Citadel TouchStar TS3000, User Manual

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TS3000/TS4000 TouchStar Systems User Manual
• Loading DOS Applications
FLASH Disk
Standard DOS applications can be developed and tested on
a floppy or hard disk and then conveniently moved onto the
FLASH disk.
The FLASH disk can be loaded with DOS or another
suitable operating system to serve as the system boot
device. This allows programs to be executed without the
need to boot from a floppy drive or other external disk
drive.
Floppy Disk
If there is no floppy drive attached to the TouchStar, install
one using steps 1-4 of the previous procedure (Installing the
DOS Operating System). In step 3, instead of a bootable
disk, insert the disk containing the software application to
be loaded into the drive.
Downloading from the Network
When multiple copies of a software application must be
installed on a number of TouchStar units, copy the software
application from the server onto the Flash drive (C:\) of
each TouchStar using the DOS copy command.
• Logging On to the Network
The TouchStar is factory-configured with system code that
automatically logs into the specific network for which it is
configured whenever the system is booted.
Terminal Emulation Mode
The TouchStar system can be configured to operate in terminal
emulation mode by running a terminal emulation application
loaded on a PCMCIA card or Flash Disk. Terminal emulation
programs are available from a number of sources to operate
with a variety of hosts.
THE TOUCHSCREEN SUBSYSTEM AND
TOUCH-BASED OPERATION
The touchscreen subsystem is a collection of components that
provides the touch-based control of the TouchStar computer.
3 - BASIC OPERATION