GeniusPro/Lightpalette Operator's Manual - Strand Lighting

PC Software
you insufficient memory to run the software. The smartdrv command line may need
editing to free more memory. The smartdrv command: SMARTDRV /S tells you how
much memory is used by smartdrv. The command smartdrv in your autoexec.bat file will
need modifying to change the maximum memory used. If you have 2 numbers at the
end of the smartdrv command in your AUTOEXEC.BAT file, modify them to give the
correct amount of memory required for the application. If you don’t have these numbers,
then smartdrv will use its default values which may be too large. Change the command
line to add the two numbers to the end. A typical command line for an 8M byte PC
allocates 1500 kbytes as follows: C:\DOS\SMARTDRV 1500 150
5. To run the OLE/Backup PC software, HIMEM.SYS must be loaded. If it is not, an error
message “32rtm error: Couldn’t initialize DPMI32VM.OVL” will be given when running
the software. To install HIMEM.SYS, add the line “DEVICE=HIMEM.SYS” at the top of
the file C:\CONFIG.SYS using the EDIT command at DOS.
6. The OLE/Backup PC software does not change the DOS PATH to include its install
directory. Edit the PATH= line in the file C:\AUTOEXEC.BAT to include the software
directory specified if required.
7. The Properties (right mouse button) of the gp_95 or lp_95 shortcut icon can be used to
fix problems. Persistent problems when running the shortcut icons can be fixed by
running exclusively in MSDOS mode. To do this, bring up the shortcut Properties, select
the Program tab and then the advanced button, and set MSDOS mode. This causes
Win95/98 to exit automatically when the shortcut is run, and to restart when you exit the
program.
8. The OLE/Backup PC software will not run on a PC with a 3-COM network card
connected to a non-Strand PC network. The PC must be booted off the network before
running the OLE. If the network card is not a 3-COM card it may be run on the PC
network
9. The OLE/Backup PC software will not run under Windows3.x or Windows NT, but will
run under Windows 95 and Windows 98..
10. The backup PC software only works with 3-COM network cards connected to a lighting
network.
11. Ensure that the network configuration protocol is set up correctly in the Settings/Control
Panel/Network Protocol of Windows 95/98 . You should see an item marked TCP/IP,
and also a 3COM item if you are using the 3COM 3c5x9 Etherlink III card. Under TCP/IP
properties, you need to specify the same IP address you set in your 220NODE.CFG file,
together with a subnet mask value of 255.255.255.0. All other TCP/IP settings should be
off, default or blank. The 3COM settings should show a TCP/IP binding.
12. When running the software, you may get an error message saying you do not have
enough memory. You must have 16Mb or more of RAM in your PC to run the software,
and more than 32Mb of RAM to run the 'i' software version. If the program exits with exit
code 1-99, or reports a memory error, then you need to reduce the memory used by
DOS. Things to check include ram disks, disk caches (eg smartdrv), and TSR programs.
13. Currently, PCs with no maths coprocessor (e.g., 486SX) do not run the software
correctly. 386, 286 and 86 processors are also not suitable.
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