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www.asti-usa.com ASTi DACS: Operation & Maintenance Manual (Version 4, Rev. B.1)

Network Interface Connection

Each DACS may contain one or two network interface cards. Network interface cards are PCI

based 10/100Mbs Ethernet cards.

Cable connection is located on the rear of the DACS chassis. Attach your Ethernet network

cable(s) to the RJ45 connector(s). Standard off-the-shelf network cabling can be used to make the

connection. Be sure to use cabling recommended for 100Mbs (Fast) ethernet applications.

Systems with two cards may be conﬁgured to direct certain types of data to be transmitted and

received via either the A or B network card. Be sure to determine your network layout and the

type of information on each network before connection. Cards will be marked on the rear of the

chassis and indicated on the Engineering drawings supplied with the system. See the section on

Network Interface in Chapter 2 for more information.

Note: Ethernet connection is not required to run the Model Builder sound model generation soft-

ware. Sound models can be developed and run without network connection, Network card A, how-

ever, must remain installed in order to use the Model Builder sound model environment

Software Installation and Conﬁguration

The ASTi DACS is delivered with an operating system, Model Builder sound model generation

software, Model Server routing conﬁguration ﬁles, and in some rare cases, 3rd party software

applications. All software is pre-installed on the Model Processor hard disk. No initial software

installation is required, unless the system was purchased as a “cold” spare. “Hot” spare systems

are delivered fully-conﬁgured.

The DACS is preconﬁgured to run the Model Builder software environment automatically upon

power up or system reboot.

In most cases system and network conﬁguration parameters will also need to be set using the start

up conﬁguration command ﬁle. See the back of the Model Builder Reference Guide for more

information.

Disks are provided for all software to accommodate cold start of the system. The diskettes may be

found with the documentation that was delivered with the system(s). For information on how to

reinstall your DACS software and reset your CPU operating parameters in the event of a failure,

see the Cold Start section in Chapter 5, Test and Maintenance.

Note that sound and communications models, system start-up conﬁguration ﬁles and cell routing

ﬁles are not pre-installed.

Customers who have contracted ASTi to develop models will receive these ﬁles on disks as part of

their contract. It will be the responsibility of the customer to install these disks upon receipt.

For sound and communications models developed by the user, the user is responsible for install-

ing and maintaining their own ﬁles.