Installing the Satellite Receiver Adapter Device Driver

The proper installation of the Satellite Receiver Adapter device is an essential step in setting up your DirecPC system.   The method of installing the device driver depends on the Windows operating system you are using.  Please select your operating system below to learn more about installing the Satellite Receiver Adapter device driver.  

Windows 95 | Windows 98 |

The Windows 95, and Windows 98 operating systems support Plug and Play to automatically detect when new hardware has been added to your system.  When new hardware is added to your system, Windows needs to install the appropriate device driver.   The following steps describe a typical scenario for installing the Satellite Receiver Adapter device driver under Windows 95, Windows 98. 
  1. If you are using a PCI Satellite Receiver Adapter, you must power off your computer and install the adapter before installing the device drivers.  If you are using a USB Satellite Receiver Adapter, you may connect the adapter to your computer with the computer powered on or off.
  2. Windows will detect that new hardware has been installed and an Update Device Driver Wizard will be displayed.
  3. The Update Device Driver Wizard should provide the ability to specify a location to look for the new software drivers.  Insert your DirecPC CD-ROM into your CD-ROM drive, then specify the location of your CD-ROM drive or the appropriate path on your hard drive if you downloaded the DirecPC software.  At this point, Windows is looking for the dpcusb.inf file if you have a USB adapter or oemset95.inf if you have a PCI adapter.  Click on the Next button to proceed.
  4. After Windows finds the appropriate INF file, a dialog will appear stating that the Satellite Receiver Adapter was found.   Click on the Finish button to complete the device driver installation.
  5. Windows may prompt you to insert the Windows CD-ROM to retrieve required networking files.  If so, remove the DirecPC CD-ROM if it's in the CD-ROM driver and insert the Windows CD-ROM.
  6. Near the end of the driver installation, Windows will display a message indicating that dpcusb.sys (if you have a USB adapter) or bicndis.sys (if you have a PCI adapter) could not be found on the Windows CD-ROM.  These files are located on the DirecPC CD-ROM.  Insert the DirecPC CD-ROM into your CD-ROM drive, and enter the path to your CD-ROM drive (e.g d:\) or the or the appropriate path on your hard drive if you downloaded the DirecPC software.  Once you have entered the correct path, press the OK button to proceed.
  7. If you have installed a PCI Satellite Receiver Adapter, you will be prompted to restart your computer.  If you have installed a USB Satellite Receiver Adapter, you do not need to restart your computer.  After successfully installing the device driver, you still need to install the DirecPC software to utilize your DirecPC system.

 Windows NT 4.0

Only the PCI Satellite Receiver Adapter is supported on Windows NT 4.0.  Since Windows NT 4.0 does not support Plug and Play, the PCI Satellite Receiver Adapter device driver is installed during the DirecPC software installation process.  Under most circumstances, the DirecPC software installation should successfully install the device driver.  If the DirecPC software installation is unable to install the device driver or you would like to manually install the driver, the following steps describe manually installing the device driver.  
  1. Open the Network Applet from the Control Panel.  (Start -> Settings -> Control Panel then double-click on the Network icon.)
  2. After the Network applet appears, click on the Adapters tab.  Then click on the Add... button.
  3. After the Select Network Adapter appears, click on the Have Disk... button.  Insert the DirecPC CD-ROM into your CD-ROM drive, then specify the location of your CD-ROM drive or the appropriate path on your hard drive if you downloaded the DirecPC software and click the OK button.  At this point, Windows NT 4.0 is looking for the oemsetnt.inf file.
  4. A list will appear indicating the available Network Adapters and the Satellite Receiver PCI Adapter should be the only available option.   Click on the OK button to accept this adapter.
  5. You should now see the Satellite Receiver PCI Adapter in the list of installed Network Adapters.  Now you need to configure a temporary IP address for the Satellite Receiver PCI Adapter.  Click on the Protocols tab to install and configure the TCP/IP protocol.
  6. If the TCP/IP protocol is not already installed, click on the Add... button to install the TCP/IP protocol.  Find TCP/IP protocol from the available list and press the OK button.  You may be prompted to insert the Windows NT 4.0 CD-ROM to retrieve required networking files.
  7. Once the TCP/IP protocol is installed, select the TCP/IP protocol from the protocols list and press the Properties button.   Once the TCP/IP Properties dialog appears, select the Satellite Receiver PCI Adapter from the Adapters combo box.
  8. Choose the Specify an IP Address option and enter 10.0.0.2 as the IP address and 255.0.0.0 as the subnet mask.  Do not enter an address in the Default Gateway field.  Press the OK button to save this configuration.
  9. You will be prompted to restart your computer.  After restarting your computer, you still need to install the DirecPC software to utilize your DirecPC system.

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