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Chapter 1 Preface
This manual contains the information required to install the LMS Test.Lab
software on Windows operating systems.
It applies to LMS Test.Lab software and is directed towards the person who is
responsible for installing and maintaining the programs at your site.
Text inside square brackets [...] indicates a button. For example, click on [Next ]
to continue.
Angled brackets {...} represent a string that can be different on (and so specific
to) your particular computer system. For example, the folder where Setup will
install files is:
Note: It is advisable that you read the Installation Manual before continuing
with the installation procedure.
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In This Chapter
Terminology .......................................................................7
Installing the RLM license manager software ....................9
Upgrade a previous license server ......................................16
After the installation ...........................................................19
Borrowing Licenses............................................................19
This section deals with the licensing of the LMS Test.Lab software. The
licensing is managed by the RLM license manager, which can manage both
node-locked and floating licenses.
For more detailed information, please read the RLM End-Users Manual which
is available on the installation DVD under:
\Documents\ RLM_License_Administration.htm
The license manager daemon (RLM.exe) is the process that handles the initial
request from a client application program. The application contacts the license
manager daemon at the port number that forms part of the license file or
hardware key for the application, and tells it which vendor daemon it needs to
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access. The license manager daemon (rlm) finds the correct master vendor
daemons and returns that information to the client.
The license manager daemon (rlm) is also responsible for starting and re-
starting vendor daemons as required.
Vendor daemon
There is one vendor daemon for each vendor who has RLM licenses products
on the network. When a client application requests a license, the vendor daemon
checks on the licenses to see which are either consumed or available and returns
the information to the client application. The vendor daemon also monitors
which users are consuming licences. Communication between the client
applications and the vendor daemons is usually achieved through TCP/IP
network connections.
License file
This is the means whereby license information is stored and accessed. It will be
supplied by LMS and contains information about server nodes and actual
product licenses. There are two types of license files, one for usage with a
server, and one to use as license file without a server. The name of the license
file is LMS_<HOSTNAME>_<HOSTID>.lic for usage with license servers and
LMS_NO_SERVER.lic otherwise.
Note: This driver must be installed on every system on which the application is
to run if a hardware key is to be used for the licensing.
Solution 1:
Select the dongle installation during the license server installation
Solution 2:
After the LMS Test.Lab installation. Select ‘Start -> All Programs -> LMS
RLM 11.1 License Server -> FLEXId_Dongle_Driver_Installer’.
Solution 3:
From the Installation DVD via \Drivers\Licensing Dongle Drivers: copy the
executable from the RLM folder locally on a hard disk and run.
Before the license server can be started and you can access your LMS Test.Lab
licenses, you must be in possession of the license file for your license servers
‘LMS_<HOSTNAME>_<HOSTID>.lic’. The license file will be delivered via
e-mail.
When installing the LMS Test.Lab software on other systems, you must know
the name (identity) of the system which has been defined as the license server
for that client.
We will describe the different steps of the installation with an explanation of the
available options. LMS Test.Lab 15A is shipped with RLM server 11.1, but will
also work in combination with older RLM installations.
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Step 1
The Welcome screen for installing the LMS RLM License Server appears.
Step 2
Click [Next ]. The "Select Installation Folder" screen opens. If an earlier version
of RLM is installed, you will see an upgrade dialog. Please go to the update the
license server section for more details.
A default destination path is filled in. If needed, it can be changed. The path in
the picture might be different depending on the operating system you are
working on.
Step 3
Click [Next] to open the "Select License File" screen.
With the upper part of this dialog, you have the ability to select the license file
the license server will use. When requesting a license file for a license server,
LMS will provide you a file ‘LMS_<HOSTNAME>_<HOSTID>.lic’. The
installation will copy the file to the location specified by the selection in the
bottom part of the dialog.
If you don’t have any license file yet, you can leave the input field blank. The
installation will point to the location selected by the bottom part of the dialog.
Once you have retrieved the license file, you can copy it by hand in the
mentioned folder. To easily retrieve this location, the installer will create a
shortcut to it in the start menu. After installation, see ‘Start -> All Programs ->
LMS RLM 11.1 License server -> LMS license folder’.
In the bottom part of the dialog, you can specify the destination of the license
file. This is also the folder where the server will look for a license file.
Select option "Configure the license server to look for license files in
{CommonAppDataFolder}\LMS\Licensing and copy the license file to this
location – Recommended".
The default place to store the license file is the folder {Common Application
Data}\LMS\Licensing. {Common application data} can be different, depending
on the OS.
On Windows 7, the license file will be stored in the folder
"C:\ProgramData\LMS\Licensing". If this option is selected, the desired file
will be copied to that folder.
Select option "Configure the license server to look for license files in a specific
directory and copy the license file to this location:", if you want to override the
default location, and browse to an existing folder. The installation will copy the
earlier mentioned license file to this location, and the server will use this folder
to look for license files.
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Note: If no license file is available, you can still continue with the software
installation. Simply clear the input field and click [Next ] to continue. The
server will look for license files in the application data folder.
Step 4
Click [Next ] to continue. This opens the options dialog.
The option "Do not allow to shut down the license server from a remote
computer" in the upper part of the dialog can be selected to disable the
shutdown of the server. If you use the web-interface of the server or the
command line of the tool from remote, it is possible to shut down the license
server. If you want to block this, you have to select this option.
In the lower part of the dialog, the user is given the possibility to define the
location where the log files are stored.
Step 5
Click [Next ] to continue. This opens the "Dongle driver" screen.
By selecting the "Install FlexID dongle driver" option, you will launch the
FlexLM installation package for dongles. Thus, you will have support for
dongles. (There are two series, versions 9 and 10, meaning the green and light
blue dongles.) Although the installation is based on RLM, we keep supporting
FlexLM dongles.
By selecting "Install Sentinel LDK and Sentinel HASP Run-time environment"
option, you will install the drivers needed for the purple dongles.
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Step 6
Click [Next ] to continue. This opens the "Firewall settings" screen.
Selecting the “Adapt the firewall settings to allow the licensing daemon to pass"
will alter the firewall settings on your computer. The daemon will be allowed to
pass the firewall for domain, home/work and public.
Step 7
Click [Next ] to continue. This opens the "Ready to Install" screen.
Step 8
Click [Install] to start the installation. A status screen shows current progress of
Step 9
At the end of the process, you will see the following screen:
Step 10
Click [Finish] to complete the License Server installation. You do not need to
reboot your system.
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When you have a previous version of the license server installed, this will be
detected by the system. The installation package will behave differently in this
case, and offer the option to install the new license server with the same options
as the currently installed server.
This dialog will only come up, if an earlier version of RLM was detected, When
pressing continue, the settings of the previous version will be taken, and an
uninstall of that previous version is initiated.
If some files were locked during the de-installation, following screen will
appear. If you do an upgrade from version 9.3.0 or later, this dialog will not be
present since no files remain locked on the system.
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When pressing [Finish], the installation will store information on your system to
resume the upgrade. The installation will stop in order to free the locked files.
At this moment, there is no installation of RLM present on your system. To
complete the upgrade, you have to restart the installation manually.
Restarting the installation will show following screen after the welcome screen:
This screen means that you are in the upgrade procedure, and that the settings of
your previous version were retrieved. [Next] will guide you through the rest of
the regular installation steps where you can specify the dongle drivers and the
firewall settings.
Once the installation is finished, the new license server runs with the same
settings as the previous one did.
The installation copies the necessary files on your system, and starts a service.
This service represents the license server, and runs on port 5053. From within
LMS Test.Lab, you can connect to it by supplying the server name in the
installation, or after the installation in the application at
Tools/Options/licensing.
The license server has a built-in webserver, running on port 5054. When
connecting to it with your browser (http://{servername}:5054) you can do all
kind of actions on the webserver such as re-reading the license file, viewing the
log file etc. A more detailed explanation is present in the GUI of the webserver.
In your Start menu, there is a shortcut to access the webserver on your computer
at ‘Start -> All Programs -> LMS RLM 11.1 License server -> RLM server
Info’, but it is also possible to access it over the network.
What is Borrowing?
Ease of use
Availability
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License requirements
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a. Make sure you have a valid connection to the license server which contains
the licenses to be borrowed.
b. On the system that wants to borrow a license offline, start up the License
Borrowing tool:
‘Start -> All Programs -> Lms Test.Lab 15A-> Tools ->Licensing ->
LMSLicense Borrowing’ or startup the "License Borrowing tool' from within an
application.
Licenses will be borrowed from the server used to run LMS Test.Lab
applications.
d. Enter a borrowing end date (and eventually time). The borrowed licenses will
be available until that date. You can only borrow for complete days.
e. Click on the [Borrow] button to start the borrowing. From now on, the
borrowed licenses are available locally on the computer having borrowed the
licenses. The list of borrowed licenses is obtained on sorting the "Borrowed
Since" or "Until" columns.
Remark: The list of borrowed licenses can be saved by clicking the [Save
Borrowed List] button. This is useful if it is needed to regularly borrow the
same set of applications.
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‘Start -> All Programs -> Lms Test.Lab 15A-> Tools -> Licensing ->
LMSLicense Borrowing’ or from within the application.
d. Select in the first column the borrowed licenses you want to return.
Important Remarks
It’s still possible using the borrowed license, even when connected to your
network. However, nobody else will be able to use your license when your
workstation is turned off.
In case of disk crash: If you borrow licenses for 4 weeks, but your computer
disk crashes after two hours and it is impossible to restart it, the licenses will
still be blocked for 4 weeks. For security reasons this issue cannot be addressed.
Advanced mode
In This Chapter
Requirements for the installation of LMS Test.Lab ...........23
Software installation procedure ..........................................26
Changing the installed software .........................................45
LMS Test.Lab Command-Line Installation .......................49
Installation LMS Test.Lab Data Plugin for Active Pictures 54
Installation of LMS SCADAS Smart Control ....................57
Before you start this installation procedure you should be in possession of:
a DVD or a downloaded installation package (Web Distribution or ISO)
containing the LMS Test.Lab software.
a license file (for a license server or for direct use).
a hardware key if you are using this to protect the licenses.
Approximately 3 GB free disk space (without demo data). The installation
package will perform a dedicated disk space check before the start of the
installation.
For a downloaded installation package, approximately 1.5 GB for LMS
Test.Lab 15A and 400 MB for LMS Test.Lab DataPlugin for ActivePictures
are temporarily needed on the drive hosting the user’s Application Data
folder. Those installation packages can be downloaded from our support
site. They have a smaller size due to higher compression and need an
uncompressing phase. The uncompressed files are located under the user’s
Application Data folder (for example
C:\Users\{username}\AppData\Local\LMS). Those installations for web
distribution do not contain non LMS redistributables. The installation
package checks, at the beginning, on the prerequisites for installing LMS
Test.Lab or LMS Test.Lab Active Pictures. If those prerequisites are not
available, the installation package will invite to download them from
Microsoft websites.
Note: Only users who have administrative privileges can perform all the
software installation.
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To install the LMS Test.Lab 15A software, insert the LMS Test.Lab 15A DVD
in the DVD Drive. The Installation program will start automatically. If auto-
start is prohibited, launch the Windows Explorer, double-click the icon that
corresponds to the DVD Drive and double-click "autorun.exe". A dialog
appears, listing all applications available for installation.
In order to run any LMS Test.Lab application, a license server must be available
in the network or you must have a license file for direct use (without the need of
a license server). If you are using a license server, make sure an appropriate
license server is up and running before installing LMS Test.Lab 15A. To install
a license server, select "Install RLM License Server...". Licensing of the
software is managed using RLM. For more information about RLM, go to
chapter 2 section licensing terminology.
To install any LMS Test.Lab application, select "Install Test.Lab ...". If you
have downloaded an installation package, a double-click on the installation
package will have the same behavior. The Configuration of a LMS Data Server
Client, Server or StartPoint Server is also part of this manual. For guidelines,
how to configure and install a LMS Data Server, go to chapter 4 "Configuration
of LMS Test.Lab".
"LMS Data Plugin for Active Pictures" needs only to be installed if you do not
install LMS Test.Lab. The usage of Active Pictures does not require any
license.
For typical use, the minimum hardware requirements to run the LMS Test.Lab
15A software are:
a graphics adapter with a ,minimum resolution of 1280x1024 and 16 million
colors for LMS Test.Lab Environmental Testing or Signature Acquisition
products. For all other products a minimum resolution of 1024x768 and 256
colors would be enough, but a resolution of 1280x1024 and 16 million
colors is strongly advised.
a network interface card or a hardware key (dongle) for license protection
For further details, please read the section recommended for configuration in the
"Release notes.pdf" document. That document is available on the DVD under
Documents or on the LMS website (www.lmsintl.com), on the page "Support"
under "Current Releases".
For the LMS Data Server, some additional network requirements might apply,
depending on the local network setup. Systems running "Microsoft Windows 7"
or higher might need to modify the default firewall settings. From the 10B
installation onwards, the installation package is adding several exceptions to the
Windows firewall. Those exceptions are needed for a correct functioning of
LMS Test.Lab 15A.
Preferred operating system: LMS Test.Lab 15A was fully tested on Microsoft
Windows 7 Professional Edition. Standard tests were also executed on
Microsoft Windows 8.
For further details on supported operating systems, please read the section
recommended configuration in the release notes document. That document is
available on the DVD under Documents or the LMS web site
(www.lmsintl.com), on the page “support”, “current releases”.
Note: LMS Test.Lab 15A is currently compiled under 32bit mode, and can run
as such on Windows 7 64-bits. Running LMS Test.Lab 15A on a 64-bit
operating system will enable to increase the available RAM above 2GB (if
physically present).
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An Ethernet card.
Note: Windows Installer 4.0 or higher is required to install LMS Test.Lab 15A.
If you are using a license server, please check if a license server is running
before starting the installation: In the Windows Task Manager, the processes
lms.exe and rlm.exe must appear. Sometimes it is needed to setup exceptions on
the firewall, to prevent it, blocking the application ports that are being used.
Please contact your IT support for assistance with this. The default port, used
for broadcasting the licensed features, is 5053. If you need to change the port,
please check the RLM user manual.
If you need to install a dongle, please read the section "hardware key (dongle)"
in chapter 2 about licensing.
If you install LMS Test.Lab 15A the following "Welcome" screen appears:
Next to the license server, the ".NET Framework 4.5" needs to be installed.
Version 4.5 is required for correct interactions between LMS Test.Lab and
Microsoft Office and several applications like durability. The installation
package will detect this at the beginning of the installation and will suggest to
install ".NET Framework 4.5" if this is not yet the case. The installation
package will not force the installation.
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Note: LMS Test.Lab can only be installed for all users (local machine) and
requires administrator rights. This is required by Microsoft Windows Installer to
be able to set exceptions to the firewall for correct functioning of the products.
The LMS configuration and unit system need to be installed before installing
LMS Test.Lab. It is part of the pre-requisites and cannot be skipped. LMS
Test.Lab 15A requires the version 2.2 of the "LMS configuration and unit
system". The installation of the LMS Configuration and units editor has the
following steps:
Step 1
Welcome screen
Step 2
Select Installation Folder
Please browse or enter the folder were the products will be installed.
Click [Next ] to continue.
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Step 3
User configuration Folder
The "User Configuration Folder" screen allows you to specify the base path
where the LMS Test.Lab software will place its local files. Local files are files
that are saved by the user (layout files, configuration files, etc.).
The folder that you choose for placing local files can be any folder. It does not
necessarily need to be a subfolder of the installation folder. It can be any folder
that is convenient for the user and where the user has read and write
permissions. The folder entered here is the base folder. For TL
"\Userconfiguration\$LOGIN\Lms Test.Lab 15A\" will be added, with $LOGIN
replaced by the username of the logged on user.
Click [Next ] to continue.
Step 4
Group configuration folder
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Note: LMS Test.Lab never copies files to the group folder. This has to be done
by a system administrator.
It is possible to change the default hierarchy: local folder -> group folder ->
central folder. Please select "Prioritize the group folder" in the drop down list.
In that case, the hierarchy becomes "group folder -> local folder -> central
folder". What happens in this case is that the folders and files located in the
group folder are copied to the local folder. It means that if a file exists in the
local folder with the same name as in the group folder, it is overwritten.
Note: When the group folder has priority, the files that have the same name in
the local folder as in the group folder are overwritten.
Step 5
Ready to Install
Click [Install] to start the installation. A status screen shows the progress of the
installation process:
At the end of the process, you will see the following screen:
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To start the installation package, please click on the link "Install LMS Test.Lab
…" of the launch screen (DVD version) or double click the downloaded
installation package. The LMS Test.Lab installation starts with the check of
prerequisites (see previous section). If some prerequisites are missing, the
installation package will propose to install them.
Step 1
Welcome screen
Step 2
(optional) Automatic selection of features based on licenses files. This dialog is
optional. Please click [Next] if you want to select the features manually.
If you want to make use of the "automatic feature selection", please change the
toggle position to "Yes" and browse to the folder where you hold your license
file(s). If you have several license files, place them in the same folder. The
installation package will take into account all ".lic"-files of that folder to
compute the features to be selected. This works for license files belonging to
server(s) and for license files for direct use.
Click [Next ] to continue.
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Step 3
Product Selection
In the "Product Selection" dialog, all the features that could be retrieved from
the license file(s) are marked to be installed. If no license file(s) was (were)
provided, all features are selected except the demo data. You can modify this
selection by clicking on the down arrow and choose the appropriate features for
this component. Additionally you can click on the right arrow to get a more
detailed list of features.
Step 4
(if an Acoustic Camera feature was selected) the "3D Acoustic Camera" screen
appears
If you have selected an Acoustic Camera product, the installation will invite you
to install third party related applications.
For HD Acoustic Camera, you may need to install webcam drivers before to
connect the device. Check original CD provided.
After installation, you will find HD Acoustic Camera as a shortcut in Start menu
‘Start -> All Programs -> Lms Test.Lab 15A -> Test.Lab Acoustic’. Choose the
shortcut that corresponds to your array.
A new format of "bdd" file is used, which permits to exceed the limitation size
of 2 GB for one BDD. When opening an existing BDD file, the user is advised
that there is a new format, and the software launches an upgrade, creating a new
file with new format, and opens it.
For "mybase.bdd" which uses old format. A new file, "_64mybase.bdd" will be
created and opened. The old format file is not modified.
The user can archive original file, and rename new file with old name, and then
return to the software to process its data. (The ‘_64’ is just a reminder of the
upgrade: further created new files will not have this prefix.)
User created BDD templates (the upgrade does not concern LMS Test.Lab ‘.tpl’
files) for HD Acoustic camera can be upgraded by selecting them using
"Browse" function of HD Acoustic Camera. Once upgraded, exit LMS Test.Lab
and restart it after having renamed "_64[templatename].bdd" to remove the
‘_64’ prefix.
Youcan also use command line interface. The syntax is :
dumpbdd [templatename].bdd up64
Be sure that ‘dumpbdd.exe’ is in the path. Dumpbdd.exe is available after
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If you want to fill-in the license resources during installation, please select one
or more of the options here.
Select first option "Use a LMS_NO_SERVER.lic file" if you have got a license
file that runs without a license server and browse to that file.
Select second option "Use a license server" if you have access to a license
server. For this option, enter the name of the license server (remark: it is not
needed to let the server name start with "@").
For the last option "Advanced" you may specify multiple license files and
license servers as a mix, separated by semicolon (";").
By filling-in upfront the license resources, LMS Test.Lab 15A application will
not request for a license server or file later on. If you don’t select any "license"
option here, you will be prompted for a license server at first time you startup
LMS Test.Lab 15A application.
Step 6
Desktop Type
Please select the type of Desktop application, you want to install (this depends
on your available licenses).
The domain specify the configuration files to be copied to the local system. We
have three domains, Standard, Durability and NVH. Most of the files are the
same, depending on the domain, little differences can be present. The default
“Standard” will be the good approach for most users.
Click [Next ] to continue.
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Step 7
Firewall Exceptions
Note: The Windows exceptions are mandatory for being able to connect to a
UTP frontend.
Step 8
Installation folder
Please browse or enter the folder where the products will be installed.
Click [Next ] to continue.
Step 9
Project Data Folder selection
The "Project Data Folder" screen allows the user to enter the data folder. This
folder will be used in LMS Test.Lab as default place to store data.
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Step 10
(If TL-DTP60.2 Network Hub Add-in was selected) StartPoint Server)
If you have choosen to install the TL-DTP60.2 Network Hub Add-in, please fill
in the StartPpoint server name and its port number. Those fields are filled in by
default.
Click [Next ] to continue.
Step 11
(If TL-DTP.16.3 ASAM ODS was selected) ASAM/ODS Configuration
If you have chosen to install "TL-DTP.16.3 ASAM ODS", please specify the
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A status screen appears that lets you see how the installation process is
proceeding.
Step 14
Installation is completed
When the installation has successfully been finished, this is shown in a final
dialog.
Click [Finish] to end the installation.
Step 15
Final Information
When starting up an LMS Test.Lab application for the first time, it will be
required to enter the name of the system that runs the license server or to
browse to your license file for direct use (LMS_NO_SERVER.lic).
When using a license server, as an option, you can choose to use a specific port
number by using the following syntax: "{portnumber{@{servername}" (e.g.
"5053@MyServer" ). Using a specific port number is only necessary in the case
where another application is already using RLM software. Every RLM server
should communicate with its respective clients via a different port number. If
you make use of a port number, you should make sure that the port number you
define here is also reflected in the license file. This is absolutely necessary,
otherwise licenses will not be granted.
Note: It is possible to define more than one license server. To do this, separate
the different servers with a semicolon (;), for example,
@{MyServer};@{HisServer}.
Note: If you want to reinstall the software you just removed, you should first
reboot your system to clear its registry and services settings.
Files added after installation (local directory, license file, LMS DataServer
configuration files, ...) are not removed automatically via this uninstall
procedure. If necessary, you should remove those files manually. It is
recommended to remove the LMS DataServer configuration files before
reinstalling the software.
Step 1
Select Start Control Panel Programs and Features then select LMS
Test.Lab 15A and click [Change].
Step 2
A screen may appear asking you to close applications before proceeding. Then
the installation invites to change LMS Test.Lab 15A.
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Step 3
Welcome screen
Note: This option is not intended for reconfiguring the LMS Test.Lab 15A
software. It is only intended for solving problems that are related to missing or
corrupted files.
[Remove]
Uninstalls all installed software components from the system.
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This dialog presents the list of components that are already installed and the
ones not installed.
To install or retain components, make sure the feature is marked to be installed
on the local hard drive. To uninstall components, select “this feature will not be
available".
In this dialog, you have the possibility to change the previous installed domain,
Click next to continue and the click [Install]. At the end of the process you will
see a "Maintenance Complete" screen in which you just click [Finish].
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The Msi installer (msiexec.exe), takes several parameters (try none, to receive a
list). One of these is the silent install parameter “/qn”. When passed along, this
parameter will lead to a totally silent installation with absolutely no user
interaction at all. The parameter “/qb” will perform an installation with only
progress bars but no interaction with the end user. Other gradations of silent
installations exist. For these, we refer to the official Microsoft website
(http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa367988.aspx).
For example:
To install LMS Test.Lab 15A silently, using its default settings, the following
command line should be used: (open a command prompt at the installer’s
location). The installer is available under the \Installations folder on the DVD).
To install it silently, but under a different installation folder, you could override
the default parameter, using the APPDIR= argument:
Both the bootstrapper "LMS Test.Lab setup.exe" and the related msi "LMS
Test.Lab.msi" can be used to pass installation parameters. When the
bootstrapper is used, the parameters are passed to msi package.
This method can be used for installing LMS Test.Lab 15A and LMS Data
Plugin for Active Pictures.
Note: Please notice that LMS Test.Lab 15A requires the application "LMS
Configuration and Unit system 2.2" to be installed first. To install "LMS
Units Editor 2.1" silently, use the same approach as for the LMS Test.Lab
package, for example:
For example, to install the Modal Impact and Acoustic Intensity package
silently:
The ADDLOCAL contains the names of features to install. Typically, the name
of the feature is the product code without the dash. In this case, product TL-
STR.21.2 Modal Impact results in the feature name TLSTR.21.2; the same for
Acoustic Intensity.
Please notice that the feature name for LMS Desktop is TLDTP.0x.1 like
presented in the user interface of the installation package.
Note: Note that the features are case-sensitive, and if one is not found, the
installation is automatically aborted.
In the same way an installation can be silent, the removal of the installation, or
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specific features, can be done likewise. For removing the entire installation, the
parameter /i can be simply replaced by /x. For feature removal, the /i parameter
still needs to be applied, but instead of ADDLOCAL, REMOVE can be used.
For example:
The // is required. If not set, the boostrapper will replace it with /i {path to the
msi file}. This is the reason why it is not required when installing silently to
specify the location of the msi file.
Note: Removing all features has not the same behavior as removing LMS
Test.Lab 15A since production tools are always installed.
Like the APPDIR parameter used above, several other properties exist. The
most important are summarized here. For all possible parameters, we refer to
the official Microsoft website, found in the references.
APPDIR: path where you want LMS Test.Lab to be installed in Properties
specific for the LMS Configuration and unit system
LOCALFOLDERPATH: path where you want the local folder to be installed.
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Before you start this installation procedure you should be in possession of:
a DVD or a downloaded installation package (Web Distribution) containing
the LMS Data Plugin for Active Pictures software.
Approximately 400 MB free disk space. The installation package will
perform a dedicated disk space check before the start of the installation.
Note: Only users who have administrator privileges can perform all the
software installation.
To install the LMS Data Plugin for Active Pictures software, insert the LMS
Test.Lab 15A DVD in the DVD Drive. The Installation program will start
automatically. If auto-start is prohibited, launch the Windows Explorer, double
click the icon that corresponds to the DVD Drive and double-click
"autorun.exe". A dialog appears listing all applications available for installation.
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For further details on supported operating systems, please read the section
recommended configuration in the release notes document. That document is
available on the DVD under Documents or the LMS web site
(www.lmsintl.com), on the page “support”, “current releases”.
Note: LMS Data Plugin for Active Pictures is currently compiled under 32-bit
mode, and can run as such on Windows 7 64-bit. Running LMS Data Plugin
for Active Pictures on a 64-bit operating system will enable to increase the
available RAM above 2GB (if physically present).
Note: LMS Data Plugin for Active Pictures can only be installed for all users
(local machine) and require administration rights. This is required by
Microsoft Windows Installer to be able to set exceptions to the firewall for
correct functioning of the products.
In addition, LMS Test.Lab 15A may NOT be installed on the computer. This is
checked at the beginning of the installation. The opposite is also checked, when
LMS Data Plugin for Active Pictures is installed on a computer, LMS Test.Lab
15A cannot be installed.
The installation steps are similar to the installation of LMS Test.Lab 15A (steps
1, 3, 5, 10, 16, 17 and 18). The installation path can be changed (similar to step
10 of the LMS Test.Lab 15A installation).
Please check the LMS SCADAS Smart Control installation document on the
DVD layout under the folder “Documentation”.
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In This Chapter
LMS Data Server ................................................................59
File Handling ......................................................................65
LMS Frontend ....................................................................66
LMS Test.Lab Add-ins .......................................................67
LMS Test.Lab Environmental Testing products ................68
The LMS Data Server enables you to populate the Test Data Management
Database.
Before you start this installation procedure you should be in possession of:
a DVD containing the LMS Test.Lab software.
Note: A user who has administrator privileges should perform all the software
installation.
The LMS Data Server provides access to centralized data storage locations in a
Test Data Management environment.
Step 1
First install the license server.
Select “Install License Server ..." from the launch window and follow the
instructions.
Step 2
To install a DataServer on a PC:
From the launch window, select “Install LMS Test.Lab ..." and follow the
instructions.
In the “Custom Setup" window, you can specify the programs you want to
install.
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Select the feature "TL-DTP.50.2 Data Server". This should is only possible if a
license is available.
If no license is available, this component will not be marked for installation.
Make sure a license is available before continuing the installation.
If no other features need to be installed on this system, make sure they are
unmarked.
Note: You have to run the Network Data Access Configuration Tool before you
can use the DataServer (see next paragraph).
You can start this tool via Start All Programs LMS Test.Lab 15A
Configuration Network Data Access Configuration Wizard on the
DataServer system.
After installing a LMS Data Server, you need to run the Network Data Access
Configuration Wizard.
After installation you can start it via Start All Programs LMS Test.Lab
15A Configuration Network Data Access Configuration Wizard.
If the following message appears it means that the license server is not set.
Step 1
The welcome screen appears
Step 2
Click [Next ] to begin.
You need to specify which port the StartPoint Server will be using. Other
systems that need to connect to this StartPoint Server must use the same port
number.
Step 3
If you did not install a StartPoint Server on this system, you need to specify the
same port number as you specified on the system where the StartPoint Server
runs.
The default number for the Rev 15A release is 6652.
If a problem with the StartPoint Server occurs, you can reconfigure it. Selecting
the option to re-initialize the StartPoint Server allows you to redefine the
StartPoint server from scratch.
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Note: By doing this, all Startpoints will be removed from the StartPoint Server
(also the ones from other LMS Data Servers).
Step 4
By default, the communication method is set to “Use computer's name". If you
want to use IP numbers for communication, you can specify this as the
communication method.
The next steps of the wizard allow you to configure the LMS Data Server or
pool of LMS Data Servers on your system. They only appear if you have a LMS
Data Server installed.
By default, the system name is used with the default port number (9989) and the
Pool ID (0).
Then the system resolves its name to the currently corresponding IP number
before registering the LMS Data Server with this IP number.
Note: If you use IP numbers and this number changes (e.g. when you use
Dynamic Host Communication Protocol), you must run again the Network Data
Access Configuration Wizard.
Step 5
To define a pool of LMS Data Servers, in the “Port numbers for DataServer”
field, more than one port should be typed in (like in the snapshot above).
The pool ID’s can start from 0. In this case the first port (9989) will also be
available for Test.Lab.
If the “Pool IDs start from” value is not “0” the pool of DataServers cannot be
used by Test.Lab.
Note: If Tec.Manager and Test.Lab must be used together, then the value of
“Pool IDs start from” must be “0”.
Step 6
Click [Next ].
Step 7
Specify where the StartPoint Server is running, and if necessary change the port
number.
If you installed a StartPoint Server on this system, the defaults are OK. If the
StartPoint Server is running on another system, make sure you specify the
correct server and port number.
Step 8
A last step is to define the Startpoints on this LMS Data Server.
Click the [Add] button to define new Startpoints.
Step 9
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Note: The name of a Startpoint must be unique in the network, meaning that
there cannot exist two Startpoints with the same name, even if they refer to a
different LMS Data Server.
Step 10
Click the [OK ] button
Step 11
To modify an existing Startpoint, select it from the list and click the [Modify]
button.
Step 12
To delete a Startpoint, select it from the list and click the [Remove] button.
Step 13
When you have finished making changes, click the [Finish] button.
Step 14
Finally, the data transmission will finish.
When running the Network Data Access Configuration Wizard or when using
the LMS Data Server client add-in in the LMS Test.Lab 15A Desktop, several
Alert messages might pop up:
During running the installation wizard you have the possibility to define the
reading priority of your local or group folder. This option is only available when
you have a Group Folder defined. When choosing to prioritize your local folder,
files will be read from the local folder prior to the group folder. Note that
writing files will in all instances be done locally. If the Group Folder was
prioritized, all files from the group folder will be copied to your local folder at
every start-up of the software. This will make sure that files from the group
folder will be accessed prior to the locally saved files. This reading mechanism
can be modified also in Tools -> Options after the installation was completed.
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this tool. All settings of which folders that should be copied and merged can
also be defined manually.
The LMS Test.Lab acquisition and control software can be used with the LMS
SCADAS III, mobile, lab and XS hardware. Details regarding those frontends
and the modules supported are described in the Online help for the LMS
Test.Lab application.
When downloading recordings over the UTP connection from within the LMS
applications, no action needs to be taken.
Before using the CF card, it must be formatted, selecting EXFAT as file system.
LMS SCADAS Recorders delivered after the 10B release will have the correct
firmware installed at factory by default.
After installation of the LMS Test.Lab 15A application, available Add-ins may
be found under the Tools Add-ins menu of the running application itself.
If no RME DIGI96 audio device is installed, the audio card used will be the one
selected as default in Windows.
If a RME DIGI96 audio device is installed on the system, the audio Replay tool
will use it by default. However, this card can only replay sounds that have a
well-defined sample rate. This can give troubles when trying to listen to data
with Audio Replay. It is possible to select another sound device (e.g. the built-in
sound device) to avoid this problem.
CADA_RTA_OUTPUT_DEVICE.
The value must be a part of the word of the sound device. It can be found on the
Control Panel Sounds and Multimedia Sound Playback, and it is case
sensitive.
So, for example, if the sound card to be used is a "SoundMax Digital Audio"
card, you can specify
CADA_RTA_OUTPUT_DEVICE SoundMax
When plugging in, for the first time, the remote control in an USB-port of the
PC, the system will automatically detect this new hardware, and prompt you for
more information.
A dialog will come up asking for the location of the driver that you want to use.
This driver is available in the Drivers/Remocon folder, on the LMS Test.Lab
installation DVD.
Once the installation procedure is completed, you can activate the Remocon
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After the installation the shaker configuration wizard is accessible from the
Start menu.
The Shaker configuration wizard is also accessible from within the application
Step 2
Click [Next ].
This information screen shows you the location of the ShakerDefinitions file
that the LMS Test.Lab software will use. The content of this file will be
changed by the wizard.
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Step 3
Click [Next ].
This dialog lets you choose whether you want to add, remove or modify shaker
definitions. The first time you configure this shaker, you should choose “Add".
to add a shaker definition. Click [Next ].
Step 4
Fill in a name for the shaker. Then click [Next ].
Step 5
Now you will have to fill in the general shaker properties.
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Step 7
Click [Next ] to continue.
Step 8
Click [Next ] to continue.
Step 9
Click [Next ] to continue.
Step 10
Click [Finish ].
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Intel i7 cpu
16GB RAM
600GB sata (7200 rpm)
NVIDIA® Quadro® K1100M
Replay to Head Acoustics HPS with RME audio card does not transfer
HMS encoding. Workaround: set Field type and range manually on HPS
Siemens PLM Software has developed a genuine 64-bit version for most LMS
Test.Lab applications, which is available on request. The 32-bit version being
the advised one, the 64-bit version brings improvement in those cases of very
high memory demands.
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Index • 79
LMS Test.Lab Licensing • 7
A M
Adding and/or removing software applications Making LMS SCADAS Recorder recordings
• 55 greater than 4 GB • 77
After the installation • 22
Audio Replay & filter • 78 N
B Network • 29, 66
Network Data Access Configuration Wizard •
Borrowing Licenses • 23 70
C O
Changing the installed software • 55 Operating System & Other Software • 29, 66
Computer • 29, 66
Configuration and installation • 69 P
Configuration of the LMS Test.Lab • 69 Preface • 5
Connections for the frontend • 30 Prerequisite to install the software • 30
D Prerequisites • 67
Prerequisites and installation of LMS Data
Default firewall settings on Windows 7 or Plugin for Test.Lab Active Pictures • 67
higher • 76 Properties customization • 63
Dell precision M4800 • 85
Dell Precision T3610 • 84 R
Desktop PCs • 84 Recommended PC Hardware • 84
F Remote Control in Rotating Machinery &
Acoustic Testing products • 78
Feature Selection • 62 Requirements for the installation of LMS
File Handling • 76 Test.Lab • 27
Requirements for the installation of LMS
I
Test.Lab Data Plugin for Active Pictures •
Installation • 67 65
Installation LMS Test.Lab 15A • 27
Installation LMS Test.Lab Data Plugin for S
Active Pictures • 65 Screen Resolution • 87
Installation of LMS SCADAS Smart Control • Shaker Configuration Wizard • 79
68 Silent installation • 61
Installation of remote control • 79 Silent Uninstalls • 63
Installing a new license file • 60 Software installation procedure • 30
Installing the RLM license manager software •
9 T
Interoperability with Microsoft Office (Word Terminology • 7
and PowerPoint) • 87 To install an LMS Data Server • 69
L To install the software • 40
To modify installed components • 59
Laptop PCs • 85 To uninstall the software • 55
LMS Data Server • 69
LMS Frontend • 77 U
LMS Test.Lab Add-ins • 78 Upgrade a previous license server • 18
LMS Test.Lab Command-Line Installation •
61
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W
Windows Operating System • 85
X
XS driver installation • 77