Logbook Installation
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Introduction
The Pilot
Logbook System is an electronic logbook that can be used to
record everything - and more - that you would normally record in your
paper log book but has the added advantage of being able to sort
and summarize the information recorded.
Installation
To use the Logbook
System system you must install the Sun JavaTM
Virtual Machine,
sometimes referred to as the Java Run Time Environment (JRE). To
actually run the installation and the Logbook System
requires version
1.6 or better but if you have an older version of Java, the
installation will automatically fetch and install the latest version
of Java when you run it.
If you don't have any version
of Java (how do you run the ADDS forecast
icing potential tool before you go flying?) then you can download the
latest
version from the Sun
Microsystems web site
at http://www.java.com. See The Essentials for more
information
on determining the version of Java that you have and where to get Java.
Once you have Java on your system, click here to install the
logbook system.
The only thing you need to do is specify a directory where you want the
system installed. If the directory you specify does not exist
it will be created.
Once you've installed the system you will receive a message to that
effect and then the installation will start the actual logbook system
automatically. An empty database is installed during the installation
and the password to open it is "password". You can change the password
to whatever you want when you
log in.
When the system is started it will attempt to create shortcuts for
you on your desktop and in your start menu (this works on most
platforms: it works in Windows, on Solaris, on Ubuntu but not Fedora
and I haven't
tried on a Mac yet).
Using the System
Once the system is running press the F1 key for Help.
The Java installation includes Java Web Start. Once you have the
system installed and running see the on-line help for information on
using
Java Web Start.
See The Essentials for information on
backing up your data. Once you have the system installed and running
see the on-line help for more information.
Prepared: March 7, 2007
Modified May 7,
2010
Copyright ©
Johnson Computer Software Team Limited. 2007