Actisense NDC-4, Install & User Manual

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Actisense PC Software suites

The 

Actisense

  NMEA  Data  Combiner  hardware  can  be  configured,  monitored  and  tested  using  its  own  dedicated 

software suite, ‘NDC Control Centre’. The NDC-4 can be updated / upgraded using the latest ActiPatch software suite. 

This section provides a complete users guide to installing and uninstalling these two software suites.

These programs are currently only available for Windows NT/2000/XP/Vista/7, however, it has been proven possible to 

use Control Centre and ActiPatch on a Mac running ‘VMware Fusion’ Windows emulation software.

Installing Actisense PC software

Replace the generic 

“<Product Name>”

 text below with 

the name of the actual software you are installing: 

“NDC 

Control Centre”

, or 

“ActiPatch”

.

1.

 Download the latest version of the software from the 

Actisense website

, or locate the files on the 

Actisense

CD included with the NDC-4.

2.

 If a previous version of the software has already been 

installed, uninstall the previous version 

before

 installing 

the new version.  Refer to 

“Uninstalling Actisense PC 

software” on page 15

 for full details.

Note:

 For a complete fresh install, delete the install 

directory. This will remove all previous settings. To keep 

these settings, do not delete the directory.

3.

 If the program is contained within a zip file, extract the 

three  files  (

“<Product Name>.001”

, 

“<Product 

Name>.002”

 and 

“setup.exe”

) that are contained within 

the  zip  file  using  any  available  unzip  program  to  a 

temporary directory (e.g. 

“C:\Temp”

).

4.

  Double  click  on  the 

“setup.exe”

  program  file  and 

follow the on-screen instructions of the 

standard Windows install program. The 

install location can be change at this point, 

however, the default location is normally 

acceptable  (refer  to 

“Figure 5 – Install 

Options”

 and 

“Figure 6 – Installation 

Complete”

).

Once the install operation is complete, the 

temporary  files  and/or  directory  can  be 

deleted. Keep the original zip file safe.

5.

 From the 

‘Start Menu’

 navigate to the 

‘Actisense’

 directory and double click on 

the 

‘Program’

 icon (refer to 

“Figure 7 - 

‘Start Menu’ Short-cuts”

 and 

“Figure 8 

– ‘Start Menu’ Short-cuts”

).

Useful Tip:

 If you access the program 

regularly you can ‘copy and paste’ the 

program icon from the Windows 

‘Start  Menu’

 on to the 

desktop or the 

‘Quick Launch’

 short-cut bar to create an 

easy to access short-cut.

Figure 5 – Install Options

Figure 6 – Installation Complete

Figure 7

 - ‘Start Menu’ Short-cuts

Figure 8

 – ‘Start Menu’ Short-cuts