Rane ECS RaneWare - Manual (Page 2)

RW Manual-2
Starting RaneWare
Once RaneWare is installed, a RaneWare program group
is created. When the software is first installed, Rane’s
Software License Agreement is displayed. Then, the
Help
screen appears. Here, any questions may be answered.
Subsequent activations do not bring up the License Agree-
ment or the
Help screen unless they are asked for. Close the
Help file, and welcome to RaneWare!
If any question arises about a particular control on any
software screen, position the pointer over the control and
press F1 on your keyboard for Help.
The System Setup screen asks to which Com port RW
232 is attached. If you don’t have a unit connected, you can
still use RaneWare
Offline. Click OK, then Polling begins the
first time the program is run. This process checks for units
connected to the serial port. Polling may also be invoked by
selecting
Device > Select > Poll. If a Device is found, you
are in control! (If a device is hooked up and it is not found,
read the
Troubleshooting section of the Help file.) RaneWare
polls addresses 1 thru 250. If the connected products are
found, you may click the stop button at any time to end
polling.
INSTALLING RANEWARE
For programming and setup of all of Rane’s RW 232
products, Rane supplies a Windows ® compatible software
called RaneWare. This software is an easy-to-use graphical
user interface and allows all Rane’s RW 232 type products to
be controlled in real time from the same executable.
System Requirements
• RaneWare works under Microsoft Windows 95 or 98SE ®
on a PC or laptop with an unused serial port.
• RW 232 needs a DB-9 cable less than 50' long, connecting
from the serial port of a computer to the RW 232 CON-
TROL INPUT port. This cable is wired straight through,
not null modem. No interface boxes are required; just a
cable and the computer. See the ECS Hardware Manual.
• RaneWare can be fully demonstrated and operated without
any unit attached (called ‘offline’).
• A RaneWare CD-ROM comes with each unit. RaneWare is
a single program with different windows capable of
controlling not only the ECS units, but also the RPE 228d
Equalizer, and the RPM 26v or RPM 26i Multifunction
Processor, the RPD 1 Programming and Diagnostics Unit
and the Via 10 Ethernet Bridge. Software can be obtained
at Rane's web site, www.rane.com.
Software Installation
If you have the RaneWare CD-ROM, insert it in your
drive. The autorun should bring up a prompt asking to install
RaneWare. If it does not, go to the Windows
Start menu,
select Run... > Browse... and navigate to your CD-ROM
drive. Select the SETUP.EXE file and click OK. This starts
installation.
If you downloaded RaneWare from the web, locate the
RW2**.EXE file you downloaded and run it. Installation
proceeds.
System Setup
Device Selection Menu