Registering OckamSoft

This post goes into the details on how to do registering of OckamSoft 5.

Step 1; Download OS5

OckamSoft 5 is a Windows application. Visit the download page, download OckamSoft 5 and install it. It consists of several components;

Step 2; Decide which apps you want

OckamSoft 5 includes a fairly good simulator that sails continuously around any course you select. This lets you see how the apps work and how they will help you sail more successfully. Because the simulator allows you to learn how OS5 works without needing to put it on your boat, you can do this on your home PC at your convenience.

After you have played with OS5 and determined how you are going to use it for real, the next step is to put it on the PC that will be used on your boat. And yes, it doesn’t have to be the one you were playing with. Just install another OS5 on the boat’s PC.

The OS5 you may have installed on your home PC is still useful in that you can use it to run LogScanner to analyze the race logs produced by the boat’s OS5. To do this, create another Uplink that will register LogScanner on the home PC.

Step 3; Install OS5 on your boat’s PC

In addition to the installation procedure you already followed, you need to hook up OS5 to your instrument system. Download and reference the OS5 Quick Start Guide for details on how to do this.

Step 4; Create the Uplink

Note!
Be sure to create the uplink on the boat’s PC

The Uplink is the information we need to produce your registration item.

• Start the OS5 driver and select the Remote Coach/Identity tab.
• Press the Change button and fill in the information.
• Press the Uplink button and the uplink text will be copied to the clipboard.
• The driver also creates a text file ‘OS5Uplink.txt’ in the c:\OckamSoft 5 directory which you can copy and send. The uplink text looks like this;

-----BEGIN OS5UPLINK-----
Hsx/gm8rq5RKOPPYAfV2FZ++deMAJcxMWy2yw3wd
UhrkELpPFS9uEmIIrFjULrH0sXYtCMc+K5kP+96S
bh80FoSKiEyM1QWrsnQkD4oucKwIe7I6B3p/Vxpk
PujDhjBAI6b4hic/EPpHk6lbRVz0Jaso7hU1KV8S
x0Y4Yg6UT05JyWk8lDO8qc1KBvGX8jej+F7dVsFN
fBpvWDeCDy5vjEQDeKftFZQpmwRDHUHYlb8UCq8q
Nm7byjBVtSsj/aK4yxx40GC8xvA54HVRo1uN9w==
-----END OS5UPLINK-----

•  Paste the uplink text into an email along with a list of the applications you want registered and send it to Ockam.

Step 5; Set the registration

Ockam will return a registration file called ‘RegInfo.dat’. Be sure all OS5 apps are not running and then paste it into the OS5 directory (c:\OckamSoft 5). Then start the driver and go to the Remote Coach/Registration tab to confirm your applications are registered.