Simoco SRP8000 SERIES, Service Manual

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TP0332/2 D.7
To change the display settings using the Windows Setup window:
(1) From the Options menu, choose Change System Settings.
(2) In the dialogue that appears, select a Display option and select the <OK> button. This change will
normally require Windows to be restarted.
- Colour Scheme
The colours displayed by the Alignment Tool are governed to a certain extent by the Colour scheme
selected in Windows.
To determine the current colour scheme:
(1) Activate the Control Panel (normally in Main program group).
(2) Select Colour. A dialogue will appear showing the current colour scheme.
(3) For best results, with the Alignment Tool, select Windows Default.
(4) Select the OK button on the Colour dialogue. Any change to the colour scheme will now take effect.
Memory Optimization
This section is relevant to users of PC’s with less than 16Mb of RAM (if the PC has 16Mb of RAM or
more, memory optimization is less relevant).
If slow performance or ‘Out of Memory’ errors, are being experienced whilst using the Alignment
Tool, this could be due to inefficient use of Windows memory. The efficient use of memory in Windows
depends upon a number of settings. These are mainly associated with Virtual Memory and the set-up of
any Disk Cache.
For more information on Virtual Memory:
(1) Activate the Control Panel.
(2) Select Enhanced.
(3) Select the Virtual Memory button.
- Optimizing the Disk Cache
If the PC has a disk cache, such as SMARTDrive™ or NCache™
, set-up, this should be
optimized for Alignment Tool use.
The following are the recommended settings for loading SMARTDrive (the loading of SMARTDrive
can normally be found in the
autoexec.bat file, in the root directory):
c:\dos\smartdrv.exe 2048 128 /X
Where: 2048 = InitCacheSize - this is the size (in Kb) of the cache when SMARTDrive
starts (when Windows is not running).
128 = WinCacheSize - this is the smallest size to which SMARTDrive will reduce
the cache when Windows is running.
The difference in values between InitCacheSize and WinCacheSize will be the amount of extra
memory that is freed up for Windows to use, that is, with the above settings 1,92Mb RAM will be made
available from Disk Cache, when entering Windows.
For more information on SMARTDrive: go to a DOS prompt and type:
Help SMARTDRV
TECHNICAL SUPPORT
Help Desk and Upgrades
If there are questions or problems, regarding the Alignment Tool, that cannot be answered using the
On-line Help (see Using On-line Help on page D.5), support is available from Simoco Europe Ltd.
Information on how to obtain the latest upgrades of Alignment Tool software is available also.
The Telephone Number to call can be displayed as follows:
(1) Start the Alignment Tool.
(2) From the Help menu, select Technical Support....
A Technical Support dialogue is displayed showing the telephone number to call.