# ALADIN installation This page describes the installation of ALADIN on your PC. Please observe the following before starting the installation. Always install ALADIN first before connecting the delivered hardware to the USB port or the serial interface on your PC. You must have administrator rights for installing ALADIN. For questions and/or changes concerning your PC rights, please contact your system administrator (PC responsible).
| Always install ALADIN first before connecting the delivered hardware to the USB port or the serial interface on your PC.
| System requirements:
Make sure your computer meets the following requirements before installing ALADIN. Minimum system requirements: Free serial interface RS232 COM1 or free USB port for communication with the transmission control unit. Pentium® or adequate processor with at least 700MHz (32-bit variants only) Microsoft® Windows XP with ServicePack 2 or Windows 7 operating system 512 MB RAM or more CD-ROM or DVD-ROM drive 600 MB free memory space on the hard disk; 1.5 GB free memory space on the hard disk Graphic card and monitor with 16 bit colour depth and a resolution of 800x600 or higher Microsoft® Internet Explorer version 6.0 SP2 or higher Adobe Acrobat Reader version 6.0 or higher The actual requirements and the product functionality may vary depending on the system configuration of the operating system. For questions concerning the equipment requirements of your PC, please contact your system administrator (PC responsible). You can download the current Internet Explorer free of charge under www.microsoft.com. You can download the current Acrobat Reader free of charge under www.adobe.com
| How to update / reinstall ALADIN:
If you want to replace an ALADIN version that is installed on your PC by a new version, the version that has already been installed should be deleted. ALADIN 3.6 cannot be operated together with older versions. For information on deinstalling older versions, please see the corresponding program help. ALADIN 3.x versions can be deletet with the VDTIndo tool. For this purpose start the tool VDTInfo.exe, which is directly on the CD. Click on Unistall All.
| How to install ALADIN:
> - > - Exit all programs and applications. Insert the Voith ALADIN CD in the CD / DVD drive. The setup program is started automatically. If the setup program is not called up automatically,
>   >   | double-click the desktop symbol
>   >   | and then the CD/DVD-ROM drive symbol.
Double-click "start.exe". The splash screen of the ALADIN setup program appears. Preparing the installation may take several minutes. The system checks in the background whether applications such as the Adobe Flash Player have already been installed. If required, these will be installed. Confirm the installation by clicking Next. All important data is copied to the hard disk of your PC. Please wait until the operation is complete. After the installation, ALADIN Fast Initialization is called up. Here you can already set your password and your system language.
| How to proceed:
After it has been installed, ALADIN is configured automatically to the requirements of the 'Customer' or 'Service' user levels. If you want to make additional configurations, please read: Setup. If you want to change the ALADIN user language, please read: Language settings. For vehicle diagnosis, you must establish a connection between your PC and the vehicle. Please refer to: K-line interface / level converter.
| Important note on Power Management
If the Power Management on your PC is not set to 'Standard PC', ALADIN might not be able to communicate with the transmission control unit using the serial interface (RS232 / COM1). This problem may occur if only the serial K-line interface (serial level converter) is used. For further information, please see: Setting the Power Management to 'Standard PC'.
| Notes on the ALADIN installation:
ALADIN uses ActiveX elements. This includes the ALADIN ActiveX that controls the communication with the transmission control units E30 / E300.1 and the samDiaX Active X that is a standardized runtime environment for diagnostic applications. ActiveX control elements are software components based on the Common Object Model (COM) by Microsoft which can be used for various purposes and can be installed in any container application. For further information on ActiveX control elements, please refer to www.msdn.microsoft.com.
| Further topics:
More information on: Getting started More information on: K-line interface / level converter More information on: Program overview More information on: User level More information on: Setup More information on: Power Management settings More information on: ALADIN removal More information on: FAQ Up > [Linkleisten stehen auf dieser Website nicht zur Verfügung] © by Voith Turbo GmbH & Co. KG send remarks to joachim.ehleiter@voith.com (electronic department) or r.theilacker@voith.com (electronic department)