This is a quick start guide to get the ESP GUI up and running for the March 2013 ECOHAB experiment. 1. Make sure you have MySQL installed. 2. Set up the ESP database in your local MySQL installation by doing the following from a command prompt: > mysql --user=root --password= Enter password: mysql> CREATE DATABASE esp; mysql> CREATE USER 'espdba'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'leghorn'; mysql> GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON esp.* TO 'espdba'@'localhost' WITH GRANT OPTION; mysql> quit 4. Download the esp-gui-0.2.jar file to your local directory. 5. Launch the ESP GUI by either double clicking on the .jar file or running this from the command line: java -jar esp-gui-0.2.jar 6. Download and review the ESP_GUI_User_Guide.pdf. 7. When creating the Mission to let you work with the ESP data, you should use the following connection information in the mission configuration panel: Name: ECOHAB2013 Start Date: 3/1/2013 End Date: 4/1/2013 FTP Hostname: zuma.rc.mbari.org for the Carson crew and beach.mbari.org for shore based. Mode: real FTP root: