User guide

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Freeway User Guide
3.2 Client Software Installation Summary
The client software installation steps described in this chapter are summarized in
Ta bl e 3 –1 .
3.3 Select a Client System
In order to build the DLI API library and client application programs, you need to select
a client system that has a C compiler installed. After the library and executable images
are built, you may copy and use these files on other systems without compilers. The
other systems must have the same type of operating system in order for this to work.
Table 3–1: Summary of Client Software Installation Steps
Steps Reference Section(s)
1. Select a computer on the same network as the Freeway
that has development tools (C compiler and linker).
You will use this computer for client software develop-
ment and testing with the Freeway.
Section 3.3 on page 48
2. Load the Freeway software from the distribution
CDROM onto the system you have selected in Step 1
1
.
1
Installing new software overwrites the previous software.
Section 3.4.2 on page 53 for UNIX
Section 3.4.3 on page 54 for VMS
Section 3.4.4 on page 56 for Windows
3. Build the DLI and TSI libraries. Section 3.5.1 on page 57 for UNIX
Section 3.5.2 on page 58 for VMS
Section 3.5.3 on page 59 for Windows
4. Load the protocol software from the distribution
CDROM onto the system you have selected in Step 1
1
.
Section 3.6.2 on page 62 for UNIX
Section 3.6.3 on page 64 for VMS
Section 3.6.4 on page 66 for Windows
5. Build the loopback test(s) using the appropriate make
file.
Section 3.7.1 on page 68 for UNIX
Section 3.7.2 on page 69 for VMS
Section 3.7.3 on page 70 for Windows
6. Boot Freeway. Section 3.8 on page 71
7. Run the loopback test. Section 3.9 on page 71