Skutch Electronics BA-1000 - Manual (Page 3)

Al Sandige Page 3 12/05/01
Introduction
The BA-1000 Text Conversion Software
Package is designed to work on any computer,
running Windows 95, 98 or ME, with either an
internal or external ZIP drive. This package lets you
to take an ASCII text file, Comma Delimited
format, and convert the phone numbers and store
them directly to the ZIP Disk the BA-1000 uses.
Features
! Covert & store numbers to any of the 11
BA-1000 number files, 0 through 9 or the
Do Not Dial List
! User selectable to dial a 1 and/or the
local area code for local numbers
Installation
• Install from ZIP Disk
1) Eject the ZIP Disk from the BA-1000 by
pressing the clear button on the ZIP drive at the
back of the BA-1000 (the BA-1000 must be at
MENU to do this).
2) Insert the ZIP Disk into the ZIP drive on your
PC.
3) If the PC automatically brings up the ZIP Disk
contents in an Explorer window, close the
window.
4) Under the “Start” button, on the Task Bar, left
click on the Run… option; this brings up the
Run window.
5) Enter the following in the Open bar on the Run
window: D:\SYSTEM\SETUP.EXE
6) If your PC’s ZIP drive is something other than
D:, enter the correct letter instead.
7) Now left click on the “OK” button.
8) Now follow the prompts to complete the
installation.
9) The installation software will place the BA1000
program shortcut on the Programs menu, under
the “Start“ button, on the Task Bar.
• Install from Internet
1) Download the current version of the software
package from our web site at
http://www.skutchelectronics.com/software_do
wnloads.htm
2) Pay careful attention, when starting the
download process, where the file is being saved
to.
3) Now UNZIP the downloaded file and pay
attention to the target directory.
4) Under the “Start” button, on the Task Bar, left
click on the Run… option; this brings up the
Run window.
5) Enter the following in the Open bar on the Run
window: C:\directory\SETUP.EXE
6) Instead of C:\directory, insert the drive and
directory name of the target directory where
the files were UNZIPPED to.
7) Now left click on the “OK” button.
8) Now follow the prompts to complete the
installation.
9) The installation software will place the BA1000
program shortcut on the Programs menu, under
the “Start“ button, on the Task Bar.
Program Setup
Run the BA1000 program and it will bring up
the BA1000 TEXT to ZIP window; left click on the
“SetUp“ button on this window to bring up the
SetUp window. You can save all changes, and exit
the SetUp window, by left clicking on the “Save”
button; left clicking on the “Don’t Save” button
will throw away any setup changes you may have
just made.
• ZIP Drive Location
This is a pull down list of drive letters; select
the drive letter that corresponds to the ZIP drive on
your PC.
• Dial Local Area Code
This is a check box, you left click on it to
“check” it or “un-check” it. If you check this box,
the program will add the Local Area Code to all
local numbers for dialing (local numbers are 7 digit
phone numbers or numbers with the Local Area
Code on them). If un-checked, the program will