Installation of the software
To operate RapidRoad, the USB Stack “Poseidon” must be installed in version 4.5. The install archive
can be downloaded from our Wiki which you can find under
http://wiki.icomp.de
. Please use
the installer script, which you also find in the Poseidon archive. Please install the hardware _before_
you install the software, so the installer script can automatically generate a configuration for Poseidon.
If you have already installed an older version of Poseidon, please update that with the installer from the
V4.5 archive.
Before you can use “Trident” - the graphical front-end of Poseidon – MUI (Magic User Interface) is
required. MUI can be downloaded for free from Aminet. Version 3.8 can be found in directory
util/libs/mui38usr.lha.
After software installation is finished. The graphical front end “Trident” can be found in the “Prefs”
folder of your workbench. Trident requires a screen resolution with at least 400 pixels height, so you
should at least use NTSC-interlace or PAL-interlace. If you currently use a screenmode with a lower
resolution, you should change it with the “Screenmode” program, which you can also find in the Prefs
folder.
You can skip the following step if you have already created a configuration during installation of
Poseidon: Click on the “Controller” button. The main window will now show a list of controllers, which
is most likely empty. Click on “new” in the main window and choose the driver
“
rapidroadcp.device
”. You can now activate this controller by clicking on the “online” button in
the main window. The bottom window will show error- and success messages.
You are now ready for the first test: Plugin a USB stick into one of the USB ports. This USB stick
should automatically be found, which will be shown by Poseidon in a window that pops up after the
stick has been found.
Further documentation
A full description of all functions of Poseidon would go beyond the scope of this short manual. After
installation of Poseidon, you will find the full manual in AmigaGuide format in two languages.
Please
do read this Amigaguide documentation in order to become familiar with Poseidon!
Support
If you need assistance, please ask your reseller. Please understand that we can only answer direct
support questions if they have been forwarded by your reseller, or if you're a direct customer. The
author of Poseidon, Chris Hodges, does not do eMail support for RapidRoad!
There have been misunderstandings in the past, because employees of resellers and individual
Computers (technicians, developers, programmers) are active in Amiga-forums. However, these activities
are pure hobby activities – these people care for the Amiga just like you do. Please understand that
none of the internet forums is a support forum for our products.
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