This program was designed as an aid in  to those involved in cable television system Proof-of-Performance testing as set forth by the Federal Communication Commission. Originally built for personal needs in this task, the software has been modified for free use as a general release.  As such and due to varied interpretation of the rules, the author makes no guarantees towards its suitability for the expressed purpose at the users location.  Please read the instructions included in the help file before use.  It uses a spreadsheet format to create a familiar interface.  Some details, however, may not be intuitive.  As an example, the default workbook that opens with the program must be "saved as" the testing season name (such as "winter02.bwb", "summer03.bwb", etc.) before saving the test data/calculated results.  Why?  The test database is saved as a file format that is dependant on the workbook and cannot be opened independently.  It is not advised to use the default Popmann workbook directly to manipulate date as a precaution against corrupting this template.

While Popmann itself was developed on a 16-bit platform (filenames are limited to eight characters), the installer  linked below is a 32-bit installer for Windows 95 - XP.  This should be the preferred installer for most of today's computers.  It will create shortcut icons and an uninstaller.  No problems have been reported with operation on 32-bit operating systems to date.  If enough interest exists to run the program on Windows 3.x, a simple 16-bit installer will be added.  The program occupies less than five megabytes of hard drive space (hardly a burden on today's computers).

Click on the link below and chose "save to" when the download window presents a decision prompt.  Save the installation file to the desired location where it can later be launched.

Popmann 32-bit Installer