NCD NC200 User manual

Floppy Disk Drive
Installation Guide
Version 1.1
NC200, NC400 and
NC900

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Part Number Revision Date Description
9300948 July, 2000 NC200, NC400, and NC900 Network
Computer Floppy Disk Drive Installation
Guide, Rev. A.

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Floppy Disk Drive Installation
Introduction
These instructions describe how to connect your new floppy disk drive to your
Network Computer (NC). Connection is made to the parallel port on the NC.
When you are using the WinDD ICA client, this drive provides you with PC file
storage and retrieval capability at your NC.
With NCBridge 3.2 (or higher), there is a new local floppy manager client that
allows the user to transfer files between a UNIX host and the local floppy disk.
Operation of this client is described later in this document.
Before you begin installation, check the contents of the kit to be sure that you
have everything and check to be sure you have a Parallel Port installed in your
NC. Then turn to the installation procedures that begin on page 2.
Kit Contents
The Floppy Drive kit includes the following:
•One Floppy Drive
•One AC Power Adapter
•One AC Power Cord
•One Interconnect cable
•These installation instructions

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System Requirements
To connect the floppy drive to your NC, you must have a Parallel Port installed.
If you do not have a Parallel Port installed, contact your NCD distributor or
sales representative. In addition, your NC must be operating with NCBridge
Software Version 3.2 or later.
Connecting the Drive
1. Connect the drive to the NC’s parallel port. Refer to the drawing in Figure 1.
Look at the plugs on the interconnect cable. The plug that has pins connects
to the NC; the plug that has holes connects to the floppy drive.
2. Connect the power supply to the floppy drive as shown.
Now you are ready to make the connection to the network described on page 4.

Connecting the Drive
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Figure 1. Connecting the Floppy Drive to the NC
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Connecting the Drive to the Network with
Windows NT Terminal Server
This section describes how to connect the floppy drive to the network via an
ICA connection using a Windows NT 4.0 Terminal Server Edition host.
Before you can use the floppy drive you must connect the drive to the network,
which means that you give the drive a designator and a path on the network.
You only need to make this connection one time. The network connection will
remain in effect each time you log on until you specifically disconnect the drive
from the network.
Remember that you have exclusive access to the floppy drive connected to your
NC. Other users cannot read from or write to the floppy drive connected to your
NC, and you cannot read from or write to floppy drives connected to other NCs.
The following is a description for mapping the local floppy disk to a Windows
NT Terminal Server using MetaFrame software.
1. Click on the Start button and select Programs

Windows Explorer.
2. Use either the Map Network Drive icon (Figure 2) if View  Toolbar is on or
Tools  Map Network Drive Menu (Figure 3) if the icons are not used.
Figure 2. Map Network Drive Icon
Figure 3. Network Drive Menu
Map Network Drive Icon

Connecting the Drive to the Network with Windows NT Terminal Server
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3. To disconnect a network drive, click on the Disconnect network drive icon
or select Tools
 Disconnect Network Drive . . . In the dialog box that
appears, select the drive to be disconnected and click OK.
4. Select a drive designation in the Drive field (see Figure 4). The letter that
appears in the block is the next available unused drive designation. You can
use this letter or select a different one by pulling down on the button in the
block or at the end of the block.
Figure 4. Connect Network Drive Dialog Box
5. Enter \\Client\A$ in the Path field. To do this: select the A drive in the Shared
Directories (double-click on Client Network, then on Client, then click on A:),
or pull down on the button at the end of the Path field and select \\Client\A$ .
6. Click on the OK button to make the connection.
The drive, which appears as a drive icon in the Windows Explorer window, is
ready for use. You can use the Windows Explorer to move files to or from the
floppy drive just as you would any other drive.

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Formatting a Disk
The current version of Windows NT Server 4.0 is not designed to format
network-connected floppy disks. This means that you cannot format a disk
locally in the disk drive connected to your NC using the disk formatting
operations (Copy Disk, Label Disk, and Format Disk) in the File menu of the
Windows Program Manager. Local disk-formatting capability is, however, a
feature of the WinDD ICA client.
To format a disk, click the Disk button at the bottom of the WinDD login
window (Figure 5) or select Disk from the Options menu in the WinDD menu
bar (Figure 6). In either case the Disk Formatting Menu appears (Figure 7). Fill
in the volume label block and set the Capacity and Quick Format parameters as
appropriate, then press the Start button.
>>> CAUTION: The Copy Disk, Label Disk, and Format Disk selections in the
Disk menu of the Windows File Manager are for use with the application
server’s A: drive. They have no effect on a disk in your local floppy drive and
may destroy data on any disk in the servers A: drive.

Formatting a Disk
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Figure 5. WinDD ICA Client Log On Window
Figure 6. WinDD ICA Client Options Menu
Log On
Configure
Disk
Exit

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Figure 7. Disk Formatting Menu

Local Floppy Manager (LFM) Client for UNIX Hosts
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Local Floppy Manager (LFM) Client for UNIX
Hosts
The LFM client provides a Graphical User Interface (GUI) for copying files
between the local floppy drive attached to the NC via the parallel interface and
a UNIX host server. The GUI features a point and click operation. The LFM
client is available with NCBridge version 3.2 or higher.
The LFM client is compatible with both the current NC product and earlier NCs
and X terminals. The compatible platforms are XP117C, XP119C, XP119M,
XP200, XP350, XP400, NC200, NC400 and NC900 series products.
To start the LFM on an NC, ensure that the floppy drive is connected to the
parallel port of the NC and powered up. Then, for the NC900, type this
command at the command-line prompt:
xpsh -display < ipaddr >:0 lfm.900
Example: xpsh -display 134.6.5.12:0 lfm.900
To start the LFM client on a NC200/400 unit, type the following:
xpsh -display < ipaddr >:0 lfm.500
Example: xpsh -display 134.6.7.14:0 lfm.500
Once the client is properly executed, the console of the NC should indicate that
the files “lfm.xxx”and “fdDrv.xxx”have been loaded, where “xxx”is one of
the extensions listed below:
The client screen should appear, as shown in Figure 8.
Model Extension
XP (*.350)
NC200/NC400 (*.500)
NC900 (*.900)

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Figure 8. Local Floppy Manager Client

Troubleshooting
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Troubleshooting
Use this troubleshooting guide if you encounter problems installing or using the
floppy disk drive.
If . . . Then . . .
You cannot read files on a disk in
the drive.
Check that the interconnect cable is installed
correctly and completely attached to the
floppy drive and the X terminal.
The WinDD ICA client window
“hangs”when you attempt to
connect network drive.
This typically happens when the local print
spooler or net to port access is enabled. You
(or your system administrator) can disable
them by doing the following:
1. Reset the X server from the Setup window.
2. Modify the xp.cnf file to disable the net to
port access or the local print spooler. Then
restart the NC.
The floppy drive will not format a
disk.
Be sure that you use only the “Format”
button at the bottom of the WinDD ICA
client log on window or select “Format”
from the Options menu in the WinDD menu
bar when attempting to format a disk.
Do not use the Copy Disk, Label Disk, or
Format Disk selections in the Disk menu of
the Windows File Manager. These are for use
with the application server’s A: drive; they
have no effect on a disk in your floppy and
may destroy data on any disk in the servers
A: drive.

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