DAVIS DriveRight VMS Getting Started Guide (8180, 8185) - Manual (Page 4)

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I NTRODUCTION
The DriveRight Vehicle Management Software (VMS) package
allows you to store, view and manipulate DriveRight data on
your PC. More specifically, VMS provides tools for sorting,
tracking, scheduling, analyzing, printing, and graphing data
for a number of individual DriveRight units.
This guide is intended to get you up and running with VMS in
the shortest time possible. For a more comprehensive intro-
duction to VMS, please refer to the documentation files
accompanying this install (see the DriveRight Software|DOC
folder on your PC once you complete this install).
NOTE: This guide presumes familiarity with standard Windows® oper-
ating system conventions (e.g. double click). Consult your Win-
dows™ 95 documentation for help with unfamiliar Windows
terminology.
Components
Before installing the software on your PC, make sure your
package includes the following components:
❏ DriveRight hardware module
A black interface box to connect the Drive-
Right to your PC.
❏ DriveRight connector cable
A cable with stereo plugs at both ends to con-
nect the DriveRight to the hardware module.
❏ Serial port connector cable
A cable with telephone plugs at both ends to
connect the hardware module to one of the PC
connectors listed below.
❏ DB25 connector and DB9 connector
A 25-pin and a 9-pin connector with telephone
plugs to connect the serial port cable directly
to a serial port in your PC.
❏ Four DriveRight software diskettes