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Installing the GENSYS software package under windows

If program VMware is present, GENSYS can be run on computers under the Windows operating system.
In order to install GENSYS and VMware please follow the following steps:

• Go to the homepage http://www.vmware.com/products/player

• Scroll to the bottom and press "Download VMware Player"

• Install a virtual machine by copying and uncompressing the files from the GENSYS DVD-disks into any directory on your harddrive

• Start VMware by double-clicking the file Ubuntu.vmx

• Log in as user gensys password gensys1. Root also have password gensys1

• In the upper left corner of the desktop you will find two icons genterm and genfile
  • Program genterm is the gensys terminal emulator
  • Program genfile is the gensys file manager program

• Click on the icons in order to start the programs. Documentation on the programs can be found at:
  • Program genterm: with the right mouse button select help -> genterm manual
  • Program genfile: in the pull-down menu select help -> genfile manual

Tutorial

Examples are located in directory $HOME/analyse. In order to run the tutor_sine example, please follow the following steps:

• Click on the genfile-icon

• Mark directory analyse with your mouse and press the cd-button

• In the Command input area write and send command
  cp -ipr tutor_sine tutor_sine_test

• Mark directory tutor_sine_test with your mouse and press the cd-button

• In the title of the genfile-window you can check if the change of the directory was successful. You can also check your location by sending the command pwd to the system.

• Mark file intro_tutor_sine.html and select open->run with mouse button #3

• Start reading the document from item #3 in the bulleted list

Stopping the virtual machine

Can be made in two ways suspend or shutdown:

Suspend:	Click on the cross in the upper-right corner of the VMware-window. Current state will be resumed at reboot.
Shutdown:	Click on the red symbol at top center of the window.

Miscellaneous

In the title of the VMware-window make sure that Ethernet is activated, in order to communicate with the windows machine. Please use the NAT-connection.

The virtual machines running inside VMware acts like own machines connected to the original windows machine via the network. To check the IP-address of a virtual machine, please write /sbin/ifconfig.

Please do not try to copy or move a copy-protected file from windows to the virtual machine. The communication between windows and the virtual machine will then stop working, and the virtual machine must be restarted.

If VMware or Windows terminates unexpectedly, and VWmare cannot be restarted again. Please remove all created subdirectories located where the virtual machine originally was installed.

If the virtual machine runs out of disk space an external USB-disk can be plugged in.

When a new USB-equipment is plugged into your computer. Please carefully check the title bar of the VMware-window, if the new USB-equipment is connected to windows or the virtual machine.

Running GENSYS under VMware requires a harddisk space of at least 30Gb and a primary memory of at least 1 Gb.