LANTEK User Manual - Ideal Industries

CHAPTER 7
LANTEK REPORTER SOFTWARE
SYSTEM REQUIREMENT
Your PC should have the following capability:
Minimum
Pentium 90, Windows 95B, 32 MB RAM, 100 MB of available disk storage,
one serial communications port, video card capable of providing
resolution of 1024 x 768 and an inkjet printer.
Recommended Pentium 300 MHz, one of the following (Windows 98, ME, XP, 2000, or NT
SP5), 128 MB RAM, 100 MB available disk storage, video card capable of
providing resolution of 1024 x 768, a laser printer and an available USB
port.
Note: Windows 95 and Windows NT do not support USB connections. Uploading test
results in these operating systems are therefore limited to a serial port connection.
LANTEK REPORTER INSTALLATION AND START-UP
LANTEK REPORTER UPGRADES
The CD supplied with your tester may not contain the latest version of the LANTEK
Reporter program. Ideal Industries provides a web (www) site for LAN cable test
products that allows you to use a PC and modem to obtain the latest LANTEK Reporter
maintenance release. Refer to Appendix B, World Wide Web Services.
INSTALLATION PROCEDURE
The LANTEK Reporter software is installed using the standard Windows program
installer.
1. Insert the LANTEK Reporter CD-ROM.
2. Click on the Start button, and then click Run.
3. Type, d:\ setup
Note: If your CD-ROM drive is not the “d” drive, replace “d” with the correct drive
letter.
4. Follow the instructions on your screen.
Note: Install the LANTEK Reporting System in the default directory, c:\…\ LANTEK
Reporter. An empty database will be created in c:\…\ LANTEK Reporter \db.
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