SMI for Allegro Desktop Readme

 

Contents

What’s Included

Installation Instructions

Using SMI for Allegro Desktop

 

What’s Included

SMI for Allegro Desktop is an emulator that runs on a PC running Windows® 9x, ME, 2000, or XP. The program emulates the Classic SMI data collection software running on the rugged Windows CE based field computer from Juniper Systems called Allegro CE™. The Allegro Desktop program does not emulate the Pocket SMI interface or the Juniper operating system.

 

 

Installation Instructions

  1. Locate the two files needed to install SMI for Allegro Desktop: “7.1K_SMI_for_Allegro_Desktop_1of2.EXE” and “7.1K_SMI_for_Allegro_Desktop_2of2.EXE”

 

  1. Copy the files to your PC.

 

  1. Double click on the file “7.1K_SMI_for_Allegro_Desktop_1of2.EXE” on your PC.

 

  1. Click on the Next button.

 

  1. Select the destination directory by clicking on the Browse button, or accept the default directory, then click on the Next button.

 

  1. Click on the Next button.

 

  1. Click on the Finish button.

 

  1. Double click on the file “7.1K_SMI_for_Allegro_Desktop_2of2.EXE” on your PC.

 

  1. Click on the Yes button.

 

  1. Click on the Next button.

 

  1. Call Eagle Point at 800-477-0909 and request a password for the SMI for Allegro Desktop installation. The Eagle Point support staff will ask for the Device ID that is displayed on your screen, then give you a password. Type the password in the Password edit field, then click the Next button.

 

  1. Click on the Next button.

 

  1. Click on the Finish button.

 

  1. Installation is complete! You may start “SMI for Allegro Desktop” by double clicking on the “SMI for Allegro Desktop” icon on your desktop, or by selecting Start à Programs à SMI Software à SMI for Allegro Desktop.

 

Using SMI for Allegro Desktop

For detailed instructions, refer to the SMI for Allegro User Guide. Some differences between using the Allegro Desktop and an actual Allegro are detailed below.

 

Allegro Desktop Buttons

Buttons on the Allegro can be used by clicking on them with the mouse or by pressing the corresponding key on the PC keyboard. For instance, to start the Jobs menu, click on the A key shown in the Allegro Desktop window or press the A key on the PC keyboard.

Some buttons shown in the Allegro Desktop are not implemented in the desktop version. They are the Start button, Yellow Shift, the Shift button in the lower left corner, and the On/Off button. The task bar showing the Windows Start icon and other icons is also inactive.

 

Switching the Interface

There is one item in the File menu of the Allegro Desktop that is not included in the SMI software on the Allegro. “Switch Interface” changes between the two different styles of Allegro Desktop available. One shows the entire picture of the Allegro and the other separates the display and the keyboard so the keyboard can be displayed larger.

 

Transferring Data

Allegro Desktop can use a COM port on the PC to transfer data just like an Allegro. Select the COM port to use in the File à Settings dialog box.

 

If the files you want to transfer are on the same PC as the Allegro Desktop, connect two COM ports with a null modem cable. This is the same cable used to connect an SMI data collector to a PC. Run Transfer 7 and select a different COM port from the one the Allegro Desktop is using. Forcing the baud rate to 115200 on both programs will speed up the transfer.

 

Instrument Communications

The Allegro Desktop does not have the ability to communicate with instruments. Whenever the software would normally start communications with an instrument, you will see the message “Instrument communications are not allowed in the desktop versions.”