Copyright: (c) Peak Systems 2000


Quick-Start Guide
UI-View32 Quick-Start Guide

The Quick -Start Guide takes you through the basic steps of getting UI-View32 up and running. It is NOT intended to be a replacement for the main help. Use the "<<  Prev" and "Next >>" buttons on the help window button bar to move through the various steps.

This guide should stay on top of other windows, so it is easy to read it while you are configuring UI-View. (If you don't want it to stay on top, then use "Options", "Keep Help on Top", "Not On Top".)


Step 1

Install the program and run it. (Presumably you have already done that!)

Provided you didn't get any error messages during installation, proceed to step 2.


Step 2

Open "Setup", "Comms Setup", and decide what comms mode you are going to use. The choices, and the corresponding host modes are:-

Use a TNC in terminal mode	"NONE"
Use WinPack DDE	"WINPDDE"
Use BPQ32 host mode	"BPQ32"
Use AGWPE  host mode	"AGWPE"
Use a TNC in KISS mode	"KISS"
Use Flexnet host mode	"FLEXNET"
Use a TNC in WA8DED/TF host mode	"WA8DED"
If you already run BPQ32 or AGWPE with WinPack or another PMS program, then choose whichever one you run. UI-View32 will open its own host mode channel, and can be used at the same time as WinPack or other BPQ32/AGWPE applications.

If you don't run either of those, and you want to run UI-View32 at the same time as WinPack, then your only choice is WinPack DDE. BUT NOTE - UI-View32 cannot transmit when used as a WinPack DDE application, so you lose a lot of the functionality of the program.

If you want to use UI-View32 on its own, with its own TNC,  then KISS mode will usually give much better performance than using terminal mode.

Having decided what mode to use, go to the next step.


Step 3

Whatever host mode you have selected, PLEASE read the relevant parts of the Comms Setup help, it is accessible from the Help Contents or by pressing F1 when the Comms Setup dialogue is open.

If you have selected WINPDDE, AGWPE or BPQ32 for the host mode, then there is no further configuring of the Comms Setup to do, and all the other input boxes in the dialogue will be disabled. However, if you are using WINPDDE, you may need to make some changes to your TNC settings in WinPack, as explained in the Comms Setup help.

If you have selected NONE or KISS, then you must:-

1. Set Com Port to the port to which your TNC is connected.

2. Set Baud Rate, Data Bits, Stop Bits, Parity and to match whatever settings you are using with your TNC.

If you have selected KISS, then you need to click the "Setup" button and configure the KISS options. When the KISS Setup dialogue is displayed, press F1 and read the KISS Setup help.


Step 4

If you are using WINPDDE mode, then no further configuration is needed. If you have WinPack running, then UI-View32 will now be working and will display beacons from any stations that it hears transmitting APRS compatible beacons.

You should now read at least some of the main help - start with the main screen and then work through the help on the various menu options.

If you are using any other mode, then continue to the next step.


Step 5

Open "Setup", "Station Setup". Press F1 and read the help. It explains what to put for each input box.

Once you've done that, you should have a working system!

At some stage you should look at the other options on the setup menu (although Wx Station Setup is unlikely to be of any interest unless you have a weather station and suitable software).

PLEASE, at some stage read the help!

Not only because it took me ages to write it, but because you are bound to miss some of UI-View32's features unless you read the help! For instance, you would never discover the "drag to show distance and bearings" feature if you didn't read the main screen help.

You can access the help either by using "Help", "Help Contents", or by pressing F1.