WattMaster WCC II - Manual (Page 25)

Section 2: Initiating the System
WCC II Operator’s Guide
Operator Interfaces 2-1
SECTION 2: INITIATING THE SYSTEM
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The programs and data which are necessary to cause the personal
computer to act as the ECC/WCC II Central Processing Unit
are saved on a diskette(s) similar to the way music is stored on a
cassette tape.
Note: The personal computer also has special integrated
circuit boards, manufactured at WattMaster, which allow it to
act as the CPU.
After the satellite controllers have been installed and powered up,
the Central Processing Unit (personal computer) set up, and the 2-
wire communication line between the satellite controllers and the
CPU hooked up (see the Installation and Trouble Shooting Guide
for satellite controller start-up and check-out information), the
software needs to be loaded into the system. Loading the software
is a term which means that data on the diskettes is transferred into
the memory of the personal computer and/or into the memory of
the satellite controllers.
The personal computer used with the ECC/WCC II system may
have either two fl oppy disk drives or one fl oppy disk drive and one
hard disk drive. If the front end computer is an IBM system 2, the
fl oppy disks are 3.5 inch; otherwise, they are 5.25 inch disks. The
3.5 inch disks are sometimes referred to as micro fl oppy disks or
micros. The disk drive on the left hand side of the computer (Drive
A) always accepts a fl oppy disk. The right hand disk drive uses
either a fl oppy disk or a hard disk. If it is a fl oppy disk, then it is
referred to as drive B; if it is a hard disk then it is referred to as drive
C. Hard disks hold much more data than a fl oppy. A hard disk is
recommended on systems which have over 20 satellite controllers
and is required on systems which utilize Enhanced Color Graphics
or the Telephone Override Feature.
You can tell if your system has a hard disk by looking at the disk
drives on the personal computer. A disk drive that uses a fl oppy
disk has a door with a slot which allows you to insert and remove
the disk. The hard disk is permanently in the drive, and therefore
there is no door on the front of the drive. If your system has two
fl oppy disk drives, then it is referred to as a “ Dual Floppy” or a
“ Dual Disk Drive” system. If the disk on the right does not have a
disk drive door, then the disk in the right hand drive is a hard disk,
and the system is referred to as a “Hard Disk” or “Fixed Disk”
system.
You should receive the following disks with an ECC/WCC II
system:
Dual Floppy Systems
“DOS Disk - Version 3.3”
“Drive A Operating Disk”
“Drive B Operating Disk”
“Drive A Back Up Disk”
“Drive B Back Up Disk”
Hard Disk Drive Systems
“DOS Disk - Version 3.3”
“Back Up Disk #1”
“Back Up Disk #2”
The DOS (Disk Operating System) Manual is shipped in the box
with the ECC/WCC II CPU (personal computer). You should
fi nd two disks in the back of the DOS manual; you need the disk
labeled “DOS”. The ECC/WCC II system will operate with DOS
2.1 or greater.
CAUTION: DOS 2.1 must be used on dual fl oppy systems
which have 5.25 inch disk drives. The DOS 3.3 fi le is too large
and will not allow enough room for the other ECC/WCC II
fi les.
If you have a dual disk system, “Disk A” will stay in Drive A of the
ECC/WCC II CPU (personal computer) and “Disk B” will remain
in drive B. If you have a “Hard Disk” system, the “Disk A” and
“Disk B” will be copies onto the hard disk (Drive C).
It is very important to make back-up copies of the disks after the
system has been “programmed” to control your building.
Dual Disk Drive Systems
If the ECC/WCC II CPU (personal computer) has two “fl oppy”
disk drives, then the following procedure should be followed to
load the software into the computer. Before you can load the ECC/
WCC II software, you need to have the following items:
1) “Drive A Operating Disk”
2) “Drive B Operating Disk”