The following procedure installs the WCAT controller application on the computer that will act as the controller in the WCAT tests. The WCAT controller application enables the controller computer to interpret input files used in the WCAT tests; to formulate and send instructions to client computers; and to collect, analyze, and report data about the WCAT tests.
To install WCAT on the controller computer
1.From the controller computer, use Windows Explorer to connect to the shared directory on the server computer where WCAT is installed.
2.On the controller computer, click Start, select Programs, and click Command Prompt.
3.At the command prompt for drive C, type mkdir\webctrl to create a new directory called \Webctrl.
4.At the command prompt, type cd webctrl to go to the \Webctrl directory.
5.Type x:ctrler where x represents the network drive on the controller computer that is mapped to the server computer. This command extracts the controller files from Ctrler.exe on the server computer and copies them to controller drive x.
6.Type install.
This command creates the \Scripts directory on the controller computer and installs the WCAT test files in the \Scripts directory.
7.Type config webserver, where webserver is the name of the computer running the WCAT server.
For the WCAT server name, you can enter a network basic input/output system (NetBIOS) computer name, a host name, a fully qualified Domain Name System (DNS) host name, or an Internet Protocol (IP) address as shown in the following examples:
config server12 config www.server.com config 111.111.111.The config command records the name and IP address of the WCAT server computer in a file named Srvname.cmd for later use. If the config command is successful, the following message appears at the command prompt
Setting server name to “webserver.”where webserver is the computer name you specified with the config command.
To change the server used in a WCAT test, repeat step 6 in the preceding procedure before starting the test. To change the server at run time, you can use the -a option with the WCAT run command. For more information on using command line options, see “Using Command Line Options,” later in this guide.