DIS v57 Installation Check List

1. Go to Programs -> VMware then from the Toolbar, choose the Help menu, then About
VMware Workstation, you should see a screen like this:-

2. Go to the Edit menu on your VMware home screen and choose Virtual Network
Settings, you should see this:-

3. Choose the Host Virtual Network Mapping tab and you should see this:-

4. Press the > button to the right hand side of the VMware Network Adapter VMNet1 line
and choose Subnet, you should see this:-

5. Press the red X in the top corner of the Subnet screen to exit, then repeat the
procedure from Step 4 to view settings for VMware Network Adapter VMNet8, you
should see this:-

6. Exit from this screen by again pressing the red X box, then exit the Virtual Network
Editor screen and verify that your virtual machine displays the following attributes:-

(i)
(ii)
(iii)
(iv)
(v)

Memory at least 256Mb (this machine has 512Mb allocated so that DIS runs
faster)
Hard Disk 18.6 Gb (pre-allocated)
CD-ROM using an actual physical drive (this one uses Drive D)
3 Custom Ethernet adaptors
One processor

7. Disable firewall, antispam and antivirus programs and enable the IFHSrv32 Netserver,
then choose Start the virtual machine. After DIS loads, left click somewhere in the
centre of the home screen, then use the Alt+Ctrl+ENTER keys to maximise the home
screen and press the Administration Button.
Choose the Calibrating touch screen Button and enter the setup password to access
the EasyDIS Configure-matic main menu.

8. Choose Option 7 to access the SCOADMIN NETWORK screen

9. If correctly configured, you should see 2 Network Devices as in the above screenshot
the uppermost is the SCO TCP/IP loopback driver and should not be touched. The
second is the AMD PCNet-PC1 Adapter Compatible if you are unsure of whether this
adapter is working correctly, left click on the description line and from the Hardware
menu, choose Remove Network Device a couple of dialogue boxes will display
asking you to confirm that you wish to remove the AMD PCNet Adapter, choose Yes to
confirm removal of the device.

10. Now re-add the AMD PCNet-PC1 adapter compatible by choosing Add new LAN
Adapter from the Hardware Menu, your computer will do a search and display a list of
available adapters:-

11. Left click on the first adapter on the top of the list and choose the Continue button,
you will be prompted to choose a communication protocol, left click on SCO TCP/IP
and press the ADD button:

12. When this screen displays, the Local Host Name field should be populated with gt1ap,
type the IP address 192.168.68.30 on the next line and the rest of the screen should
auto-populate, if not manually enter the NetMask and Broadcast address settings as
per the following screen, then OK and OK again to add the adapter:-

13. The screen shown in Step 8 will display, confirming that you now have a loopback
driver and AMD PCNet-PC1 adapter compatible added to your system. From the
Hardware menu, choose Exit and you will be prompted to rebuild the kernel:-

14. Choose Yes and answer y as you follow the on-screen instructions to complete
rebuilding of the kernel. Once the process has been completed, you will be returned to
the EasyDIS Configure-Matic Main Menu screen shown in Step 7. Now its time to
check and confirm that DIS actually works!

15. Begin by choosing Option 3. to configure the protocol translator, which should be set
to Fister as shown here:-

14. If the translator displays as Softing, use Option 3. to switch to Fister then once
completed, exit back to the EasyDIS Configure-Matic main menu screen using Option 9.

Next choose Option 2. to configure processes vm should be set to not run, nsw set to
run and dsm set to run as per the following screenshot, if not, use the menu options to
correctly configure the processes, and once you have viewed the configuration by using
Option 1. to confirm they are correct, choose Option 2. to Apply the configuration now,
then Option 9. to exit once again back to the EasyDIS Configure-Matic Main Menu.

16. From the EasyDIS Configure-Matic main menu, we must now choose Option 1. to
Configure EDIABAS by firstly using Option 1. To restart EDIABAS from inside DIS to
update our configuration settings. A short script will run, after which you will be
prompted to hit the ENTER key to return to the EDIABAS Configuration menu.
From the EDIABAS Configuration menu, now choose Option 2. PERFORM API TEST to
run an APItest, this will confirm that DIS has been correctly configured to communicate
with our interface via the virtual network and IFHSrv32 netserver. If all goes well, the
following screen should display:-

17. Exit from the APItest menu by choosing 0 Abbruch (Abort), which will return you to the
EDIABAS Configuration Menu. Choose Option 0 (to shutdown DIS) note that if you
choose Option 9 to return to the DIS home screen at this time, process configuration
settings may be lost due to the IFHSrv32 running.
NB: You should only ever shutdown DIS by choosing Option 0 from the EasyDIS
Configure-Matic menu as DIS self-updates each time it closes.