JAGUAR can be downloaded as a zipped file and can be installed as any other portable application. There are no separate packages for JAGUAR LITE and JAGUAR PRO: whenever the user wants to upgrade from LITE to PRO, a small authorization file needs to be saved in JAGUAR's installation folder.
Note that antivirus software may flag JAGUAR as "malware". In that case you should exclude your JAGUAR folder from antivirus checks (or exclude JAGUAR.exe and LIFESAVER.exe on the process level).
If you don't have any earlier JAGUAR version installed on your computer, please jump to FRESH INSTALLATION.
If you want to upgrade/test V10 and make the upgrade and potential fallback as smooth as possible, do not create a new separate Jaguar folder for V10.
Instead follow these instructions:
Backup your main installation folder (for example copy C:\JAGUAR and paste it as C:\JAGUAR_OLD)
Delete the SETTINGS folder from your main installation folder (C:\JAGUAR)
Download JAGUAR's latest full installation package from http://jaguars.kapsi.fi/download/ and extract it to your main JAGUAR installation folder (replacing the files in the destination)
Define your V10 settings (SETTINGS > RECORDING definitions are the most important, all the others can be changed later when you evaluate/test the V10 features)
This kind of upgrade will ensure that you do not have to change any desktop/taskbar shortcuts, Jaguar can fully utilize existing logs, offset data, etc. and if you ever need to restore the earlier full package, it can be done simply by deleting C:\JAGUAR and renaming C:\JAGUAR_OLD => C:\JAGUAR).
Only the Steps 1) and 4) are mandatory but below you will find many additional steps that can be reviewed in order to make the setup run as smoothly as possible. In addition in Step 4), you can also use other JAGUAR installation folder but C:\JAGUAR is recommended. If you skip all the other steps than 1) and 4), JAGUAR will run but it will use the defaults (e.g. recording to C:\ disk) and there may be some hiccups sometimes.
Here are the detailed installation steps:
Install the native Perseus software and verify that Perseus.exe runs flawlessly.
If you use an external harddisk for recording, plug it and enable write caching on the device:
Whenever you change the recording disk/USB port, it is good to check this definition. BETTER PERFORMANCE is not the Windows default and without it your wideband recordings may not contain all the seconds and/or the file header may be not updated when the file switch happens (ending up a corrupted file - however JAGUAR can fix that).
If you use a mouse wheel on Windows 10 or higher, please change this:
Mouse wheel scrolling can be used in JAGUAR for changing almost all objects and Windows blocks some of these scrolls if you don't set this Windows setting off.
Download JAGUAR's latest full installation package from http://jaguars.kapsi.fi/download/ and extract it for example to C:\JAGUAR (don't install JAGUAR to the Program Files folder because that folder is controlled by the Windows OS)
You can pin JAGUAR.exe to TASKBAR if you like or create a desktop shortcut. If you want to run JAGUAR 24x7 and automatically recover from power breaks and Windows OS updates, please do this: create a shortcut for LIFESAVER.exe and move it to the Windows start folder. That startup folder location is OS dependent, for example on W10 the folder can be opened by bringing up the Run box in Windows, typing shell:startup to it and pressing ENTER.
Start JAGUAR: INFOBOX opens up. Click LIVE to verify that the Perseus connection works.
Download the latest version: while in INFOBOX, click VERSION > CHANGE, then click the upper INSTALL button. Usually there is a newer version available than the one in the zip package.
The system runs in JAGUAR LITE mode by default. If you belong to the JAGUAR PRO team and don't have the JAGUARKEY.dat file for this PC, please ask for the PRO upgrade by picking the 8-digit KEY number from the INFOBOX (it can be opened by pressing "I") and sending it to this email address: jaguar4Perseus@gmail.com or to IPA.
Ensure that you have the latest TURTLE database: open the INFOBOX (by pressing "I"), and if the DATABASE name is out of date, click CHANGE and select DOWNLOAD LATEST.
After the basic installation is now done, quite likely you want to customize at least these basic settings: recording bandwith, center frequency, recording disk and your recording location.
You can define these by opening TOOLBAR > SETTINGS and the "RECORDING" window on the left:
When you close the RECORDING window and exit the settings dashboard, your setup is ready to rock. JAGUAR has tons of additional settings and customization options but they can be changed later (if needed) after you become more familiar with the "JAGUAR style".
Nowadays the standard display resolution is usually 1920x1080 or higher and because Jaguar does not have a built-in scaling in the software itself, Jaguar texts and buttons are a little bit too small when using these higher resolutions. However in W10/W11, you can
Start JAGUAR - and the internal resolution used in JAGUAR offers now the maximum button sizes.