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# Chapter 2: Installation and Administration

ECO8 software has been developed by SCHNEIDER ELECTRIC with the aim of enabling quick evaluation of energy savings that can be achieved by installing an ALTIVAR variable speed drive in a pumping or ventilation application.

### 2.1 Installation

Simply run the installation software from its support.
Installation of Java Runtime Environment is necessary for software operation (version 1.3 available). Java applications require the following minimum resources:

Pentium ™ 133MHz or equivalent
32 MO RAM
35 MO free on hard drive
Windows ™ 95, 98, NT, Millennium, 2000 or XP

For Eco 8 language selection and administration, see the following section.

### 2.2 Creating Language

The application can be translated into various languages, and to do this Eco 8 refers to a file.

Procedure:

- Create your directory in "installation directory/lang".
- Copy the files (consolidation.rtf, installation.rtf, result.rtf ,language.properties file and docs folder) from "installation directory/lang/English" to your new directory.
- In your directory, edit the language.properties file replacing the default values, taking care only to modify the text following the sign "=". Proceed in the same way for the RTF files without modifying the names between brackets {}. Edit all these files using an editor such as Notepad (supplied with Windows).
- Edit the documentation files using an supporting editor html or an simple editor.
- Restart Eco8 and your language will appear in the File > Customize menu.

  PS : Possibility to incorporate the new language on a CD (folder lang), if a new one is burned.

### 2.3 Eco 8 - Administration

In order to manage Eco 8 administration, an additional application is supplied on the support, this application enabling modification of calculation and Altivar selection parameters; here you can replace the image as you wish. This software has therefore been designed to accommodate the latest SCHNEIDER ELECTRIC variable speed drives.

- To see values, select the desired characteristics and then click the "See values" button located at top left.
- To delete a power according to these characteristics, just select the power and its characteristics and then click "File" > "Delete".
- To add a new power, just change the value in the "Power" box. The power will then be automatically added.
- To modify a power according to these characteristics, just select the power and its characteristics, then display its values and modify these to suit your criteria. It is necessary to save all modifications by selecting "File" >"Save".

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