## Step 1: Install PC-DMIS Gear

To install PC-DMIS Gear:

1. Make sure you have a portlock attached to the serial (printer) port of your computer. Some newer portlocks may attach to your USB port. Your portlock must be programmed with the Gear and/or the Spiral Bevel Gear option in order to install PC-DMIS Gear.

Note: When programming your portlock, if neither of these options are selected in your portlock, PC-DMIS Gear installation will be blocked and an error message will be displayed. If only one of these options is selected, then only that gear module will be available in PC-DMIS Gear.

2. If PC-DMIS 4.1 or later is not already installed, follow your PC-DMIS installation guide to install it.

Note: For PC-DMIS 4.2 and later, you will be prompted to install PC-DMIS Gear as part of the PC-DMIS installation process if either the Gear or the Spiral Bevel Gear option is selected in your portlock settings. Hereby there is no need to download the PC-DMIS Gear ZIP file from the Wilcox FTP site.

3. If PC-DMIS Gear was not installed during PC-DMIS installation as noted above, log onto WAI's web site (www.wilcoxassoc.com) and follow the links where PC-DMIS Gear is discussed. Download the .zip file into a specified directory on your hard drive.

4. Extract the contents of the zip file to a temporary directory on your hard drive.

5. Install PC-DMIS Gear by double-clicking the setup.exe file.

6. An installation wizard appears that will guide you through the installation process.

PC-DMIS GEAR Setup Wizard

7. Follow the on-screen instructions to install PC-DMIS Gear. By default the setup application will install PC-DMIS Gear to the C:\Program Files\WAI\PC-DMIS GEAR <current version> directory.

Step 2: Launch PC-DMIS Gear...