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Getting Started
The WiSP Package is a large software package and requires many files to run. These
files are supplied in ZIP compressed files. Before the program can be run, all files
must be decompressed and placed in the appropriate directory.
The following is a list of supplied files, and the directories in which they should be
placed.
File Directory Notes
GSC.EXE WiSP Directory
LHA.PIF WiSP Directory Only required if you select LHA as your
compression technique in Message Maker.
MSGMAKER.EXE WiSP Directory
MSGVIEW.EXE WiSP Directory
MSPE.EXE WiSP Directory
PROCMAIL.EXE WiSP Directory
UNARC.PIF WiSP Directory
UNLHA.PIF WiSP Directory
UNZIP.PIF WiSP Directory
VIEW-DIR.EXE WiSP Directory
WISP.OBS WiSP Directory
PKZIP.PIF WiSP Directory Only required if you select ZIP as your
compression technique in Message Maker.
WISP.HLP Windows Directory
SATELLITE.DLL Windows Directory The version I supply with WiSP may be out
of date. If you use the KCT, you will need
to get a more up to date version. If you
don't use KCT, this version will suffice.
BWCC.DLL Windows Directory You may have a newer version of this file
already on you system. If so, use the
newer file.
The Windows Directory is the directory where all your windows files are located.
The WiSP Directory is the directory where you place all your WiSP program files. It is
also defined in the setup screens.
Some other system configuration changes may be required to allow the system to
perform correctly. The FILES= and BUFFERS= values in the CONFIG.SYS must be
set high enough to allow all programs running under Windows to execute properly. I
recommend a value upward of 70 for these two. <Problems may occur if these
values are set below 70>.
Because there are some common files that are used by more than one of the
programs at a time, SHARE.EXE must be loaded to allow files sharing to be performed
correctly. I recommend SHARE be run with the following perameters. SHARE /f:4096
/l:75.
For more information on the above system configuration changes, refer to your DOS
manual.
The WiSP Directory should be added to you DOS PATH statement. The PATH
statement is normally located in your AUTOEXEC.BAT file.
After making the above system changes, you should restart your computer to allow the
changes to take effect.
Once all the above is set up correctly, you may want to add a WiSP Group to Program
Manager. This is done by using the File/New option, and selecting PROGRAM
GROUP.
Then add GSC, MSPE, VIEW-DIR and MSGMAKER to this group using the File/New
option again, and selecting PROGRAM ITEM.
The Wisp Group is not really necessary as all programs can be run from within GSC.
All the PIF files that are supplied as part of WiSP should be edited with PIF Editor
before running the system. You must ensure that the filename that the PIF file will
execute is correct, and that the directory is correct.
It is then best to run GSC and go through all the setup screens. As you look at each
new setup screen, press the Help button to get information on how the different
options will affect your system. Before the system will work correctly with your system,
you must setup Station Setup, Satellite Setup, and Satellite Directory Setup. Following
this, you should reload the GSC Keplerian element database using the
DATABASE/UPDATE SATELLITE DATABASE option.
If you use File Manager to view files, you should add the following line to the WIN.INI
file under the [Extensions] group. The WIN.INI file is located in your \WINDOWS
directory.
msg=msgview.exe F~^.msg
Once GSC is running, it is possible to obtain further ONLINE HELP using the help
options and buttons in the program. You can also search for topics in the help system.
For example to get a list of all setup screens, search for SETUP.