Tool: loadwatch 1.1 · 1.0 MB · 17 Jan 2011 · md5 4060c0691621 · licence per site · back to its row on the shelf

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loadwatch 1.1

1.0 MB · 17 Jan 2011 · md5 4060c0691621 · licence per site · shelf 4

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Prints a dot-matrix form at a fixed pitch.

loadwatch forms --pitch 12 --com 2
41 lines sent to COM2, 0 aborted

Note from the shelf row: none recorded

Before you install

  • Runs on: DOS. the application must be 4.0.7 to 4.1.6.
  • Space: about 1.0 MB for the download, plus [WORKING SPACE] while it runs.
  • Rights: an ordinary user account; no elevation needed
  • Know first: [PREREQUISITE] — what has to be true before this tool will run at all.

Download and verify

Take the build for your platform from the [SHARE] and check it against the digest on the shelf row before you unpack anything.

FC /B loadwatch-1.1-dos.zip

Expected: 4060c0691621. The shelf row carries the same digest.

Install

Copy it into place and put it on the path. Nothing here installs a service or a scheduled task.

DOS

Copy the files and add them to the path in AUTOEXEC.BAT:

COPY A:\LOADWATCH\*.* C:\TOOLS\LOADWATCH\
SET PATH=%PATH%;C:\TOOLS\LOADWATCH
LOADWATCH /v

Check it worked

Check the version first, then run the one command the tool exists for:

LOADWATCH /v
loadwatch forms --pitch 12 --com 2
41 lines sent to COM2, 0 aborted

Expected output is the line shown above; anything else means [TO DO: write the failure list].

Removing it

Delete the folder and drop the path entry. The tool keeps no state of its own.

DELTREE C:\TOOLS\LOADWATCH

If it goes wrong

  • [KNOWN FAILURE 1] — the usual fixes for this tool have not been written down yet. Add them the second time somebody hits one.
  • Wrong error number or a fault you cannot name: run the tool's own diagnostic first (shelf row).
  • Before any repair that writes to a store, take the export — backoff is the tool for it.