Rice Lake Ishida AstraLink - Manual (Page 7)

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2. Getting Started
This section gives a quick tutorial on how to use AstraLink and introduces the main concepts
you will need to edit and manage scales data.
Before You Start
When you run AstraLink for the first time, the software steps you through a series of operations
to setup your copy of AstraLink. This includes reading the initial scale data from the Astra itself.
Accordingly, you must have the Astra and data cable available before you can run AstraLink.
Starting AstraLink for the First Time
Installing AstraLink adds an "AstraLink" icon to the <Programs> sub-menu of your Windows
<Start> menu.
To run AstraLink from Windows, click on <Start>
→ <Programs> → <AstraLink> →
<AstraLink>.
When you run AstraLink for the first time, the AstraLink Setup Wizard appears as shown below
to step you through the process of setting up your copy of AstraLink.
Click the Next button to move to the next step in the setup process.
NOTE: If you do not have a scale available, it is possible to bypass the AstraLink Setup Wizard
by unzipping the file BYPASS.ZIP included in the installation before running AstraLink.
This will open a sample database instead.
However, it is important that you read the data from your scale before creating your
database. See Chapter 3 Communicating with the Scale for details.