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Network Installation Procedure

For a Network install ChartCo recommends that you leave your entire program files on a
designated local machine as this will increase the speed of the software and reduce network
traffic. This machine will need a spare serial port for connection to the receiver

Prior to following these instructions please ensure that ChartCo applications have been installed to the ‘C’
drive. Complete all normal ‘software installation Procedure’ before following these instructions:

1. Using windows explorer copy and paste the complete ‘ChartCo’ directory to the network drive that
you wish to use. The ChartCo directory will be located in the C:\ drive

2. Make the following changes to ODBC data source

• Click Start
• Click Settings
• Click Control Panel
• Make sure you can view all control panel options
• Click odbc data sources. The following window will appear.

Select ‘System DSN’ tab as shown on the above picture, the following window will appear:

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• Select ‘ChartManager Database’ and click ‘Configure’. The following window will appear:

• Click the ‘Select’ button then the following window will appear:

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Select the new location for the ChartManager Database from your network location. eg:
(T:\chartco\database\Ship Outfit.mdb). where the T:\ represent the network drive you requre the
ChartCo software to be run from.

• Once the new database location is selected click OK, then OK again until you exit the ODBC data
source option.

• Close Control Panel.

3. Changes to Registry Settings

****Warning: INCORRECT CHANGES MAY PREVENT THE PC

OPERATION*****
• Click ‘start’
• Click ‘run’ then the following window will appear

• Type regedit in the Open box as shown on the above picture and click ‘OK’ to run
regedit program

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• Once the ‘regedit’ window is open. Click on ‘Edit’, and then ‘Find’. The following
window will appear:

• Type cmsettings in the ‘Find what:’ box.

• Click on ‘Find Next’ a window similar to the one below will appear:

• Amend the values of the ‘db location’ and the ‘dir location’ keys (as shown by the arrow) , by double
clicking on each existing data value and amend to the letter of the network drive you wish to use

• Close the Regedit window by Registry →Exit.

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1) StarDataClient
Double click StardataClient.ini File,which located in the C:\windows\ directory

You Must only change the Output path drive letter in the StarDataClient.ini
File eg: Output=T:\ as by the arrow.

[Communications Ports]
Input=COM1: BAUD=2400 PARITY=N DATA=8 STOP=1

Output=C:\

[Buffer Timeout]
Days=10
[Log]
;Logfile=C:\Client.log
[Time Stamp]
Time=B9EBC23AA0

Close and Save changes

2) MetManager
Double click
C:\Program Files\MetManager\BVSSV\UPDATE\chartco.ini file.

The following notepad window will appear

Amend the file as in the example below ( example : drive T )

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Running ChartManager

1) You will now notice that you now have 4 short cuts on your desktop ChartManager, MetManager and
Acrobat Reader, and StarDataClient.

2) Double click the ‘Adobe Acrobat’ icon on the desktop, to run Acrobat. Accept the standard software
License Agreement, and then close the Acrobat window.

3) Now run ChartManager, accept the ChartCo license agreement and you will be presented with a login
box. Type in your initials in the User Initials box.

4) Next, put in the password, which is ‘chartco’, all in lower case and click ‘OK’ this will start the
ChartManager program. MetManager can be started from ChartManager main screen by clicking
Weather button

Once ChartManager is working properly delete the original ‘chartco’

folder from the local drive where originally installed ChartManager to.

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Additional Network PC connection
If you require Aditional PC’s to Access the ChartManager Database you will need to do the following

Insert the ChartCo CD into the CD-ROM drive of the request PC

Select custom install from the ChartManager CD. Select the following items to be installed ONLY.

Once all of the items have been installed follow the instructions below

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1. Make the following changes to ODBC data source

• Click Start
• Click Settings
• Click Control Panel
• Make sure you can view all control panel options
• Click odbc data sources. The following window will appear.

Select ‘System DSN’ tab as shown on the above picture, the following window will appear:

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• Select ‘ChartManager Database’ and click ‘Configure’. The following window will appear:

• Click the ‘Select’ button then the following window will appear:

Select the new location for the ChartManager Database from your network location. eg:
(T:\chartco\database\Ship Outfit.mdb). where the T:\ represent the network drive you requre the
ChartCo software to be run from.

• Once the new database location is selected click OK, then OK again until you exit the ODBC data
source option.

• Close Control Panel.

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2. Changes to Registry Settings

****Warning: INCORRECT CHANGES MAY PREVENT THE PC

OPERATION*****
• Click ‘start’
• Click ‘run’ then the following window will appear

• Type regedit in the Open box as shown on the above picture and click ‘OK’ to run
regedit program

• Once the ‘regedit’ window is open. Click on ‘Edit’, and then ‘Find’. The following
window will appear:

• Type cmsettings in the ‘Find what:’ box.

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• Click on ‘Find Next’ a window similar to the one below will appear:

• Amend the values of the ‘db location’ and the ‘dir location’ keys (as shown by the arrow) , by double
clicking on each existing data value and amend to the letter of the network drive you wish to use

• Close the Regedit window by Registry →Exit.

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3) StarDataClient
Double click StardataClient.ini File,which located in the C:\windows\ directory

You Must only change the Output path drive letter in the StarDataClient.ini
File eg: Output=T:\ as by the arrow.

[Communications Ports]
Input=COM1: BAUD=2400 PARITY=N DATA=8 STOP=1

Output=C:\

[Buffer Timeout]
Days=10
[Log]
;Logfile=C:\Client.log
[Time Stamp]
Time=B9EBC23AA0

Close and Save changes

4) MetManager
Double click
C:\Program Files\MetManager\BVSSV\UPDATE\chartco.ini file.

The following notepad window will appear

Amend the file as in the example below ( example : drive T )

**YOU MUST ONLY RUN CHARTMANAGER

FROM ONE PC AT A TIME**
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