Professional Documents
Culture Documents
Clisp PDF
Clisp PDF
1 Installation
In order to load Clisp Studio onto your computer, you need to register on the VJ Tech website, send an e-mail to
service@vjtech.co.uk and be given access to the download area for Clisp Studio. In exceptional circumstances
(i.e. no internet access), a CD can be sent, but this is not the recommended procedure.
Once you have access to the download area, click on the hyperlink and ‘Save’ the ‘zip’ file to either the default
‘Download’ area or a User specified location on the PC (note this may take some time due to the size of the ‘zip’
file).
Once downloaded, the ‘zip’ file needs to be ‘unzipped’. Figure 1 shows the files that have been unzipped (along
with the original ‘zip’ file).
Once the software has been loaded, there is a file ‘setup’ which must double clicked to start the process. Do
not try to start the installation by double clicking on the file ‘Clisp Studio’ file.
Clisp Studio uses a number of software packages which require installation in addition to the Clisp Studio
application. Some of these may already be installed, in which case some installation steps can be omitted.
Version 4.0 – August 2014 Page 1 of 16
Berkshire. England © VJ Tech Ltd 2014
Support Document SUP0046 Installing CLISP Studio and Setting up a Database
If a package requests a computer restart, please postpone this until the full Clisp
Studio installation has been completed.
Accept the ‘Terms and Conditions’ of any package that requests it.
First of all, the setup package will install the appropriate .NET framework (if not already present on the PC).
Then a number of packages will be installed and a number of screens will be displayed. If not already available,
the setup will install the SQL-Express database server on which Clisp Studio relies. The Express version does
not require a license and the initial window is shown in Figure 2. Click on the ‘Accept’ button to continue with the
installation.
The ‘Report Viewer’ initial window in Figure 3 is displayed. Click on the ‘Accept’ button to continue with
the installation.
The ‘Installing SQL Server 2008 R2 Express..’ screen will be displayed (Figure 4). This installation will
take some time and the progress bar will indicate progress.
The initial window for the ‘National Instruments Runtime Engine’ and ‘Sentinel HASP’ installation is
displayed (Figure 5).
Once ‘install’ has been clicked the following window will be displayed (Figure 6).
The window in Figure 7 is displayed to unzip the Ivrte files. Click on the ‘Unzip’ button’ and then ‘Finish’
once completed – this will not take long.
Then install Sentinel Runtime when the Installation Wizard is displayed (Figure 8).
The progress bar for Sentinel HASP will be displayed (Figure 9).
Once installed, the Sentinel Runtime Setup Success Screen is displayed (Figure 10).
Once the NI Runtime Environment has been installed, the following screen will be displayed (Figure 11
Once all components have finished installing the Clisp Studio Setup Wizard will be displayed (Figure 12).
If not already installed, the setup process will have installed the drivers and software needed to access the
dongle or HASP key provided by VJTech. This key contains the licenses to run authorised types of tests and
needs to be inserted into a free USB port on the PC.
The ‘Clisp Studio License Agreement’ screen is displayed (Figure 13). Select the ‘I Agree’ radio button
and then click on ‘Next’.
Please select the modules of interest. Remember that at run time the HASP key must contain a valid license for
the test type in order to be able to create or open instances of those tests.
IMPORTANT
For a description of the Test Types, and instructions on how to use each one within Clisp Studio, please
refer to the User Guide relevant to the Test Type
Click on the ‘Next’ button to display the ‘Select Installation Folder’ window (Figure 15). The default path for
installation shown is normally used, but the ‘Browse…’ button can be used to select another location if
required.
Click on the ‘Next’ button to display the ‘Confirm Installation Folder’ window (Figure 16). Click on the ‘Next’
button in the ‘Confirm Installation Folder’ window to start the installation.
The window in Figure 17 is displayed showing Installation progress (a warning may appear, allow Clisp
Studio access first).
Once installation has completed, information about recent updates will be displayed (Figure 18).
Click on the ‘Next’ button and the ‘Installation Complete’ window will be displayed (Figure 19). Click on the
‘close button to finish.
The installation will leave two shortcuts on the desktop, one to start the Clisp Studio program and the
other to open a window containing shortcuts to all User Guides. There are also a number of items in the
Windows Start programs list in the VJ Tech folder as shown in Figure 20.
If one of the packages requested a computer restart, now is the time to do it.
To Uninstall Clisp Studio use the Windows Control Panel Programs options.
2 Database Options
2.2 Setting up the Database
Double click the Clisp Studio icon on the Desktop to start the program.
When started for the very first time, Clisp Studio will look for the database to use. Since initially there is no
database, it must be created.
From the ‘Files’ pull-down menu on the toolbar, select the ‘Database Connection’ menu option to
establish a link to the database server.
The ‘Name’ pull-down menu in the SQL Server top panel displays a list of available database servers.
Choose the server to be used from the list and select the ‘Connect’ button or enter the text
‘.\SQLEXPRESS’ to use the local PC.
The pull-down menu adjacent to the ‘Options’ pull-down menu in the lower Database panel contains a list of
existing valid Clisp Studio databases provided by the selected server. To create a new Database to use with
Clisp Studio, click on the ‘Options’ button and from the pull-down menu select the option ‘Create a new
Database’ (Figure 23).
The ‘New DataBase Selection’ window will be displayed (Figure 24). Enter a name that will identify this
database, tick the ‘Set up default user tables’ checkbox if required and click on ‘OK’.
Clisp Studio will then use a predefined SQL script to create a new suitable database named exactly as the name
entered above. After this, the database is ready to be used. If the local SQLEXPRESS server is being used, the
database is created in the folder [Program Files]\Microsoft SQL Server\MSSQL.1\MSSQL\Data
At any other time new databases can be created or existing ones selected as required. When switching between
different databases, ensure that the database currently in use does not include active tests.
To use a Database, it must be selected from the list and the ‘Select’ button clicked. The ‘Current Connection
String’ shown at the bottom of the window is the key for the proper operation of the Clisp Studio program.
After a Database has been created and selected, Clisp Studio is ready to be used.
The ‘Test Explorer’ window will be displayed on the right hand side of the screen as shown in Figure 26
(L) (Database currently empty). With the ‘Active’ tab selected, the top half summarises the current active
Database and the bottom half contains details of the currently selected or most recently selected Test.
Selection of the ‘Archived’ tab will display all Tests available in the Database, with those greyed out being
Active Tests Figure 26 (R).
|
Figure 26 - Test Explorer Window showing Active Tests (L) and Archived Tests (R)