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DEMO INSTALLATIONS
When the software is used for demo purposes, it is limited to 5 records in the Subscriber Database, 1
transponder in the Transponder Database and only receivers 0 through 3 on bus 0 can be defined for that
transponder (no other points can be programmed for that transponder). If these limitations are observed then the
software will communicate with the single transponder and the system can be used with full functionality for
demo purposes. Refer to the Escort software install section of this document to install the software. After the
software has been installed, but before it is run, double click on the HDD32.EXE file in the Escort directory
(C:\ESCORT). This will install the driver for the software key. This is required even for demo installations that will
not have the software key. If the HDD32.EXE installer is not run before the Escort software is run the first time,
the Escort software will stop with an error and the HDD32.EXE will automatically run. The demo installation is
complete at this point and you do not have to refer to the rest of this document.
In demo mode communications are allowed to one transponder even if the transponder database has more than
one transponder in it for diagnostic purposes. The transponder selected in the Transponder Current Status dialog
or Transponder Communications dialog will be the transponder that can be communicated with. The transponder
can be reselected at any time to change the current transponder in communication. All tests, supervisions and
maintenance alarms will function normally; however only subscriber alarms that contain reports from receivers 0
through 3 on bus 0 will function. If an alarm also includes other receivers reporting, that alarm will be ignored.
Therefore actual Escort operation can be demonstrated using up to 4 receivers. Also a demo system can be
used to directly connect to transponders using the actual transponder database from the system to perform all
functions except subscriber alarms. This is desirable to allow a laptop to be plugged directly into a transponder to
diagnose problems. In both of these modes the subscriber database must have 5 or less subscribers.
NON-NETWORK INSTALLATIONS
If this system will not be using the network to connect Master, Slave and Workstation computers, refer to the
Escort software install section of this document to install the software. After the software has been installed, but
before it is run, plug the software key into the parallel port connector on the back of the computer and double
click on the HDD32.EXE file in the Escort directory (C:\ESCORT). This will install the driver for the software key.
If the HDD32.EXE installer is not run before the Escort software is run the first time, the Escort software will stop
with an error and the HDD32.EXE will automatically run. A non-network installation is complete at this point and
you do not have to refer to the rest of this document.
NETWORK INSTALLATIONS
The Escort software supports a single master computer, a single slave computer (optional) and a maximum of 8
workstations (limited to the number programmed in the software key). The master computer normally processes
the real time communications to the transponders and controls the system. The slave computer can assume the
master's role by the use of A/B switches to direct the transponder communications to the slave computer. The
workstation computers allow other computers to respond to alarms, perform maintenance and edit the
databases.
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