User manual

WinPC-NC Light First steps
Please avoid
background
programs
Ill effects concerning realtime ability...
• access to hard disks, diskettes and network system as well as
wireless system actions
• battery loading on notebooks or the constant monitoring and
measuring of the battery capacity
• virus scan and firewall programs in the background
• Media-Player or other highspeed start-up programs awaiting in the
background certain user actions.
• dynamic processor clock frequency changing functions like
SpeedStep
®
or PowerNow
®
In general it is recommended to remove or deactivate all programs
which are not required. Notebooks often cause much more problems
than desktops computers because the essential signals of the printer
port often do not meet the electrical requirements.
Detailed information and tips for selecting the suitable unit are given
with additional support information.
2.3. Installation
User-friendly
installation
WinPC-NC is installed using a user-friendly setup program. Please
insert the disk into the drive and wait for automatic installation start.
If the installation is not executed, please start the program
SETUP.EXE directly from the CD. The installation wizard then
guides you through the entire procedure.
Call up the README file to learn about important changes to the
information in the manual. These changes are additional features
included after the manual was written.
List of files
The following files are installed to the target directory :
WINPCNC.EXE Control program
WINPCNC.WPI or WTI Parameter file
WINPCNC.WPW or WTW Tool file
WINPCNC.HLP Help texts
WINPCNC.LNG Messages and texts, multilingual
WCNCCON.DLL Realtime driver
README Latest changes to the manual
*.DLL Some files needed in the system folders
*.PLT *.SMM *.DIN Sample NC files
*.NCP *.EPS
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