MobiComp PC Setup

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Any PC with spare capacity and capable of running Java can be used to provide a MobiComp IR Beacon.

1. Check if a recent JRE (1.3 or later) is installed and path is configured to use it.
   1. Open a command window and type 'java -version'. If command not found, check path.
   2. If JRE present, try not to upgrade, it may be being used for the PCs main purpose.
   3. If necessary, download and install JRE from java.sun.com
2. Install MobiComp as follows:
   1. Create a directory C:\Program Files\MobiComp
   2. copy context.jar, Context.properties and runirbeacon.bat to Program Files\MobiComp\
   3. edit runirbeacon.bat and set the final parameter to the appropriate VisitorGuide URL
   4. copy runirbeacon.bat to the startup section of the start menu
   5. right-click on the copy of runirbeacon in the startup section and select properties, then set it to start minimised.
3. Plug in an IR USB dongle
   1. run the runirbeacon script
   2. test with each of the PDAs - it may be necessary to go through a tedious process of letting windows install an IR dial-up modem the first time it encounters each new PDA!