{"id":310,"date":"2016-02-07T22:26:58","date_gmt":"2016-02-07T22:26:58","guid":{"rendered":"\/?post_type=ht_kb&p=310"},"modified":"2018-03-26T18:07:34","modified_gmt":"2018-03-26T18:07:34","slug":"installing-snip-onwindows","status":"publish","type":"ht_kb","link":"https:\/\/www.use-snip.com\/kb\/knowledge-base\/installing-snip-onwindows\/","title":{"rendered":"Installing SNIP on Windows"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Windows installer for SNIP<\/strong><\/span>\u00a0can be obtained on this <\/a>page.\u00a0 Simply double click on it and follow the directions.<\/p>\n

Installing the Ubuntu<\/strong> version of SNIP<\/strong><\/span>, try this article<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Installing<\/h3>\n

Note<\/strong>: The Same download image is used for all versions of SNIP<\/strong><\/span>.\u00a0 The different features are enabled based on your machine’s license file, obtained during registration. The value xxx in the example below denotes the release revision of SNIP<\/span> <\/strong>for that installer.<\/p>\n

\"SNIP_installer\"<\/p>\n

The installer follows the normal flow by presenting several “wizard” screens…<\/p>\n

\"Installer_Screen1\"<\/p>\n

You can accept the default location values provided by the installer.<\/p>\n

Where your data is stored can be configured in\u00a0SNIP<\/span><\/strong>.\u00a0 When using SNIP<\/span><\/strong> as a data logger, log\u00a0files can become quite large even when compressed (>40meg\/day\/station or more).<\/p>\n

\"Installer_Screen3-wheresave\"<\/p>\n

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After the installation is complete, shortcuts to you SNIP<\/span><\/strong> will be created on desktop and start menu. \u00a0Click either to launch\u00a0the program for the first time. \u00a0 For more useful tips and information on running\u00a0SNIP<\/span><\/strong> for the first time, check out this <\/a>article.<\/p>\n

A high level overview to\u00a0SNIP<\/strong><\/span>‘s GUI and control tabs is provided by this <\/a>article.<\/p>\n

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Next Steps<\/h3>\n

Now that the program is installed, you can evaluate its features further, adding connections and user accounts as you see fit. SNIP<\/strong> <\/span>will operate in evaluation mode for up to one hour.\u00a0 After the evaluation period, most functionalities will cease.\u00a0 All the settings and data that\u00a0\u00a0you have created will be saved and reused the next time the program starts, but the one hour limit will remain.\u00a0 See the articles under the “getting started” topic area for how to connect to various data streams.<\/p>\n

In time you will want to register SNIP<\/strong><\/span>.\u00a0 This process will provide you with a permanent license file for your installation and remove the one hour limit.\u00a0 A range of options are available from a community or Lite<\/strong> (free) to an Enterprise<\/strong> level product with differing features.\u00a0\u00a0 Most moderate sized networks will want the Basic or Pro levels.\u00a0 Please see the product pages<\/a> here for details of the checkout process to obtain a product key.<\/p>\n

You can register a Lite<\/strong> copy directly from SNIP<\/strong> <\/span>itself; see the Help<\/strong> Menu, and the Registration…<\/strong> menu item. For other levels, you will need the product key provided by the above web process to proceed.<\/p>\n

How to Register your copy of SNIP<\/a><\/p>\n

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Some Installation Details<\/h3>\n

The SNIP<\/strong> <\/span>tool does not use the Windows registry at all, but keeps a separate *.ini file for such details. As a server device, it will need to open a port (typically 2101) to service client connections.\u00a0 Your firewall software will likely prevent this the first time the tool runs unless you allow it.\u00a0 SNIP<\/span> <\/strong>also has a self-contained mail agent which is used to send status reports to you as the owner\/operator, and also used to send login details to new users when you create them.\u00a0 Secure relays operated by SCSC distribute your mail to your users while blocking abuse.\u00a0 Some firewall programs may prevent sending mail from SNIP<\/strong><\/span>.<\/p>\n

The SNIP<\/strong> <\/span>software is installed and saves files in several places as noted below.<\/p>\n

The default place where SNIP<\/strong> <\/span>will be installed is:<\/p>\n

C:\/Program Files (x86)\/SNIP\/
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The default place where SNIP<\/strong> <\/span>will store various data files is:<\/p>\n

C:\/Program Files (x86)\/SNIP\/bin\/data\/<\/strong><\/p>\n

You can change this location under the Logs<\/strong> menu; see the menu item Data File Settings…<\/strong>\u00a0 for details.\u00a0 As a recommended best practice, select a folder on a disk with capacity for your data log needs.\u00a0 A typical 24 hour set of 1Hz RTCM observations will require 30~60 megabytes per daily file, uncompressed, and about 20 megabytes once compressed.<\/p>\n

Depending on your Windows\u00a0 installation settings, the operating system may prevent all your application programs from writing data files alongside where they are located.\u00a0 This includes your SNIP<\/strong> <\/span>installation.\u00a0 Window 7 and on-wards will “ghost” these files to another path unless you set the user permissions to allow file writing and control privileges into the application directory.\u00a0 Also note that if you do this, the file formerly written to the ghost directory will be “auto-magically” moved to the original location. As long as you know where<\/span> the operating system has placed your files, this is simply an annoying “feature” that Microsoft provides.<\/p>\n

For the large storage needs and post processing needs, SNIP<\/strong> <\/span>makes a very solid data recorder.\u00a0 See this <\/a>article on how to setup SNIP<\/strong> <\/span>to compress your files and then send them to a remote FTP site for long term storage.<\/p>\n

An mentioned above, you can select the location where these files are saved.\u00a0 On personal PCs we often use<\/p>\n

C:\\Users\\yourName\\Documents\\RTCM_data<\/strong><\/p>\n

The various details of your user settings are kept in an *.ini file which by default is placed in the below file.\u00a0 There is no need to ever edit this file, and if you remove it a new empty file will be created as if you had never run the tool before.<\/p>\n

C:\\Users\\yourName\\AppData\\Roaming\\SCSC\\simpleNTRIP.ini<\/strong><\/p>\n

In all of the above path examples “yourName” is your user name on the machine.<\/p>\n

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