Micromod Micro-PWC: 53PW6000 MicroPWC Installation and Setup Manual - Manual (Page 23)

Micro-PWC
™ Installation & Setup Guide
Installation 13
3.0 INSTALLATION
Micro-PWC is composed of several hardware and software components integrated into a base personal
computer (PC). This section provides information on installing these hardware and software components.
Some of the instructions for this installation will be included with the hardware or software components and
are not addressed in this Installation and Setup Guide. The installation order of these components is sig-
nificant, and should be done in the following sequence:
1. Set up the base PC. (See Section 3.1 .)
2. Verify that the base PC is running the Windows 2000 Professional Workstation or Windows XP
Professional Workstation operating system.
3. Determine the available I/O addresses that can be used when installing a supervisor board.
(See
Section 3.3 .)
4. Install the optional Micro-DCI network interface board. This can be either a Datalink
Supervisor board, Microlink Supervisor board, or Redundant Microlink Supervisor board pair.
These Supervisor boards enable multiple instruments to be networked together and
connected to this base PC. (See
Section 3.4.1 .)
5. Install the Ethernet network interface board. This board enables the base PC to connect to an
Ethernet network. (See
Section 3.4.2 .)
6. Install the drivers and any related software for the Ethernet network interface board(s). A
diskette containing drivers for each of the network interface board(s) will come with the
network board(s). These drivers will enable the base PC to recognize which network board(s)
have been installed. (See
Section 3.4.3 .)
7. Verify that the TCP/IP network protocols have been installed on the base PC. If TCP/IP has
not been installed on this PC, install it. (See
Section 3.4.4 .)
8. Install the Micro-PWC system hardware key. (See Section 3.4.5 .)
9. Connect the Micro-DCI instruments to the base PC. (See Section 3.4.6 .)
10. Verify that the proper Windows operating system software has been properly configured to run
the Micro-PWC system. (See Section 3.4.7 .)
11. Install the Micro-PWC system software. (See Section 3.5 .)
3.1 Setting Up the Base PC
Connect all peripheral hardware units to the base PC, including the monitor, keyboard, mouse, and CD-
ROM unit. Connect the base PC and all peripheral units to a power source. See the instructions that are
included with the PC for setting up these components.
Section 2.1 lists all of the Micro-PWC system hardware requirements. Verify that all of the hardware com-
ponents of the base PC meet or exceed these hardware requirements. You can refer to the base PC's doc-
umentation to verify these hardware requirements.
3.2 Verifying/Installing the Windows Workstation Software
The Micro-PWC system requires that the base PC is running Windows 2000 Professional Workstation or
Windows XP Professional Workstation software.
This section provides the procedure for checking which operating system is running on your base PC.