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SQUIRREL 3.5
Installation Guide
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Squirrel systems SQUIRREL 3.5 Installation Guide

Version 3.5
Installation Guide
Revision 2.0
March 8, 2001
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INSTALLING WINDOWS NT FOR SQUIRREL VERSION 3.5

CMOS SETUP

The setup of NT starts with turning on the PC and selecting F1 to enter the Configuration/Setup Utility (CMOS). The majority of the settings will be set to default.
1. Select Devices and I/O Ports from the Configuration and Setup Utility
Screen and do the following:
• Select USB Support and then disable
• Set USB Keyboard to Autodetect.
2. Esc back to config./util.
3. Go to the Power Management Screen and Disable the ACPI Bios Mode.
4. Go to the Automatic Power On Screen, select Wake Up on Alarm, and
then disable this function. You now need to select PCI Wake Up, and then disable this function aswell.
5. Esc back to the Power Management Screen, then select APM.
6. Select Automatic Hardware Power Management, Disable this function,
7. Esc from CMOS, and press Enter to Save the Setup.

NT 4.0 INSTALLATION

1. Turn your PC off.
2. Insert NT install diskette 1 into drive A and turn your PC back on.
Booting from Dive A: is assuming the Startup Sequence in your CMOS is at the default setting, which is to check the A: drive first and then your HD. If this is not the case, return to your CMOS setup and adjust the Start Up or Boot sequence to have A: as the first device to check and then your Hard Drive as the second.
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4. Each time a default setup prompt displays, press Enter.
The installation program proceeds to do a survey of components installed on the PC, particularly the CD ROM drive. If it does not recognize the CD ROM, you will need to reinstall the original installation diskettes from the manufacturer of the CD ROM device and go back to step one. (Check the CD-ROM package box for an install diskette.)
and then Select esc twice.
The computer will boot off drive A and begin the setup process.
When prompted, insert NT install diskette 2 into drive A and press Enter.
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(You also must have an existing operating system on your HD to install the CD Rom Drivers.)
When prompted, insert NT install diskette 3 into drive A and press Enter.
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6. Press Enter at each prompt until the NT CD ROM prompt displays.
7. Insert the NT CD ROM in the CD drive and press Enter.
The license agreement displays.
Press Page Down to scroll to the bottom of the agreement, and then press
8.
F8 to accept the agreement. If you have had NT setup on PC before, it will ask it you wish to Upgrade or (Install) New Version. You must select N to Install. It will then proceed to copy files to your Hard drive. If NT has never been installed on the PC before you will see the following:
A screen listing your hardware and software components appears.
Highlight “NO CHANGES, The above list matches my computer” and
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press Enter.

Partitioning Drives

The next screen determines the type of file structure NT will use. ( This could vary slightly due to different sized hard drives that come with your machine.)
1. Select “Change to Largest Configurable Drive” for the partition and press
Enter.
2. Select the Current Settings and hit D to delete Partition, then select L to
Delete. You must also delete the Unformatted drive. Select D to Delete Partition, click Enter, and then L to Delete.
3. You must now create the partition. Select C to Create Partition, and then
type in the size 4000 and press Enter.
4. When prompted select the file structure NTFS (NOT FAT), then press
Enter.
Squirrel Version 3.5 requires that your systems file structure is NTFS.
You should also Partition the rest of the drive space by selecting C to Create, and then putting in the remainder of the drive space.
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5. Highlight “\WINNT” and press Enter.
6. When prompted to do an extensive Secondary Examination, press Enter.
Note that this takes a number of minutes.
7. When prompted, remove the diskette and the CD, and then press Enter to
restart the PC.
8. When the system comes up and prompts you, insert the NT CD ROM back
in the CD drive and press Enter.
The system proceeds to gather information from your computer. An NT Setup window appears.

NT Setup

1. Click Next to continue.
The prompt “Typical or Custom installation of NT” displays.
Select “Typical” and then click Next.
2.
The Name and Organization prompts display.
Beside Name, type Squirrel and press Tab.
3.
4. Beside Organization, type Squirrel and click Next.
The Product ID window appears.
Enter the Product ID and click Next.
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Note that this number is on the Certificate of Authenticity.
When prompted, type the site’s user name (restaurant’s name) and click
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Next.
7. When prompted to enter a password for the Administrator function, click
Next to ensure that the Administrator password remains blank.
8. When the prompt “Do you want to create an emergency repair diskette”
displays, click YES, then click Next.
The next window appears.
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Select “Install the most common NT components” and click Next.
10. Click Next again.
11. Select “DO NOT CONNECT TO NETWORK AT THIS TIME” and click Next.
12. Click Finish.
The system time zone screen appears.

NT Display Setup

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Select the appropriate time zone for the site’s PC and click Close.
2. Click OK.
The video display setup screen appears.
Select the default settings for now. Later you may change the settings as
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required.
You are prompted to test the display setup.
Click Test, then click OK.
4.
If the color display covers the entire screen, the test is successful. If the color display covers only a portion of the screen and some background shows, click on the button indicating that the test was unsuccessful, ensure that the color palette is set to”256 color” and then repeat step 4.
If satisfied with the test, click YES, then click OK.
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6. Click OK again when prompted to Save the display settings.

Emergency Repair Diskette (ERD)

When prompted to create the emergency repair diskette, insert a blank
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diskette into drive A and click OK.
The system displays a window to indicate that the diskette will be formatted and all information on the diskette will be lost.
The system creates an emergency repair diskette (ERD).
2. When prompted, remove the diskette from drive A and the NT CD ROM
from the CD drive and then click Restart to reboot the PC.
Press Enter on WINNT (highlighted section) “in menu” to decrease the waiting time. When the PC comes up, NT is installed. The message “Press Ctrl Alt Delete to log on” displays.
Log back on. Press Enter ( If prompted) to accept a blank Administrator
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password.
The “Welcome to Windows NT” appears.
4. Click Close.

STANDARD SQUIRREL 3.5 INSTALL FOR WINDOWS NT

You will receive a CD Rom containing version 3.35b with an additional folder on the CD containing the 3.5 executables. Once the installation of 3.35b is done (as described below), copy the 3.5 files from the “35_Files” folder on
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the CD, directly into c:\squirrel\bin\ and select YES when prompted to overwrite existing files.
Note that once you have completed the 3.5 installation, you need to remove the SQIO driver that is installed by default. This is done by going to a DOS prompt and typing: instdrv4 sqio remove
Also see Appendix D (which is also Swtn # 238) for additional performance adjustments.
To install Squirrel Version 3.35b:
1. Insert the Squirrel CD into your CD Rom Drive.
2. The CD Should automatically start the installation.
( If it doesn’t autorun the setup, either from a DOS prompt or through Windows Explorer, switch to your CD Rom folder and type or execute “ Install.exe “ )
The Install Main Menu screen appears.
3. Select “Install POS “ and hit <Enter>. This will install Squirrel version
3.35b.
4. Once Squirrel is installed, you will be brought back to the main install
menu. If you have Optional Modules (Which will be included on the CD if you ordered them), select “Install Optional POS Programs” and hit <Enter>
5. Highlight the module you want install and press <Enter>.
6. Once installed the main menu displays. For each additional optional
module you want installed, you must repeat steps 4 and 5.
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7. After The Installation is done (Which includes copying in the actual 3.5
files as noted at the top of the previous page), you will need to go into the “NT_SETUP” folder on the CD Rom and run Setup.exe. This will then install your icons.
• In previous versions of Squirrel 3.x, you did not need to set up a printer in NT in order for reports to print. In 3.5 you must have a printer specified as the default Windows printer in order to print online reports.
• Also see Appendix E: for additional information on modem setup for credit cards in version 3.5 and 4.01 ( also known as Swtn # 245 )

ROCKETPORT CARD INSTALLATION

Squirrel Version 3.5 is not compatible with octal cards, therefore you must install the RocketPort card and related drivers. Please remove any existing octal cards before installing the Rocket Port Card(s)
We are shipping the PCI version of the Rocket Port Card. If you have any existing ISA Rocket Port Cards, they must be de-configured and removed from the system before installing the PCI version of the card. Having an ISA Card installed Before the PCI card could result in the PCI card not being recognized by the system BIOS. If the ISA Rocket Port Is still required, it can be installed “After” the PCI card has been installed and configured.
The Rocket Port Card (90-108) is a Multiport Serial card that allows connection to Host devices such as Credit Card modems, Hotel Interface, and Host Based Printers.
Please handle the Rocket port card with care, and exercise all anti-static precautions.
To install the RocketPort card:
Ensure that the PC is powered off.
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2. Remove the cover.
3. Ground yourself with an anti-static strip.
4. Select PCI slot and insert card accordingly.
If Installing more than 1 Rocket Port card, please consider the placement of the cards in the slots. The connector that plugs into the card is fairly large so having 2 or more Rocket Port cards in adjacent slots side by side may impose problems when plugging in all the connectors. Please provide adequate spacing.
5. Ensure that the card is secured to back plate with a screw.
6. Reapply PC cover.
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7. Power on machine and wait for NT to boot up.
Since you will not be “wired” to a physical network, you must have a loopback adapter installed. This guide also includes information how to set this up using the MS Loopback adapter and then the RocketPort card.
To install MS Loopback:
1. Point to Start|Programs|Control Panel and select Network.
2. Click YES when asked if you want to install Windows Networking.
3. Select Wired to Network, and click Next.
4. Click on Select from List.
5. Scroll down the list and select the “MS Loopback Adapter” and then click
OK.
6. The MS Loopback Adapter should now be listed and the box next to it
“Checked”. Hit Next.
7. Make sure ONLY the TCP/IP check box is selected, then select Next.
8. Select Next through the next 2 screens.
9. Insert Windows NT disk in CD ROM Drive, and type D:\ (Or the
corresponding drive letter for your CD-Rom drive) in the file location path window and hit continue.
10. When the MS loopback Adapter Card Setup screen appears, leave the default
setting and select Continue.
11. Click No when asked “if there is a DHCP server on your network.”
12. When the Microsoft TCP/IP Properties window comes up, specify an IP
address for this machine. ( Since this machine is not wired to a network, the IP address entered doesn’t need to be specific. If you want, put in 192.168.0.1 ). The Subnet address can be 255.255.255.0 then select OK.
13. When the next window appears ( Bindings), Hit Next. And then Next again to
start the networking service.
14. In the next window you can leave the workgroup as “Workgroup” or change it
to “Squirrel”. Hit Next.
15. Select Finish to complete this part of the setup and the YES to reboot your PC.
After Rebooting and re-logging in, you may get a message saying a service failed to Start and upon viewing the Event Log it shows 2 Stop Errors noting the “Server Service” failing to start. This will be corrected after installing Service Pack 6 once we complete the RocketPort driver setup.
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To install the RocketPort card driver:
1. c:\Insert The RocketPort Drivers Disk into the A: drive.
2. From the Taskbar, click Start|Programs|Windows NT Explorer.
3. Click on Drive A:\ , click double click on the Executable file ( xxxx.exe ) and
then click unzip into the default assigned directory “ C:\Comtrol “.
4. A message should state that 19 files were unzipped, click OK.
5. Close the Read Me Text window, then close Explorer Window
6. Go to Start|Settings|Control Panel and click on Network.
7. Click the Adapters tab , then click Add.
8. Click Have Disk and point to the C:\comtrol, then click OK.
9. Highlight Comtrol RocketPort/RocketModem, and then click OK.
10. The device wizard invoke and will guide you through the rest of this setup
process.
The following screen appears.
1. Click Next.
The following screen appears.
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2. Select the Bus type for your board select PCI and click Next.
Please note that on the motherboard (or mainboard) within your PC, the white slots are PCI and the black slots are ISA.
The following screen appears.
3. Leave Board Model as default and click Next.
The following screen appears.
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4. Set the Ports to 8 and click Next.
The following screen appears.
5. Click Finish.
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The following screen appears.
Com 7
6. Leave the default Name (Rocket #1). Select COM 7 as your starting
comport, and click OK.
The following is an example of a Com 7 default:
Com 1 = Hotel Interface
Com 2 = Credit Card Interface
Com 3 = PC Anywhere Support/Credit Card Posting
Com 7 = Terminals
A site may only require three Comports, if for example, they are not running a hotel interface.
The following screen displays.
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