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SYSTEMATIC NAVIGATION: READ.ME Print this text file using a Windows editor to provide you with basic information about the package and how to register. Version: V2.1 1 23-Jul-1996 SHAREWARE Systematic Navigation / Systematic Finance Limited Orchard House, Green Lane Guildford, Surrey GU1 2LZ, UK Tel +44 (0)1483 32929 : Fax +44 (0)1483 38358 E-mail 100073.232@compuserve.com CONTENTS 1. INTRODUCTION/REGISTRATION 2. INSTALLATION (1) INTRODUCTION/REGISTRATION Systematic Navigation is a Psion 3A solution for astronomical and coastal navigation. The combination of the versatile hand-held Psion Series 3A personal organiser and Systematic's easy-to-use application software will assist you with a wide range of navigational tasks. The object of the manual is to help you get the most out of the application. The manual provides background on the use of Systematic Navigation and the methods used in its formulation. It also provides in a portable, convenient form all the data you need for astronomical navigation and sight planning. Systematic Navigation solves all the problems of calculating hour angles declination and sight reduction in astronomical navigation or trigonometry in coastal situations. It is totally automated and removes the need for a pocket calculator, almanac or sight tables and provides: 1. Position fixes for up to ten sights 2. Rise and set including transits and moon phases 3. Star Identification from angle and bearing 4. Almanac calculations - hour angles, altitude and azimuth 5. Solve course 6. Destination 7. Estimated position 8. Course to steer 9. Great Circle or Rhumb-line headings 10. Horizontal sextant 11. Vertical sextant for distance-off calculations 12. True and apparent wind and speed You may make as many copies of this disk as you wish and pass it and the documentation on to others, provided that you make no charge for the software. We would encourage you to register in order to receive the latest edition of Systematic Navigation. Systematic Navigation also produces two other navigation packages, using Excel or Basic for use on a PC. These use broadly the same methodology and offers more scope for printed output. 'Shareware' Registration costs GBP 25 (USD 40). Registration provides you with: 1. Telephone and fax support 2. Access to all parts of the program e.g. save files 3. Data until 31 December 2000 4. The latest version of the application. 5. All updates as the become available. You can register in two ways: 1. Post: Write to Alastair Day at the above address to register your copy enclosing a cheque or Euro-cheque. 2. CompuServe: GO SWREG Reference 12632 at $40 Direct all questions about the product to Systematic at the above address or by Email on 100073.232@compuserve.com. (2) INSTALLATION The system requirements are about 200k free space. 1 Start Windows. 2 Insert the Systematic Navigation disk in drive A. 3 Make a directories on the PC called c:\app. 4 In the Windows File Manager, choose Run from the File Menu. 5 Windows displays the Run dialog box. 6 Type c:\[pkzip location]\pkunzip -d a:\SysNav11 c:\app. 7 Note the spaces in the command and the use of the '-d' switch. 8 Choose OK 9 The system should 'unzip' the file to c:\app and its sub-directories. 10 You should have files in both c:\app and the new sub-directories c:\app\fls and c:\app\dat. 11 Using PsiWin, replicate the directory structure on the internal disk of your Psion. The application file SysNav11.opa should be in the apps directory while the 'dat' and 'txt' files should be in \app\dat. The non-word files such as data and module files should be in \app\fls. Copy the manual and ReadMe file to \wrd on the Psion. 12 Take a back-up copy of the application. If you ever experience any problems, re-copy your back-up disk. 13 Install Systematic Navigation on the Psion using Menu, Apps, Install (see Psion manual page 256) 14 To start Systematic Navigation, select the icon. A registration check and then a copyright box appears. Press 'Enter' to accept and the application displays an options box. 15 See the manual SysNavXX.wrd for further details. This is a list of all the files together with their target directories: Directory: \app\ SysNav11.opa Main application file with its icon Directory: \app\fls Apps.opo Applications 1 Apps2.opo Applications 2 Util.opo Utilities 1 Util2.opo Utilities 2 Dates.dbf Annual data for the years 91-00 Home.dbf 'Home' latitude longitude file Jupt9100.dbf Jupiter data Mars9100.dbf Mars data Satn9100.dbf Saturn data Star9195.dbf Stars data 91-95 Star9000.dbf Stars data 96-00 Sun9100.dbf Sun data Vens9100.dbf Venus data StarSHA.dbf Star data Directory: \app\dat 962911.dbf Example data file 962911.txt Example results print-out The format is year/month/day/hour Directory: \wrd\ ReadMe.txt Read Me information file SysNav1A.wrd Part A of manual SysNav1B.wrd Part B of manual END OF DOCUMENT