8.0 INSTALLATION AND USE OF THE PC SOFTWARE
8.1 Supported Hardware
Any IBM PC or compatible running MS-DOS 2.1 or higher with 1 floppy drive and at
least 512K of memory. Any video adapter, Color or Monochrome, may be used. A hard
drive is useful but not required. One serial communication port must also be available if
you intend to use the communication software but is not required for the correction
calculator program. For printouts, any printer attached to or redirected from LPT1 will
work. All data sent to print are ASCII characters with no special printer functions called
out.
8.2 Installation on a Hard Disk System
To install the software onto your C drive (typical installation), insert the supplied floppy
disk into drive A of your PC, select drive A and run the "INSTALLC.bat" batch program.
The installation utility will then create a subdirectory called "PQ" on the C drive and
copy all files to it. Those wishing to install to another Drive such as D, E or F can use the
"INSTALL.bat" batch program and specify the drive you want to install on as an
argument, e.g., "INSTALL D:@.
8.3 Advanced Installation
For those users who wish to install to other directories from any other floppy drive, the
only file supplied on the disk of real importance is "PQ.EXE". You may create any
directory you wish and copy this file to it. All files managed by PQ.EXE are, by default,
placed in the directory where PQ.EXE resides unless full path names are specified.
8.4 Floppy Based Systems (No Hard Drive)
The Executable program supplied "PQ.EXE" can be run directly from either floppy drive
by simply invoking the program from the drive prompt.
A:\>PQ
8.5 Program Overview
PQ.exe is a menu driven program that utilizes the serial communication port of the PC to
download sample data from the PQ Series of Air Sampling Systems and to provide Data
logging, Concentration Equations, export to Database, and Chain of Custody applications.
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