Operation Manual

8. Software Installation
VSXNET Subwoofer Operation Manual rev 2.0.0
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8. Software Installation
TheencloseddisccontainsthePodwaresoftwarepackage;acomprehensiveeditor,interface,&diagnostics
toolfortheVNETrangeofloudspeakers.
ChecktheTannoywebsiteforanyupdateshttp://www.tannoypro.com
Thediskshould‘AUTORUN’,ifnotopenthePodwarefolder&doubleclickonthe‘Setup.exe’icon.
YourPCwillneedtohavetheWindows.NETFrameworkinstalled.Ifitdoesnot,youwillbedirectedtothe
necessarylocationtodosohttp://msdn.microsoft.com/netframework/downloads/framework1_1/
The.NETFrameworkisalsoonyourinstallationCD.
Whatisthe.NETFramework?
The.NETFrameworkisanintegralWindowscomponentforbuildingandrunningthenextgenerationof
softwareapplicationsandWebservices.The.NETFramework:
Supportsover20differentprogramminglanguages.
Managesmuchoftheplumbinginvolvedindevelopingsoftware,enablingdeveloperstofocusonthecore
businesslogiccode.Makesiteasierthaneverbeforetobuild,deploy,andadministersecure,robust,and
high-performingapplications.
The.NETFrameworkiscomposedofthecommonlanguageruntimeandauniedsetofclasslibraries.
Youcanchecktoseeifyoualreadyhavethe.NETFramework1.1installedbyclicking‘Start’onyourWindows
desktop,selecting‘ControlPanel’,andthendouble-clickingthe‘AddorRemovePrograms’icon.Whenthat
windowappears,scrollthroughthelistofapplications.IfyouseeMicrosoft.NETFramework1.1listed,thelatest
versionisalreadyinstalledandyoudonotneedtoinstallitagain.
PodWareisapowerfulapplicationcapableofrunningmanycomplexwindowsconcurrently.Itthereforerequires
acomputerwithreasonablelevelsofresources.Foracceptableperformance,thecomputermusthaveatleast:
• PCwith>450MHzPentiumprocessor
• 32-bitWindowstmoperatingsystem(NT,2000,XP,Vista,Win7)
• 128MBRAM
• CD-ROMdriveorInternetaccess
• RS232orUSBport