Installing Personal Communications Version 16.0 over a Previous Version

The Personal Communications Version 16.0 installation program removes prior program versions, which will cause any communications adapter drivers to become disabled. Therefore, if you are using any IBM communications adapters (MPA and SDLC) with the prior versions, and you plan to continue using these adapters, you must update the devices using the device drivers provided with Version 16.0.

For a Plug-and-Play adapter, update the device driver. Use the following procedure.
  1. Start the Windows® Device Manager.
  2. Look under Other devices and find the adapter (for example, IBM PCI 3270 Emulation Adapter).
  3. Select the adapter and click the right mouse button. Click Properties on the menu.
  4. Click the Driver tab and wait for the driver information to be displayed.
  5. Click Update Driver.
  6. Follow the steps in the Upgrade Device Driver wizard. This wizard is similar to the Add/Remove Hardware wizard.
  7. When prompted to specify the manufacturer and model, click Have Disk.
  8. Use the newer driver in the \admin\drivers subdirectory on the Personal Communications Docs_Admin_Aids package.

For a non-Plug-and-Play adapter, there will not be a device already created from Personal Communications. Instead, you must install the device driver. See Installing Device Drivers for Non-Plug-and-Play Adapters for the correct procedure.

If no device drivers were previously installed, use the procedure for a new Personal Communications installation (see New Installation of Personal Communications).