ETAS CONGRA V1.3.0 Installation Guide

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1 CONGRA V1.3.0 Installation Guide

2 Copyright The data in this document may not be altered or amended without special notification from ETAS GmbH. ETAS GmbH undertakes no further obligation in relation to this document. The software described in it can only be used if the customer is in possession of a general license agreement or single license. Using and copying is only allowed in concurrence with the specifications stipulated in the contract. Under no circumstances may any part of this document be copied, reproduced, transmitted, stored in a retrieval system or translated into another language without the express written permission of ETAS GmbH. Copyright 2017 ETAS GmbH, Stuttgart The names and designations used in this document are trademarks or brands belonging to the respective owners. Document Installer guide V1.3.0 R01 EN

3 Contents Contents 1 Introduction Safety Notice Installing ETAS CONGRA Preparing to install Software prerequisites System requirements Installation License Starting with ETAS CONGRA Settings Simulation in MATLAB Installing additional software Start using the tool ETAS Contact Addresses ETAS CONGRA V1.3.0 Installation Guide 3

4 1 Introduction This guide provides relevant information to all the users who want to install the ETAS CONGRA. ETAS CONGRA is distributed as a standard Microsoft Windows installer. Run setup.exe and follow the on-screen instructions to install ETAS CONGRA. 1.1 Safety Notice Safety advice for this ETAS product is available in the following formats: A printed document shipped with the DVD media. In electronic form on the DVD. See Documentation\SafetyAdvice.pdf for details. ETAS CONGRA V1.3.0 Installation Guide 4

5 2 Installing ETAS CONGRA 2.1 Preparing to install Make sure: your system meets the minimum requirements you have the administrator privileges to install ETAS CONGRA 2.2 Software prerequisites There are no additional software prerequisites for the ETAS CONGRA installation: All necessary software prerequisites will be inst alled by the installer, including a Computer Algebra System (CAS) to execute most of its functionality. 2.3 System requirements The following minimum system prerequisites have to be met: Required Hardware Required Operating System Required Free Disk Space 2,0 GHz Dual-Core PC or equivalent 2 GB RAM DVD-ROM drive Network adapter Graphics with a resolution of at least 1024 x 768, 128 MB RAM Windows 7 (SP1) 64 bits or above version 500 MB (not including the size for application data) 2.4 Installation To start the ETAS CONGRA installation: ETAS CONGRA V1.3.0 Installation Guide 5

6 1. Start the setup.exe, the Welcome window is displayed 2. Click on the Next button 3. Next you have to accept the End User License Agreement. Continue with Next. ETAS CONGRA V1.3.0 Installation Guide 6

7 4. You can now define the installation path or use the default path proposed 5. Click on the Next button or proceed to install. 6. If another version of ETAS CONGRA V1.3.0 has already been installed you will be asked to uninstall it before installing the current version. ETAS CONGRA V1.3.0 Installation Guide 7

8 7. Start the uninstallation by clicking Next. 8. Close the window once uninstallation has been completed. ETAS CONGRA V1.3.0 Installation Guide 8

9 9. Select the Start menu folder ETAS CONGRA 1.3 should be added to. 10. Before installation can be started all running instances of MATLAB that have to be closed are be displayed. The installation will start automatically once all listed programs are closed (it might take a few seconds). ETAS CONGRA V1.3.0 Installation Guide 9

10 11. The progress will be displayed during installation. After the installation is finished, click Next. 12. You can now choose the open the getting started or directly run the tool. Click finish to end the installation process. ETAS CONGRA V1.3.0 Installation Guide 10

11 2.5 License The licensing of ETAS CONGRA V1.3.0 works as below If you do not have a valid license, ETAS CONGRA will be available in grace mode for 14 days. If you have obtained the valid permanent license, ETAS CONGRA will be available for use Permanently. On expiry of the grace period or the license, the ETAS CONGRA will not be launched or loaded. ETAS CONGRA V1.3.0 Installation Guide 11

12 3 Starting with ETAS CONGRA Start the ETAS CONGRA by clicking on the.exe icon available from the start menu. Select the workspace path in which you want to work The ETAS CONGRA is now started ETAS CONGRA V1.3.0 Installation Guide 12

13 3.1 Settings Before first use, Maxima has to be activated: Click on the menu Window > Preferences Select the preference Constraint Graph > Solver and activate the Internal Cache and Maxima and press the Apply button. The internal cache will speed up the tool by reusing solutions already calculated For more details about the Solvers and their configuration please read the ETAS CONGRA User Guide.pdf or via the menu Help > Help Contents > Constraint Graph User Guide > Tasks > Preferences of the Constraint Graph Tool > Configuration of the Solvers Configure the maxima installation directory via the Solver > Maxima preference ETAS CONGRA V1.3.0 Installation Guide 13

14 Press Apply once correctly configured Now configure the cache file in which solutions will be stored with the Solver > Internal cache preference ETAS CONGRA V1.3.0 Installation Guide 14

15 Press Apply To use the code generation the generators have to be activated as follows: ETAS CONGRA V1.3.0 Installation Guide 15

16 Select the generator you want For more details about the Generators and their configuration please read the ETAS CONGRA User Guide.pdf or via the menu Help > Help Contents > Constraint Graph User Guide > Tasks > Triggering the generators Files are generated in the working directory. Please make sure that the respective access rights for this folder are available. 3.2 Simulation in MATLAB To activate interaction of the tool with MATLAB for simulation of s-functions, the connection between ETAS CONGRA Tool and MATLAB has to be configured. First make sure MATLAB is installed on your system Then click on the menu Window > Preferences Select the MATLAB /Simulink preference ETAS CONGRA V1.3.0 Installation Guide 16

17 Press the Install MATLAB Client A pop-up should inform you about the result of the configuration process For more details please read the ETAS CONGRA User Guide via the menu Help > Help Contents > Constraint Graph User Guide > Tasks > Using MATLAB and SIMULINK for simulation 3.3 Installing additional software Additional software features can be installed via the menu Help > Install New Software ETAS CONGRA V1.3.0 Installation Guide 17

18 In the following dialog, enter the appropriate update site and select the feature(s) to be installed. 3.4 Start using the tool To start using the features of the tool it is helpful to start with one of the examples provided with the tool: With context menu (right click) New > Example in the Project Explorer. Or with the menu File > New > Example Note: For most of the functionality of the ETAS CONGRA it is necessary to activate a Computer Algebra System as Solver (see the Settings chapter). ETAS CONGRA V1.3.0 Installation Guide 18

19 Select a project Press Next button and then in the next Page press the Finish button ETAS CONGRA V1.3.0 Installation Guide 19

20 The example project will be imported into you workspace, the syq file opened and the project built ETAS CONGRA V1.3.0 Installation Guide 20

21 You are now ready to discover or use ETAS CONGRA! ETAS CONGRA V1.3.0 Installation Guide 21

22 ETAS Contact Addresses ETAS HQ ETAS GmbH Borsigstraße 14 Phone: Stuttgart Fax: Germany WWW: ETAS Subsidiaries and Technical Support For details of your local sales office as well as your local technical support team and product hotlines, take a look at the ETAS website: ETAS subsidiaries WWW: ETAS technical support WWW: ETAS CONGRA V1.3.0 Installation Guide 22

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