User manual

FUN BILLBOARD DEMO USER MANUAL

5.2.Installing FUN BILLBOARD DEMO – step by step

To install FUN BILLBOARD DEMO follow the steps below:

1. Make sure that you are logged on as an administrator of Windows XP, Widows Vista

or Windows 7.

2. Install a GSM modem or a mobile phone driver on your PC. The driver should be

supplied by the modem or phone manufacturer. See the list of supported GSM

devices in the chapter 5.1.

3. Establish the communication between your mobile phone (or GSM modem) and the

PC and TURN OFF any applications that might be using the connection (e.g. Internet

connection software). You can check the connection between your PC and your

modem or phone using a Windows program “Hyper Terminal”. There are several

tutorials on the Internet on how to set-up the connection parameters and test the

connection. One of them for “Enfora” modems can be found here:

http://www.testech-elect.com/enfora/tutorial_send_receive_sms_using_gsm_modem.htm.

Remember that the new modems usually communicate with PC using the baud rate

115200, 460800 or 921600. More about establishing and testing the connection

between your PC and the modem/phone can be found in chapter 5.4.2.1

4. Make sure that .NET Framework 2.0 is installed on your computer. FUN BILLBOARD

will not function without .NET framework.

Note: You can check if .NET Framework 2.0 is installed by copying the following line:

%systemroot%\Microsoft.NET\Framework\

and pasting it into your Windows Explorer address bar. Look for a folder, which name

begins with „v2.0...”

.NET Framework 2.0 can be downloaded for free from Microsoft Corp. web site

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/. The .NET Framework 2.0 installation file

(dotnetfx.exe) is also included on the installation CD in the directory "CD\DOT NET\".