The CastanetTM Tuner

Configuration Help

Introduction

When you run the Tuner for the first time, it prompts you for configuration information by presenting a series of dialogs for you to fill in. If you've configured an older version of the Tuner, that information is displayed in the dialogs to save you a little typing. You can change configuration settings later by clicking the Tuner's Configure tab.

Clicking Help in a configuration dialog will bring up an item in this page.

User Information

Fill in as much information as you wish. The tuner does not expose this information to channels. The only way a channel can learn your identity is to ask you to identify yourself. However, the first time the tuner updates itself it sends the user information to Marimba.

Update Mailcap (Solaris Platform)

Web browsers see Castanet channels as MIME (multimedia Internet mail exchange) types analogous to movie or audio types. For a Browser to start the Tuner when you click on a Web page link to a channel, an entry must be made in your $HOME/.mailcap file associating the channel MIME type with the Tuner.

Internet Connection (Windows Platforms)

The Tuner needs to know how your computer connects to the Internet.

Internet Connection Required (Windows Platforms)

You have selected No Internet Connection, which is an invalid choice. Click Back, then select Direct Connection or Modem Connection.

Dialup Server (Windows Platform)

Select the Windows dialup server you want the Tuner to use to connect to the Internet.

The tuner can't automatically connect to AOL; If you choose AOL, a message appears advising you to connect manually to AOL before using the tuner.

Select an idle timeout interval; if this interval passes without network traffic, the Tuner disconnects from the Internet.

If the dialog contains "no dialup networking servers found", either add an Internet dialup server to your computer, or click Back, then choose Direct Connection.

Invalid Dialup Connection (Windows Platform)

The dialup server you specified earlier is now invalid; perhaps it has been deleted. Specify a different dialup server.

Login Info (Windows Platform)

Enter the user name and password you use to log into the Internet service provider you selected in the Dialup Server dialog.

Proxy Configuration

If you checked "Connect using proxy" in the Internet Connection dialog, you'll see the Proxy Configuration dialog.

Tuner Update

The Tuner is a channel and can therefore update itself. This dialog gives you the opportunity to update the Tuner you downloaded (perhaps some time ago). You can do this now or not, and you can do it later whenever you like.

Update Progress

The Tuner displays its progress in downloading the files that it will update itself with.

Update Complete ...

The Tuner has updated itself.

Click Next>.

Update Error

An error has occurred during the Tuner's attempt to update itself. One possibility is that your disk is full. Another is that the files comprising the Tuner have somehow been corrupted. If you suspect Tuner file corruption, uninstall the Tuner, download a fresh copy, and install it. When you uninstall, you'll be asked whether you want your channels deleted; keep them so you won't have to resubscribe after installing the new Tuner.

Finished Tuner Update

The Tuner is ready to run. Click Finish to launch it.

Remember, to change configuration data at any time, click the Tuner's Configure tab.

 


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