Subject:  Installing Axon pCLAMP6
Date:     Wed Feb 18 20:56:33 PST 2004
From:     Pamela Fong


For MS-DOS, Windows 3.11, or Windows 95/98/ME: 

  If there is no pre-existing version of pCLAMP on the computer,
  and if no other version of pCLAMP will be installed, start by
  installing pCLAMP6 (version 6.0.3) from the Axon floppy
  distribution, which is stored in a white envelope located on the
  shelf above Gastrocnemius in Kerckhoff 330A.  Windows users
  should run the installation only after rebooting the computer
  into MS-DOS mode. 

  If desired, Axotools 2.0.3 can be installed from the floppy
  distribution.

  After the installation, download the updated versions of these
  executable files from the Axon website, copying them into the
  C:\pCLAMP6 folder, overwriting the existing files.

    http://www.axon.com/pub/pclamp6/

      batchplt.exe (version 6.0.6)
      clampex.exe (version 6.0.4)
      clampfit.exe (version 6.0.5.04)
      fetchan.exe (version 6.0.6.04)
      fetchex.exe (version 6.0.4)


  NOTE:  If pCLAMP7 or pCLAMP8 will be installed, do not install
  pCLAMP6 from the floppy distribution.  Instead, skip to the
  instructions below to install one of these later versions, and
  then update the executables as above, but copying the files to
  the appropriate PCL6DOS folder.  In the case of a default
  installation of pCLAMP8, the target folder is,

    C:\Axon\pCLAMP8\PCL6DOS

  From Windows 95/98/ME, pCLAMP6 should only be run from the
  command line, and only when the computer has been rebooted
  to run in MS-DOS mode.  For the Windows operating system adds
  complex timing and control issues which affect data acquisition
  by Clampex6. 
   

For Windows NT/2000/XP:

  If you have such a modern operating system, then there is little 
  reason not to install a current version of pCLAMP.  pCLAMP8 
  includes the pCLAMP6 installation.  pCLAMP8 installs the pCLAMP6
  executables into the directory,

    C:\Axon\pCLAMP8\PCL6DOS

  Just obtain the current updates of the pCLAMP6 executables as
  directed in the previous section, copying the updates to the
  appropriate PCL6DOS directory. 

  Systems Administrators should check that users have permissions
  on the PC6DOS directory to be able to make changes to the
  configuration files. 

---Pam