Instructions for Installing the RSO VISITview Lesson
In order to install this lesson, you will need to create a new directory on your hard drive, download a self-extracting, compressed file into this directory, and then run this file in order to extract the data and program files. NWS Users: We strongly encourage you to install these files on a “modern” PDW (300 MHz Pentium II or faster, and at least 64 MB of RAM).
I. To get and install the VISITview lesson files on a Windows system:
- Create a directory on your computer to hold this lesson. For example, open a Command Prompt window and type:
- Get the self-extracting exe file (it is about 42 MB in size) by aiming your Web browser to
ftp://rammftp.cira.colostate.edu/bikos/visit/rso_14mar02.exe
OR
ftp://ftp.ssec.wisc.edu/visit/rso_14mar02.exe - Be sure to put this rso_14mar02.exe file into the same directory that you created in step 1.
- To extract all the image and program files, just run the rso_14mar02.exe file by either:
- opening My Computer or the Windows Explorer and clicking on the filename rso_14mar02.exe
- opening a Command Prompt window, typing cd \visit\rso, and then typing rso_14mar02
II. This completes the installation. open the “Display” Control Panel and make sure your Settings for the Desktop Area is 800 by 600 pixels or greater click on the visitlocal.bat filename from My Computer or Windows Explorer.
Alternatively, you could open a Command Prompt window, and type:
cd \visit\rso
visitlocal A ViewClient window will appear which includes additional controls to load Selected lesson pages (or to move to the Next or Previous page). Note… If you are using a Unix or Linux system, you will need to install the Java Runtime Environment (JRE) software on your local computer…see the JRE instructions page.