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Upgrading fr om LiveLAN 2.0 to 3.1 Overview This guide shows how to upgrade your PC to PictureTel ® LiveLAN™ 3.1 from a previous version of LiveLAN. It assumes you know how to install a PC add-on board, connect a PC to peripher al equipment, and use Microsoft ® Windows ® 95 applications. Use this guide together with the LiveLAN 3.1 Installatio[...]
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Upgrade Summary Review this summ ary of upgrade steps before proceedin g. They provide an overvi ew of the upgrade path you need to follow for each scenario. Upgr ading with Li veLAN 2. 0 installe d If LiveLAN 2.0 is installed on your PC: • Replace the FTP Softwar e OnNet TCP/IP stack wi th the Microsoft TC P/IP stack • Install the LiveLAN Mult[...]
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Category Requirement Processor A Pentium, Pentium Pro, or Pentium II sin gle processor or equivalent running at 133-MHz or faster. PCI Slot One available P CI bus slot for the P ictureTel LiveLA N Media Accelerator Boa rd. Hard Disk Space 30 MB of available ha rd disk space for inst allation. RAM 32 MB - 256 KB of cache Operatin g Sy ste m Microsof[...]
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For power requirements for the LiveLAN 3.1 Media Acc elerator board, ref er to Appendix B of the PictureTel LiveLAN 3.1 Installation Guide . Replacing the TCP/IP Stack LiveLAN 3.1 runs on any WinSock 1.1-compliant stack that supports Microsoft-specific ex tensions. The LiveLAN 2.0 software required the FTP Software OnNet16 TCP/IP stack, which does [...]
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3. Click the Configuration tab. The following screen is displa y ed.[...]
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4. Double-click the TCP/IP Stack. FTP Software, Inc. protocol entry. The TCP/ I P Stack. FTP Software, Inc. Properties screen that is displa ye d. 5. Record the following information: o IP Address o Subnet Mask o Router(s) 6. Click the Cancel button.[...]
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7. Click the Name Configuration tab on the TCP/IP Stack. FTP Software, Inc. Properties screen. The following screen is displayed. 8. Record the following information: o Host Name o Domain Name o Name Server Address(es ) 9. Click the Cancel button to return to the Network dialog box . 10. Double click the FTP Software NFS Client (InterDrive 95) entr[...]
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Removing the FTP TCP /IP Stack Follow these instructions to remove the FTP Software OnNet (V1.2, 2.0, o r 2.1) TCP/IP stack: 1. Remove the FTP TCP/IP stack by selecting (highlighting) the TCP/IP Stack. FTP Software, Inc. entry on the Configuration tab of the Network Control Panel Window, and click t he Remove button. 2. Highlight the FTP Software N[...]
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4. Click No. You must edit the autoexec.bat and win.ini files, and rename the winsock.dll file in y our OnNet director y before you restart your system. The procedures for editing and renamin g these files are provided below. Editing th e autoexec.bat and win.ini Files 1. Click the Start button and choose Run... 2. Type “ sysedit ” in the text [...]
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Editing the win.ini File 1. To edit the win.ini file, click its Title Bar. The file’s window is highlighted when it is selected. You may or m ay not have to edit this f ile. I f the following load statement exists in y our win.ini file, then y o u will have to edit the file : load=c:mousexpoint.exe c:pctcpkeyviewkwldmgr.exe If this line is n[...]
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If you don’t have this file, you will receive an erro r. Click OK in the Error Dialog box window and proceed to Renaming th e winsock.dll File . You may o r may not have to edit this f ile. If the following line exists in your winfile.ini file, the n y o u will have to edit the file: keyview=c:pctcpkeyviewkvfm.dll If this line is not in the fi[...]
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Renaming t he winsock.dll F ile 1. Using the Windows 95 Explorer, go to the OnNet 2.0 director y (for example c:pctcp ). Click the Star t button and choose Programs -> Windows Ex plorer. 2. Rename the winsock.dll file so that your applications will use the Microsoft winsock.dll file when you restart your system. To rename the file from within t[...]
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7. Click OK. 8. In the Network Configuration window, double-cli ck TCP/IP protocol. 9. Click the IP Address tab. Check the Specif y an I P address option and enter the local PC’s IP address and subnet mask that you recorded before removing the FTP stack, or if you are using DHCP (Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol), click the Obtain an IP Addres[...]
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2. Double-click the Network icon to display the Network Control Panel window. 3. Click the Add... button. 4. In the Select Network Component Type window, select Client as the networ k component type. 5. Click the Add... button. 6. In the Select Network Client window, select FTP Software, Inc., from the Manufacturers list, and s elect FTP Software N[...]
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4. Open each categor y one at a time and remove all references to MovieMan. Double click on each selection and click the Remove button. 5. Click OK. 6. Click the Start button and choose Run... 7. Type system.ini in the tex t entry field of the Run dialog box and click the OK button. The system.ini file is opened up in the Microsoft Notepad text edi[...]
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12. Remove the following lines from the [ drivers.desc ] section of the control.ini file: moviecl.drv=[MCI] MovieMan Control-L Driver V1.1 moviey8.dll=MovieMan YUV8 Codec V1.1 moviev0.drv=MovieMan Video Capture Driver V1.1 moviea0.drv=MovieMan Audio Driver V1.0 livelanv.drv=[MCI] PictureTel LiveLAN DigitalVideo Driver 13. Save your changes to the c[...]
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Caution Electrical current from p ower, telephone, and si gnal cables is potentially hazardous. When installing, moving, or opening your computer, disconnect signal cables in accordance with national and local laws. To prevent el ectrostatic damage to the board, do not disconnect the power cable from the co mputer. Do not connect or disconnect Live[...]
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To connect your Live LAN 2.0 video camera to the L iv eLAN Multimedia Accel erator board: 1. Connect the 8-pin end of the video adapter cabl e into the socket labeled on the LiveLAN Multimedia Accelerator bo ard. The following illustration shows the Live LAN Media Accel erator board's connector plate: 2. Connect one end of the ex isting video [...]