Software Installation; Software Installation; Directories And Files; Installing Excalibur Programs - American Dynamics Excalibur 168 Installation & Setup Instructions Manual

INSTALLATION

SOFTWARE INSTALLATION

Directories and Files

The Excalibur program system uses three DOS directories, one
for program files, one for setup data files, and one for logging
data. Each of these is created during the setup procedure.
The Excalibur program files must all reside in the same
directory. If they are not, the programs will not execute. This
directory is defined, and created if it does not exist, during
installation of the Excalibur system programs. The default
directory is named "EXCALIBR". If another directory name
is desired, it may be entered when prompted during Excalibur
program installation (next section).
The Excalibur setup data files (e.g. the .MAP, .ICN, .SDB
files) must also reside in a single directory. The Excalibur
installation program creates a default data directory "DATA"
under the program file directory. At the users option, data files
may be located in any subdirectory by moving the DATA
directory or creating a new one using standard DOS/Windows
file management procedures. The data file directory need not
be on the same drive as the program files. It can be defined on
a network drive to be shared with other workstations.
A separate data logging directory, named "LOGDATA", is
created by the Excalibur program, as a subdirectory under the
program file directory. Logged information is unique to the
Excalibur workstation that logs it. This allows a user to store
the setup data files on a network drive, sharable among several
Excalibur workstations, while maintaining logged data in a
separate directory, created by each separate user workstation.

Installing Excalibur programs

To install the Excalibur programs, insert the installation disc
into drive A or B of the computer. The installation program,
named SETUP, must be started from within Windows.
1. From the Windows Program Manager, select "File", and
then the "Run" command.
2. At the Run dialog box, type in the disc drive, a colon ":",
and the file name "SETUP".
Example: "A:SETUP" or "B:SETUP"
3. Select "OK" in the RUN dialog box.
A dialog box first prompts for selection of the directory to
store the programs. The dialog box specifies C:\EXCALIBR
as the default program directory. If a different directory is
desired, type a directory name in this dialog box. SETUP then
reads the installation disc and copies all Excalibur files into the
program directory.
NOTE: During installation, Excalibur loads a file that may be
used by other Windows applications: BWCC.DLL.
If this file already exists in the Windows directory, a
message lists several options. Select the option to save both
the new file and the existing file in the Windows directory.
For NT operating systems, install disk 1 and disk 2 (disk 2
is the driver disk).
A new program group is created in the Windows 95 program
files., named Excalibur, with icons for each of the Excalibur
programs: System Setup, CAD, Operators, Icon Setup,
Excalibur, and Log Reports.
The following sections of this manual provide the setup
procedures using the Excalibur System Setup, Operators,
CAD, and Icon Setup programs. Refer to the Excalibur 168
Operating Instructions Manual, 8000-1743-01, for the
operating procedures of the Excalibur and Excalibur Log
Reports programs.
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