User manual SQUIRREL SYSTEMS SQUIRREL VERSION 3.5

[. . . ] Version 3. 5 Installation Guide Revision 2. 0 March 8, 2001 3/8/01 - Rev 2. 0 1 SQUIRREL VERSION 3. 5 INSTALLATION GUIDE FOR WINDOWS NT INSTALLING WINDOWS NT FOR SQUIRREL VERSION 3. 5 CMOS SETUP The setup of NT starts with turning on the PC and selecting F1 to enter the Configuration/Setup Utility (CMOS). Select Devices and I/O Ports from the Configuration and Setup Utility Screen and do the following: · Select USB Support and then disable · Set USB Keyboard to Autodetect. 2. Go to the Automatic Power On Screen, select Wake Up on Alarm, and then disable this function. You now need to select PCI Wake Up, and then disable this function aswell. 5. [. . . ] Select PCI slot and insert card accordingly. If Installing more than 1 Rocket Port card, please consider the placement of the cards in the slots. The connector that plugs into the card is fairly large so having 2 or more Rocket Port cards in adjacent slots side by side may impose problems when plugging in all the connectors. Reapply PC cover. 3/8/01 - Rev 2. 0 7 SQUIRREL VERSION 3. 5 INSTALLATION GUIDE FOR WINDOWS NT 7. Since you will not be "wired" to a physical network, you must have a loopback adapter installed. This guide also includes information how to set this up using the MS Loopback adapter and then the RocketPort card. To install MS Loopback: 1. Scroll down the list and select the "MS Loopback Adapter" and then click OK. 6. The MS Loopback Adapter should now be listed and the box next to it "Checked". Insert Windows NT disk in CD ROM Drive, and type D:\ (Or the corresponding drive letter for your CD-Rom drive) in the file location path window and hit continue. 10. When the MS loopback Adapter Card Setup screen appears, leave the default setting and select Continue. 11. Click No when asked "if there is a DHCP server on your network. " 12. When the Microsoft TCP/IP Properties window comes up, specify an IP address for this machine. ( Since this machine is not wired to a network, the IP address entered doesn't need to be specific. In the next window you can leave the workgroup as "Workgroup" or change it to "Squirrel". Select Finish to complete this part of the setup and the YES to reboot your PC. After Rebooting and re-logging in, you may get a message saying a service failed to Start and upon viewing the Event Log it shows 2 Stop Errors noting the "Server Service" failing to start. This will be corrected after installing Service Pack 6 once we complete the RocketPort driver setup. 8 3/8/01 - Rev 2. 0 To install the RocketPort card driver: 1. Reapply PC cover. 14 3/8/01 - Rev 2. 0 To configure additional RocketPort cards: 1. Go to Start|Programs|Comtrol RocketPort RocketModem|RocketPort Setup. 2. The following screen appears. 3/8/01 - Rev 2. 0 15 SQUIRREL VERSION 3. 5 INSTALLATION GUIDE FOR WINDOWS NT 5. The following screen appears. 3/8/01 - Rev 2. 0 17 SQUIRREL VERSION 3. 5 INSTALLATION GUIDE FOR WINDOWS NT 9. Restart your PC as indicated. UPGRADING SERVICE PACKS Service Pack Upgrade 1. Click OK to complete the Upgrade. CONFIGURING STARTING COMPORTS IN SQUIRREL In order for the RocketPort card(s) to function with Squirrel you must specify the starting comport in Squirrel Dealer Configuration. 3/8/01 - Rev 2. 0 19 SQUIRREL VERSION 3. 5 INSTALLATION GUIDE FOR WINDOWS NT 1. Go to the Squirrel\Data\Tomorrow directory and type Dealer then press <Enter>. 3. [. . . ] The following table illustrates the RJ45/F ­ DE9/M adapter connection signals: 3/8/01 - Rev 2. 0 33 SQUIRREL VERSION 3. 5 INSTALLATION GUIDE FOR WINDOWS NT RJ45/F 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 N/A DE9/M 7 4 5 3 2 1 6 8 9 RS-232-Signal RTS DTR Signal Ground TxD RxD DCD DSR CTS Not used Pin 1 Back View Adapter RJ45 F Connector To build the adapter: 1) Make the connections following the above table 2) Remove both screws. 3) Install the female screw ­ lock (62-109) Pin DE9/ M Connector Front View Adapter 34 3/8/01 - Rev 2. 0 APPENDIX D: Setting the performance level in 3. 5x ( Also Known As Swtn #238 ) When using SQUiRREL ver 3. 35 there can be performance issues at POS when going into back of the house functions. As with other classic programs, the CPU usage is high when going into SQUiRREL. With 3. 35 the CPU usage is low when using POS, but the back of the house still uses classic and uses system resources. [. . . ]