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[SpeeDj]

:: Seti Instructions and Files :: New Members Look Here!

Welcome!

For all those interested in Joining our SETI Team what follows are the instructions to set up the Command Line client (The fastest way to run SETI) along with a few monitoring programs too. Thanks go out to Kris (Morpheus) - OC SETI Team Co-Leader for putting this together and thanks to Mictlan for always pointing everyone in the right direction to get started. Be sure to check out our Teams Official Site at http://www.ocsetiteam.com/ for any and all information related to the SETI Project, and welcome in advance to the Best SETI Team to crunch for! Just a teaser shot for you, our current updated Challenge graphs will be shown here as well, to show you exactly what we are shooting for.

Our Current Challenge Graph!

Sincerely, SpeeDj - OC SETI Team Co-Leader

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How to set up SETI Command Line
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OK... Here is my quick list (with hyperlinks) to making the SETI@home CLC (NOT THE SCREENSAVER), SETI spy & SETI Driver work together... Please note the versions below... the list was written for those versions and may need to be updated when changes occur...

SETI&Home (v3.03 CLC) i386-winnt-cmdline.exe
SETI Spy (v3.20) SETISpy.exe
SETI Driver (v1.6.3.6) SETIDriver.zip

Or just download the all three zipped here (863k) - Updated 09.09.02

Note: the following assumes you have the latest download of SETI@home, SETISpy & SETI Driver ready at hand...

1. : If you have previous SETI versions, uninstall ALL SETI programs
   
2. : Create a "SETI" folder
3. : In the SETI folder, copy "setiathome-3_03_i386-winnt-cmdline.exe" & "SETI Driver.exe" & "SetiSpy.exe"
   
4. : Click on "SETI Driver.exe"
5. : Set "maximum processes" to "1"
6. : Set "desired cache size" to "1"
7. : Make sure the "hide processing box" is checked (default value).
8. : Set "SETI client priority" to "low"
9. : "Process monitoring" is at the bottom of the window, make sure the "use SETI Driver" is checked.
10. : Click on the "save config" button
11. : Click on the "transmit" button (if you get an error window at this point, choose "ignore")
    
12. : A DOS window (the CLC or command line client) will open entitled "SETI 1 - Transmit"
13. : In the DOS window, enter "1" or "2" (depending on your status)
    * Type 1 to indicate new user.
    * You'll be prompted for a valid e-mail address.
    * You'll be prompted for a nickname, You can choose anyone of your liking, as SETI users are identified by e-mail not nickname.
14. : Enter the email address you registered for SETI with (If you are not a new user that is - Otherwise skip to the next step)
    
15. : The CLC will download data, display information on the WU downloaded, then stop when it reaches "beginning analysis"
16. : Then CLC should disappear as SETI Driver "hides" the processing
    
    NOTE: You should have a blue radio telescope icon running in the system tray (next to time & volume in the lower right portion of your screen). If this is the case, SETI Driver & the CLC are working together... CONGRATS!!!
    
17. : Right click on the blue radio telescope icon, and select "exit"
18. : In your SETI folder, click on "SetiSpy.exe"
19. : Select "I agree" (if you do, of course)
20. : Click "ignore" (if you get the "error window")
    
    NOTE: You should now be looking at the SETI Spy interface (GUI window). In the white-ish area on the left are what I will call "tabs" (named, "progress," performance," results," etc.). To select a tab, click on it.
    
21. : Select the "client" tab
22. : Click on the "configure" button, this will open the "client configuration" window
23. : Click on "browse", this will open the "select SETI@home Client" window
24. : Click on the "SETI Driver.exe"
25. : At the bottom of the window it should read [file name: SETI Driver.exe] [file type: executables]
26. : Click on "open"
27. : The "select SETI@home Client" will close, and the "Client Configuration" should be displayed
    
    NOTE: Assuming I have set this up on a "C:" drive, using the "SETI" folder name as I mentioned above, the client configuration window will read "C:\SETI\SETI Driver.exe" in the "client path" area.
    
28. : In the "client parameter(s)" area type "-SETISpy" (don't miss the hyphen)
29. : Under "client control" at the bottom of the window, check all 4 boxes
30. : Click "OK" and you will be back at the SETI Spy GUI
31. : Select the "Setup" tab (should default to the "display" button setting, if not select "display")
32. : check the 3 left boxes in this order: "minimize to tray," "run in tray," "close to tray"
33. : Click on the "client" button
34. : Check the "Ignore presence of state file on startup" box
35. : In the system tray, right click on the SETI Spy icon (radio telescope with magnifying glass) and select "exit".
    
    NOTE: At this point, there should be no SETI icons in the system tray, or other SETI windows open. If anything is open, close it.
    
36. : Click on "SetiSpy.exe" in the SETI folder, if you get an error message (which you probably will) select "ignore".
37. : You should have both the SETISpy AND SETI Driver icons now running in your system tray.
    
38. : Left click on the SETI Driver icon, make sure the "use SETI Spy" box is checked in the "process monitoring" section at the bottom of the window.
39. : Click on the "save config" button, then minimize the SETI Driver window.
    
40. : Right Click on the SETI Spy icon in your system tray.
41. : Select "exit".
    
42. : Next, click on the "SETI Spy.exe" icon in your SETI folder... No errors? GREAT.... CONGRATULATIONS!!!! You are now configured to run the CLC, Spy & Driver off the SETI Spy icon...
    
43. : To get the full functionality of SetiSpy you must do this workaround, it will enable you to update your user info and give you a direct link to our SETI@home team page.
    
44. : Finally double click the SETI driver icon in your tray, set the desired cache size to 3-5 days worth of work units. If you are not sure how many to set it to set it to 10 and see about how many units you complete in a day and then multiply that by 3 or 5. And also if you have a 24/7 internet connection you can click auto transmit otherwise when you cache gets low you will need to connect to the internet manually and then click the transmit button on SETI driver. You may also wish to connect to one of the teams public queues. Save the configuration and you are now ready to crunch.

Of course, you can make a shortcut to SETISpy and paste it into your system startup folder, then SETI@home will automatically restart, every time you boot up Windows...

Happy Crunching!!!

Kris

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End set up SETI Command Line
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Again if you have any questions or need any help in doing the above please do not hesitate to ask and we will do all we can to get you up and running in an Expediate manner. Welcome to the Best SETI Team to crunch for! As always the best for more information is the Website http://www.ocsetiteam.com/ and if that does not help to answer any questions or concerns you may have please feel free to drop a line and ask.

SpeeDj - Last update April 27th 2002, Thanks Sean!

 

[SpeeDj]

:: Seti Benchmark Instructions ::

Thanks again to Mark 13oots for compiling this and taking on the role of tracking the results and keeping us all posted on the turnout of it all. What follows are the instructions on how to run the Benchmark and where to submit the results when you are done. Thanks in advance for all your help!

Sincerely, SpeeDj - OC Seti Team Co-Leader

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Benchmark Instructions
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Important
I am experiencing problems with my ISP. Please back-up the result.sah, before E-mailing this is to ensure that there is a copy, just incase I don't receive it.

Here are the details on how to use the Benchmark Work Unit:-

Firstly make a copy of your Seti folder and keep it somewhere safe. I know most of us use Seti Driver to cache WU's, so the following applies to Seti Driver. Open the copy of the Seti Folder and delete all the cached WU's except for the folder named 1. Open folder 1 and delete the result header and the state file, also delete them from the Seti folder, download my WU file and replace the WU file in folder 1. You can now cruch the WU, it might be a good idea if you use the machine crunching for anything else, to crunch the WU whilst sleeping or not surfing playing games ect. Also make sure that you turn off automatic connection, we don't want to flood Berkley with a previously completed WU.

As a double check this is the identification of the WU that need to be completed:-

09fe01aa.28488.19888.634652.144.

When the WU is completed please E-mail me the following details:_

CPU
clock MHZ
FSB and actual memory speed
RAM Including type and CAS
OS
CLI or Screensaver
Name you wish to be known by (email addresses kept confidential)
comments.
Please attach 'result.sah' from the completed unit as a zip or RAR.

*Edit* E-mail address is [email protected]

If you can think of anything else that should be included, please let me know

I am also going to make an announcement in GD about a new Benchmark Database. Hopefully this will encourage a few more Forum Members to our Seti cause.

The WU file is available for download below

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Again please feel free to check out www.ocsetiteam.com for any and all information regarding the results of these benchmarks.

SpeeDj

 

[SpeeDj]

:: Certificate Instructions ::

Want to dress up your Certificate aside from the plain boring one that they originally give you? Follow the simple instructions and you can make a number of different styles of certificates with combinations of the following;

Thanks to Kaliban for this:

Take the following url and modify to produce your custom certificate:

_http://setiathome.ssl.berkeley.edu/...email&cmd=print_cert&certnum=x&size=y&color=z

(the _ is there to stop a link from happening)


replace your @ sent.email with your email address used for seti

certnum - replace x with:
100
250
750
500
1000
2500
5000
7500
10000
0 - Current WU Total


size - replace y with:
0 - Small
1 - Medium
2 - Large


color - replace z with:
0 - Black and White
1 - Colour with black background
2 - Colour with white background

Again if you have any questions feel free to let me know!

SpeeDj - Co-Leader OC Seti Team

or check out the website http://www.ocsetiteam.com/

 

[SpeeDj]

Help find E.T. in IRC; Visit the OCSetiTeam Stomping Grounds Today!

This is the Official Launch of the "Official OC Seti Team Chat Room"

Looking to meet your fellow crunchers ? Well then grab yourself an IRC Client *If you don't already have one*

mIRC : http://www.mirc.com

Install it and set all your options for nick and whatnot. Set it to connect to a random Zirc Server, do not forget to enable ident. Some of the Zirc Servers have automatically bans or kicks on non-ident'd clients. If you happen to hit one of those servers just keep trying.

Alright connected to a Zirc Server now? In the status window type in the following /j #ocsetiteam

And that's it, you can also use the /join commmand as well. So stop on in and say howdy and sit back for a spell, get to know your fellow teammates and hopefully meet some soon to be teammates!

:lease keep in mind that the Forum Rules and Guidelines Apply there as well as here::

• NO Warez
• NO File Trading
• NO Porn or the like
• NO Spamming
• NO Swearing
• And of course respect your Fellow man, Flaming is not and will not be tolerated! No Exceptions to that rule.

We hope to see you there soon! One more last minute addition this Room is to compliment the forums as such it will not be used for hardware based related chat, this is simply a place to come and sit a spell and chat with your Fellow Setimate. Hardware question's will be discouraged as well as directed to the appropriate spot with which to ask them.

One more thing to add, if you would like to hang on to a particular nickname you should truly register it. In order to do when you are on DALNet do the following:

/nickserv register <password> <e-mail>

So an example might be:

/nickserv register ocsetiteam [email protected]

You will then receive a temporary e-mail registering your nick to you until you finish the registration process as per the instructions in the e-mail. Keep in mind if you do not log on for 30 Day's your hold on your nick will go and you will have to re-register it. Hope this all helps!


***UPDATE***
This has been revised to reflect Zirc being our primary chat server. We would also like to inform you that we have the relay between different networks up and functioning and working on smoothing out the bugs in it. The following networks are the ones currently on the relay list.

Zirc
Efnet
Undernet
Ircnet
Quakenet
Dalnet

We are also trying to modify the code to relay multiple channels so we could relay both the folding room and the seti room, but that is a work in progress. Again I hope this helps everyone!
***END UPDATE***

Sincerely;
SpeeDj, Jon, Thelemac, Cy, red hot machine, Lonewolf, Bender, Sir-Epix

Channel operators #ocsetiteam