INSTALL AND START-UP OF MULTIPSK AND CLOCK / UNINSTALL AND UPDATING To install the programs on your hard disk: 1) Download "MULTIPSK_setup.exe" from the F6CTE WEB site (http://f6cte.free.fr/index_anglais.htm). The links are: * "To download the last version of Multipsk and Clock, click here" or * "Download Here". Afterwards click on "Run" (or "Execute") (rather that to store it). ATTENTION: the Windows firewall perhaps will block this file. You will have to unblock it. NOTE: as there is no change in the Windows registers base (and so no problem of uninstallation), the application files could be installed manually (with Windows Explorer) in any directory. 2) During the execution: * the setup program (based on a "Inno Setup" script) will ask to confirm the detected language ("English"). The other proposed language is French, * by default, the user will confirm the proposed options, Note: your configuration files will not be modified, because they will be automatically created, only in case of absence. * if the installation directory yet exists, the setup program could ask confirmation of this directory. You will answer "Yes", except a particular user need. Note: if you are installing the program for the first time, confirm "C:\MULTIPSK". If you are updating any previous version, give the yet used directory name. Two links on MULTIPSK and CLOCK will be automatically created on the desktop as well as a "Multipsk" group in the menu. Start the MULTIPSK program either with the "MULTIPSK" link or from the menu. The configuration screen opens first. You must click the RX/TX button to access the main screen. Note: if you use the "Satellites" option, don't forget to download (with the "Downloading" button) the 5 recent TLE files (amateur.txt, argos.txt, orbcomm.txt, stations.txt, weather.txt). IMPORTANT: Clock must be started as administrator to be able to update the PC time. For this, just right-click on the Clock.exe file, select "Properties" and choose the "Compatibility properties" or "Advanced properties". Check on "Run as administrator" (Level privilege). The help file can be started from MULTIPSK, or by double-clicking on "HELP_PSK.CHM". For help on CLOCK, click "HELP_CLO.CHM". In case of error message such as "Action cancelled" or "DNS error", to unblock the blocked CHM file: * In Windows Explorer, right-click the blocked file, and then click Properties. * In the General tab, click Unblock. Hints and contextual help: * many buttons have a hint which is obtained by remaining a fraction of second with the mouse pointed on the button, * a contextual help (i.e. depending on the selected mode) is obtained by clicking with the right button of the mouse, the cursor of this one being located over a mode button ("BPSK31", for example). Multipsk is conceived for a Windows system. Note for the LINUX users (under WINE): The DLLs are not recognized under Linux. Multipsk uses few DLLs, and only for auxiliary functions which are: * the RTL/SDR interface for SdR receivers, * PC identification, * the parallel port handling, * PSK-reporter, * option "DirectSound" for the pseudo-modes "Filters" and "Binaural". To avoid an error message, select the last option of the menu. INSTALL SEVERAL MULTIPSK DIRECTORIES TO START SEVERAL MULTIPSK OCCURENCES Multipsk does not modify the Windows registers base (only the installer modifies the Windows registers base), so this program can be installed on several directories. Hence, several Multipsk occurences, with different configurations, can be started. The author tested 4 occurences in parallel, without problem. It can be expected that the maximum number of occurences must depend on the PC memory usage. QUICK PRESENTATION OF THESE PROGRAMS These programs will run any modern computer, under Windows, with a sound card (input) connected to the receiver output and the sound card output to the transmitter input. MULTIPSK codes (when transmitting) and decodes (when receiving) a big number of amateur radio digital modes, such as Morse, RTTY, SSTV, HF Fax, MFSK16, BPSK31, Hellschreiber, Packet, Domino, Olivia etc. It decodes also many professional modes as AIS, VDL2... CLOCK extracts date and time from FRANCE_INTER, DCF77/HBG, BBC, MSF (UK), WWVB, RAI, CHU, WWV-WWVH, JJY and from a GPS or Internet. It can synchronize your computer clock, if you have the registred version. Click on "Functions of the software, schematic of the connections and typical set-up" in HELP_PSK and HELP_CLO for more details. POSSIBLE (AND RARE) PROBLEM OF THE CHM FILES (HELP FILES) It is possible that when you click on a subject in the index, it is said that the program cannot display the webpage. One solution is to change "CHM" file type in “file properties” from “opens with Microsoft(r) Html Help Executable” to “opens with Internet explorer”. "Files properties" are available in the Windows Explorer, menu "Tools.... In any case, PDF versions of the help files are in my WEB site (http://f6cte.free.fr). Note: the Acrobat Reader 7.0 version does not seem able to manage these bif PDF files. However, earlier versions (5.0 or 6.0 for example) work well. MULTIPSK (+ CLOCK) UNINSTALL The Multipsk program can be uninstalled by selecting the "Programs and Features" window from the Windows "Control Panel": Open Start > Control Panel > Programs And Features Select the last version of Multipsk on the list and unistall it. Important: the uninstall will not delete the Multipsk directory or the files created by Multipsk and representing your own configuration and your log file(s). So a new install in the same directory will not be a problem. INSTALL OF A NEW VERSION OF MULTIPSK (UPDATING) Let's suppose that the Multipsk program be installed on the directory "C:\Multipsk" (by default), it will be enough to uninstall the previous Multipsk version as indicated above and then to install the new version in the same directory ("C:\Multipsk"). Note: if you are cautious or afraid to lose your log and configuration files ("in case of..."), it would be a good idea to back up (by copy/paste) the "C:\Multipsk" directory somewhere in your hard disk, after the previous version uninstall but before the new version install. RECOMMENDATIONS: These softwares and all additional files (except the registration file "USER.TXT" or "USER.COD") may be freely copied and distributed, but in unmodified state. This software can be used for non-commercial purposes only. This program can’t be neither modified nor adapted or integrated in other products.