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    Control Techniques

    Application Note
    Division of Nidec Motor Corporation
    Control Techniques Software
    7078 Shady Oak Road AN0374
    Eden Prairie, MN 55344-3505 USA
    Rev.1.1, 2/06/18
    T: +1 952 995-8000
    www.controltechniques.com
    This Application Note applies to the Control Techniques
    Software packages MentorSoft, UniSoft and SESoft

    Windows 7 64-bit and the Older CT Software

    Scope – Windows 7 64-bit Professional 64-bit Enterprise and 64-bit Ultimate editions are becoming
    increasingly popular on the i386 platform as the operating system of choice for Professional and
    Technical users.

    This trend has created some challenges for users of the Mentor II / Quantum III, the Unidrive Classic
    and / or the Commander SE. The configuration software utilities created by Control Techniques will not
    install / run natively on the Windows 7 64-bit platform.

    This application note is about using “Windows XP Mode” on the eligible Windows 7 editions to allow
    installation and operation of MentorSoft version 2.2.4, Unisoft version 3.4.3 and SESoft version 1.5.0.
    Operation with both a legacy serial port as well as a USB serial device has been confirmed and is
    covered.

    Additional confirmation of SystemWise version 2.2.0, the CTNet Browser version 2.1.1 and the DPL
    Toolkit version 3.3 has been done at the request of internal Control Techniques users, and are also
    known to install as expected and to work.

    Background – The CT Softs were Win-16 VB4 applications created by Control Techniques to assist
    in the configuration, verification and support of the products being sold at that time in a PC universe
    that included Windows 3.1 thru Windows ME.

    These utilities depended on VBX technology to extend the capabilities of Visual Basic version 4, as did
    many useful custom windows applications of that period.

    “Windows XP Mode” is best described as a fully-licensed copy of Windows XP Professional 32-bit


    edition running inside of a virtual machine hosted on the Windows 7 64-bit environment.
    This feature is only available to Windows 7 Professional, Windows 7 Enterprise, and Windows 7
    Ultimate users.
    MentorSoft, Unisoft and SESoft are all undemanding business class programs suitable for installation
    in the Windows XP Mode environment. The same could be said of SystemWIse, the CTNet Browser
    and the DPL Toolkit.

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    Instructions
    The Windows 7 Professional platform (including Enterprise and Ultimate) all require administrator
    privileges on the PC/Laptop to install and configure hardware drivers as well as software. Obtain
    assistance from your IT department if this is not available or obvious.

    A USB flash drive with 1 Gigabyte (or more) free space is useful to implement a simple approach to
    making files downloaded in the Windows 7 environment visible in the virtual machine XP will be
    running in.

    Note: It is NOT recommended to ever access the internet directly from the XP mode, as XP mode will
    never be as secure as a properly administrated Windows 7 installation.

    Step 1 – Install and configure XP Mode on the PC/Laptop running Windows 7 64-bit

    Get (download) the needed files to install the feature from the Microsoft website.

    This will be two files and an a conditional update, here

    Windows XP Mode - WindowsXPMode_en-us.exe


    Windows Virtual PC - Windows6.1-KB958559-x64-RefreshPkg.msu

    Windows XP Mode Update - Windows6.1-KB977206-x64.msu


    This step is only required in not running Windows 7 SP1.
    Refer to the links at the site if unsure if Service Sack 1 (SP1) is installed (or not).

    Install XP Mode and Virtual PC and update XP Mode, if needed. Start XP Mode.

    Check the communication port availability:

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    Select “Tools…Settings…”

    This is a screenshot of a Dell Optiplex 755 that does have a legacy RS-232 port available. To make
    the COM1 serial port available to MentorSoft (UniSoft and/or SESoft) left click on COM1 and edit the
    fields as shown:

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    If a legacy RS-232 port is not available, a common solution is a USB to Serial Converter. To use a
    USB to serial converter, the device must be initially attached and recognized in XP Mode, and then the
    driver installed in XP mode.

    Select USB… and attach the device. Then open the Control Panel…System… Hardware… and
    Device Manager. Expand Ports… and right click the device and Update Driver… and point it to the
    location of the driver disk, to install the driver in the XP virtual machine. Note the location of the COM
    port.

    Recall that the “Softs” are VB4 Win16 applications. They are only usable with COM1 thru COM4 port
    assignments.
    If the USB to Serial converter driver failed to assign the device to this range, right click on the Device
    and select “Advanced” and force the COM Port number to a value ranging from 1 through 4.

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    Step 2 - Get the install images for MentorSoft ver 2.2.4 and/or Unisoft ver 3.4.3 and/or SESoft ver
    1.5.0. These can be obtained via download from the Contorl Techniques website. Copy the installation
    image (or images) to a handy folder on the USB Flash drive being used for this procedure.

    USB… and Attach the USB Flash Drive within XP Mode, and browse to where the installation
    executable is located. This Application note will illustrate MentorSoft, but UniSoft and SESoft are
    similar.

    Run the installation executable msoft224.exe and install MentorSoft version 2.2.4.
    Follow the InstallShield wizard prompts, and accept the defaults. Close and restart the virtual machine
    via Action… Restart to finish the installation.

    Open MentorSoft (UniSoft / SESoft) via the XP Mode Start menu:


    start.... Programs… Control Techniques… MENTORSOFT

    Check the Comm Port via File… General Setup. Set the Comm Port to agree with the device set up
    earlier. This illustrates MentorSoft configured to work with a USB to Serial Converter and a Virtual
    Comm Port assignment of Com Port: Com4

    Be sure that the Drive No. and the Speed settings match the Drive settings in parameters Pr 14.01
    and Pr 14.03. Click ‘OK’ to complete the selection of the Comm Port.

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    Step 3 - Using MentorSoft (or UniSoft or SESoft) once installed within the XP Mode virtual machine
    environment:

    Simply start XP Mode and use the Start menu to launch MentorSoft (or UniSoft or SESoft).

    Be sure that the Mentor II / Unidrive / are linked to the Windows 7 PC via a suitable serial cable. The
    usual cable used with a PC and the Mentor II is the “CTD-PC-485-010” (or equivalent). Then simply
    click the blue “OFFLINE” button below the Menu bar, or click ONLINE on the menu bar to go online.

    This illustrates a functioning “online” connection to a Mentor II demo via a USB Serial converter
    running in XP Mode on a Dell Optiplex 755. This device configuration at Com4 was described earlier.

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    Additional:
    In a similar fashion, the DPL Toolkit, SystemWise and the CT Browser can be installed and are known
    to function. The CT Browser and SystemWise require an additional step to locally install the last
    CTNet Api driver version 3.02.04. Users requiring the installation media for these packages will have
    to request them from technical support, as they are not hosted on the World Wide Web.

    Resources: can be found on our website: www.controltechniques.com


    For help contact [email protected], or
    call Technical Support at 952-995-8000, 24/7/365

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