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| author | Daniele Nicolodi <nicolodi@science.unitn.it> |
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| date | Wed, 23 Nov 2011 19:22:13 +0100 |
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| 2 Some features of the LTPDA Toolbox require additional 3rd-party software to be installed. These are listed below. | |
| 3 </p> | |
| 4 <p> | |
| 5 <hr> | |
| 6 <h2>Graphviz</h2> | |
| 7 | |
| 8 <p>In order to use the commands listed below, the <a href="matlab:web('http://www.graphviz.org/')">Graphviz</a> package must be installed.</p> | |
| 9 | |
| 10 <p> | |
| 11 <table cellspacing="0" class="body" cellpadding="4" border="2"> | |
| 12 <colgroup> | |
| 13 <col width="37%"/> | |
| 14 <col width="63%"/> | |
| 15 </colgroup> | |
| 16 <thead> | |
| 17 <tr valign="top"> | |
| 18 <th bgcolor="#B2B2B2">Method</th> | |
| 19 <th bgcolor="#B2B2B2">Description</th> | |
| 20 </tr> | |
| 21 </thead> | |
| 22 <tbody> | |
| 23 | |
| 24 <!-- history/dotview --> | |
| 25 <tr valign="top"> | |
| 26 <td bgcolor="#F2F2F2"> | |
| 27 <p><tt>history/dotview</tt></p> | |
| 28 </td> | |
| 29 <td bgcolor="#F2F2F2"> | |
| 30 <p>Convert a history object to a tree-diagram using the DOT interpreter.</p> | |
| 31 </td> | |
| 32 </tr> | |
| 33 | |
| 34 <!-- ssm/dotview --> | |
| 35 <tr valign="top"> | |
| 36 <td bgcolor="#F2F2F2"> | |
| 37 <p><tt>ssm/dotview</tt></p> | |
| 38 </td> | |
| 39 <td bgcolor="#F2F2F2"> | |
| 40 <p>Convert the statespace model object to a block-diagram using the DOT interpreter.</p> | |
| 41 </td> | |
| 42 </tr> | |
| 43 | |
| 44 <!-- report --> | |
| 45 <tr valign="top"> | |
| 46 <td bgcolor="#F2F2F2"> | |
| 47 <p><tt>report</tt></p> | |
| 48 </td> | |
| 49 <td bgcolor="#F2F2F2"> | |
| 50 <p>Generates a HTML report about the input objects which includes a DOT block-diagram of the history.</p> | |
| 51 </td> | |
| 52 </tr> | |
| 53 | |
| 54 </tbody> | |
| 55 </table> | |
| 56 </p> | |
| 57 | |
| 58 <p>The following installation guidelines can be used for different platforms</p> | |
| 59 <ul> | |
| 60 <li><p><a href="#windows"/>Installation Guide for Windows</p></li> | |
| 61 <li><p><a href="#mac"/>Installation Guide for Mac OS X</p></li> | |
| 62 <li><p><a href="#linux"/>Installation Guide for Linux</p></li> | |
| 63 </ul> | |
| 64 | |
| 65 <h3><a name="windows"/> Windows </h3> | |
| 66 | |
| 67 <p> | |
| 68 <ol> | |
| 69 <li><p>Download the relevant package from Downloads section of <a href="matlab:web('http://www.graphviz.org/')">www.graphviz.org</a>.</p></li> | |
| 70 <li><p>Install the package by following the relevant instructions.</p></li> | |
| 71 <li><p>Set the two relevant preferences with your LTPDA Preferences Panel</p></li> | |
| 72 <ol> | |
| 73 <li>For this start the LTPDApres<br /> | |
| 74 <br /> | |
| 75 <table cellspacing="0" class="note" summary="Note" cellpadding="5" border="1"> | |
| 76 <tr width="90%"> | |
| 77 <td>>> LTPDAprefs | |
| 78 </td> | |
| 79 </tr> | |
| 80 </table> | |
| 81 <br /> | |
| 82 </li> | |
| 83 <li>or press the "LTPDA Preferences" button on the LTPDA Launch Bay<br /> | |
| 84 <br></br> | |
| 85 <img src="images/LTPDAlauncher.png" alt="Interpolate" border="0"></img> | |
| 86 <br /> | |
| 87 <br /> | |
| 88 </li> | |
| 89 <li style="margin-top:1ex">Select on your LTPDA Preferences Panel the category "External Programs"<br /> | |
| 90 <br /> | |
| 91 <img src="images/LTPDAprefs_ExtProg.png" alt="Interpolate" border="0"></img> <br /> | |
| 92 <br /> | |
| 93 </li> | |
| 94 <li style="margin-top:1ex">Set the path to the 'dot.exe' binary in the editable text field "DOT binary". If you perform the default installation, this should be something like: | |
| 95 <br>'c:\Program Files\Graphviz2.20\bin\dot.exe';</br> | |
| 96 </li> | |
| 97 <li>Define in the editable text field "DOT format" the graphics format to output. See <a href="matlab:web('http://www.graphviz.org/doc/info/output.html')">formats</a> for available formats. To view the final graphics file you must have a suitable viewer for that graphics format installed on the system. For example, to output as PDF | |
| 98 </li> | |
| 99 </ol> | |
| 100 </ol> | |
| 101 </p> | |
| 102 | |
| 103 <h3><a name="mac"/> Mac OS X </h3> | |
| 104 <p> | |
| 105 <ol> | |
| 106 <li>Choose from:</li> | |
| 107 <ol> | |
| 108 <li> From graphviz:</li> | |
| 109 <ul> | |
| 110 <li>Download the relevant package from Downloads section of <a href="matlab:web('http://www.graphviz.org/')">www.graphviz.org</a>.</li> | |
| 111 <li>Install the package by following the relevant instructions.</li> | |
| 112 </ul> | |
| 113 <li> From Fink:</li> | |
| 114 <ul> | |
| 115 <li> If you use the fink package manager, in a terminal: <tt>> fink install graphviz</tt></li> | |
| 116 </ul> | |
| 117 </ol> | |
| 118 <li>Set the two relevant preferences with your LTPDA Preferences Panel.</li> | |
| 119 <ol> | |
| 120 <li>Start the LTPDA Preferences Panel. For this follow the step 3.1 or 3.2 of the window installation.</li> | |
| 121 <li>Set the path to the 'dot' binary in the editable text field "DOT binary". If you perform the default installation from fink, this should be something like: | |
| 122 <br>'/sw/bin/dot'</br> | |
| 123 </li> | |
| 124 <li>Define in the editable text field "DOT format" the graphics format to output. See <a href="matlab:web('http://www.graphviz.org/doc/info/output.html')">formats</a> for available formats. To view the final graphics file you must have a suitable viewer for that graphics format installed on the system. For example, to output as PDF | |
| 125 </li> | |
| 126 </ol> | |
| 127 </ol> | |
| 128 </p> | |
| 129 | |
| 130 <h3><a name="linux"/> Linux </h3> | |
| 131 | |
| 132 <p> | |
| 133 <ol> | |
| 134 <li>Choose from:</li> | |
| 135 <ol> | |
| 136 <li> From graphviz:</li> | |
| 137 <ul> | |
| 138 <li>Download the relevant package from Downloads section of <a href="matlab:web('http://www.graphviz.org/')">www.graphviz.org</a>.</li> | |
| 139 <li>Install the package by following the relevant instructions.</li> | |
| 140 </ul> | |
| 141 <li> From terminal (Ubuntu):</li> | |
| 142 <ul> | |
| 143 <li>Please type in a terminal: <tt>>sudo apt-get install graphviz</tt></li> | |
| 144 </ul> | |
| 145 <li> From graphical package manager like <b>YaSt, Synaptic, Adept, ...</b></li> | |
| 146 <ul> | |
| 147 <li>Start your graphical package manager</li> | |
| 148 <li>Search for the <tt>>graphviz</tt> package</li> | |
| 149 <li>Select the package and all depending packes and install these packages.</li> | |
| 150 </ul> | |
| 151 </ol> | |
| 152 <li>Set the two relevant preferences with your LTPDA Preferences Panel.</li> | |
| 153 <ol> | |
| 154 <li>Start the LTPDA Preferences Panel. For this follow the step 3.1 or 3.2 of the window installation.</li> | |
| 155 <li>Set the path to the 'dot' binary in the editable text field "DOT binary". If you perform the default installation from the terminal, this should be something like: | |
| 156 <br>'/usr/bin/dot';</br> | |
| 157 <br>even 'dot' without the path should work</br> | |
| 158 </li> | |
| 159 <li>Define in the editable text field "DOT format" the graphics format to output. See <a href="matlab:web('http://www.graphviz.org/doc/info/output.html')">formats</a> for available formats. To view the final graphics file you must have a suitable viewer for that graphics format installed on the system. For example, to output as PDF | |
| 160 </li> | |
| 161 </ol> | |
| 162 <li>Define a programm in MATLAB which opens the file.</li> | |
| 163 <ol> | |
| 164 <li>The default programm to open a pdf file is the Acrobat Reader</li> | |
| 165 <li>Define another program under File -> Preferences -> Help -> PDF Reader</li> | |
| 166 </ol> | |
| 167 </ol> | |
| 168 </p> | |
| 169 </p> | |
| 170 |