Download VolanoChat

You can best experience the features and benefits of our software by installing, customizing and testing Volano's Java chat software, VolanoChat, on your own server prior to purchase.

System Requirements

VolanoChat is a Java program that runs as a daemon (background server application) on a physical server machine and listens for incoming client applet connections. VolanoChat's client applets can be accessed by any Java-enabled Web browser. You should have...

Java 1.3 or greater installed on your server machine
a dedicated server or shell account (preferably with root or administrator access)
SSH or telnet access if accessing your server remotely
the ability to run background application servers and processes on your server machine

To download, install, configure, and run VolanoChat, you should know how to operate and configure system and application server software on a machine running a Web server. If accessing your server machine remotely, you should be familiar with commands using SSH or telnet.

You will be unable to run VolanoChat...

if you have only FTP access to a Web hosting account or shared server
if you use a free Web hosting service

Download the software

Click on the appropriate link below to download your evaluation copy of VolanoChatPro.

For VolanoChatPro on Windows, download from the following link:

    vchat2_7_1.exe - 3,728,654 bytes

For VolanoChatPro on all other operating systems, download from the following link:

    vchat2_7_1.class - 3,670,699 bytes

Generate a trial key

To activate the trial version of VolanoChatPro, you must generate a license key and place it in the conf directory of your VolanoChat installation. You can generate a key by clicking on the following link. You will need the hostname or IP address of the machine where you will be running the VolanoChat server to generate a key.

VolanoChatPro Trial License

Installation

Once you have downloaded the files, refer to the Installation section of the VolanoChat Administrator Guide for information on installing and configuring the VolanoChat server and applet, as well as important information on configuring your operating system and Java virtual machine environment for running the VolanoChat server.

The evaluation copy is limited to 5 people chatting at the same time. Please write to service@volano.com if you have any problems. You can order VolanoChat through our secure online store. We will then issue you a license key to turn your evaluation copy into a commercial version of VolanoChat or VolanoChatPro.

Volano is a packaged retail software manufacturer providing chat server software. Installation, configuration, and operation of our product is the sole responsibility of the customer. We can provide assistance during the installation process through email support and our online administrator guides, but we do not install the product for you nor provide system administration or custom programming services. If you need this type of assistance, please contact one of our Partners.