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PCSNI (External Components Installation Guide) (M6859IG+PCSNI.htm)

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PCSNI

The PC Standard Network Interface software for Windows (PCSNI) provides a consistent network and device independent interface to a LAN card. It is a prerequisite for a number of other external components.

The WinSNI Configuration Editor, a tool for setting up PCSNI connections, must be installed separately.

Prerequisites

Refer to the Reality Release Informationfor details of which versions of Windows are supported.
A LAN card.
TCP/IP networking.
A way of resolving host name and IP addresses (for example, a hosts file or a domain name service).

Installation

PCSNI

Start the installation program as described for Windows in the section Starting the Installation.
Select PCSNI from the Core Reality Software menu.
Select one component: SNI Winsock.
If you are replacing an earlier revision of PCSNI, you will be asked if you want to overwrite your WINSNI.INI configuration file. You should answer No to this question.
Similarly, you may be asked if you want to replace the files ROSFS.DLL and BC30RTL.DLL. In both cases answer Yes.

WinSNI Configuration Editor

Select WinSNI Configuration Editor from the Core Reality Software menu.
The default location is c:\Program Files\WinSNI Configuration Editor; you can override this if required.

Set-up After Installation

You configure the SNI software with the WinSNI Configuration Editor (see screen display below).

Note: If you are using a Windows 7 or Server 2008 host that is shared by a number of users, you should always run the WinSNI Configuration Editor as an administrator. If you run it as a normal user, any changes you make will be local to that user.

For Telnet connections to UNIX and Windows hosts, ensure that your default options are set to the Telnet protocol on port 23. You will then be able to connect to any host that can be resolved by TCP/IP (using, for example, a hosts file or a domain name service), even if that host does not appear in your WinSNI configuration file.
For direct connection to a Reality database, create a WinSNI entry by using the Connection Details section on the left-hand side, as follows:

Connection Name	This is the name which you will use when making a connection. Use a local alias for the Reality database.
Host	This can be either: A system name as specified in your TCP/IP hosts file, Domain Name Service or Network Information Service, depending on your TCP/IP configuration. An IP address of up to twelve digits (plus any separators).
Protocol	Choose DDATCP from the drop-down.
Database name	The name of the required Reality database.
Port	For the DDATCP protocol, this must be set to 1203.

For more information on how to configure PCSNI, refer to PCi Standard Network Interface.