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VENDINFO standard v1.04, produced by VendEdit v1.30, 11-Feb-1996
===== Product Information ==============================
Product: Meter Challenge Electronics/Avionics training
Version: 2.00
Version Date: 12-Feb-1996
Product Type: Software
Basic Distribution Policy (see License, below, for details):
Shareware, subject to distribution restrictions
Product Description: Meter Challenge v2.00 <ASP> (ESC) Helps you
teach or learn the use of ohmmeters and
voltmeters in troubleshooting electronic
circuits. Each program run is a new adventure
requiring your skill to solve a realistic
problem. The program generates thousands of
varied situations which require more than
rote theory. This program sets technical
training on a space opera stage to add
interest and purpose to serious training.
Reason for version: New Release
Category: Education; College
Keywords: electronics electricity meters training
voltmeters ohmmeters troubleshooting
Required Packages: VOMTCH20
This Package: VOMTCH20
Registration Fee: 29.00-275.00 (US$)
Required Configuration
Processor Family: Intel 80x86 (minimum 80386)
Clock Speed: 33 MHz
Minimum OS: Windows 3.1
Standard RAM: 1000K
Hard Drive Space: 700K
Orders:
Address: ETCAI Products
P. O. Box 1046
Gautier, MS 39553
USA
Phone: 601-497-2566
FAX: 601-497-5147
CompuServe: 72714,1770
Internet: 72714.1770@compuserve.com
Support:
Address: ETCAI Products
P. O. Box 1046
Gautier, MS 39553
USA
Phone: 601-497-2566
FAX: 601-497-5147
CompuServe: 72714,1770
Internet: 72714.1770@compuserve.com
===== Information for Users ("READ-ME") ================
GENERAL INFORMATION
Engineers and technicians make extensive use of voltmeters and ohmmeters
to calibrate and troubleshoot electronic equipment. Teaching and learning
meter reading is easy. Learning to troubleshoot with meters is much more
difficult. Real circuit faults are rarely found by simple logic where
value measured equates to a specific solution. Rather, real world
troubleshooting requires analyzing several measurements and then drawing
the right conclusions even with incomplete information and inaccurate
instruments. Meter Challenge provides learners with a wide variety of
simulated real world troubleshooting problems to solve. Learners can
practice on each exercise many times because the solutions and parameters
are different each time the program is used.
Meter Challenge has a built-in problem generator engine which
selects and designs a new problem variation each time the program
is used. The generated problems mimic the real world in a number
of respects including meter inaccuracy, measurement drift,
incomplete technical data, and even time pressure. The program
adds interest and purpose to learning by putting the learner in a
spacecraft with electrical problems. Only by use of careful
measurements, proper circuit analysis, and logical thinking can
the ship be repaired. Learner results are graded and timed for each
mission completed. A certificate can be optionally printed after
each program mission is finished. The certificate includes the
learner's name, score and time on task.
Meter Challenge allows learners to select one of nine basic circuit
problems. Five problems allow use of the ohmmeter while four allow use of
a voltmeter in solving the problem. The program generates 625 connection
variations for each of the nine problems. Component values and operating
voltages have several thousand possible combinations. Learners are
unlikely to encounter precisely the same problem twice. They can put the
program in a "cheat" mode in order to practice the troubleshooting
process. Certificates can't be printed while the "cheat" mode is
operating.
Meter Challenge is not intended to be a "stand-alone" teaching and
learning tool. Rather, the program is intended to reinforce and add
depth to other learning processes. A reasonable understanding of
troubleshooting with meters should be developed using classroom
instruction, textbooks, or other methods before using Meter
Challenge.
The nine activities in Meter Challenge can be used to teach and
reinforce more than troubleshooting concepts. The circuits involve
electrical concepts including:
Shorts and opens
Series circuits
Parallel circuits
Voltage dividers
Grounds, protective and signal
Series aiding and opposing voltage sources
Diodes, forward and reverse bias
DC static resistive effects of inductors and capacitors
Transistor DC parameters
Meter safety, ohmmeters
Learners must have a working knowledge of the concepts in the topics
listed in order to succeed on all of the Meter Challenge missions.
ARTICULATION
Meter Challenge can be used to document skills accomplished at one level
of training to be credited to another level of training. Agreements can
be developed between secondary and post- secondary schools to credit
students who have acquired specific skills at the secondary level. The
students do not have to repeat the acquired skills at the post-secondary
level. A problem in implementation of this practical process is
documentation of skills accomplished. Meter Challenge makes this process
easy. Meter Challenge certificates can be added to each student's
portfolio to document the acquisition of the skills listed in the
proceeding paragraph.
EQUIPMENT REQUIRED
Meter Challenge will run on any computer capable of running
Windows 3.1 or Windows 95 and having VGA or SVGA graphics.
===== Packing List =====================================
As released by the author or publisher, this package contained the
following files in addition to this VENDINFO.DIZ:
Filename Size Date Time CRC32
READ_ME.BAT 427 12-Feb-1996 02:52p 53D739B4
GROUPS.CFG 212 12-Feb-1996 02:52p 37707C64
INSTALL.CFG 583 12-Feb-1996 02:52p E2B19B11
FILE_ID.DIZ 439 12-Feb-1996 02:00a 80E7890E
BBXLIB.DLL 97792 12-Feb-1996 02:52p 98600D95
LAYLIB.DLL 93696 12-Feb-1996 02:52p 0D2E3479
SETUP.EXE 90848 12-Feb-1996 02:52p D8E59AAB
UNWIRED.EXE 373184 12-Feb-1996 02:52p 8DEE0A2D
LAYSYS.FON 14336 12-Feb-1996 02:52p C518F1F8
ORDER.TXT 518 12-Feb-1996 02:52p 9EC7D2B0
REGISTER.TXT 1097 12-Feb-1996 02:52p A7D84FDB
===== Installation =====================================
INSTALLATION FROM FLOPPY DISKS
Windows 3.1 - Select the Run option from the Files menu. Type
A:SETUP.EXE. Press enter.
Windows 95 - Select RUN then type A:SETUP.EXE. Select OK or press enter.
INSTALLATION FROM THE HARD DRIVE
Windows 3.1 - Select the Run option from the Files menu. Type
C:\METER\SETUP.EXE. Press enter.
Windows 95 - Select RUN then type C:\METER\SETUP.EXE. Select OK or press
enter.
C:\METER\ is the disk and directory path containing the un- compressed
Meter Challenge files.
MORE FROM ETCAI PRODUCTS
ETCAI Products is a small company with only one aim - to bring you
meaningful computer based training programs for electricity, electronics,
and avionics. If you like Meter Challenge, consider purchasing our two
other programs: DC & AC Challenge and Digital & Device Challenge.
DC & AC Challenge -- This training system includes all the DC
and AC exercises listed below for one low price of $29.00 for a
single user or $395.00 for unlimited use at a single physical site.
Licensed sites can allow students and employees to use one copy
each of DC Challenge on an off-site computer in addition to
unlimited on-site use. Prices are for postage paid delivery world-
wide. Purchase orders are accepted from any credit worthy
institution for site licenses. Single user orders must be prepaid.
(DOS based program which also runs on Windows 3.1 and 95).
Ohm's Law
Power
Series 1
Series 2
Series Troubleshooting
Parallel 1
Parallel Troubleshooting
Series-Parallel 1
Series-Parallel 2
Series-Parallel 3
Series-Parallel Troubleshooting
Superposition Theorem
AC Voltage Conversions
RC Series Circuits
RL Series Circuits
RC Parallel Circuits
RL Parallel Circuits
RLC Series Circuits
RLC Parallel Circuits
Digital & Device Challenge is another training system available
from ETCAI Products. You get all the Digital and Semiconductor
exercises listed below for one low price of $29.00 for a single user
or $395.00 for unlimited use at a single physical site. Licensed
sites can allow students and employees to use one copy each of
Digital Challenge on an off site-computer in addition to unlimited
on-site use. The prices given are for postage paid delivery world-
wide. Purchase Orders are accepted from any credit worthy
institution for site licenses. Single users orders must be prepaid.
(DOS based program which also runs on Windows 3.1 and 95).
Binary Counting
Octal Counting
Hex Counting
Number Conversions
Logic Gates 1
Logic Gates 2
Unsigned Binary Math
Signed Binary Math
Amplifier Modeling
Truth Tables
Boolean Algebra
D & JK Flip-flops
Transistor Testing
Amplifier Analysis
Advance Amplifier Analysis
Amplifier Troubleshooting
The prices for DC Challenge and Digital Challenge are postage paid prices
world wide. We accept purchase orders for site licenses from any credit
worthy institution or organization. Please prepay orders for single user
versions of the programs.
Mail orders to:
ETCAI Products
P. O. Box 1046
Gautier, MS 39553
USA
FAX orders to: (601) 497-5147
Phone orders to: (601) 497-2566
INTERNET:
72714.1770@compuserve.com
===== Warranty =========================================
LIMITED WARRANTY
THIS SOFTWARE AND MANUAL ARE PROVIDED FOR EVALUATION ONLY, ON AN "AS IS"
BASIS. ETCAI PRODUCTS DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES RELATING TO THIS
SOFTWARE, WHETHER EXPRESSED OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO ANY
IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR
PURPOSE. NEITHER ETCAI PRODUCTS NOR ANYONE ELSE WHO HAS BEEN INVOLVED IN
THE CREATION, PRODUCTION, OR DELIVERY OF THIS SOFTWARE SHALL BE LIABLE
FOR ANY INDIRECT, CONSEQUENTIAL, OR INCIDENTAL DAMAGES ARISING OUT OF THE
USE OR INABILITY TO USE SUCH SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ETCAI PRODUCTS HAS BEEN
ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES OR CLAIMS. THE PERSON USING
THE SOFTWARE BEARS ALL RISK AS TO THE QUALITY AND PERFORMANCE OF THE
SOFTWARE.
This agreement shall be governed by the laws of the State of Mississippi
and shall inure to the benefit of ETCAI Products and any successors,
administrators, heirs and assigns. Any action or proceeding brought by
either party against the other arising out of or related to this
agreement shall be brought only in a STATE or FEDERAL COURT of competent
jurisdiction located in Jackson County, Mississippi. The parties hereby
consent to in personam jurisdiction of said courts.
===== License for Use and Distribution =================
TRIAL USE LICENSE
Meter Challenge is NOT a public domain program. It is copyrighted by
ETCAI Products. This software and accompanying documentation are
protected by United States copyright law and also by international treaty
provisions.
ETCAI Products grants you a limited license to use this software for
evaluation purposes for a period not to exceed thirty days. If you
continue using this software after the thirty-day evaluation period, you
MUST make a registration payment to ETCAI Products.
You may not use, copy, rent, lease, sell, modify, decompile, disassemble,
otherwise reverse engineer, or transfer the licensed program except as
provided in this agreement. Any such unauthorized use shall result in
immediate and automatic termination of this license. All rights not
expressly granted here are reserved to ETCAI Products.
LIMITED DISTRIBUTION LICENSE
The following may distribute Meter Challenge, completely unaltered,
without further permission, members of ASP, members of ESC, all on-line
services who make no ownership claims to this or other property of ETCAI
products, disk vendors who make no ownership claims to this or other
property of ETCAI Products, for other cases or to distribute in modified
form, you must consult the attached data record, which is hereby
incorporated by reference. Any distribution satisfying all the
distribution requirements expressed in that data record is hereby
authorized.
Permission to distribute the Meter Challenge package is not transferable,
assignable, saleable, or franchisable. Each vendor wishing to distribute
the package must independently satisfy the terms of this limited
distribution license.
U.S. Government Information: Use, duplication, or disclosure by the U.S.
Government of the computer software and documentation in this package
shall be subject to the restricted rights applicable to commercial
computer software as set forth in subdivision (b)(3)(ii) of the Rights in
Technical Data and Computer Software clause at 252.227-7013 (DFARS
52.227-7013). The Contractor/manufacturer is ETCAI Products, POB 1046,
Gautier, Mississippi.
ETCAI Products may revoke any permissions granted here, by notifying you
in writing. All rights not expressly granted here are reserved to ETCAI
Products.
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