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DIS v44 v57 Installation Check

The document provides a 17 step checklist for installing and configuring DIS v57 virtual machine software. It involves configuring virtual network settings, adding network devices, rebuilding the kernel, setting the protocol translator to Fister, configuring processes, and performing an API test to confirm successful communication.

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DIS v44 v57 Installation Check

The document provides a 17 step checklist for installing and configuring DIS v57 virtual machine software. It involves configuring virtual network settings, adding network devices, rebuilding the kernel, setting the protocol translator to Fister, configuring processes, and performing an API test to confirm successful communication.

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DIS v57 Installation Check List

1. Go to Programs -> VMware then from the Toolbar, choose the Help menu, then About VMware Workstation, you should see a screen like this:-

2. Go to the Edit menu on your VMware home screen and choose Virtual Network Settings, you should see this:-

3. Choose the Host Virtual Network Mapping tab and you should see this:-

4. Press the > button to the right hand side of the VMware Network Adapter VMNet1 line and choose Subnet, you should see this:-

5. Press the red X in the top corner of the Subnet screen to exit, then repeat the procedure from Step 4 to view settings for VMware Network Adapter VMNet8, you should see this:-

6. Exit from this screen by again pressing the red X box, then exit the Virtual Network Editor screen and verify that your virtual machine displays the following attributes:-

(i) (ii) (iii) (iv) (v)

Memory at least 256Mb (this machine has 512Mb allocated so that DIS runs faster) Hard Disk 18.6 Gb (pre-allocated) CD-ROM using an actual physical drive (this one uses Drive D) 3 Custom Ethernet adaptors One processor

7. Disable firewall, antispam and antivirus programs and enable the IFHSrv32 Netserver, then choose Start the virtual machine. After DIS loads, left click somewhere in the centre of the home screen, then use the Alt+Ctrl+ENTER keys to maximise the home screen and press the Administration Button. Choose the Calibrating touch screen Button and enter the setup password to access the EasyDIS Configure-matic main menu.

8. Choose Option 7 to access the SCOADMIN NETWORK screen

9. If correctly configured, you should see 2 Network Devices as in the above screenshot the uppermost is the SCO TCP/IP loopback driver and should not be touched. The second is the AMD PCNet-PC1 Adapter Compatible if you are unsure of whether this adapter is working correctly, left click on the description line and from the Hardware menu, choose Remove Network Device a couple of dialogue boxes will display asking you to confirm that you wish to remove the AMD PCNet Adapter, choose Yes to confirm removal of the device.

10. Now re-add the AMD PCNet-PC1 adapter compatible by choosing Add new LAN Adapter from the Hardware Menu, your computer will do a search and display a list of available adapters:-

11. Left click on the first adapter on the top of the list and choose the Continue button, you will be prompted to choose a communication protocol, left click on SCO TCP/IP and press the ADD button:

12. When this screen displays, the Local Host Name field should be populated with gt1ap, type the IP address 192.168.68.30 on the next line and the rest of the screen should auto-populate, if not manually enter the NetMask and Broadcast address settings as per the following screen, then OK and OK again to add the adapter:-

13. The screen shown in Step 8 will display, confirming that you now have a loopback driver and AMD PCNet-PC1 adapter compatible added to your system. From the Hardware menu, choose Exit and you will be prompted to rebuild the kernel:-

14. Choose Yes and answer y as you follow the on-screen instructions to complete rebuilding of the kernel. Once the process has been completed, you will be returned to the EasyDIS Configure-Matic Main Menu screen shown in Step 7. Now its time to check and confirm that DIS actually works!

15. Begin by choosing Option 3. to configure the protocol translator, which should be set to Fister as shown here:-

14. If the translator displays as Softing, use Option 3. to switch to Fister then once completed, exit back to the EasyDIS Configure-Matic main menu screen using Option 9.

Next choose Option 2. to configure processes vm should be set to not run, nsw set to run and dsm set to run as per the following screenshot, if not, use the menu options to correctly configure the processes, and once you have viewed the configuration by using Option 1. to confirm they are correct, choose Option 2. to Apply the configuration now, then Option 9. to exit once again back to the EasyDIS Configure-Matic Main Menu.

16. From the EasyDIS Configure-Matic main menu, we must now choose Option 1. to Configure EDIABAS by firstly using Option 1. To restart EDIABAS from inside DIS to update our configuration settings. A short script will run, after which you will be prompted to hit the ENTER key to return to the EDIABAS Configuration menu. From the EDIABAS Configuration menu, now choose Option 2. PERFORM API TEST to run an APItest, this will confirm that DIS has been correctly configured to communicate with our interface via the virtual network and IFHSrv32 netserver. If all goes well, the following screen should display:-

17. Exit from the APItest menu by choosing 0 Abbruch (Abort), which will return you to the EDIABAS Configuration Menu. Choose Option 0 (to shutdown DIS) note that if you choose Option 9 to return to the DIS home screen at this time, process configuration settings may be lost due to the IFHSrv32 running. NB: You should only ever shutdown DIS by choosing Option 0 from the EasyDIS Configure-Matic menu as DIS self-updates each time it closes.

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