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 WISP.HLP Windows Directory SATELLITE.DLL Windows Directory The version I supply with WiSP may be out of date.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 BWCC.DLL Windows Directory You may have a newer version of this file already on you system.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. . 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.