Welcome to the Easy Engine Wizard. If you are an experienced computer user and already connected your PTC-200/221/225 DNA Engine to your computer, you can exit this wizard and start setup.exe from your installation CD-ROM manually. Easy Engine only supports PTC-200, PTC-221 or PTC-225 cyclers manufactured by MJ Research Inc., USA. Please check your cycler type first. If your cycler is supported, you can click "Next" to continue.

STEP 2: Check the PTC-200/221/225 DNA Engine software version Next you have to make sure the software version of your PTC-200/225 DNA Engine is version 3.0B or higher. NOTE : Software check for your PTC-221 is not necessary!! To check the software version, please follow the next steps: 1. Switch on your PTC-200/225 DNA Engine 2. In the MAIN menu, select SETUP and press PROCEED 3. Select VERSION and press PROCEED The software version will appear in the display. If the software version is not correct, please contact your MJ Research distributor.

Next connect your PTC-200/221/225 DNA Engine to your computer. You can connect the device by means of a serial cable (RS-232) or an IEEE-488 cable (PTC-200/PTC-225 only!). The serial cable is supplied with your Easy Engine CD-ROM. For more information see your "PTC-200/221/225 DNA Engine Operations Manual", Chapter Networking. See also the picture for location of the RS-232 port at the rear of the DNA Engine. Note 1 : To use IEEE-488, you must have an IEEE-488 Interface card in your computer. Contact your MJ Research distributor for more information. Note 2 : To use your PTC-221 DNA Engine a serial splitter cable is necessary. This cable is supplied with your Easy Engine CD-ROM! Connect both cables to your computer!

When you use a PTC-221 DNA Engine, communication type is automatically set to serial communication with the proper settings, otherwise follow these steps: 1. In the MAIN menu, select SETUP and press PROCEED 2. Next, select REMOTE and press PROCEED 3. Select SERIAL and press PROCEED 4. Select 9600 baud and press PROCEED

When you use a IEEE-488 connection, repeat step 1 and 2 3. Select IEEE-488 and press PROCEED 4. In case you use more devices, select a different address (1 to 30) for each device.

In case you received an Easy Engine CDROM, follow the four steps below:

The last step is to start the program. Follow the next steps: 1. Select "Start" from your taskbar 2. Select "Programs" 3. Select "Easy Engine" 4. Click on the "Easy Engine" icon. Easy Engine can now be started. How to use the program can be found in the Easy Engine Help file. You can open the Help file by repeating step 1,2 and 3 above and clicking on the "Easy Engine Help" icon instead.

Before you can work with an engine, you have to perform a hardware detection. This is described in step 7.

1. Start Easy Engine as described in step 6. 2. Log in (for instance with username ‘Admin’ and password ‘Fabi’). 3. When the program is started, a hardware detection will be performed. If Easy Engine detects hardware, you will be prompted with the following question 4. If you answer ‘yes’, you will have to enter an engine number and a license code like below. The engine number can be found at the back of the engine and will look like EN378892. For a license code please contact your Easy Engine distributor. 5. Next the alpha unit(s) serial number(s) are requested by Easy Engine. An Alpha Unit serial number looks like AL348932 and can be found at the back of the Alpha Unit. NOTE : For a PTC-225 (Tetrad) you will have to enter four serial numbers. These are requested in a logical order, so first Quadrant 1 then Quadrant 2 etc. 6. Finally a user-friendly description has to be entered e.q "John's PTC-200". This description makes it easier for users who work with multiple devices to find the device they want to work with. 7. This procedure will be performed for every device you wish to add to your configuration. There is only one exception and that is a PTC-221. This DNA Engine will be detected as two separate devices. For more information on hardware detection and configuration, please read the Easy Engine help file. 8. Have fun working with the Easy Engine software.