A computer and a radio transceiver is required to operate the SAFE EMS.
This section details the computer requirement.
Details about the Transceiver requirement are given in Section D Radio Setup.
The SAFE EMS requires a PC computer - desktop or laptop.
We have not experimented how it might work on say an Apple that emulates a PC.
A battery operated laptop would be ideal in an emergency situation, when there is no power,
and even that would require a method for recharging the battery.
Details regarding supplying emergency power for a desktop computer are found in the Power section.
The computer must have loaded onto it the free SAFE EMS Software described in Section "C User Interface". The free software may be installed from the USB memory stick that comes with the SAFE Transceiver or it may be downloaded from some location on-line such www.webpal.org/ham/SAFE_EMS/SAFE.exe or from any other obtainable source.
The computer requirements are:
A)��Operating System: The SAFE EMS User Interface should run on all Windows systems
(Windows NT, 2000, XP�or later)
B)� Memory: ___________________
C)� 2.4GHz should be more than ideal for multiple channel decoding.
D)� Sound board connection plug for Microphone {or sound in-line).
E)� Sound board connection plug for external speaker (or headphones).
F)� Ability to disable any built in microphones such as with a camera.
Installing the SAFE EMS User Interface
Download:
SAFE EMS User Interface Download
In some browsers this will give you the opportunity to run the file - which you can do -
and in others in others it will ask you if you wish to save the file
which you should then say yes - even though it may say "Are you sure it is safe?"
The exe file can then be found in you download folder -
where you should click on it and run it.
The program will now be stored in your program files as "SAFE EMS"
and a short cut icon will appear in your start menu for future use -
and a short cut icon will appear on your desk top for future use.
The program installation wizard will now say it is ready to finish
and have a check box to execute now - if you wish to do so -
when you click on "finish"
The first time that you run the program -
there will be a box come up that says -
SAFE EMS configuration wizard -
that will guide you through the basic SAFE settings.
These settings will come up by default in subsequent times that you run the program.
There will come up a box requesting your sound card settings.
GO INTO DETAIL HERE!
When you click on "finish" the program will execute.