Version 1.x
for MicroStation PC v4.0 and later
Features
ù Easy to use - no new commands or special menus to learn.
ù Protected-mode driver - completely compatible with MicroStation v4.0 and v5.0
ù No memory conflicts. Works with MicroStation's built-in Virtual Memory
Manager
ù Will support higher resolutions on many popular graphics boards.
ù Supports all MicroStation features, including rendering, page frame swapping,
texture mapping and 3D animation.
System
Requirements
ù A '386, '486 or Pentium based PC which supports MicroStation PC v4.0 or later.
ù A compatible graphics board. panaStation will work with most graphics boards.
Installation Guide
panaStation
A note on copying this software:
Each copy of panaStation is encoded with a unique serial number. This serial number is used as a check to
ensure that the software is not being illegally duplicated. If an illegal copy of the software is found, the
serial number provides us with a means of tracking down the source of the duplications. If you need to use
multiple copies contact your OEM NAME and PHONE NUMBER here.
Registration:
Please be sure to register your copy of panaStation. Registered users get advance notice of and special
pricing on new products and upgrades. Registered users are also eligible for special upgrade pricing. To
register, fax your name, company name, address and telephone number to OEM NAME and PHONE NUMBER
here. See Appendix A for information on how to obtain technical support .
Information in this document is subject to change without notice and does not represent a commitment on
the part of the manufacturer. (Late additions to this document may be found in the READ.ME 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 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.
Copyright (c) 1993 by Panacea Inc. All rights reserved.
Portions of panaStation are patented under U.S. Patent No. 5,101,444.
Panacea is a registered trademark and panaStation, "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.
Installing
and
Configuring
panaStation
Before starting, please make a backup copy of your panaStation diskette, using
the DOS DISKCOPY command, and put it in a safe place. The panaStation
installation procedure below is exact, and describes what to do at each step. For
brief installation instructions, see the Quick Start section at the front of this
manual.
Installation
Insert the panaStation disk into your floppy disk drive and then type:
A:INSTALL
(Or B: if you are using drive B)
The first time the installation program is run, you will be prompted for registration
information. This information must be given. If you choose to ignore this step,
panaStation will not be installed. After completing the registration information,
panaStation will prompt you for information about your MicroStation installation.
Verify that the given information is correct and then press ENTER. panaStation
files will then be copied from the distribution floppy to your hard drive.
After all of the program files have been successfully transferred to your system, it
is necessary to reconfigure MicroStation to use the panaStation driver. Start the
MicroStation configuration program by typing:
USCONFIG
from your \USTATION sub-directory. From the MicroStation Main
Configuration menu, use your arrow keys to highlight the DISPLAY
ADAPTERS option. Press the ENTER key to display the Right Screen Graphics
Adapter menu. From the list of available display drivers, highlight Vendor
Supplied Driver and press ENTER. Next, highlight panaStation from the list of
vendor supplied drivers. Press ENTER to continue to the Left Screen Graphics
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, MicroStation's Virtual Swap Screen feature is available to all
graphics boards. On graphics boards using dual page memory switching, the page
swap is done using the graphics board hardware. On all other graphics boards, the
page swap is simulated by panaStation.
To use virtual page swapping, answer "N" to the "Do you want to disable the
virtual graphics page?" question. To disable virtual page swapping answer "Y".
Once the Swap Screen question has been answered you will return to the Main
Configuration menu.
If you are configuring a dual monitor system, highlight Vendor Supplied Driver
from the list of available display drivers. As with the Right Screen Graphics
Adapter, highlight panaStation, 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.
In order for the new panaStation driver to take effect it is necessary to re-boot
your computer. Turn off the power to your system or press the RESET button if
you have one.
After re-booting change to your \USTATION directory and type:
USTATION
to start MicroStation. Upon start up of MicroStation you will be greeted with the
panaStation welcome screen. If you do not see the welcome screen, be sure you
have properly selected panaStation from the list of vendor supplied drivers and
that you have re-booted your computer.
Once you have read through the panaStation welcome message, press any key to
continue to the Left Screen Main Configuration menu. You will need to
configure panaStation 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/Resolution and then press ENTER to display the Select
Graphics Board/Resolution menu.
Help during panaStation 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 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'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.
If your graphics board is not listed, you may choose the generic board option for
your video chip type. If you do not know your board's chip type, please refer to
your hardware documentation.
panaStation 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 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'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 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 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 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 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
If panaStation 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 Main Configuration Menu or "N" to start MicroStation.
Support
Information
When possible, please send problem reports by fax, on-line message, or regular mail, including
the information requested below. Our fax number is XXX-XXX-XXXX. You can also send
electronic mail to our BBS at XXX-XXX-XXXX or to XXXXX,XXXX on CompuServe; we
check these sources frequently. It is much easier and more productive for us to work with a page
of information or an on-line message than it is to try to get the information from you during a
voice phone call over a busy, noisy line. Once we get your faxed request, we will call you or fax
you back with an answer or with additional questions to learn more about the problem. Our voice
number is XXX-XXX-XXXX. Please send real mail to:
Xxxxxxxx
Xxxxxx Xxxxxx
XX Xxxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxxxxxx, XX XXXXX
Attn: Technical Support.
Please put the following information in a faxed request, or have this information ready for a phone
request:
Your name, and the serial and version number of your copy of panaStation.
Print-outs of your CONFIG.SYS, AUTOEXEC.BAT and PANACFGx.DAT files.
A complete description of what the problem was and how many times, and under which
circumstances, it has occurred. We can help you most efficiently if you can recreate the
problem with some consistency.
Many of the problems which may occur in setting up and using panaStation 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.
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 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.
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Download Driver Pack
After your driver has been downloaded, follow these simple steps to install it.
Expand the archive file (if the download file is in zip or rar format).
If the expanded file has an .exe extension, double click it and follow the installation instructions.
Otherwise, open Device Manager by right-clicking the Start menu and selecting Device Manager.
Find the device and model you want to update in the device list.
Double-click on it to open the Properties dialog box.
From the Properties dialog box, select the Driver tab.
Click the Update Driver button, then follow the instructions.
Very important: You must reboot your system to ensure that any driver updates have taken effect.
For more help, visit our Driver Support section for step-by-step videos on how to install drivers for every file type.