Advanced Topic 12 Continued
Installing and testing PsTools and RkTools
There are two pieces of software that need to be installed on the MiniSim and Vidcap machines for proper operation. One is PsTools that allows the MiniSim to launch an application on another PC over the network – this is used to launch the Vidcap subsystem. The other is PkTools that provides some additional program control functionality.
On the MiniSim PC:
- Extract the contents of the PsTools.zip to the folder C:\PsTools:
Highlight the Path variable and click Edit
Edit the 'Path' variable and add; C:\PsTools to the far-right end of the Variable Value field:
- Test the PsTools. Here we will try to launch the notepad on the Vidcap machine from the Minisim machine. Open a DOS prompt and, using the Vidcap IP Address (90.0.0.128) type:
psexec \\90.0.0.128 -u vidcap -i -d notepad
The first time this runs, a license agreement for PsExec pops up, click Agree.
Enter the above command again, and two things should happen:
- Notepad should launch on the target vidcap machine
- the following should be displayed:
PsExec v1.98 - Execute process remotely copyright(C) 2001-2010 Mark Russinovich Sysinternals - www.sysinternals.com
notepad started on 90.0.0.128 with process ID xxxx
On the Vidcap Machine:
- Extract the contents of the rktools.zip to the C:\ drive. The zip contains an executable called
rktools.exe, and it should be placed in the root-level on the C:\ drive.
- To test the installation, open a DOS prompt and type 'sleep' and hit return. The following will be returned:
- If you were shipped a tested vidcap machine, the rktools.exe will already be present. In this case, just test it as in step 2 above.
