Getting Started

The WiSP Package is a large software package and requires many files to run.  
Before the program can be run, all files must be 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 
MSGMAKER.EXE      WiSP 
MSGVIEW.EXE       WiSP 
MSPE.EXE          WiSP 
PROCMAIL.EXE      WiSP 
VIEW-DIR.EXE      WiSP 
UPDKEPS.EXE       WiSP 
WISP.OBS          WiSP 
MSPE.EQN          WiSP 
VIEW-DIR.EQN      WiSP 
WISP.KEP          WiSP 
WISP.HLP          WiSP 
USERLIST.TXT      WiSP             This list will be automatically updated.

PKZIP.PIF         WiSP             Only required if you select ZIP as your 
				     compression technique in Message Maker.
LHA.PIF           WiSP             Only required if you select LHA as your 
				     compression technique in Message Maker.
PKUNPAK.PIF       WiSP          
PKUNZIP.PIF       WiSP           
WISP-TLM.ZIP    --------------     Unzip and put files in WiSP directory.

WISP.HLP         Windows 
SATELITE.DLL     Windows\System    The version supplied with WiSP may be out
				   of date.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BWCC.DLL        Windows\System     You may have a newer version of this file 
				   already on your system.  If so, use the 
				   newer file.

README.NOW     FYI Only
CALLSIGN.TXT   FYI Only
GETSTART.TXT   This file

WKCTDRV.ZIP    ---------------     Rotor/Radio driver. Unzip and follow 
				   instructions.

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 
parameters.  SHARE /f:4096 /l:75.  Share is not required with WFWG 3.11.

For more information on the above system configuration changes, refer to 
your DOS manual.

The WiSP Directory should be added to your 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.

NOTE:  The following is very important!!  The PIF files are currently
constructed to look for PKUNZIP.EXE, PKZIP.EXE, LHA.EXE, etc. in the 
C:\UTILS directory.  You may either create such a directory and place 
these EXE files in it or edit the first entry (Program Name) in the 
PIF files to look for the EXE files in a directory of your choice.

To edit the PIF files, click on the Main icon in the Program Manager and  
click on the PIF Editor icon.  In the PIF Editor window, click on FILE 
and OPEN.  Move to the WISP directory and you will be able to choose each  
of the PIF files and edit them.  You must ensure that the filename the 
PIF file will execute is correct, and that the drive and directory is 
correct.  This is not necessary so long as the EXE files are in a 
directory that is in your PATH, but if you put in the full path name of 
your EXE files, it will speed up the running of these files.

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 
update the GSC Keplerian element database using the DATABASE/UPDATE 
SATELLITE DATABASE option with a recent Keplerian Element file.  You should
continue through the other setup items and select the appropriate options.

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 will be 
located in your \WINDOWS directory after you go through the setup options.

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.

WISP-TLM requires a number of setup files.  These have the CFG, PAG and LIM
file extensions.  They should be placed in the WISP directory.

A lot of information is contained in the HELP.  You can search for 
information topics using the SEARCH button in the HELP screen.

Most problems arising from getting started with WiSP happen because the
user has not completed ALL the setup procedures.  When setting up the 
satellites, do not overlook the Directories and Info buttons at the bottom
of the screen.  You must setup the satellite however before you can operate
these buttons.  


Windows 95 Notes:
=================

If WiSP is to be run under Windows 95, use the file(s) in the WIN95 
directory on this diskette to replace those file(s) with the same name
found after decompressing the EXE file.

All PIF files should be retained until the entire suite of WiSP programs are
converted to WIN95.  However, DOS programs should be called as EXE files in
the setup. rather than PIF files.

Be sure your WIN95 AUTOEXEC.BAT file retains the PATH arrangements as it
did with WIN3.1.

Using the 16-bit KCT Driver With Win95

If you upgraded Windows to Win95, and WiSP was already installed when the
upgrade was made, your WiSP configuration will migrate to Win95.  However,
if you performed a fresh install of Win95 before WiSP was installed, and
now wish to use the KCT driver for the first time (or want to change your
calibration from a previous installation), perform the following steps 
to install and calibrate your KCT while in Win95:

Unzip the WKCTDRV.ZIP file and copy the unpacked files to a floppy diskette.

1)  Click  "Start".
2)  Click  "Settings".
3)  Click  "Control Panel".
4)  Choose "Add New Hardware".
5)  Click  "Next".
6)  Click  "No".  (no need to search for Hardware)
7)  Click  "Next".
8)  Choose "Sound video and game controllers".
9)  Click  "Next".
10) Click  "Have Disk".
11) Insert the floppy with the KCT drivers (WKCTDRV.ZIP files)
12) Click  "OK".
13) Kansas City Tracker Driver for Windows will be highlighted.
14) Click  "OK".
15) Click  "Finish".
16) "Kansas City Tracker Driver Setup" (KC6WYG) will appear on the screen.
17) Select "Radio" and "Port".
18) Select "Band" Transmit and Receive and click "OK".
19) Select "Tuner Port Setup" for Port A and Port B and click "OK".
20) Select "Calibrate" for Rotator/Elevator.
21) Click  "OK" when all is done.
22) Click  "YES" to Re-Boot the computer. (for new settings to take effect)


