The following instructions explain how you may successfully download and unzip tick data into your FirstAlert Standalone program.

• Go to www.neovest.com.
  
  
• Click on Training & Support on the main menu.

• Click on FirstAlert under "Training & Support" on the main menu.
  
  
• Once the "FirstAlert" page appears, click on Downloads under the "FirstAlert Standalone" section.
  
  
• Once the "FirstAlert Standalone Downloads" page appears, click on Tick Data.
  
  
• Double-click on the date of the tick file that you wish to download. For example, if you click on "20040628.ZIP," then you would be selecting the 28 June 2004 tick data file to download.
  
  
• Once the "File Download" box appears, click Save.
  
  
• Once the "Save As" box appears, select the location where your FirstAlert Standalone program is installed. Note: The default location where FirstAlert Standalone is normally installed is the "C:\" drive.
  
  
• Double-click on the "FA" folder.
  
  
• Double-click on the "BIN" folder.
  
  
• Click on Save. Note: Most tick data files are very large and may take a considerable amount of time to download.
  
  
• Once the selected tick data file is downloaded, click on Close.
  
  
• Click on the Start menu.
  
  
• Click on Run.
  
  
• Type "cmd," and click OK.
  
  
• Once the command prompt box appears, type "cd\", and press the Enter key to go to the root drive, which should be "C:\>".
  
  
• At the "C:\>" prompt, type "cd fa", and press the Enter key.
  
  
• At the "C:\FA>" prompt, type "dir *.zip", and press the Enter key. Note: At this point, the command prompt box should display the tick data file ("20040628.ZIP") that you just downloaded.
  
  
• At the "C:\FA>" prompt, type "pkzip25 -dir -ext -over [filename].zip", and press the Enter key.
  
  
• Once the file is unzipped, open your FirstAlert program.

If you need further assistance, please contact Neovest's Account Services department at (801) 375-6850.

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