SOLAR2000 Research Grade (S2KRG) Download Guide Space Environment  Technologies

Download Instructions

1. Register with your name, email address, institution, and country.

2. Click 'Download now' in the Registration browser window.

3. Your Browser will display ftp directories, which will contain a SOLAR2000 manual and several folders:

• compressed (select either the Unix tar or zip compressed formats; this will be fastest.
• uncompressed - use this only if you are unable to download and decompress the files.
• ancillary_docs - these folders contain related publications to SOLAR2000 (both compressed and uncompressed versions); .

Click one of the files to begin the download, saving it to a directory of your choosing. Unzip the file on your computer and, if you wish, place the new SOLAR2000 folder in the desired subdirectory or folder on your computer. See 'Decompression Instructions' below.

Note: If your Browser fails to work as described above, simply use an FTP application or command to log into ftp by executing the command:

ftp ftp.SpaceWx.com

The username is: spcusr

And the password is: usrspc

Depending on local firewall or encryption configurations (ftp can fail to respond), it may be necessary to toggle the ftp passive mode by typing "epsv4" immediately after logging in.

Alternatively, An HTTP ftp can be performed by entering the following in the browser URL window:

ftp://spcusr:usrspc@ftp.spacewx.com

Decompression Instructions: After downloading the tar.Z file (binary format) with either a .zip extension for Windows or MacIntosh, or .tar.Z for Unix systems use these tips for decompressing the file into it's component files:

For Windows 98/NT:

a. Move to any folder/directory as a default (e.g., solar2000rg) which will contain all the files that will be necessary to run SOLAR2000. You may need to create this folder: it will serve as the default IDL working directory to run SOLAR2000.

b. Open a Zip application, e.g., Aladdin StuffIt Expander. If you don't have a Zip file application, they are widely available on the Internet. c. Unzip the downloaded zip file. Depending on the application, this may be a two-step process. Note: Because of the wide variety of decompression applications, you will need to follow the instructions provided with the application.

d. All the necessary files should be should be created under an additional SOLAR2000 subdirectory. You may want to rename or move this subdirectory with all it's files to another location of your choosing. Be certain you have full read/write/execute privileges to all the files.

e. Read the s2k_readme text file, which contains the license agreement and IDL SOLAR2000 instructions for running the model.

For Unix:

a. Move to a directory above any directory as a default (e.g., solar2000rg) that will contain all the files necessary to run SOLAR2000. You may need to create this folder: it will serve as the default IDL working directory to run SOLAR2000.

b Type uncompress file_name.tar.Z

c. Type tar -xvf ./file_name.tar (e.g., file_name.tar).

d. Read the s2k_readme text file, which contains the license agreement and IDL SOLAR2000 instructions for running the model.

For MacIntosh:

a. Move to a directory above any directory as a default (e.g., solar2000rg) that will contain all the files necessary to run SOLAR2000. You may need to create this folder: it will serve as the default IDL working directory to run SOLAR2000.

b. Open a Zip application (e.g., Aladdin StuffIt Expander(c). If you don't have a Zip file application, they are widely available on the Internet.

Note that many current PC operating systems will uppack the self-extracting archive *.sitx simply by double-clicking on it.

c. All the necessary files should be should be created under an additional SOLAR2000 subdirectory. You may want to rename or move this subdirectory with all it's files to a more convenient location.

d. Read the s2k_readme text file, which contains the license agreement and IDL SOLAR2000 instructions for running the model.

For VAX:

a. Move to a directory above any directory as a default (e.g., solar2000rg_obs) that will contain all the files necessary to run SOLAR2000. You may need to create this subdirectory: it will serve as the default IDL working directory to run SOLAR2000.

b. Download the files from the SpaceWx.com ftp server as binary files only. Some of these will be text files and some will be IDL save files. There is no need to unzip these files.

c. Read the s2k_readme text file, which contains the license agreement and IDL SOLAR2000 instructions for running the model.

Now follow the IDL instructions for running SOLAR2000. See 'Running SOLAR2000'.