Rice Lake 920i Installation Manual V3.12 - Manual (Page 62)

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5.0 Using iRev
The iRev utility provides a suite of functions used to
support configuration, calibration, customization, and
backup of the
920i
software. Hardware and software
configuration, 920i display setup for up to ten screen
designs, stream and ticket formatting, setpoint
configuration, database management, and
iRite
program editing are all supported by iRev .
Calibration values, scale, setpoint, and display
configuration, database tables, and user programs, can
be both saved and restored to the
920i
using
iRev
. (See
Section 4.4 on page 54 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,
Windows XP (Home or Professional), and Windows
Vista™.
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
a v a i l a b l e f r o m t h e R LW S w e b s i t e a t
www.ricelake.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 files 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 Configuration
display is shown (Figure 5-1). This display is used to
create a virtual hardware configuration 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
Configuration display represent the two option card
slots on the
920i
CPU board (above) and up to twelve
slots on attached expansion boards (slots 3–8 at left,
9–14 at right).
Figure 5-1. iRev Hardware Configuration Display