*********************************************************************** panaStation (TM) Classic version 1.0 for MicroStation PC v4.0 and later Installation Guide, January 1995 *********************************************************************** This product was developed by Panacea Inc. exclusively for use with ATI's family of mach64 accelerators, including : ** mach64 ** WINTURBO WINBOOST GRAPHICS XPRESSION GRAPHICS PRO TURBO GRAPHICS PRO TURBO 1600 *************************************************************************** Copyright (c) 1993, 1994-1995 by Panacea Inc. All rights reserved. READ THIS DOCUMENT COMPLETELY BEFORE ATTEMPTING TO USE THIS PRODUCT ! Features  Easy to use - special menus and commands.  Protected-mode driver - completely compatible with MicroStation v4.0 and later.  No memory conflicts. Works with MicroStation's built-in Virtual Memory Manager.  Supports high resolutions on your mach64 card.  Supports all MicroStation features, including rendering, page frame swapping, texture mapping and 3D animation. Installation Guide panaStation Classic _____________________ Information in this document is subject to change without notice and does not represent a commitment on the part of Panacea Inc. (Late additions to this document may be found in the README.USD file on the distribution disk.) The software described in this document is furnished under a license agreement or nondisclosure agreement. The software may be used or copied only in accordance with the terms of the agreement. It is against the law to copy panaStation Classic on magnetic tape, disk, or any other medium for any purpose other than the purchaser's own personal use, as defined in the license agreement. Portions of panaStation Classic are patented under U.S. Patent No. 5,101,444. Panacea is a registered trademark and panaStation, panaStationClassic, panaStation Pro, "The Designated Drivers", and CAD Accelerators are trademarks of Panacea Inc. MicroStation is a trademark of Intergraph Corporation and Bentley Systems. All other brand and product names are trademarks of their respective owners. The panaStation Classic installation procedure below describes what to do at each step. Installation ------------- Run the INSTALL program: 1. Insert the install disk in floppy drive A: or B: 2. At the DOS prompt, type a:\install or b:\install, depending on the drive selected. 3. From the Main Menu, select DRIVER INSTALLATION and choose MICROSTATION. 4. Select one of the following options: INSTALL MICROSTATION 4.0 DRIVER INSTALL MICROSTATION 5.0 DRIVER READ INSTALLATION NOTES The default installation directory is C:\USTATION. All the required files are copied to C:\USTATION\DRIVERS. 5. The install program will re-boot your system. 6. Proceed to configuring Microstation to use the panaStation Classic driver. MicroStation 4.x Configuration ------------------------------- Start the MicroStation configuration program by typing: USCONFIG from your \USTATION sub-directory. From the Microstation Main Configuration menu, select DISPLAY ADAPTERS option. Press enter to display the Right Screen Graphics Adapter menu. From the list of available display drivers, select the appropriate ATI adapter. Next, highlight panaStation Classic, by Panacea, Inc. from the list of vendor supplied drivers. Press ENTER to continue to the Left Screen Adapter menu. If you are configuring a single monitor system, highlight No Second Adapter and press RETURN to display the Virtual Swap Screen dialog box. When using panaStation Classic, MicroStation's Virtual Swap Screen feature is available to all graphics boards. A dual monitor system can only be configured when used with a mach64 accelerator in MDA mode with a VLB or PCI bus. As with the Right Screen Graphics Adapter, highlight panaStation Classic, by Panacea, Inc. from the list of vendor supplied drivers. Press RETURN to return to the main configuration menu. At the main menu, highlight Exit and Save to exit the USCONFIG program and return to the DOS prompt. Before Microstation initializes, the user is prompted to configure the display resolution and color depth using the panaStation configuration menu. When this is completed, save and exit. MicroStation 5.x Configuration ------------------------------- Start the MicroStation configuration program by typing: USCONFIG from your \USTATION sub-directory. From the menu Generate For, choose DOS then DISPLAY ADAPTERS. Press enter to display the Right Screen Graphics Adapter menu. From the list of available display drivers, select panaStation Classic, by Panacea, Inc. Answer Y to the prompt "Do you wish to reconfigure panaStation Classic?" Back at the main configuration menu, press ENTER again at DISPLAY ADAPTERS to continue to the Left Screen Graphics Adapter menu. This menu looks almost identical to the Right Screen menu but is only used when configuring for dual monitor systems. If you are configuring a single monitor system, highlight No Second Adapter and press RETURN to display the Virtual Swap Screen dialog box. When using panaStation Classic, MicroStation's Virtual Swap Screen feature is available to all graphics boards. If you are configuring a dual monitor system, highlight panaStation Classic, by Panacea, Inc. from the list of vendor supplied drivers. Press RETURN to return to the main configuration menu. At the main menu, highlight Exit and Save to exit the USCONFIG program and return to the DOS prompt. Configuring panaStation Classic -------------------------------- Change to your \USTATION directory and type: USTATION to start MicroStation. Upon start up of MicroStation you will be greeted with the panaStation Classic welcome screen. If you do not see the welcome screen, rerun the USCONFIG and ensure you have properly selected panaStation Classic driver. Once you have read through the panaStation Classic welcome message, press any key to continue to the Left Screen Main Configuration menu. You will need to configure panaStation Classic for use with your graphics board type and the resolution under which you wish to run MicroStation. Use your arrow keys to highlight Select Graphics Board and then press ENTER to display the Select Graphics Board/Resolution menu. Help during panaStation Classic setup is only a keystroke away. At any time, you may press the question mark ("?") key to get help information pertaining to the current prompt. Please also note that the PSTATION.HLP file MUST be present in order for help information to appear. If you get an error message, be sure that the file PSTATION.HLP is in the MicroStation sub-directory given during installation. Select Graphics Board/Resolution Menu -------------------------------------- The Select Graphics Board/Resolution menu configures panaStation Classic settings for graphics board/type and display and rendering resolutions. Choose Select Graphics Board to manually select your computer's graphics board. A list of video cards is given, based on the findings of panaStation Classic's built-in graphics platform detection utility. Use the Up and Down arrow keys, and the Pg Up and Pg Dn keys to scroll through the list and highlight your graphics board. Please note that graphics boards are listed alphabetically, therefore you may need to scroll through the list in order to find your particular board or graphics platform. panaStation Classic includes a graphics platform detection utility that queries the graphics card for type, Hi-Color support and installed memory. Based on the graphics platform detector's information, panaStation Classic will list a set of Display/Rendering resolutions. Due to the variety of graphics boards and their specific implementations of platform chip sets, the detector is not always 100% accurate. Therefore, when selecting a Display or Rendering resolution, be sure to use only resolutions that your graphics board will support. If you are unsure which resolutions are supported by your graphics board, refer to your owner's manual. Press ENTER to accept your choice and return to the Select Graphics Board/Resolution menu. Choose Select Display Resolution to configure the display/rendering resolution of your MicroStation screen. Display/rendering options are also based on the findings of panaStation Classic's graphics platform detection utility. Use the Up and Down arrow keys, and the Pg Up and Pg Dn keys to scroll through and highlight the resolution and color option you wish to use. Press the ENTER key to accept your resolution choice and return to the Select Graphics Board/Resolution menu. Adjust Aspect Ratio Menu ------------------------- panaStation Classic provides you the option of adjusting the aspect ratio of your MicroStation screen. To change the default aspect ratio, select the Adjust Aspect Ratio menu and measure, in millimeters, the height and width of the Aspect Ratio dialog box. Enter the measured values in the corresponding height and width data boxes. Highlight Return to Previous Menu and press the ENTER key to return to the Main Configuration menu. Dual Monitor Text Screen Selection ----------------------------------- When configuring a dual screen MicroStation configuration, panaStation Classic allows you to select which monitor will display text and which will display graphics. To designate a monitor for text, select the Dual Screen Configuration menu and simply choose Left if you wish to have the text appear on the monitor configured as MicroStation's Left screen. Or, choose Right if you would like text to appear on the monitor configured as the Right screen. Highlight Return to Previous Menu and press the ENTER key to return to the Main Configuration menu. When configuring a dual monitor system a Right Screen Main Configuration menu will be displayed. Configure for the second screen as you did for the Left Screen above. Saving Configuration Information --------------------------------- Once all of the panaStation Classic parameters have been configured, select SAVE, EXIT to save the configuration information and create PANACFG1.DAT and, for dual screen configurations, PANACFG2.DAT in the \USTATION sub-directory. After the PANACFG files have been created, MicroStation will start up with the newly selected panaStation Classic resolution. Note that if you start MicroStation from a sub-directory other than the \USTATION sub-directory given during installation, PANACFG files will be created in that directory. Reconfiguring panaStation Classic ---------------------------------- If panaStation Classic has already been configured, upon starting MicroStation you will be asked whether you would like to reconfigure or not. Answer "Y" to go to the panaStation Classic Main Configuration Menu or "N" to start MicroStation. ================================= Appendix A - Troubleshooting Tips ================================= If you experience any problems, please complete the PANACEA.TXT problem reporting form. Many of the problems which may occur in setting up and using panaStation Classic are not really problems with the driver; instead, the problems occur in installing and getting access to additional memory for the driver. Memory management programs, such as QEMM, 386Max, and EMM386, can cause memory conflicts on certain graphics platforms. In order to avoid these conflicts, it may be necessary to exclude certain memory regions from being used by the memory manager. For example: x=C000-C7FF. Also, if you are using a memory manager, avoid using any switches or utilities of the manager that may re-map upper memory blocks in order to load as many programs and TSR's "high" as possible (i.e. QEMM's "Stealth" mode). These features can make it difficult or impossible for panaStation Classic utility programs to locate certain video BIOS information. If you have memory problems, carefully check both the system documentation and the memory manager documentation before contacting Technical Support. System memory problems probably won't be solvable by us. We aren't able to fix mis-set jumpers and incorrect configuration options over the phone. Please be sure that all hardware is installed and operating correctly before assuming that the driver is at fault. Carefully check your hardware documentation for the correct switch and jumper settings.