====== Welcome to STARS ======

<fs x-large>STARS (Simple Transmission and Retrieval System) is a message transferring software for small scale control systems with TCP/IP sockets, which works on various types of operating systems.</fs>
<fs x-large>=>[[overview|Overview]]</fs>

===== STARS is; =====

  * Extremely simple,
  * TCP/IP socket and text based message transferring,
  * Free to use,
  * Runnable on various OS (Windows, Linux, Mac, FreeBSD etc.),
  * Runnable with TINE by using TINE-STARS gateway and bridge.

===== Download and Installation =====

  * [[https://github.com/IMSS-PhotonFactory/STARS-Core|STARS Core Applications]]
  * Python version of STARS Server [[https://github.com/IMSS-PhotonFactory/PySTARS|"PySTARS"]] is ready.

===== STARS Tutorial =====

  * {{ :stars_tutorial.pdf |STARS tutorial}} (PDF A5, fits screen or tablet, in Japanse, Ver.1.1 27 Mar 2013, 1.67MB)
  * {{ :stars_tutorial_a4.pdf |STARS tutorial}} (PDF A4 for printing, in Japanse, Ver.1.1 27 Mar 2013, 1.33MB)

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Copyright © 2017 Takashi Kosuge, Yasuko Nagatani, Hiroaki Nitani, Haruno Ishii
Release under the MIT License.
[[https://opensource.org/licenses/mit-license.php]]