*************************************************************************** ************ Readme for A X E S 2.1 *************** October 03, 2003 *************************************************************************** ******** An X-ray powder diffraction pattern Evaluation System ************ *************************************************************************** *************************************************************************** Authors: Hugo M„ndar, Toivo Vajakas, Robert E. Dinnebier ****************** *************************************************************************** *(c) copyright 1992..2003 by H.M„ndar, T.Vajakas, University of Tartu **** *(c) partial copyright 1987..1992 by R.E.Dinnebier, University of Heidelberg *************************************************************************** AXES is a MS DOS program for powder diffraction pattern pre-processing and visualization, peak fitting and shape analysis, Voigt analysis of peak shapes and Williamson-Hall Plot, data preparation for several indexing programs and Rietveld program FULLPROF. See the file AXES-OPT.txt about all available commands and options of the last version of AXES. The following seven paragraphs explain installation and setup steps of AXES. *********************************** 1. Files in AXES installation directory *********************************** axes-xxx.exe - BINARY self-extracting archive, where xxx is program version, e.g. 19B, 19A, etc. installd.bat - batch file for installation of AXES in DOS. installw.bat - batch file for installation of AXES in Windows. Axes-opt.txt - list of available commands in AXES. readme.txt - this file. *************** 2. Installation *************** A. Copy AXES-xxx.EXE and INSTALLD.BAT onto a floppy diskette. B. Activate the floppy drive and run INSTALLD (or INSTALLW) with the following command line parameters (e.g. the floppy is in A:) INSTALLD xxx A: [letter of drive where to install]: follow commands on the screen (do not specify a password, but press ENTER instead). In Windows you can used command file INSTALLW.bat. In this case the installation files can be on HD or on CD. The command line parameters are the following: INSTALLw [version] [Source drive and folder] [Target drive and folder] where [version] is AXES DOS version like 21a. Source points to the location of installation source file AXES-xxx.exe, e.g. c:\temp\ Target points to the location where you want to install AXES, e.g. c:\axes During or after installation you have to modify an ASCII file called AXES.PRG. This file is a database of the paths and names of the AXES system programs and other external programs which are called by AXES. You can modify a path, a program name and program parameters but not the pointer to the program which resides in the first positions (1..7) of a row. Use the program ax_edit.exe for this purpose. During the first installation ax_edit.exe is invoked by installd.bat. Installation generates a directory /AXES/ on the drive where you installed AXES and makes the following subdirectories under it: ./DATA/ - for diffraction data of examples; ./GRAPH/ - for graphics data; ./DOC/ - for documentation files of AXES; See the file AXES_Files.PDF about the meaning of all files in AXES directories. ****************************** 3. Start and exit AXES ****************************** AXES starts automatically at the end of a successful installation. To start AXES at your DOS prompt you have to activate the AXES main directory and enter AXES followed by [RETURN]. To finish AXES you have to select from [File/Sys] menu the last command [Exit AXES] (or press Alt X) and answer [Yes] when the dialogue of conformation to exit AXES appears. *********************************** 4. Hardware & Software requirements *********************************** Minimal Optimal ------- ------- Processor : 386DX 486DX4 Co-Processor : present present Tact rate : 25 MHz 100 MHz RAM : 6 MB 8 MB Floppy disk drive : 1.2 MB or 1.44 MB 1.2MB or 1.44MB Harddisk : > 4 MB free > 8 MB free Printer : 9-needle printer 24-needle printer or a laser printer Mouse : MS-compatible mouse MS-compatible Mouse Mouse driver vers. >=6.00 Mouse driver vers. >=6.00 Graphic card : VGA-Color VESA16 Color Monitor : VGA-Color-14'' Monitor VESA16 Color 15'' Monitor Disk operat. system : MS-DOS 5.0 MS-DOS 6.2 ************************************************************* 5. Other operating systems (OS) and problems of starting AXES ************************************************************* AXES can run under Windows 3.x, 95 and NT 4.0. Every OS system requires to set up properties for AXES to run. 1) Windows 3.x To let AXES to use the external memory you have to generate a pif file for AXES (use Windows PIF editor) and set up limits for XMS memory, e.g. [KB Required] [2048] and [KB Limit] [4096]. 2) Windows 95, 98 Run AXES from MS-DOS prompt. Do not use any file operation programs like Norton Commander in this MS-DOS prompt. 3) Windows NT 4.0 If you have problems in starting AXES then do the following: - right-click the icon for the AXES shortcut, and then click Properties; - in the Properties window, click the Program tab; - click Windows NT; - select the Compatible Timer Hardware Emulation check box. and also select window for the program as "full screen": - right-click the icon for the AXES shortcut, and then click Properties; - in the Properties window, click the Screen tab; - click Usage; - Click Full-screen. 4) The "Runtime error 200" problem by starting of AXES should have been solved now (versions from October, 2003 and up). If you get this error then inform the authors of AXES on address below. 5) There might be problems with accessing other AXES system external programs from inside AXES. In case the system does not come back to AXES after returning from an external program you have to generate individual icons for AXES system programs. Then you can call these programs separately by clicking the icons. ***************************************** 6. Program distribution and registration ***************************************** AXES is a shareware program. The version B (basic set of commands) is free of charge for university institutions. The last version of the program can be downloaded by ANONYMOUS FTP from the following address: ftp.physic.ut.ee/pub/pc/axes NB! Use binary mode for transfer of files. In case you are going to use the program in your work, please fill in the registration form (/AXES/DOC/AXES_REGISTER.PDF) and send it to the address specified in the form. Details of ordering of versions A (all commands), L (all + long array), and W (for Windows 9x and NT) can be followed from the registration form. ************************* 7. Problems ************************* Please send questions about problems about AXES to hugo@physic.ut.ee