Rice Lake 920i Installation Manual V1.05 - Manual (Page 48)

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5.0 Using iRev
The iRev utility provides a suite of functions used to
support conÞguration, calibration, customization, and
backup of the
920i software. Hardware and software
conÞguration, 920i display setup for up to ten screen
designs, stream and ticket formatting, setpoint
conÞguration, database management, and
iRite
program editing are all supported by iRev .
Calibration values, scale, setpoint, and display
conÞguration, database tables, and user programs, can
be both saved and restored to the
920i using iRev . (See
Section 4.4 on page 42 for iRev calibration procedures.)
Other supporting applications provided with iRev
include:
¥ The iRev Editor provides a basic editor and a
compiler for writing iRite applications.
¥ The Rice Lake Web Update utility uses your
internet connection to check for and download
updates to the
iRev and 920i software.
¥ The iLaunch utility can be installed to display a
set of icons used for convenient startup of
iRev
and its supporting applications, including the
Help system.
Hardware and Software Requirements
M i n i m u m s y s t e m r e q u i r e m e n t s : 1 6 6 M H z ,
x86-compatible, with 32MB RAM (64MB for
NT4/2000), 40MB disk space. Recommended system:
233 MHz, x86-compatible or greater, with 64MB
RAM, 40 MB disk space.
iRev runs on most Windows ¨ operating systems,
including Windows 95 (original release), Windows 95
OSR2, Windows 98, Windows 98 SE, Windows ME,
Windows NT 4.0 (SP4 or greater), Windows 2000, and
Windows XP (Home or Professional).
When used with the original release of Windows 95,
iRev requires an updated version of TAPI. The TAPI
update is included on the iRev installation CD and is
available from the RLWS web site at www.rlws.com .
Internet Explorer ¨ (IE) 4.0 or greater is required to use
the iRev help system. Explorer is included on the iRev
installation CD or is available from Microsoft
Corporation.
5.1 Installing and Starting the Program
iRev is installed using a standard Windows installation
procedure. iRev applications and support Þles are
installed in a directory named iRev; icons for the iRev
application, the iRev Editor, Uninstall and the Rice
Lake Web Update utility are placed in the Windows
Start menu.
5.2 Hardware Configuration
When iRev is started, the Hardware ConÞguration
display is shown (Figure 5-1). This display is used to
create a virtual hardware conÞguration for your
indicator by dragging and dropping icons for the
supported option cards into the empty slots on the
d i s p l a y. T h e s l o t s s h o w n o n t h e H a r d w a r e
ConÞguration display represent the two option card
slots on the
920i CPU board (above) and up to twelve
slots on attached expansion boards (slots 3Ð8 at left,
9Ð14 at right).
Figure 5-1. iRev Hardware ConÞguration Display