Installing and Using  fwSpecs
on Linux or Windows

 Documentation:

• Documentation for the fwSpecs Library v3r5 (and above) can be found here

• Some presentation of FwSpecs can be found here and (whi the the HW tool) here

• Some performance measurements can be found here.

• Current version release notes can be found here.

Installation:

• Get the fwSpecs Zip file and extract it into a directory (this will create an fwSpecs_XXX directory inside).
  - On Linux please use "unzip -a"
• Please use the FW Installation tool to install fwSpecs
  • You need to install also FwDIM
  • Choose fwSpecs_XXX as the place to "Look for new components"
  • This will install it into the directory of your choice, from here on called "Installation Directory" (can be checked on "Advanced Options").

• This component relies on a DIM Name Server to be running
  • Please see here how to start one
• And on Specs Servers running on each PC with a SPECS Master:
  • The SpecsLib & SpecsUser should be installed on the computer
  • Set the environment variable DIM_DNS_NODE to the <node name> where the DIM Name Server (Dns) is running.
  • The SpecsServer executables are available in:
    • fwSpecs_XXX/bin (SpecsServer.exe for Windows, SpecsServer for Linux)
    • Please type "SpecsServer -help" for the list of parameters
• The installation procedure adds to the console a PVSS00dim manager for communication with the SpecsServers.
  • It needs the environment variable DIM_DNS_NODE set
  • Or the parameter -dim_dns_node <node_name> specified in the manager options
• You can then start a SpecsClient Panel
  • panels/fwSpecs/SpecsClient.pnl