Readme for PPP v3 installation file
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Current version: PPP v3 - v3.11.15.30


For more information please visit our web site at:
http://www.matrixmultimedia.com

Important note for users with V7 or later firmware
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V7 or later Firmware requires USB Drivers to be installed.
A USB Driver install program is launched as part of the PPP installation. 
Please follow the instructions provided to install the USB Drivers.


Additionally the Driver install files and information on how to install the drivers is installed 
into a USB_Driver sub-folder of the main PPP install folder.

Note: Please read these instructions before plugging the USB board in.

Drivers Installation is not required for Firmware versions prior to V7.

Important note for V2 and V1 users (parallel port based boards)
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These boards are no longer supported by this version of PPP.

Installing PPP v3
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To install run PPPv38.exe and follow the instructions provided.
By default PPPv3 is installed into: 
C:\Program Files\Matrix Multimedia\Common\PPPv3\

There are five'Features' that can be installed.
* PPP v3 core files 	- this is PPP v3 itself, and should be installed.
* Parallel Port driver (Required for V2 and V1 boards) 	- this feature is required for users with Parallel port based boards.
* Update ASM4PICs  	- this features allows you to update ASM4PICs to use PPP v3.
* Update C4PICs  	- this features allows you to update C4PICs to use PPP v3.
* Update Flowcode  	- this features allows you to update Flowcode to use PPP v3.

Parallel Port driver (Required for V2 and V1 boards) is not selected by default.
Select '
The three updates will be automatically installed. Select the 'X' 'Do not install option' if you do not to update a feature.

If you need to update a product at a later date you can re-run the install and update that feature.

Development board options
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You will need to set up PPP v3 for use with the development board that you are using.
Open PPP v3 from the 'Configure' option in the program or course. 
Different programs have separate settings, so you will need to do this for each course or program that uses PPP v3.
Click on the OPTIONS button.
Select the development board that you are using, or click on AUTOSELECT.
Note that the development board needs to be connected and powered for Auto select to work.
If you need to change what development board you are using at any point, simply return to this screen and select the new board.

Config slots
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PPP uses config slots to enable different programs to use different settings in PPP.
To enable a config slot run PPP with -cs <X> as a command line option, where <X> is the number of the config slot that you wish to use.

The default config slots are:
-cs 1	Used for Assembly for PICmicros
-cs 2	Used for Flowcode
-cs 3	USed for C for PICmicros

Manually updating ASM4PICs, C4PICs and Flowcode
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Information on manually updating ASM4PICs, C4PICs and Flowcode to use PPP v3 is included in the help file.



