HOUSE/290 uses a named pipe to communicate with the Comm Engine and thus allows it to run over a LAN or peer-to-peer network. The requestors on both machines must be running for network operation.
To run HOUSE/290 over a network, do the following:
Connect the CP290 to one of the peer stations or the server. Install HOUSE/290 on that machine and only start-up CP290CE.EXE and configure it for the CP290. It is not necessary to have the Comm Engine set to connect, this can be controlled over the network with the client program H290MAIN.EXE. Install HOUSE/290 on another workstation and only run H290MAIN.EXE. Make sure the Auto Load and Auto Unload options are turned off. Also, check the windows list to make sure CP290CE.EXE is not loaded and minimized on the workstation where you run H290MAIN.EXE. In the settings page of H290MAIN.EXE, enter the computer name where the CP290 is connected to. Do not use any back slashes when entering the name. Now you can connect to the pipe and communicate with the Comm Engine.
Only one client (H290MAIN.EXE) can communicate with the Comm Engine at any one time. If you want to use a third workstation to access the Comm Engine, you must disconnect H290MAIN.EXE from the pipe to free up the Comm Engine.
It is not necessary to map any drives to the client or server machines unless HOUSE/290 is executed from the remote machine.