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Installation of software and add-on board – Metrohm 757 VA Computrace User Manual

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1 Introduction

757 VA Computrace – Software

4

Installation of software and add-on board

1. Switch off PC and disconnect power cable from the power

socket.

2. Disconnect all other cables to computer peripherals (key-

board, display, printer, etc.).

3. Disassemble PC and install

3.757.1300 Add-on Board in a

free ISA slot (see instruction manual of the PC).

4. Reassemble PC.
5. Switch off 757 VA Computrace Stand.
6. Connect the built-in add-on board to the "PC Interface" socket

of the 757 VA Computrace Stand with the

6.2135.010 cable.

7. Switch on 757 VA Computrace Stand and PC and start oper-

ating system (Windows™

98 or Windows™

2000).

8. Insert installation CD into CD drive.
9. If the autorun option for the CD drive is disabled, select

and

Run

. Browse for the

Setup.exe

file on the installa-

tion CD and click on

.

10. Click on "

757

" and follow the instructions given in the setup

program. Select the

Add-on Board (3.757.1300)

option for the in-

terface type.

11. The software package will be installed in the desired directory

(the default directory is

Programs/Metrohm/757 VA Computrace

).

In addition to the program files, the following folders are in-
stalled:

Data

Folder for storage of new signal (

*.sig

) and determi-

nation files (

*.dth

).

Demo data

Folder containing signal and determination file ex-
amples. The subfolder

Practical Voltammetry

contains

all examples of the

8.757.5003 Metrohm Mono-

graph "Practical Voltammetry", which is available
from Metrohm on request.

Method

Folder for storage of method files (

*.mth

). You find

some basic examples in the

Method

folder and more

examples in the subfolders

Application Bulletin

,

Ap-

plication Notes

and

Hardware Test

.

Hardware

Folder for hardware control files and drivers.

12. Restart the PC.
13. Start the VA Computrace software.