Fireground(TM) Pump Trainer Release Notes Version 1.0, Revision 4.0, Demo rev Mar 2010 The Fireground(TM) Pump Trainer is a software tool-- an aid--in the teaching of basic concepts of pump panel operation and fireground hydraulics. Where the Pump Trainer excels is in the ability to emulate different pump panels (with numerous component options), versatility and ease of configuring supply, apparatus and discharge, and its generating performance plots--all of which can be saved to disk or printed. Where you can excel is in putting your imagination to work building your own library of evolutions, recording your voice commands to the pump operator (played through the sound card, or displayed as pop-up text windows) and adding your authentic radio traffic . If there are modifications that can be made to our simulator which will enhance its use in your training program, please make your suggestions to us. Thank you for trying our software. Contents I. System Requirements II. Installation III. Features NOT Included in the Demo Version IV. Pointers on Pump Trainer Operation V. How to Order I. System Requirements ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Operating System: Microsoft Windows 7, Windows Vista, XP, ME, NT 4.0, 2000, Windows 98 2. 48 MByte RAM, 15 MB available on hard disc. 3. Microsoft DirectX 4. Windows 7 and Vista and users require a Direct X file, "d3drm.dll" (included in this installation) in the Windows system directory: for 32-bit: C:/windows/system32 for 64-bit: C:/windows/sysWOW64 II. Installation ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- This program uses an installation program to install Pump Trainer. To uninstall Pump Trainer, use the "Add/Remove Programs" folder in Windows' Control Panel or find the "Uninstall" icon in the Pump Trainer folder in Start Menu. If you have a previous Pump Trainer demo version installed, uninstall it first. The downloadable demo file, FgDemov104r21.exe, is a self-extracting zip executable. Download it to any directory and execute it from there. When prompted, execute "Setup.exe" to install the Pump Trainer demo. If administrative privileges are required to install software onto your workstation, the application must be allowed to write to its own directory and subdirectories. Depending upon how your privileges system is set up, you may have to explicitely grant this permission. III. Limitations of the Demo Version ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Ten minutes (cumulative) of simulation run time before program shuts down. 2. Only two (instead of 15) discharges available. 3. Only two saved evolutions allowed, only one included. 4. No configurable master stream & large diameter nozzles. 5. No friction loss adjustment. 6. No wye or siamese connections. 7. Operator "actions", ie., checking and "repair" of incident hardware problems disabled. 8. Limited sound files. 9. No manual. (But Online Help is included.) Note: this demo is meant only as a preview to the retail version, which is the reason for the demo limitations. We do, of course, encourage you to buy the complete version (see the Pump Trainer Order Form "Orderfrm.txt" or at www.simresearch.com ). IV. Pointers on Pump Trainer Operation ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Panel controls are "unlocked" when the green stoplight button is clicked, starting a simulation. For information on how to operate panel controls, see "Panel Operation" in the manual. Custom Sound If you have a sound card, the Pump Trainer will use it. You can add your own sound files as directives for the pump operator or authentic radio traffic, which you can then program into Pump Trainer. If you do not have a sound card, a pop-up window will display the text of the (I&C class of radio calls) sound file. Misc. Information ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Pump & Engine Setup section: If you find that the Pump Trainer discharge pressure for a given engine RPM is consistently too high or too low compared to your apparatus, change the software Pump:Engine Ratio (even if it does not match that on your truck). 2. Operations section: After a simulation is begun, the burnhouse window, if displayed, will show two bar graphs--percent structure burned and internal structure temperature. Temperature is steady-state post-flashover temperature, and percent burned is the portion of 100% of combustibles being 100% oxidized. The green triangle at the top of the window allows you to check your pre-simulation burnhouse setup. 3. Panel Setup section: a. Rename valve handles through their corresponding gauges (pop-up menu) during panel design. If you just renamed a gauge/valve from ...1-3/4 to 2-1/2, that line does not suddenly change to 2-1/2. You must then set up that line on the Discharges Setup page. Similarly, if you load a new panel (only), even if the panel's gauge and valve label's are different, there is no change in the actual hose setup--you must make them match. b: Some components do not have labels, and there is no way to identify them once they have been placed, like CAFS air valves, intake & discharge panel connections, rotory valves. Keep track of these as you place components. You can reselect an item from a menu, and that item will be placed in the panel's upper left corner--identifying that component in a roundabout way. c: There is [currently] no way to remove a single foam component once it has been placed on the panel. You will have to remove all foam components, simply by clicking a different foam system button (Foam Setup page) , reselecting the original system, then replacing foam components. d: Discharge/intake panel connections become "capped" when disconnected in the Discharge Setup page. 4. General: a: If you make changes to an evolution, panel or radio call file, you are not prompted to save your changes to disk--you must that remember yourself. Save frequently! b: Consider the nominal "canned" evolutions and panels as a starting point for your own designs. 5. Check our website, www.simresearch.com for update releases amd bug lists. V.0 How to Order ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- by fax: Complete the order form. Find it at http://www.order.simresearch.com/orderseq.asp (select option "offline") Fax it to us at our fax/voice number, (406) 585-8488 OR by mail: Complete the Order Form. Find it at http://www.order.simresearch.com/orderseq.asp (select option "offline") Mail it to us at: Simulation Research Corp. PO Box 1678 Bozeman, MT 59771-1678 USA OR through a distributor: listed at http://simresearch.com/order.asp The Fireground(TM) Pump Trainer retail price is $144.95 (US) for a single unit (CD-ROM), plus $6.99 S&H (within USA). We have a discount schedule for multiple units (see LAN License at http://www.order.simresearch.com/orderseq.asp). We accept Mastercard and Visa (on-line only, at http://www.order.simresearch.com/orderseq.asp), as well as departmental purchase orders. Find the Pump Trainer Order Form at http://www.order.simresearch.com/orderseq.asp which can be printed out, then mailed or faxed.