Sennheiser Electronic IDGPSF Users manual

GuidePort Software

Short User Guide

Version 1.0 of 27 July 2000

Sennheiser electronic GmbH & Co. KG

Am Labor 1

30900 Wedemark

Germany

Contents

1 SETTING UP THE BASE STATION HARDWARE ...................................................3

2 INSTALLING THE CELL TRANSMITTER LOADER SOFTWARE .....................4

3 CENTRAL UNIT PC .......................................................................................................6

3.1 CENTRAL UNIT SOFTWARE...........................................................................6

3.2 DATABASE DRIVER........................................................................................... 7

3.3 PALMTOP SOFTWARE ..................................................................................... 8

4 CREATING A GUIDEPORT INSTALLATION FOR YOUR EXHIBITION .......... 9

5 ANNOUNCEMENTS.....................................................................................................18

6 DOWNLOADING THE CONFIGURATION FILES TO THE GUIDEPORT

TRANSMITTERS ................................ ..........................................................................19

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1 Setting Up the Base Station Hardware

• First connect all Cell Transmitters via a USB hub to a Base Station PC.

• Then connect the Base Station PC to your local area network.

• Via the network, the Base Stations are connected to a Central Unit PC.

Cell Transmitter

Cental Unit PC with:

•Sound Card, capable of 32 kHz sampling rate

•G7.22++ converter and announcement software

•GP CU software

Figure 1: System Set-Up

Local Area Network

Base Station PC with CT Loader

Cell Transmitter

USB-Hub

Base Station

Cell Transmitter

USB-Hub

Base Station

N.B.: Instead of a local area network solution with separate Central Unit PC and

Base Station PC, you can also work with only one PC or laptop computer with Windows 98™ and a USB connector.

Via the USB, the Base Station PC detects the IDs of all Cell Transmitters connected to it, and transfers the configuration files to the Cell Transmitters. (N.B.: These configuration files will be created later with the Central Unit Software, see chapter 4)

When starting the Base Station PC or hot plugging the Cell Transmitters into the PC, a Windows 98 message will inform you about the detection of a new USB device. Please insert the „USB Driver“ disk to install the missing driver.

Now your hardware is ready for the installation of the Cell Transmitter Loader Software.

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2 Installing the Cell Transmitter Loader Software

• Insert the „Cell Transmitter Loader“ disk and run „setup.exe“ to install the

Cell Transmitter Loader Software on your Base Station PC. The following screen will be shown:

• Click [Next] to continue installation.

• The InstallShield assistant will suggest a destination directory where to

install the program files. You may either accept the proposed path or click [Browse] to choose a different path. Please make a note of the path as you will need it later for setting up the cell transmitters.

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Installation will then continue. The Shield assistant will close automatically when the program has been installed.

• Now start the Cell Transmitter Loader program from the program directory

of the Windows 98™ start menu. The following window will be displayed:

• Switch on all Cell Transmitters connected to your Base Station PC. Click

[Find Transmitter] to locate the transmitters. The number and IDs of all transmitters found will be displayed:

Number of

transmitters

found

Transmitter

Buttons for

selecting for a

transmitter

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The Cell Transmitter Loader Software will create a „TXxxxxxx.ini“ file in its destination path for every transmitter it has found. These files will be used later for configuring the transmitters with the Central Unit Software.

Now you have to install the Central Unit Software on your Central Unit PC.

N.B.: Instead of a local area network solution with separate Central Unit PC and

Base Station PC, you can also work with only one PC or laptop computer with Windows 98™ and a USB connector.

3 Central Unit PC

The Central Unit PC is at the heart of the GuidePort system. It serves to configure the entire GuidePort installation with its cells, transmitters, events and identifiers.

3.1 Central Unit Software

• Insert the „Central Unit Software“ disk and run „setup.exe“ to install the

program on your Central Unit PC. The following screen will be shown:

• The InstallShield assistant will then suggest a destination directory where

to install the program files. You may accept the proposed path or click [Browse] to choose a different directory.

• In order to run the Central Unit Software, you now have to install the

GuidePort database driver.

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