Not to steal Al's thunder but let's elaborate on this a bit.
To set up a user account, on the top right hand corner of Ring's Engineering's website click
Log In (not
Sign In, sorry Al) and then
New User. As said by Al Ring Engineering will then send a password to the email address you submit. I'd suggest doing this before you go to your daughter’s boyfriend's place.
Go straight to this page
http://ringengineering.com/RailProAssistantSoftware.htm to download RailPro Assistant. This will download an installer (so remember where it gets saved to) which you have to run that will download and install the actual program. Very backwards we know. Note, that downloading from Ring's site can take a very long time so patience will be a big help.
Once RailPro Assistant is downloaded and installed run it. In the lower right hand corner or there abouts of the RailPro Assistant screen will be a button that says
Setup. Click it and enter the email address that you set your RE account up with and the password they sent you. Without this info the software will not connect to RE's server.
Plug your HC-2 into the PC using the supplied cable. RailPro Assistant should pop up a message about a first time connection. Just follow the instructions and unplug the HC-2 and then plug it back in.
The rest is pretty much as Al said, the buttons along the top of the RailPro Assistant screen allow you to select files you want and use the HC-2 to download the flies.
Now when you download files from Ring Engineering's server, they are copied to the HC-2 and to a local (on disk) RailPro storage file at the same time. You do not copy them across from the PC to the HC-2 by any conventional means, it's done automatically by RailPro Assistant.
Also, make sure your HC-2 is fully charged, downloading files really drains the batteries fast.
And... do not get frustrated too much, sometimes RailPro Assistant and the HC-2 don't want to play nice and refuse to download files. This can usually be remedied by backing the HC-2 to it's main screen and un plugging it from the PC and plugging it back in; sometimes several times.
You can change the password Ring Engineering sends you by logging into to your Ring Engineering account .
- Tim