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PERSEUS SOFTWARE V5.0b  - ALPHA RELEASE DEMO VERSION
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This distribution includes the first, alpha release of the Perseus V5 software.

The distribution includes three software applications:

perseus.exe       - The V5 Perseus Client Software
perseussvr.exe    - The V5 Perseus Server Software
perseusv5demo.exe - A free demo version of the V5 Perseus Client Software

The perseus.exe and perseussvr.exe applications require a license file which should be purchased from Microtelecom s.r.l. in order to run them.
Licenses for this software version are offered for free for every unit manufactured by Microtelecom s.r.l. starting from October 1st 2015.

Whether your Perseus receiver is eligible for a free license or not, please run the perseus.exe application and follow the instructions to request 
and obtain a license file for it.

Licenses are no more locked to your PC hardware ID but to your Perseus receiver serial number.

The perseusv5demo.exe is fully operative in file playback mode but, beeing a free version, has some limitations which are listed below.

V5 DEMO VERSION LIMITATIONS
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- Software settings are not saved when the application quits.

- In real-time mode (Perseus receiver connected to a USB port of your system) the tuning range is limited between 13.6 MHz and 14.2 MHz. 
  No tuning is allowed outside this range.

- Network mode not implemented in the demo version. Connections to the Perseus servers network not allowed.

RELEASE NOTES
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T.B.D.

FEEDBACKS & BUG REPORTS
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This software version is still in an alpha release. Please don't complain if something does not work as expected.
If this is the case, please address your feedback via e-mail to <info at microtelecom dot it> 
with the subject "Perseus V5 feedback report" and report the problem along with all of the details of the system 
on which you are running the software (Operating system version, CPU and RAM details and possibly PC model and brand).

Feedbacks won't be replied unless strictly necessary. No wishes lists, thank you.

SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS
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Supported OS: Microsoft Windows XP/7/8.1/10

Minimum system requirements: Windows XP - 1.5 GHz Dual Core CPU with at least 4 GB RAM system should grant a good 
performance when the most slow sample rates are selected. 

Suggested system requirements: 
 - Windows 7 or Windows 10 Microsoft OS 
 - >2 GHz Quad Core CPU with at least 8 GB RAM with a decent CPU cache memory
 - HDMI resolution video adapter

Recording on external USB2.0 Hard Drives is strongly discouraged.

This version has a resizable graphic interface that supports screen resolutions up to 2560x1440 pixels.
As the screen refresh rate may be very high a *GOOD* graphic adapter maybe required to experience a reasonable performance.


PERSEUS V5 SOFTWARE VERSION AVAILABILITY
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Please check http://microtelecom.it/perseus/software.html for updates and further informations.

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Microtelecom s.r.l.
17 November 2015
