HOW TO SIMULATE INSTRUNET HARDWARE
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One can simulate the existence of instruNet hardware (e.g. i2x0, i4xx, i100), when none exists, for purposes of demonstration and testing. This can be done via several methods, summarized below. Simulated hardware produces random waveforms when digitizing.

1) Run instruNet World in i100/i200 Demo Mode
One can run the instruNet World strip chart record application program with one simulated i200 and one simulated i100 by selecting in the START menu: instruNet / Demonstration Software / instruNet World Demo_.exe.

2) Simulating i4xx Hardware
All software that works with instruNet (e.g. instruNet World, DasyLab, C/C++, Basic, etc) can be set up to work with simulated i2x0/i100/i4xx hardware by placing an empty text file named "iNet32 Demo On.txt" into directory "..program files\instrunet\end user\". After installing the instruNet software, this file will already be in position, yet will be named "iNet32 Demo Off.txt". To enable the file, rename it to "iNet32 Demo On.txt". One can turn the demo mode off by changing the "On" back to "Off" in the file name, or by placing the word "off" inside the text file itself using WordPad or NotePad. If this file is empty, then an i200 and i100 are simulated. However, one can also place a list of model numbers into the file that will be simulated. For example, the above illustration shows a simulated i100 device, followed by an i4xx card cage with i410/i430/i420 cards. In this example, the i2x0 controller is not listed, yet its existance is inferred by the presence of an i100 or i4xx box.

3) Instruct any program to run in i100/i200 Demo mode
Any application program (.exe file) that works with instruNet can be placed into Demonstration mode (where an i200 and i100 are simulated) by placing the word "demo_" into the application file name. For example, change the name of "instruNet World" software to "instruNet World demo_", or the name of "DASYLab.exe" to "DasyLab demo_.exe".

4) Simulate via instruNet World Plus (iW+) Script Language
For information on how to simulate multiple devices and controllers using the iW+ script language, please click here.