Instructions
Fuel Direct Dispenser Controller
http://www.pie-corp.com/fueldirect.html
Installation
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Beginning with version 057.007.048, FuelDirect is delivered in two parts:
Part 1 is fd-setup.exe. This is a regular windows installer which
will set up the system environment and copy the files needed to
run FuelDirect onto your system.
Part 2 is FuelDirect.exe. This needs to be dropped into your
FuelDirect folder as part of the initial install process which occurs
when you run fd-setup.exe. If you have an existing install, then you
can simply drop the new FuelDirect.exe into the FuelDirect Folder.
Installing using the official CDROM
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If you received a FuelDirect installation cdrom, then both fd-setup.exe
and FuelDirect.exe will be in the FuelDirect directory of the cdrom.
Installing using downloaded file(s)
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If you want to download the installation from the web, fd-setup.exe can
be found at http://www.pie-corp2.com/.builds/current/057.007.base-installers
and FuelDirect.exe will be at http://www.pie-corp2.com/.builds/current/057.007.nnn,
where nnn is a minor release level. Download both files, fd-setup.exe and
FuelDirect.exe, into the same directory. Unless you have a reason to stick to
an older version, you should download the latest available version.
New Install
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For a new install, you will need to run fd-setup.exe. During the install
you will be given an opportunity to select a recent copy of FuelDirect.exe to
drop into the FuelDirect install directory. If both fd-setup.exe and FuelDirect.exe
are the same directory, then the file-selection dialog will, by default, be pointing
at the correct FuelDirect.exe. If the FuelDirect.exe that you wish to use is not
in the same folder as fd-setup.exe, then you will need to use the file-selection
dialog to navigate to it.
Updating an existing install
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If you are updating an existing install, then you do not need fd-setup.exe.
Simply copy or download FuelDirect.exe directly into your FuelDirect folder.
Installation FAQs
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Q: I did a new install, but FuelDirect.exe does not run correctly.
It puts up a dialog with this message:
"This is a STUB FuelDirect.exe! ..."
A: It appears that you did not complete the install correctly,
and the most common error in this case is that you chose an
invalid version of FuelDirect.exe during the install, or that
you allowed the install to continue without selecting a valid
FuelDirect.exe. Fortunately the fix is pretty simple:
1. Copy the correct version of FuelDirect.exe into the
FuelDirect folder.
2. Open a command window and navigate into the FuelDirect
folder.
3. Run this command and answer all of the product-customization
dialogs when prompted to do so:
FuelDirect.exe /reg
Q: I am trying to update an existing install, but Windows will not
let me copy the new FuelDirect.exe into the FuelDirect folder.
A: If the system will not let you overwrite an existing FuelDirect.exe,
it usually means that FuelDirect.exe is still running. Use the Windows
Task Manager to kill the FuelDirect.exe process and then retry the copy
operation.
Q: I already have an earlier version of FuelDirect installed. Do I need
to do a full install again or can I just drop in an updated FuelDirect.exe.
A: The initial environment created by any FuelDirect installer from the
057.007.nnn series is compatible with all FuelDirect.exe versions
in the 057.007.nnn series. The only thing special about the 057.007.048
installer is that we are officially recognizing this and, as such, are
packaging the installer only once more and have renamed the installer
program from setup.exe to fd-setup.exe. The new installer, fd-setup.exe,
includes a stub FuelDirect.exe; you must copy in the FuelDirect.exe
separately.
