hotComm User Guide

About the Mirror Driver Reinstall on Vista Reinstall on XP Command line options (/mdx, /mdy, /gg) Troubleshooting

About the Mirror Driver

The 7.0 revision of hotComm introduced the mirror driver technology for presenters using the Timed Camera. Image changes are determined by comparing screen activity with a mirror copy of the screen, instead of with a saved image.

The hotComm Mirror Driver is installed automatically in hotComm Standard/Pro and hotComm CL (for Presenters), if you answer "Yes" to the question asking if you plan to present dynamic content. The Mirror Driver is not included in hotComm Lite or in hotComm CL (for users).

Because the hotComm Mirror Driver is installed as a device driver, we are providing information about manually instsalling or uninstalling in this article, should you need to do so.

An "MD" icon on the bottom line of your hotComm window shows the Mirror Driver status.

Icon	Description
	Mirror Driver is loaded (yellow square with a black M).
(no icon)	Mirror Driver is not installed.

Vista note: In Windows Vista, you run a special version of the hotComm, the hotcomMD.exe executable, which launches the hotComm Loader with Run as Administrator to load the Mirror Driver and then starts the usual hotComm executable (hotComm.exe) normally. Vista may ask for permission to launch the hotComm Loader. During installation on a Vista computer, your hotComm desktop shortcut and your Windows Start menu entries are configured to launch the hotComm Loader.

To see the setting on the desktop icon, right-click the icon and select Properties, then click the Advanced button on the Shortcut tab, and you'll see that Run As Administrator is checked.

ReInstall on Windows Vista

To reinstall the Mirror Driver on Vista:

First, uninstall the Mirror Driver on Vista:

           1. Close hotComm.

2. Open Windows Start, then Control Panel, then Device Manager (or Hardward and Sound, then Device Manager).

3. Expand Display adaptors. If the Mirror Driver is installed, the list of display adapters includes hotComm Mirror Driver.

4. Right-click on hotComm Mirror Driver, then Uninstall.

5. When prompted to Confirm Device Uninstall, click OK (you do not need to check Delete the driver software for this device).

6. Do NOT restart your computer when prompted. Click Cancel.



Then, install the Mirror Driver on Vista again:

           1. Open Windows Start, then Control Panel, then Classic View, then Add Hardware.

2. In the Add Hardware wizard, click Next.

3. Select Install the hardware that I manually select from a list (Advanced), and click Next.

4. Select Display Adaptors, and click Next.

5. If 1stWorks is in the Manufacturer list, click on 1stWorks. Then click Have Disk.

Note: if the hotComm Mirror Driver has been installed previously, the Manufacturer list should include 1stWorks and the Model list may include hotComm Mirror Driver. Click Have Disk whether hotComm Mirror Driver is listed as a model or not.

6. Click Browse, and navigate to the location where the hotComm Mirror Driver files reside. In most cases, this will be in C://Program Files/1stWorks/hotComm/BIN (or C://Program Files/1stWorks/hotCommLite/BIN or C://Program Files/1stWorks/hotCommCL/BIN). Select the hcmirror.inf file and click Open, then OK.

(To navigate, click Windows Start, then Computer, then C: drive, then Program Files, then 1stWorks, then hotComm (or hotComm Lite or hotComm CL), then BIN. Then click hcmirror.inf, click Open, then click OK.)

7. Click Next, then Next again, then close the Add Hardware Wizard.

8. Restart your computer.

9. Restart hotComm. The yellow M icon should now be visible on the bottom line.

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ReInstall on Windows XP

To reinstall the Mirror Driver on XP:

First, uninstall the Mirror Driver on XP:

           1. Close hotComm.

2. Open Windows Start, then Control Panel, then System (or Switch to Classic View, then System).

3. Click Hardware, then Device Manager.

4. Expand Display adaptors. If the Mirror Driver is installed, the list of display adapters includes hotComm Mirror Driver.

5. Right-click on hotComm Mirror Driver, then Uninstall.

6. When prompted to Confirm Device Removal, click OK.

7. Do NOT restart your computer when prompted. Click Cancel.



Then, install the Mirror Driver on XP again:

           1. Open Windows Start, then Control Panel, then Switch to Classic View, then Add Hardware.

2. In the Add Hardware wizard, click Next.

3. Select Yes, I have already connected the hardware and click Next.

4. You see a list of hardware that is already installed on your computer. If hotComm Mirror Driver is not listed, scroll to the bottom of the list, select Add a new hardware device, and click Next.

Note: If hotComm Mirror Driver is listed, click Cancel and follow the uninstall procedure above, except restart your computer after completing the uninstall.

5. Select Install the hardware that I manually select from a list (Advanced), and click Next.

6. Select Display Adaptors, and click Next.

7. If 1stWorks is in the Manufacturer list, DO NOT CHOOSE IT. Click Have Disk instead.

Note: if the hotComm Mirror Driver has been installed previously, the Manufacturer list should include 1stWorks and the Model list may include hotComm Mirror Driver. Click Have Disk whether hotComm Mirror Driver is listed as a model or not.

8. Click Browse, and navigate to the location where the hotComm Mirror Driver files reside. In most cases, this will be in C://Program Files/1stWorks/hotcomm/BIN (or C://Program Files/1stWorks/hotcommLite/BIN or C://Program Files/1stWorks/hotcommCL/BIN). Select the hcmirror.inf file and click Open, then OK.

(To navigate, click Windows Start, then My Computer, then C: drive, then Program Files, then 1stWorks, then hotComm (or hotComm Lite or hotComm CL), then BIN. Then click hcmirror.inf, click Open, then click OK.)

9. Click Next, then Next again, then close the Add Hardware Wizard.

10. Restart your computer.

11. Restart hotComm. The yellow M icon should now be visible on the bottom line of the server window.

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Is the Mirror Driver installed?

To see if the Mirror Driver is installed (without hotComm running):

Vista:

1. Open Windows Start, then Control Panel, then Device Manager (or Hardware and Sound, then Device Manager).

2. Click Display adaptors. If the Mirror Driver is installed, the list of displaty adapters includes hotComm Mirror Driver.

XP:

1. Open Windows Start, then Control Panel, then System (or Switch to Classic View, then System).

2. Click Hardware, then Device Manager.

3. Click Display adaptors. If the Mirror Driver is installed, the list of display adapters includes hotComm Mirror Driver.

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Command line options

Command line options for the Mirror Driver are below. For instructions on adding a command line parameter, see www.hotcomm.com/faq/faqk30.asp, except add /mdx or /mdy or -gg instead of -k30.

Option	Explanation
/mdx	Do not load the Mirror Driver. Use this option if the Mirror Driver is correctly installed but you do not want to use it.
/mdy	Load the Mirror Driver. Use this option if the Mirror Driver is correctly installed and you want to use it. (As of revisions after 7.30.010, the Mirror Driver is not loaded unless you have the /mdy option. The files are provided by the installer, but you must install them and add the /mdy option to your startup command line.)
-gg	(that's lowercase GG) Keep the Mirror Driver active until you close the hotComm. Usually, the Mirror Driver is turned on whenever you open an application remotely and turned off when you close the application. When it is turned on, you normally get a brief screen flash as it turns the Mirror Driver on and off. With th -gg option, you'll only get a flash the first time you remotely access an application.

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Troubleshooting

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Mirror Driver and Reinstalling the Mirror Driver