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Drake R8 Tuning & Logging Program for Windows 3.0
Harold Long, [76576,3412] Compuserve
Manual Installation of DRAKE.EXE
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Welcome to DRFW Version 2.0! This version includes several feature
upgrades:
Full resolution frequency support, to 10 Hz accuracy,
Load/save multiple versions of your station receiving log.
Full on-line Help support.
SINPO "point & click" reception value calculation.
The Ver. 2.0 ENGLISH.FRQ data base is *NOT* compatible with that supplied
with Version 1.x releases, but DRFW Ver. 2.0 *IS* read-compatible with
your older logs. (The data base frequency field has been changed from
XXXXX KHz resolution to XX.XXXXX MHz resolution. You can manually edit
your older log files with a spreadsheet such as Excel and thus update
them to the new format.)
This release kit includes the following:
DRAKE.EXE The executable
DRAKE.HLP The on-line help file and user's guide
INSTALL.TXT These installation instructions
PSETUP.DLL Windows Library
MHELP.VBX Windows Library
ENGLISH.FRQ English language broadcasts by country, time,
and frequency
MEMORY.TXT A sample Drake memory bank layout.
1. Copy PSETUP.DLL and MHELP.VBX to your \WINDOWS directory. They provide
support for the printer setup command (under File/Printer Setup...) and
peek/poke/inp/out memory primitives.
2. Copy DRAKE.EXE, DRAKE.HLP, and all text files to wherever you want.
They do not have to be on your search path, by the way. A recommendation
is that they go on your boot disk (assumed to be C:) in directory "DRAKE"
so that the default file lookup will work properly, i.e., in C:\DRAKE.
Another popular place to put them is in a \WINDOWS\DRAKE directory.
3. Edit your WIN.INI file and add the following lines. They can go
anywhere in the INI file, at the end is ok. If you set up a different
directory layout, modify the file paths accordingly. Other program
defaults will be stored here when Drake R8 is run.
[DrakeR8]
TZoffset=5
LogFile=C:\DRAKE\ENGLISH.TXT
MemFile=C:\DRAKE\MEMORY.TXT
FromFile=C:\DRAKE\FROM.TXT
ToFile=C:\DRAKE\TO.TXT
BodyFile=C:\DRAKE\BODY.TXT
CommPort=COM1:
The TZoffset (Time Zone offset) is the hours added to your *local* time to get
Universal Coordinated Time (UTC). For example, Eastern Standard Time is 5,
Eastern Daylight Time would be 4.
The line "ComPort=COM1:" can be changed to point to COM2: if that is the one
you wish to use to connect to the receiver. This may also be changed from
within the program. COM3 and COM4 will work as well, if they are available.
4. Start Windows and using the "New" command, add a Program Item for "Drake
R8" to whatever your favorite Program Group may be -- for example, Windows
Applications. Using the "Browse" feature, find/point the new Program Item
to where you have stored DRAKE.EXE, and then the Change Icon to check that
the Drake R8 Icon is there (if it is, you have installed the Program Item
entry properly).
5. Ensure your radio is properly cabled to your computer. A "straight through"
cable (typically a DB-9 male to DB-9 female) is required. I got mine from
Radio Shack.
NOTE
This program *requires* VBRUN100.DLL to be present in your
\WINDOWS directory. It is not included in this distribution kit,
and must be downloaded from the Compuserve Microsoft Basic
Forum (GO MSBASIC).