Argonaut v3.

2 Installation Guide

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Contents
Pre-requisites ..................................................................................................................................... 3

Installation package contents ........................................................................................................ 4

Installation guidelines ...................................................................................................................... 5

Important instructions ........................................................................................................................ 5
Download the software. ...................................................................................................................... 5

Installing the software ...................................................................................................................... 8

New Install ............................................................................................................................................. 8
If TM application is already installed ................................................................................................ 8

Running the Software ....................................................................................................................... 9

Troubleshooting .............................................................................................................................. 11
Regional Settings................................................................................................................................ 11
If SQL Server error occurred ............................................................................................................. 11
Another version of this product is already installed. .................................................................. 12
Sequential Installation – New users only ......................................................................................13
Installing SQL Express .................................................................................................................................................................... 13
Install Argonaut ............................................................................................................................................................................... 13

Further Reading ............................................................................................................................... 14

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Pre-requisites
The pre-requisites/ system requirements for the TM application are as follows:

 Operating system: Microsoft Windows 7,8,10 or 11*

 4GB RAM or higher
 2.5 GHz processor or above
 5GB of free hard disk space
 Display resolution 1024 x 768 or higher
 Microsoft .NET Framework version 4.0
 Adobe Acrobat Reader version 10.1.3 or higher (download it at get.adobe.com/uk/reader)**

* Apple Macintosh and Linux OS are not compatible with Argonaut

** Only unprotected pdf’s are permitted for use as attachments in the software

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 Installation package contents
The TM Application installation package can be downloaded from www.lr.org/tm

The installation package contains the following:

 AppDeployToolkit

 Files

 Deploy-Application.exe

 Deploy-Application.exe.config

 Deploy-Application.ps1

 ServiceUI64.exe

This version of Argonaut will be the last to use SQL Express 2008. A new version will be released shortly.

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Installation guidelines
Important instructions
 User should have administrator access on the machine to install the TM Application.
 If Adobe Reader is not available on your machine, then please download and install. The latest
version of Adobe Reader can be downloaded from http://www.adobe.com/
 PDF files in Adobe format that are created for use as attachments in the software should be
valid and unprotected documents.
 The machines regional settings should be set to UK during the installation process (see the
Troubleshooting section for details).
 Please restart your machine before starting the installation to reduce the risk of conflicts with
other programs.

Download the software.

 Download the Argonaut software from www.lr.org/tm where you will see the screen below.

Click on the

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  Click on

 On the next screen, enter your email address and click on

 Close your browser.

 After a short wait you will receive an email.

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  Click on the Download button.

 Depending upon your browser, the download will progress and then complete as shown below.

 When complete, click ‘Open’ or unzip the downloaded file into a folder.

Note: If you are using a version of Windows without Zip software to unzip the file, you may need to
download a free trial Winzip software that can be downloaded from www.winzip.com . Unzip the
folder and save to local drive.

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Installing the software
New Install

 After downloading the software and unzipping it, you should have a folder that looks like this.

 Double click on “Deploy-Application .exe” to start the installation process. Please note that it will
show as below without the file extension.

 When the installation is complete this window will close automatically

 Then search for Argonaut on the windows search bar and run the application.

If TM application is already installed

 The software upgrade will automatically update your previous version of Argonaut. The process will
run in a similar way to your first-time installation. All you need to do is run “Deploy-application .exe”
as above.

 A backup of the existing TM jobs is recommended before upgrading to the new version.

 The installation process will automatically backup your existing TM jobs. These TM jobs will be
visible upon opening Argonaut 3.2

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Running the Software
To run the program either:
 double click on the Argonaut icon on your desktop,
 or use the Start menu “Lloyd’s Register”-> “Argonaut“

 You will see a loading screen.

 And you may briefly see…

 Next you will see the “Select Argonaut Mode” screen. Select “Class Mode”, “CAP Mode” or “NAVAL
Mode”

 Once loaded you should see the screen below:

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  Select “About” to display a pop-up showing which version you have.

 Click “OK” and now you can start using Argonaut.

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Troubleshooting
Regional Settings

If the appropriate regional settings are not present on your machine

If while you are installing the TM application and the following error message occurs:

“Your regional settings are not correct for Argonaut. Please refer to your installation guide to update
your Windows settings and restart your installation”

There has been problem with the regional settings on your machine. You will need to complete the
following steps:

On Windows 11 – Type region into the Search bar and select the “Region settings” program.

Set the values to English as shown below:

If SQL Server error occurred

 If when opening the TM application the following error message occurs:

“The TM Jobs database may be corrupted or cannot be located. The application will now terminate.”

There has been a problem with the SQL components of the software during installation.

 In this situation, please remove the SQL components from Programs Menu from Control Panel.

 Click on ‘Start’ and then select ‘Control Panel’ as shown above. From the list provided click Program
menu and remove the SQL components (in the same order as shown below), then restart the
machine and perform the installation again.

 Then manually delete the database folder using windows explorer. The files location is:

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  C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\MSSQL10_50.LRGMARINE.

 If the installation is not successful again, please contact your local office (or if you are an LR
Surveyor contact the LR IS Helpdesk) for further assistance.

Another version of this product is already installed.

 If you receive this error it suggests you are running the setup.exe from the file folder and not the
Deploy-Application.exe. Manually uninstalling the old version of argonaut will result in the loss
of your previous TM jobs and is not recommended. To install the application please follow the
steps in section 4. This will backup your previous jobs, uninstall the old version and install the
new version

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Sequential Installation – New users only

If you have issues installing the package provided, which can be caused by a variety of situations, you can try and
install the components separately & sequentially.
Locate the folder you created after the download process.
 Files\Install_SQL

 Setup.exe (for Argonaut)

Installing SQL Express

 Run Install_SQL as administrator

 After a few mins installation of Microsoft SQL will start. No user input is required.

 SQL express should install – this can take around 10 minutes

 You will be able to tell SQL express is installed by go to services and looking for MSSQL$LRGMARINE

Install Argonaut

 Run Setup.exe to install Argonaut.

 Wait until the installation finishes.

 Click on “Close” button.

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Further Reading
Refer to the website www.lr.org/tm for more information

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