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    Beginners guide to running SETI

    So you’ve heard about and now you want to get on and start helping out in the Search for ExtraTerrestrial Intelligence (SETI). You don’t just want to do it on you own though, you want to be a part of the HEXUS.net community don’t you J. Okay you going to want to do 2 things

    1, Get SETI up and running
    2, Join The HEXUS.net SETI Team J


    What you need.
    Everything you need to start crunching you own WU (work units) for SETI is in this ZIP File for you to download.

    How to set it up
    1, Simpley unzip the file and place it in a folder somewhere on your drive (i.e. c:\seti)
    2, Run the “SETI Driver.exe” (This is what sorts out your units allowing you to download more than one set of unprocessed data to CACHE them for later use)

    3, You will something like this…

    Mimic the settings you see above then click “Transmit” this will begin the process of loging you on for the 1st time

    4, You will see this screen


    • If you are a new user Type 1 then hit enter/return
    • Now enter your email address and hit enter/return
    • Answer the following yes/no question by typing Y or N and hitting enter/return
    • Now enter the nickname you wish to be known as
      Answer Y to the question about displaying name on website
      For the following Question about country, the UK is #213 (enter 213)
    • The last 2 questions ask for your postcode and what type of computer you mainly use for this project.
    • You will come to a part where is asks if everything is Correct, if so type Y otherwise type N to go back and change something.

    You should now be crunching!

    Now to join the team!
    Goto http://setiathome2.ssl.berkeley.edu/...am_173738.html
    Fill in your email address and the password that you will of been mailed (if not, you can request it from that page)
    Done! You should now be a proud new member to the HEXUS.net SETI team!

    To get a better picture of your stats, and to see how the whole team is doing.
    This page http://classic.setiatwork.com/team/t...?teamid=173738 will keep you in check. You will only begin to see your stats the day after you join as it labels you as 'NEW' for day one.

    Good luck, happy crunching and thanks for joining the team!!
    Last edited by joshwa; 13-07-2005 at 01:16 PM. Reason: updated seti stats team links

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    and you can find out stats about Team Hexus.net from
    Seti at Home Website and better stats about the team from
    Set@work


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    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

    h**p://setiathome.ssl.berkeley.edu/cgi-bin/cgi?email=your@seti.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

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    Running SETI on a Floppy

    It is possible to run SETI from a Floppy thereby increasing the amount of units you can crunch by using other pc's you wouldnt normally use...

    **** WARNING!!! ****
    If you are considering running SETI on a PC not owned by you, seek the permission of the owner. If you are considering running SETI on a works pc then ask the permission of the Sys Admin.
    We dont want people getting the sack for this
    ************

    OK then..

    Take a floppy, and do a full format and scan disk on it. As SETI copies and writes data lots of times, the floppy disk will get a hammering... so make sure its ok before you start...

    Take the SETI CLI and the SetiDriver.exe and copy to the freshly formatted floppy.

    Once copied, set the cache level on SetiDriver to 2. This is the most units you can fit on one disk.

    Hit Transmit, fill in your email address as shown in the post above, and let it download 2 units. Once the units have finished downloading click exit.

    Bobs your mothers brother. 1 floppy disk with 2 units waiting to be crunched..

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    Ill repost mine in a min as its a bit more detailed
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    mines got pretty pictures though

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    Originally posted by acidrainy
    mines got pretty pictures though
    So's mine , but acctually you've made a good job, might aswell just leave that one there

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    Thanks, although i will take on board your notes at slightly less detail and fill it in a bit tommrow

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    Hi
    Im interested sort of in this how long does you pc really need to be on to do this. I have broadband does this make a difference...??? Mr thickie here

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    Originally posted by tanman
    Hi
    Im interested sort of in this how long does you pc really need to be on to do this. I have broadband does this make a difference...??? Mr thickie here

    Tan

    It can cruch whenever it's on ... but why not leave it crunching 24/7?

    The number of work units (WUs) you can output depends on the speed and spec of your pc.
    Last edited by Sinizter; 29-07-2003 at 11:32 PM.
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    Originally posted by tanman
    Hi
    Im interested sort of in this how long does you pc really need
    to be on to do this. I have broadband does this make a difference...??? Mr thickie here

    Tan
    You dont have to be connected to the internet
    to crunch.. You download the Unprocesed Data to your computer
    in the form of Work Units.... you can then disconnect and leave
    Seti Driver running.... this will process the units that you have
    downloaded....
    when you transmit the units back to the central server you will need
    to connect to the internet to do this. At this point you will download
    fresh Units to be processed
    As stated in the Guide (i think, dont quote me ) The number of
    units you have in the cache is the numbered stored on your hdd...
    If you run Seti Driver for a day and figure out how many
    Units you managed to process. As a rule of thumb, set the cache
    value to at least double that ammount. Just so you always have
    spare unproccesed units to proccess incase you miss a day...

    What I do is to Trasmit my work units at the end of the day when
    I get back from work... This uploads all my processed units and
    downloads a fresh batch to run the next day
    I'm a 56k user @ home with a cache of 20. This allows me to goto
    sleep/work without having to stay connected to the internet as I
    have lots of Unproccesed Units Sitting about spare on my drive
    Last edited by acidrainy; 29-07-2003 at 11:56 PM.

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    OK
    I sort of understand this. I suppose this will go on indefinate.
    Ill give it a go and see what happens.

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    Originally posted by Jcb33
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