than the legacy way of changing dip switches or
       jumpers.


8. COMMON QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS

   This section gives the answers to some common questions that you
   may have while installing a Creative PnP card in the DOS/Windows
   3.x and Windows 95 MS-DOS Mode environments.

   8.1 General Questions

       Question : I have a PnP BIOS as well as a PnP operating system
                  or a PnP configuration driver and utility.  Which one
                  should I use to configure my PnP card?

       Answer   : If you have a PnP operating system or a PnP
                  configuration driver and utility, it is better
                  to let your PnP operating system or configuration
                  driver configure your PnP card. Try to set your
                  BIOS so that it will not configure PnP cards since
                  it may not have access to the hardware setting
                  information of your legacy (non-PnP) cards and thus
                  may give your PnP card some settings that would
                  conflict with those of existing legacy cards.


       Question : I have just upgraded my operating system from
                  DOS/Windows 3.x to Windows 95.  But I do not have
                  any Windows 95 software for my Creative PnP cards.
                  What must I do to configure these cards properly?

       Answer   : Use your Windows Explorer to look for a CTCM.INF
                  file in your CTCM directory.  Right-click on the file
                  and select Install from the shortcut menu that appears.
                  This program will copy some drivers into your system
                  to configure your PnP cards in MS-DOS Mode.  It will
                  also convert into remarks all CTCM/CTCU statements
                  in your CONFIG.SYS and AUTOEXEC.BAT files as Windows
                  95 will take care of all PnP configurations in its
                  Windows and DOS box environments.

   8.2 ICM Questions

       Question : Must I remove ICM in order to use CTCM?

       Answer   : No, you do not have to remove ICM to use CTCM.  If
                  both CTCM and ICM are installed in your system, just
                  make sure the CTCM statement in your CONFIG.SYS
                  file is placed after the ICM statement.

       Question : What should I do if I cannot configure my Creative
                  PnP card using ICM?

       Answer   : If you cannot configure your PnP card using ICM, try
                  removing ICM.  Then use CTCU and CTCM to change and
                  reconfigure your card settings.  For more details on
                  using CTCU or CTCM, please refer to the sections
                  "Using CTCM" and "Using CTCU".


   8.3 CTCU Question

       Question : Can I run CTCU to change or disable my card settings
                  if I have ICM in my system?

       Answer   : No, do not use CTCU to change or disable your card
                  settings since CTCU does not access or update the
                  resource settings database used by ICM.

                  You should use ICU instead to change or disable your
                  card settings if ICM is already loaded into your
                  system.

   8.4 CTCM Questions

       Question : How do I use CTCM to configure both legacy and PnP
                  cards in DOS/Windows 3.x?

       Answer   : First, run CTCU to add the information on the hardware
                  resource used by your legacy cards.  Next, run CTCM
                  to configure your PnP card.

                  Alternatively, if you do not know your legacy cards'
                  settings, use CTCU to change the settings of your PnP
                  card.  Then run CTCM and test whether your card works
                  properly.  This is a trial-and-error method since
                  CTCM will not be "informed" about the resources that
                  have been reserved by your legacy cards. You may need
                  to try different combinations of settings before you
                  can configure your PnP cards successfully, without
                  any hardware conflicts with existing cards.

                  For more details on using CTCU or CTCM, please refer
                  to the sections "Using CTCM" and "Using CTCU".


       Question : My system hangs or reboots whenever I load CTCM.
                  What should I do?

       Answer   : The memory area of your PnP BIOS machine is probably
                  mapped by EMM386 using the HIGHSCAN option and thus,
                  can get corrupted easily.  When it does, CTCM will not
                  work properly.  Your system may then hang or reboot
                  whenever you load CTCM.

                  To solve this problem, remove the HIGHSCAN option
                  in the EMM386 statement in the CONFIG.SYS file.
                  For example, change the statement

                      DEVICE=<C:\dir>\EMM386.EXE HIGHSCAN <other parameters>
                  to
                      DEVICE=<C:\dir>\EMM386.EXE <other parameters>

                  where <C:\dir> is the directory in which your
                  EMM386 program is installed and <other parameters>
                  are the other parameters in the EMM386 statement

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