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Actisense PC Software suites
The Actisense NMEA Data Combiner hardware can be congured, monitored and tested using its own dedicated
softwaresuite,‘NDCControlCentre’.TheNDC-4canbeupdated/upgradedusingthelatestActiPatchsoftwaresuite.
This section provides a complete users guide to installing and uninstalling these two software suites.
TheseprogramsarecurrentlyonlyavailableforWindowsNT/2000/XP/Vista/7,however,ithasbeenprovenpossibleto
use Control Centre and ActiPatch on a Mac running ‘VMware Fusion’ Windows emulation software.
Installing Actisense PC software
Replace the generic “<Product Name>”textbelowwith
the name of the actual software you are installing: “NDC
Control Centre”, or “ActiPatch”.
1. Download the latest version of the software from the
Actisense website,orlocatethelesontheActisense
CD included with the NDC-4.
2.Ifapreviousversionofthesoftwarehasalreadybeen
installed, uninstall the previous version before installing
the new version. Refer to “Uninstalling Actisense PC
software” on page 15 for full details.
Note: For a complete fresh install, delete the install
directory. This will remove all previous settings. To keep
these settings, do not delete the directory.
3.Iftheprogramiscontainedwithinaziple,extractthe
three les (“<Product Name>.001”, “<Product
Name>.002” and “setup.exe”) that are contained within
the zip le using any available unzip program to a
temporary directory (e.g. “C:\Temp”).
4. Double click on the “setup.exe” program le and
follow the on-screen instructions of the
standard Windows install program. The
installlocationcanbechangeatthispoint,
however, the default location is normally
acceptable (refer to “Figure 5 – Install
Options” and “Figure 6 – Installation
Complete”).
Once the install operation is complete, the
temporary les and/or directory can be
deleted.Keeptheoriginalziplesafe.
5. From the ‘Start Menu’ navigate to the
‘Actisense’directoryanddoubleclickon
the ‘Program’ icon (refer to “Figure 7 -
‘Start Menu’ Short-cuts” and “Figure 8
– ‘Start Menu’ Short-cuts”).
Useful Tip: If you access the program
regularly you can ‘copy and paste’ the
program icon from the Windows ‘Start Menu’ on to the
desktop or the ‘Quick Launch’short-cutbartocreatean
easy to access short-cut.
Figure 5 – Install Options
Figure 6 – Installation Complete
Figure 7 - ‘Start Menu’ Short-cuts
Figure 8 – ‘Start Menu’ Short-cuts