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+Behavision — installing on a shop PC
+====================================
+
+This is a source install. It needs Python and a working internet connection
+once, at setup. After that the shop PC runs on its own.
+
+
+WHAT YOU NEED FIRST
+-------------------
+
+Python 3.10 or newer.
+
+  https://www.python.org/downloads/windows/
+
+  On the very first screen of the Python installer, tick
+  "Add python.exe to PATH". If you miss it, setup cannot find Python and
+  you will have to run the Python installer again.
+
+
+SETTING UP
+----------
+
+1. Unzip this whole folder somewhere permanent — for example
+   C:\Behavision. Keep the files together; behavision-setup.exe looks for
+   the engine-src folder next to itself.
+
+2. Double-click  behavision-setup.exe
+
+   It will:
+     - find your Python and check it is new enough
+     - build a private Python environment under
+       C:\ProgramData\Behavision\runtime
+     - install the recognition engine and its libraries (from the wheel
+       in engine-src; the folder you unzipped is never written to)
+     - download the recognition models (a few hundred megabytes)
+     - start the engine once to prove it works
+
+   This takes several minutes. Leave the window open until it says Done.
+   If anything fails it prints why, and running it again is safe.
+
+3. Double-click  Behavision.exe
+
+   The window opens and an icon appears in the system tray, next to the
+   clock. Right-click the tray icon to open the window again, or to stop
+   recognition.
+
+
+CONNECTING IT TO HEAD OFFICE
+----------------------------
+
+The first screen asks for an installation code. Ask whoever manages your
+shops — they create one from the Behavision platform, under the shop.
+
+No head office? Choose "set this PC up on its own" on the same screen.
+Recognition, the cameras and the customer list all work locally; nothing is
+sent anywhere.
+
+
+ADDING A CAMERA
+---------------
+
+Cameras → Add. You need the camera's address on the shop network, its
+username and password. Choose your camera's make from the list and the
+stream path is filled in for you — that is the field nobody can look up.
+
+Press "Test" before saving. Then press "Check placement" and walk past the
+camera a few times. It will tell you whether the camera can actually
+recognise faces from where it is mounted, which is not the same question as
+whether it is connected.
+
+Camera placement matters more than camera quality. Aim for roughly head
+height, facing the direction people walk in. A camera high in a corner
+looking down, or pointing at a bright window or glass door, will connect
+perfectly and recognise almost nobody.
+
+
+WHERE THINGS LIVE
+-----------------
+
+  C:\ProgramData\Behavision\        database, logs, camera list, models
+  C:\ProgramData\Behavision\runtime the engine's own Python
+
+Everything the software writes is under ProgramData. The folder you unzipped
+is never written to, so you can keep it on a shared drive.
+
+
+STOPPING IT
+-----------
+
+Right-click the tray icon and choose Quit. That stops recognition as well —
+leaving it running with no visible control would be worse than stopping it.
+
+Closing the window does NOT stop recognition. The window hides and the tray
+icon stays, because a shop assistant clicking X should not switch the shop's
+footfall counting off for the rest of the day.
+
+
+IF SOMETHING IS WRONG
+---------------------
+
+  "No Python 3.10 or newer was found"
+      Python is missing, too old, or was installed without the
+      "Add python.exe to PATH" tick. Reinstall Python with that ticked.
+
+  Setup fails while installing libraries
+      Almost always no internet, or a proxy in the way. The error printed
+      just above the failure says which.
+
+  The window opens but says the engine is not running
+      Run behavision-setup.exe again; it will report what is missing.
+
+  Logs
+      C:\ProgramData\Behavision\engine.log