Instructions for Installing the "Using Standardized Anomaly Data in Operational Forecasting" 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.

I. To get and install the VISITview lesson files on a Windows system:

  1. Create a directory on your computer to hold this lesson.  For example, open a Command Prompt window and type:

    2.         mkdir stanom
            cd stanom

    You can also create this new directory using the Windows Explorer  or My Computer.
     

  2. Get the self-extracting exe file (it is about 10 MB in size) by aiming your Web browser to


      3. http://www.hpc.ncep.noaa.gov/training/summer2005.zip

  3. Be sure to put this file into the same directory that you created in step 1.

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  4. To extract all the image and program files, just run the file by:
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II. This completes the installation.  To join the training session:
  1. open the "Display" Control Panel and make sure your Settings for the Desktop Area is 800 by 600 pixels or greater

  2. click on the visit.bat filename from My Computer  or Windows Explorer.

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  3. A ViewClient window should appear, with a large red triangular pointer in the main window and drawing/animation controls below. If a VISITview server is actively hosting the session, then you will also see images in the ViewClient window. The session will last about 1 hour.


  4. Dial into the conference call (consult email with setup instructions for the phone number).

III. To run this lesson locally (for example, to train others in your office who were unable to attend the group session), run the visitlocal.bat file instead of visit.bat. A ViewClient window will appear which includes additional controls to load Selected lesson pages (or to move to the Next or Previous page).