Releases

	Current release: from Windows 10	Page: V2.8.0.0 (NXDRVWIN)	For previous versions see version history.
	Current release: prior Windows 10	Page: V2.7.0.0 (NXDRVWIN)	For previous versions see version history.

Supported Operating Systems

Driver Version
Windows	≥ V2.8.0.0	V2.7.x.x	≥ V1.2.3.0	≥ 1.0.0.0
Windows 11
Windows 10
Windows 8 / 8.1		²
Windows 7		²
Windows Vista		²
Windows XP		²

Special Versions:

¹ One-off verification on Windows 10 Server 2019 / Driver version V2.5.1.0 / More information can be found under: FAQ: Does the driver run on Windows Server?

² One-off verification for Windows 7 "TESTSIGNING" / Driver version V2.7.x.x

General Information

Features

Based on the cifX Toolkit source
x86 and x64 (also known as AMD64) support for 7, 8/8.1, Windows 10
Support for PCI, PCIe, PC/104, PCI-104, ISA netX based hardware
DMA data transfer for I/O data (only PCI based cifX PC cards , see "Limitations" also)
Unlimited number of cifX boards supported
Support for netX90 based devices
Support for CIFX M.2 cards added
Microsoft WHQL certification for Windows 7
Verified on Windows 11

Limitations

Windows Plug & Play power save mode supported by the driver
Attention: The actual netX hardware states are not stored and will be lost during power down!
On system wake-up the hardware is re-started like on system power-on.
No IA64 / ARM support
Response times of driver calls are operating system and system load depending. Deterministic response times can’t be guaranteed
No DMA support for NXSB-PCA, NX-PCA-PCI, CIFX M.2 boards
No MSI support for CIFX cards, except for CIFX M.2 cards

CIFX Hardware Related Product Features

PC Cards - cifX

For more details click here.

Description

The CIFX/netX device driver is a kernel-mode driver that runs in Ring 0 of the operating system and supports the Windows plug-and play mechanisms.

ISA, PCI and PCI/e components are supported and can be combined arbitrarily using an unlimited number of components.

The user application uses a Windows API DLL to communicate with the driver. The DLL provides a simple C function interface (CIFX-API) and can be linked statically or dynamically to an application. Both driver and API DLL are available for 32/64Bit Windows systems.

For more details click here.

Road map

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Documentation

News

Blog Posts

Blog: cifX Device Driver V2.6.1.0 for Windows released created by
Robert Mayer (Deactivated)

2022-02-03

cifX Device Driver
Blog: cifX Device Driver V2.6.0.0 for Windows released created by
Robert Mayer (Deactivated)

2021-12-03

cifX Device Driver
Blog: cifX Device Driver V2.5.1.0 for Windows released created by
Robert Mayer (Deactivated)

2020-08-21

cifX Device Driver
Blog: cifX Device Driver V2.5.0.0 for Windows released created by
Robert Mayer (Deactivated)

2020-06-02

cifX Device Driver
Blog: cifX Device Driver V2.4.0.0 for Windows released created by
Robert Mayer (Deactivated)

2019-12-11

cifX Device Driver

FAQs

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