Astronaut Client on a USB drive

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A USB flashdrive is meant to be moved from one computer to the next, so environment variables will not be constant. To install the Astronaut CPRS client package and use it successfully from a USB flash drive, you will have to use the method for installing to a protected environment (i.e. edit all connection shortcuts to use values instead of environment variables).

Install Astronaut clients to the USB drive

In the example below, I will use a USB drive on F:

  • Create an Astronaut folder on your USB drive (e.g. F:/Astronaut/).
  • Run the Astronaut_clients installer. (Currently, this works best if the Astronaut_clients.x.x.x.x.exe installer program is located on (and run from) the hard drive, not the USB drive.)
  • Astronaut VistA Host Name or IP Address (use default if unsure): 192.168.0.73
Note: Use the URL or IP address of your own VistA server (or virtual machine containing the VistA server)
  • Choose Install Location: Destination Folder: F:/Astronaut/VistA
Note: Use the drive letter of your USB drive, of course.
  • Choose Start Menu Folder: Select the Start Menu folder... : AstronautUSB
Note: It is important to use a separate folder name (such as AstronautUSB) for the shortcut folder to distinguish it from the folder used for the Astronaut clients installed on the hard drive (because the shortcuts will all be different). Later these USB drive-oriented shortcuts will be copied to the USB drive itself.

Move shortcuts to USB Drive

The Astronaut client installer creates shortcuts in 3 different locations:

  • In a global Start menu folder (C:/ProgramData/Microsoft/Windows/Start Menu/Programs/AstronautUSB/ in Windows 7, for example)
  • In a local Start menu folder (C:/Users/yourWindowsusername/AppData/Roaming/Microsoft/Windows/Start Menu/Programs/AstronautUSB/ in Windows 7, for example)
  • On the local desktop (C:/Users/yourWindowsusername/Desktop/ in Windows 7, for example)

Copy (or move) the shortcuts from these 3 locations into the F:/Astronaut/ folder on your USB drive. (Personally, I only copy the shortcuts from the global Start menu folder.)

Edit shortcuts as if for use in a protected environment

Installing in a protected environment

You may wish to install the Astronaut client package on a Windows computer whose access is restricted to certain administrators. The method for doing so is to install Astronaut to the 

C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\VistA

folder on your Windows machine. This folder is generally not protected (or restricted to administrators) and can then be accessed by all users.

Environment variables may not be able to be changed on the computer by anyone other than an administrator. When installing without administrator privileges, the startup shortcuts must be changed so that environment variables are not used.

Change Astronaut SSH shortcut

The "Astronaut SSH" shortcut that is used to invoke the PuTTY SSH client uses a command line: 

"C:\Program Files\VistA\Putty\putty.exe" -ssh -l %ASTRO_SSH_clientID% -pw %ASTRO_SSH_CLIENT_PASS% -L %ASTRO_PORT%:127.0.0.1:%ASTRO_PORT% %ASTRO_SSH_HOST%

The individual environment variables must be specified if you do not have privileges to specify environment variables. For example:

  •  %ASTRO_SSH_clientID% -> client9260 (this is the default value)
  •  %ASTRO_SSH_CLIENT_PASS% -> not#1sostrong (this is the default value)
  •  %ASTRO_PORT% -> 9260
  •  %ASTRO_SSH_HOST% -> 192.168.56.101 (use the IP address of the installed VistA server)

The revised Astronaut SSH shortcut would therefore be: 

"C:\Program Files\VistA\Putty\putty.exe" -ssh -l client9260 -pw not#1sostrong -L 9260:127.0.0.1:9260 192.168.56.101

Change TMG-CPRS shortcut

The "TMG-CPRS" shortcut that is used to invoke the CPRS client uses a command line: 

"C:\Program Files\VistA\tmg-cprs\CPRSChart.exe" S=%ASTRO_LOCAL_HOST% P=9260 CCOW=DISABLE SPOOF-VER=%ASTRO_CPRS_SPOOF%

The individual environment variables must be specified if you do not have privileges to specify environment variables. For example:

  •  %ASTRO_LOCAL_HOST% -> 127.0.0.1
  •  %ASTRO_CPRS_SPOOF% -> 1.0.26.66 (this is the default)

The revised TMG-CPRS shortcut would therefore be: 

"C:\Program Files\VistA\tmg-cprs\CPRSChart.exe" S=127.0.0.1 P=9260 CCOW=DISABLE SPOOF-VER=1.0.26.66

Change Text client shortcut

The "Text client" shortcut that is used to invoke the Text client uses a command line: 

"C:\Program Files\VistA\Putty\putty.exe" -P 22 %ASTRO_SSH_HOST% -l %ASTRO_textID% -pw %ASTRO_TEXT_PASS%

The individual environment variables must be specified if you do not have privileges to specify environment variables. For example:

  •  %ASTRO_textID% -> text9260 (this is the default value)
  •  %ASTRO_TEXT_PASS% -> not#1sostrong (this is the default value)
  •  %ASTRO_SSH_HOST% -> 192.168.56.101 (use the IP address of the installed VistA server)

The revised Text client shortcut would therefore be: 

"C:\Program Files\VistA\Putty\putty.exe" -P 22 192.168.56.101 -l text9260 -pw not#1sostrong

Change VistA Config shortcut

The "VistA Config" shortcut that is used to invoke the VistA user configuration utility uses a command line: 

"C:\Program Files\VistA\GUI_Config\GUI_Config.exe" S=%ASTRO_LOCAL_HOST% P=%ASTRO_PORT% CCOW=DISABLE

The individual environment variables must be specified if you do not have privileges to specify environment variables. For example:

  •  %ASTRO_LOCAL_HOST% -> 127.0.0.1
  •  %ASTRO_PORT% -> 9260

The revised VistA Config shortcut would therefore be: 

"C:\Program Files\VistA\GUI_Config\GUI_Config.exe" S=127.0.0.1 P=9260 CCOW=DISABLE

Change CPRS Query Tool shortcut

The "CPRS Query Tool" shortcut that is used to invoke the CPRS Query Tool uses a command line: 

"C:\Program Files\VistA\CPRS_Query_Tool\CPRSQuery.exe" S=%ASTRO_LOCAL_HOST% P=%ASTRO_PORT% CCOW=DISABLE

The individual environment variables must be specified if you do not have privileges to specify environment variables. For example:

  •  %ASTRO_LOCAL_HOST% -> 127.0.0.1
  •  %ASTRO_PORT% -> 9260

The revised CPRS Query Tool shortcut would therefore be: 

 "C:\Program Files\VistA\CPRS_Query_Tool\CPRSQuery.exe" S=127.0.0.1 P=9260 CCOW=DISABLE

Change other client module shortcuts

Don't forget to change the shortcuts for the other modules in a similar fashion:

  • Group Notes
  • GUI Mail
  • Shift Handoff Tool
  • Admin
  • Vitals
  • Vitals Manager
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