Dove Systems Starport DOS - Manual (Page 10)

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THE SOFTWARE DISKETTE
A. Contents
The program diskette is readable by PC computers running DOS (the StarPort software will not run
under Windows). The contents of the disk can be verified, if desired, by typing DIR at the DOS prompt
and pressing the <RETURN> key. The following files and directories should be present on the disk:
COMMAND.COM DOS command processor
DOS Directory holding DOS utility programs
MOUSE Directory holding mouse drivers
CTMOUSE.TXT Mouse driver documentation
CTMOUSE.COM Serial port mouse driver
CTMOUSEP.COM PS/2 mouse driver
MENU Directory holding menu text and batch files
MANUAL Directory holding this manual in WordPerfect and text formats
STARPORT Directory holding StarPort programs and files
DATA.PRO Data for show 1
DATA2.PRO Data for show 2
STARPORT.EXE StarPort software
INSTALL.EXE StarCard configuration program (not used on StarPort)
CONFIG.PRO StarPort configuration data (must be present)
LOCK.PRO If present, autoloads show 1 on program start
START.EXE Generates SP.BAT
STARTEST.EXE Tests a StarPort
ST.EXE Tests a StarPort
SP.BAT StarPort startup batch file created by START.EXE
SP.OLD Previous SP.BAT
AUTOEXEC.BAT DOS startup batch file
DEMO.BAT Same as autoexec.bat
B. System Configuration
The STARPORT program uses command line options to set up operation for use with the StarPort. The
INSTALL program is used only to configure the program for use with the StarCard (a card that fits inside
the computer). The command line options follow the name of the program (STARPORT) when the
program is started (either at the DOS prompt or through AUTOEXEC.BAT). The command line options
are not case sensitive.
The command line options available are:
LPT1 use printer port 1
LPT2 use printer port 2
LPT3 use printer port 3
RXnnn receive nnn channels of DMX from manual controller
TXnnn transmit nnn channels of DMX to dimmers
Z: read and store show data on drive Z (typically Z is A, B, or C) instead of default drive
A few typical command lines are:
starport lpt1 use default settings on LPT1