STAR Atlas:PRO™ Version 6.1 Update
Download and Installation Instructions


Version 6.1 Upgrade Instructions

STAR Atlas:PRO Version 6.1 is available as a free upgrade to all STAR Atlas:PRO™ Registered Users providing that you agree to the Software License Terms and Conditions supplied with your copy of STAR Atlas:PRO™.

By proceeding to download and install this Upgrade you acknowledge your re-acceptance of the Software License Terms and Conditions under which this Upgrade is provided to you.

Checks to perform prior to installing the Upgrade.

1. This Upgrade requires you have STAR Atlas:PRO™ Version 6.0 already installed on your computer.

2. Make sure you are not running STAR Atlas:PRO™ when installing the new update.

3. The Update Package that you will download is a Winzip compressed file. It requires Winzip be installed on your computer. Winzip permits you to extract the new STAR Atlas:PRO™ upgrade from the download.

What Does the Upgrade Package contain ?

The Upgrade Package is a WinZip compressed file that contains a new program file named STAR_AtlasPRO.exe.

How big is the download ?

Version 6.1 Download: STAR_AtlasPRO_V6_1.zip (File Size: 4,174,264 bytes, approx. 4.1 Megabytes)

How to Download & Install the Upgrade.

Installing the upgrade involves extracting the new STAR Atlas:PRO™ program file from the download, and then storing it in the same location on your computer where you have installed STAR Atlas:PRO™ (default location is C:\STARPRO ).

1. Download the V6.1 upgrade from http://www.skylab.com.au/downloads/STAR_AtlasPRO_V6 1.zip and save it to a temporary location on your computer.

2. After the download is complete, Extract* the compressed file from the upgrade package and store it into the same folder where STAR Atlas:PRO™ is installed on your computer (by default STAR Atlas:PRO™ is located in the C:\STARPRO folder on your computer). 

You will be asked by Winzip if you wish to overwrite the existing copy of the STAR_AtlasPRO.exe file, answer [Yes], so that you replace the existing program file with the new one from the upgrade.

*If you have Winzip installed on your computer, this will require that you open the upgrade package using Winzip. Then choose Extract from the Winzip menu, then select the folder where you have installed STAR Atlas:PRO™, Winzip will extract the new software update.

3. The upgrade is now installed. Start STAR Atlas:PRO™ and you will be asked if you wish to run the upgrade, answer Yes and the upgrade will then proceed. The upgrade will take up to several minutes to complete. Do not interrupt the upgrade process. When the upgrade is completed, STAR Atlas:PRO™ will return you to Windows®.

4. Start STAR Atlas:PRO™ again, this time it will run normally, check Version 6.1 is displayed in the program title bar.

5. Welcome to STAR Atlas:PRO™ Version 6.1.

6. It is recommended that you read Version 6.1 Release Notes.

Configuring the new Manual for  STAR Atlas:PRO™.

To setup STAR Atlas:PRO™ with the new User Manual, follow this procedure.

7. locate the folder called HELP, found in the folder where you installed STAR Atlas:PRO™ (normally the C:\STARPRO\HELP folder).

8. copy the STAR Atlas:PRO™ User Manual STAR_AtlasPRO_Manual.pdf in to the C:\STARPRO\HELP folder.

9. Start STAR Atlas:PRO™.

10. Choose the [Chart Prefs] command from the main menu.

11. Choose the [Settings & Configuration] command.

12. Choose the File Locations tab.

13. Set the new PDF File Viewer Program setting to the program name of the Adobe® Acrobat Reader installed on your computer. Normally this will be "C:\Program Files\Adobe\Acrobat 5.0\Acrobat\Acrobat.exe" or similar. You can use the [...] button, that appears directly to the right of the PDF File Viewer Program setting, to navigate your way to the location of Adobe® Acrobat Reader program on your computer.

14. Close all windows and return to the STAR Atlas:PRO™ chart desktop.

15. Choose the [Help] command from the STAR Atlas:PRO™ main menu which will now open the User Manual in Adobe® Acrobat Reader.


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