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4 Run the INSTALL program.
The installer asks where to install the files and then unpacks the archive, depositing
these files on you hard disk in the directory you designated: CT.EXE, CTY.DAT,
HISTORY.CTY, README.CTY, CQ2DXP.EXE, 8TO9.EXE, 9TO8.EXE, MASTER.DTA,
CHK_TEN.EXE, FIX_MINE.EXE, MERGE.EXE, B2R9.EXE, R2B9.EXE, AR10.DAT,
AR160.DAT, ARDXDX.DAT, CQ160.DAT, CQP.DAT, CQP1.DAT, FD.DAT,
EXAMPLE.CFG, MULTI.CFG, CT.HLP, WAE-EU.TXT, SEC.DAT, COMTSR1.EXE,
COMTSR2.EXE, COMTSR3.EXE, COMTSR4.EXE, SHARED.EXE, DIGI.EXE,
DVPTSR.EXE, DVP.TXT.
5 Modify your AUTOEXEC.BAT file.
See Installing on a Hard Disk on page 25 for step-by-step instructions. You need to
add the CT directory to the PATH variable, and define the CTPATH variable. The
CTPATH variable allows you to keep your log files in a different directory than the CT
directory. This organization makes it easier to update your software, and to backup or
archive your contesting records. If you have the DVP, you also should define the
DVPPATH variable.
6 Customize your batch files for using CT.
The batch files load and unload terminate and stay resident (TSR) programs for each
communications device. See Terminate-and-Stay-Resident Software on page 25 for
examples.
Configuring the Software
You need to give CT some information about yourself, about your contest entry, and
about the communications hardware.
1 Prepare a CT configuration file.
Use a text editor to build a preferences file named CT.CFG in your program directory,
starting with a copy of the EXAMPLE.CFG or MULTI.CFG files. These preferences
preload the choices that you make in the Information Sheet and in Communications
Setup when you start a new log. See Configuration File on page 35 for the file
format. The configuration file is optional.
2 Run CT and complete the Information Sheet and Communications Setup.
Usually you only need to do this once per contest, because the information that you
supply is the same for the duration of a contest. The preferences file can help make
the process quicker for a new contest. If, for some reason, you need to restart CT in
the middle of a contest, you can skip over the Information Sheet and
Communications Setup using the -NOW option (see Command Line Switches on page
33).