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2.2 Installing Under Windows NT
- This section provides instructions for installing AG Access on the Windows NT operating system.You will complete the following steps:
- Modify the AG configuration file
2.2.1 Installation Procedure (NT)
Note: Before installing AG Access, ensure that any earlier installation has been removed by the procedure discussed in Section 2.2.3, Software Removal (NT).
- To install AG Access under Windows NT, run the installation program as described in this procedure:
- Log on as a member of the Administrators group.
- Insert the first AG Access installation disk into a floppy disk drive (A: drive).
- Run the setup program.
For Windows NT 4.0:
Select "Start", then select "Run..."
For Windows NT 3.51:
In the Program Manager, choose "Run..." from the File menu.
The "Run" dialog box appears.
- Enter the following and click OK:
a:\setup
The installation program will guide you through the installation.
If the program detects previously installed files that are newer than the versions contained in the package, it asks you whether to install or skip the files in question. Typically, you should not overwrite newer files.
As a result of the installation, the following environment variables will be modified (unless you specify not to):
PATH=..;c:\nms\bin
AGLOAD=c:\nms\ag\load;c:\nms\ag\cfg
INCLUDE=..;c:\nms\include
LIB=..;c:\nms\lib
2.2.2 Creating the AG Configuration File (NT)
- The AG loader/monitor program, agmon, interprets the AG configuration file to determine the interrupt, the I/O address, and other characteristics of an AG board, and uses it to download the firmware to a board. The default AG configuration file is an ASCII file named c:\nms\ag\cfg\ag.cfg.
Note: c:\nms is the default directory to which the AG Access software is installed. If you modified your software installation, replace the default directory with the path that you specified for your system.
- There are several sample configuration files that were copied to your c:\nms\ag\cfg directory during installation. The sample files include:
- Each of these sample files configures one board at a default I/O address 0x2C0 and interrupt 12, and should work with an AG board of the appropriate type as it is shipped. The I/O addresses and interrupt that you chose during the installation of the AG boards must be entered into the AG configuration file. (The sample configuration files use the default values.) There are commented-out lines in the sample files for additional boards. If you are using two or more AG boards, refer to Section 4.4, Using Multiple AG Boards for instructions.
- You must have an AG configuration file in order to run agmon. See Chapter 5 for detailed information about agmon.
- See Chapter 4 for details about modifying the contents of the AG configuration file.
2.2.3 Software Removal (NT)
- AG Access can be removed from your system using the Uninstall utility.
Note: Before removing the AG Access Library, ensure there are no applications running which access AG boards, including the AG loader/monitor, agmon.
- To remove AG Access from your Windows NT system:
- Log on as a member of the Administrators group.
- Ensure that no applications that access AG boards are running, including the AG loader/monitor program, agmon.
- In the Natural MicroSystems AG Access program group, double-click the Uninstall AG Access icon.
- Follow the removal prompts that appear.
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