Guidance Dispense Software Installation

To use the Guidance Dispense software package and it has not been pre-installed on the robot's controller, or to upgrade GD software to a new version, this section describes the software installation and upgrade process.

The GD software is an open source application that consists of a GPL "project" and a set of custom web pages. This information is contained in a collection of disk files that must be loaded into the robot controller's flash disk in the "/flash" directory. For simplicity, all of the required files are distributed in a single compressed .zip file.

To successfully install a new version of GD, the following is required:

A distribution copy of the GD software. This file is typically named "GD_Version_xxx.zip."
A copy of the Guidance Develop Suite (GDS) version 1.4 or later installed on your PC. For this procedure, it is not necessary to purchase a licensed copy of GDS since the installation utility will operate without a license.
A PC with a suitable browser interfaced to the robot's controller via Ethernet.
At least 1.5MB of free space available on the robot controller's flash disk.
A copy of GPL version 1.3 or later executing on the robot's controller. GPL is the motion control system software that is provided with each PreciseFlex Guidance Controller.

To install the new Guidance Dispense software, complete the following steps:

Step	Action
1.	Copy the Guidance Dispense distribution file to the PC's hard drive and uncompress the zip file. Recent versions of the Windows operating system provide built-in utilities for uncompressing zip disk files. Typically, if the user right-clicks on a zip file, they will see an "Extract all" option. If the version of Windows does not include this feature, they can obtain a free version of an UnZip utility from multiple sites on the Internet. Once the GD distribution is uncompressed, the user can execute the "Guidance Web Install Wizard" to copy all of the files to the robot controller. This utility is part of the Guidance Development Suite. During the installation of the application, if an existing installation of a web-based application is detected, the wizard will prompt the user to replace this with the new application.
2.	To launch the installation application, click Start→Programs→PreciseFlex Automation→GDS x.x→Guidance Web Install Wizard.
3.	Follow the instructions of this wizard to install the Guidance Dispense application.
4.	Provide the directory path and name of the file that contains the load instructions for the installer. For GD, this file is named "GuidanceDispense.gwa" and will be located in the top-level directory of the unZipped files.
5.	Ensure that the IP address is correct and click Next.
6.	The wizard may take a few minutes to complete the process.
7.	Click Finish Setup.
8.	Once the wizard is completed, restart the robot's controller to begin execution of the Guidance Dispense application.