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Hi Abhnil, re: > Thank you for your help so far. It would be great if you could > add my email on the McIDAS-X list. > > I have read the terms and conditions of McIDAS-X. > > I agree that McIDAS access from Unidata would be for use at the School > of Photovoltaic and Renewable Energy Engineering at the University of > New South Wales in Australia. > > I agree that McIDAS must be used for academic classroom instruction or > academic research by students related to obtaining a degree. > > I assure that installation of McIDAS is not for use by a government > agency, non-academic research institute, or private concern. > > I will not re-distribute any portion of the software. Very good, your assurances have been noted and approved. I just added you (address@hidden) the list of non-.edu users allowed to download Unidata McIDAS-X. re: > Please provide me a set of instructions for setting up of McIDAS-X. Please review the instructions in the Unidata McIDAS-X Users' Guide and get back to us if/when you have questions: Unidata HomePage http://www.unidata.ucar.edu Software -> McIDAS http://www.unidata.ucar.edu/software/mcidas/ Documentation http://www.unidata.ucar.edu/software/mcidas/#documentation Unidata McIDAS-X Users Guide http://www.unidata.ucar.edu/software/mcidas/current/users_guide/toc.html The section to start with is: Chapter 1 - Installing and Configuring McIDAS-X http://www.unidata.ucar.edu/software/mcidas/current/users_guide/InstallingandConfigur ingMcIDAS-X.html#17470 Installing McIDAS-X on Unix or Mac OS X Workstations http://www.unidata.ucar.edu/software/mcidas/current/users_guide/InstallingMcIDAS-XonUnixorMacOSXWorkstations.html#63755 If you run into problems, I would be happy to help with the installation if you provided me login credentials on your target machine. Cheers, Tom -- **************************************************************************** Unidata User Support UCAR Unidata Program (303) 497-8642 P.O. Box 3000 address@hidden Boulder, CO 80307 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Unidata HomePage http://www.unidata.ucar.edu **************************************************************************** Ticket Details =================== Ticket ID: PUK-279164 Department: Support McIDAS Priority: Normal Status: Closed