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Operating system requirements, Running from 3.5” floppy drive – Novak ESC Profile Software User Manual

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NOVAK ELECTRONICS • PROFILE SOFTWARE

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OPERATING SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS

Your computer must meet the following system requirements in
order to install and run the Profile Software:

Computer

IBM PC/Compatible

(80386, 80486, & Pentium)

Memory

640K minimum

Disk Space

200K minimum

(can run from 3.5” floppy drive)

Disk Drive

3.5” floppy disk drive
Hard drive

(for Profile storage)

Operating System MS

®

DOS or Windows

®

(Windows

®

runs in

DOS––create short-cuts to run from main desktop)

Monitor

Black & White, Color, or VGA

Serial Port

DB9 communications port

(Use a DB25/DB9

adaptor if your computer does not have a DB9 port)

Mouse

Not supported

(with Version 1.0 Profile Software)

Note: For your protection, we suggest that you make a copy of the
Profile Software diskette before running or installing software.

RUNNING FROM 3.5” FLOPPY DRIVE

If you do not want to install the software onto the hard drive, you
can run from the 3.5” floppy disk drive by following these steps:
1. Insert the included diskette into the 3.5” floppy disk drive.
2. At the indicated computer prompts, enter the given responses:

Computer prompts are shown for drive A, if you are using drive B then “B:” will
be displayed. The “RUN1” statement instructs the computer to use serial port
#1, if you connected the DataLink to serial port #2 then you will type “RUN2”.

Computer Prompt

Enter the Following

A:

{press Enter}

A:\

RUN1 {press Enter}

This will execute the SPDCTRL.EXE program and you are ready to
use the Profile Software to upload, download, customize, and store
Profiles for your Cyclone Programmable speed control.