QD002-07 5. Accessory Software Installation
NXT Setup Manual 125
5. Accessory Software Installation
5.1 Introduction
This software is required to perform the special non-production commands on the NXT and
must be installed on a computer. The Accessory Software system uses a server/client
system with one Accessory Software server being installed on a computer and Realtime
Workingrate Buffer services being installed on the Fuji Flexa communication servers used
for the NXTs. Accessory Software clients then connect to the Accessory Software server
and this server is connected to the Realtime Workingrate Buffer Services which collect the
data from Fuji Flexa. The Accessory Software server is responsible for the communication
between all the clients. The client computers connect to the Accessory Software server
through Internet Explorer 5.5 (service pack 2 or higher) or higher. Due to this, software
management of this software is much easier because no special software is installed on the
client computers. Only the server computers need to be changed when upgrading.
The server computers get the information about the available NXT machines from the line
settings made in Fuji Flexa. Once the NXT machines have been registered in Fuji Flexa,
Accessory Software is able to connect to them. Fuji Flexa must be installed on the
Accessory Software server computer in order to allow the server to connect to Flexa. A full
Fuji Flexa installation is not required. It is sufficient if a "Fuji Flexa External Components"
installation is performed on the computer.
Note: If this software has been already installed for use with NXT within the same Fuji Flexa User Server, then
the steps in this chapter do not need to be performed.
5.1.1 Installation outline
The steps below outline the major items that should be performed when installing
Accessory Software. Refer to the section referenced below for details on that item.
• Install Fuji Flexa system and have set up the line configuration. To perform this,
follow the procedures in chapter 4. "Setting Up NXT Machines in Flexa".
• Install Fuji Flexa on the computer for the Accessory Software server if it is not
already installed. Follow the procedures in section 5.3 "Installing Fuji Flexa".
• Install the NXT Accessory Software Server software. Follow the procedures in
section 5.4 "Installing the NXT Accessory Software Server" to install the
Accessory Software server.
• Install the Realtime Workingrate Buffer Services on all of the Fuji Flexa
communication servers being used to communicate with the NXT machines.
Follow the procedures in section 5.5 "Installing the Realtime Workingrate Buffer
Service" for how to install the Realtime Workingrate buffer service.
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