Release Notes: ESP-Install for Windows XP/2003 IA-64
Note: This version is for IA-64 systems running Windows XP or Windows 2003 only.
ESP-Install is a command line program for supported Windows systems that can be used to install, modify and remove ESP serial hubs that use the serial redirection connection method. By specifying a script file, you may streamline the process of installing multiple hubs. The program uses a series of commands (keywords and keyword/value pairs) to identify address information, assign logical COM ports to physical ports and specify other driver-related
information. You may also use this program to remove (uninstall) previously installed drivers for ESP serial hubs. A hub may be removed in the same script file that installs other ESP hubs. This allows you to update a drive without having to reboot the ESP hubs.
This application if for administrators who are familiar with Windows driver features and terminology.
Running ESP-Install There are two ways to run the ESP-Install program at the command prompt.
- When you type espinstall.exe at the command prompt with no parameters, a help screen will be displayed. You may then enter commands to install one hub at a time.
espinstall.exe
During this process, you may access help information by entering espinstall /help. You may generate a current list of port mappings by entering espinstall /list.
- To automate the installation process, you may create a script file that contains all the commands to install up to 100 ESP hubs, and then specify that filename when you start
the program.
espinstall.exe /text <filename>
The results of the ESP-Install commands are written to the files ESPsummary.log (if the requested operations completed successfully) and ESPinstall.log, which are located in the same subdirectory as ESPinstall.exe.
- 0 = the command(s) completed successfully
- 2 = the ESP-Install program could not communicate with the ESP hub (check the Ethernet cable connection)
- 3 = an ESP hub with the specified address is already installed
- 8 = an error occurred
You may also log additional information with the Debug and Windowdebug commands.
The ESP hubs do not have to be rebooted for changes to take effect.
Release Notes for Version 6.0.0.3
- Build for WHQL release. The following table gives the ESP application and bootstrap firmware versions for this release:
| Model |
Application Version |
Bootstrap Version |
| ESP-2 MI |
3.12b |
0.82 |
| ESP-2 OPTO |
3.10 |
0.81 |
| ESP-4 MI |
3.12b |
0.82 |
| ESP-8 MI (Avocent) |
3.12b |
1.05 |
| ESP-16 MI (Avocent) |
3.12b |
1.05 |
| ESP-8 (Equinox) |
3.05d |
3.80 |
| ESP-16 (Equinox) |
3.05d |
3.41 |
- Fix for Windows 2000.
Release Notes for Version 6.0.0.2
Release Notes for Version 4.6
- Change the timing for automatically answering the Windows File Protection dialogs on installation of a non-digitally signed driver.
- Added the /LISTHEARTBEAT parameter to esp-install.
- Added NO HEARTBEAT to the text file produced with the /LIST parameter if the esp has no heartbeat.
- SetupVDD would install AvctVDD.dll with no virtualization. Only for x32.
Release Notes for Version 4.4
- Beta release for CD and web.
Release Notes for Version 4.3
- Do not have a firewall on when using esp-install.exe. Turn it off for esp-install and then back on after the installation. This will be fixed in a later version.
- Added SetupVDD.exe for the x86 version of esp-install. This allows DOS applications to work with Avocent/Equinox ESP serial hubs and SST PCI adapters.
- Fix for when esp-install is in a folder with spaces and/or there are spaces for the pathname/filename of the /TEXT parameter.
- Fixed so that esp-install works with Terminal Services installed.
- Fixed so that more than 10 ESP serial hubs can be installed.
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