Ringing and Nest Recording Software

Integrated Population Monitoring Recorder (IPMR)

IPMR is written by Mark Cubitt on behalf of the BTO for ringers and nest recorders. On this page you will find all the program and documentation downloads that you will need for IPMR. It is recommended that you familiarise yourself with the relevant documentation before attempting to use the program.

Please download and upgrade to the latest version if you have not already done so as there will be new functionality, ring string updates and bug fixes in each release.

Submitting data to the BTO

IPMR can create emails in your mail package in a number of functions through the application. The mail package type is set in the Setup> Options function. The option can be set to MS Outlook or MAPI. MAPI applies to Outlook Express, Netscape Messenger and Eudora. Web email is not supported.

MS Outlook, if selected, does not require any special set-up. The other packages may need to be set up as your default mail program. More information can be found in the Help pages within IPMR.

The email addresses for sending electronic data to BTO are:

Ringing data submissions –
Year End & Age Specific Totals submission –
Nest Records submissions –
CES submissions –
RAS submissions –

Support

This can be obtained from the IPMR Advisors. To do this you need to first join the forum. Email Once approved, you will then be able to post to the forum. The Advisors team is made up of experienced IPMR Users, Demography Team (Ringing Scheme and Nest Records Team) Staff, plus those involved with the programming and testing of future IPMR releases.

IPMR v2.4 is supported on Windows Vista

The Windows Vista operating system has been released in the UK by Microsoft in 2007. One of its features is increased security. This introduces restrictions on what applications can do. The latest generally available release of IPMR (version 2.4) works with Vista.

Bridget Griffin, Ringing Unit 17/06/09

IPMR and MAC users

IPMR can be used on an Apple Macintosh PC using two different methods. The newer Mac’s with Intel processors can be set to dual-boot with Windows. As IPMR supports older versions of Windows, such as XP, licenses can be purchased more cheaply than the latest version.

If you have a Power-PC processor or wish not to dual-boot your Macintosh then installing an emulator (often with an edition of Windows, such as XP) will work. Currently this method has been tested with Microsoft Virtual PC for the Macintosh with Windows XP. If you are able to get IPMR to work with other emulators please let the IPMR Advisors team know.

Further help and advice can always be obtained from the IPMR Advisors forum.

IPMR v2.4

IPMR will only run on Windows operating systems (95, 98, ME, XP, NT4, 2000 or Vista). It does not run natively on Mac operating systems or Linux, although some PC emulators on the Mac do support IPMR (more information to follow).

Program and installation downloads
Version 2.4 is available for download now!

To download: Click on the word. Select “Save” when you have the option and save to a known location. Then once the program has downloaded run the program by clicking on the icon. Follow the instructions onscreen.

Documentation

The above pdf file may be viewed using Adobe Acrobat Reader
Download a copy from here

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