WARNING: READ THESE NOTES CAREFULLY BEFORE TO INSTALL AND USE THE SOFTWARE TO AVOID MALFUNCTIONS. START VERSION IS THE RELEASE 1.0.5.1 PUBLISHED ON Dec 23rd, 2015. Hi and thanks for downloading BBLogger,freeware software to fully manage your Amateur Radio Station or SWL Station. First of all, what is your Operative System? This software runs with platforms Windows 2000, Windows XP, Windows Vista and Windows 7 without any problem, on condition that NETFRAMEWORK 2 has been installed. With Windows Vista/Windows 7 the software works if NETFRAMEWORK 3 or 3.5 has been installed (normally it is already installed when you purchased your computer or after the update the O.S. makes when connected to the Web). BBLogger runs also with Windows 7, Windows 8 and Windows 10 without problems. Please be sure to run it with Administrator's privileges Be sure also that in your Computer NetFramework 2 is present. Otherwise you can download it from this Microsoft Web Site (it is free): http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?displaylang=it&FamilyID=0856eacb-4362-4b0d-8edd-aab15c5e04f5 This software runs even with Windows 98/ME but you will need to install MDAC_TYP.EXE or MDAC_TYP_281.EXE , DCOM98.EXE and JET40SP8_9XNT.EXE. These programs can be downloaded from www.aribusto.it , Section: DAI (click on DAI -> SOFTWARE DAI -> SCARICA VISUAL DAI) since they are the same to get Visual DAI working with Windows 98/ME. If all is Ok please download the BBLoggerSetupFull.zip file and unzip it in a temporary folder (es. C:\TEMP or on the Desktop). After unzipping you will get the following file: BBLoggerSetup.exe Now run the file BBLoggerSetupFull.exe. The Setup proposes by default to install the Software in the folder C:\BBLogger. You can install the software in another folder or in another HD, the program works anyway, but we advice you to not change this proposal, to get all features properly working. The Setup will make also the icon on the Desktop and the path to be run from Start -> Programs Before to run the program we advice you to read the Help. You can open it with F1 key. At first use the program starts in english. To set other languages among those available, from Tools menu select Configuration/Maintenance, then Utility. Use the Help, it is a valid tool, fundamental to learn to use BBLogger. We are sure it will give you a lot of satisfactions. Please mind that BBLogger comes to you from almost 9 years of experimentations. Each version needs more than 30 test versions. And it is a continuously growing software. New features, new awards, new tricks will be added with next releases. So... stay tuned! Please visit the site www.bblogger.eu for new versions of the software. A reminider will tell you when DB updates are available. You can update the DB's, with a simple click of the mouse. UPDATE TO A NEW RELEASE (FOR HOLDERS OF A PREVIOUS RELEASE) The file UPDATE####.ZIP (#### IS THE VERSION NUMBER) contains the executable and sometimes also the maps as DLL files. Decompress them in the BBLogger folder (make a copy of the old files before to proceed!). Optional: the file SETUPBBLCAT.ZIP to install the CAT acting with Omnirig by VE3NEA: www.dxatlas.org/omnirig Since ver. 1.0.2.4 BBLogger can inteface also IZ2BKT's CAT Softwares: www.iz2bkt.com Last advice: please read carefully the DISCLAIMER page of the Help. Have fun! 73's Giorgio IK2VIW e Gigi IK2UVR A.R.I. Busto Arsizio