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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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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/1999/REC-html401-19991224/loose.dtd"> <html lang="en"> <head> <meta name="generator" content= "HTML Tidy for Mac OS X (vers 1st December 2004), see www.w3.org"> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content= "text/html; charset=us-ascii"> <title>Additional 3rd-party software (LTPDA Toolbox)</title> <link rel="stylesheet" href="docstyle.css" type="text/css"> <meta name="generator" content="DocBook XSL Stylesheets V1.52.2"> <meta name="description" content= "Presents an overview of the features, system requirements, and starting the toolbox."> </head> <body> <a name="top_of_page" id="top_of_page"></a> <p style="font-size:1px;"> </p> <table class="nav" summary="Navigation aid" border="0" width= "100%" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"> <tr> <td valign="baseline"><b>LTPDA Toolbox</b></td><td><a href="../helptoc.html">contents</a></td> <td valign="baseline" align="right"><a href= "setup.html"><img src="b_prev.gif" border="0" align= "bottom" alt="Setting-up MATLAB"></a> <a href= "trouble_shooting.html"><img src="b_next.gif" border="0" align= "bottom" alt="Trouble-shooting"></a></td> </tr> </table> <h1 class="title"><a name="f3-12899" id="f3-12899"></a>Additional 3rd-party software</h1> <hr> <p> <p> Some features of the LTPDA Toolbox require additional 3rd-party software to be installed. These are listed below. </p> <p> <hr> <h2>Graphviz</h2> <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> <p> <table cellspacing="0" class="body" cellpadding="4" border="2"> <colgroup> <col width="37%"/> <col width="63%"/> </colgroup> <thead> <tr valign="top"> <th bgcolor="#B2B2B2">Method</th> <th bgcolor="#B2B2B2">Description</th> </tr> </thead> <tbody> <!-- history/dotview --> <tr valign="top"> <td bgcolor="#F2F2F2"> <p><tt>history/dotview</tt></p> </td> <td bgcolor="#F2F2F2"> <p>Convert a history object to a tree-diagram using the DOT interpreter.</p> </td> </tr> <!-- ssm/dotview --> <tr valign="top"> <td bgcolor="#F2F2F2"> <p><tt>ssm/dotview</tt></p> </td> <td bgcolor="#F2F2F2"> <p>Convert the statespace model object to a block-diagram using the DOT interpreter.</p> </td> </tr> <!-- report --> <tr valign="top"> <td bgcolor="#F2F2F2"> <p><tt>report</tt></p> </td> <td bgcolor="#F2F2F2"> <p>Generates a HTML report about the input objects which includes a DOT block-diagram of the history.</p> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table> </p> <p>The following installation guidelines can be used for different platforms</p> <ul> <li><p><a href="#windows"/>Installation Guide for Windows</p></li> <li><p><a href="#mac"/>Installation Guide for Mac OS X</p></li> <li><p><a href="#linux"/>Installation Guide for Linux</p></li> </ul> <h3><a name="windows"/> Windows </h3> <p> <ol> <li><p>Download the relevant package from Downloads section of <a href="matlab:web('http://www.graphviz.org/')">www.graphviz.org</a>.</p></li> <li><p>Install the package by following the relevant instructions.</p></li> <li><p>Set the two relevant preferences with your LTPDA Preferences Panel</p></li> <ol> <li>For this start the LTPDApres<br /> <br /> <table cellspacing="0" class="note" summary="Note" cellpadding="5" border="1"> <tr width="90%"> <td>>> LTPDAprefs </td> </tr> </table> <br /> </li> <li>or press the "LTPDA Preferences" button on the LTPDA Launch Bay<br /> <br></br> <img src="images/LTPDAlauncher.png" alt="Interpolate" border="0"></img> <br /> <br /> </li> <li style="margin-top:1ex">Select on your LTPDA Preferences Panel the category "External Programs"<br /> <br /> <img src="images/LTPDAprefs_ExtProg.png" alt="Interpolate" border="0"></img> <br /> <br /> </li> <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: <br>'c:\Program Files\Graphviz2.20\bin\dot.exe';</br> </li> <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 </li> </ol> </ol> </p> <h3><a name="mac"/> Mac OS X </h3> <p> <ol> <li>Choose from:</li> <ol> <li> From graphviz:</li> <ul> <li>Download the relevant package from Downloads section of <a href="matlab:web('http://www.graphviz.org/')">www.graphviz.org</a>.</li> <li>Install the package by following the relevant instructions.</li> </ul> <li> From Fink:</li> <ul> <li> If you use the fink package manager, in a terminal: <tt>> fink install graphviz</tt></li> </ul> </ol> <li>Set the two relevant preferences with your LTPDA Preferences Panel.</li> <ol> <li>Start the LTPDA Preferences Panel. For this follow the step 3.1 or 3.2 of the window installation.</li> <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: <br>'/sw/bin/dot'</br> </li> <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 </li> </ol> </ol> </p> <h3><a name="linux"/> Linux </h3> <p> <ol> <li>Choose from:</li> <ol> <li> From graphviz:</li> <ul> <li>Download the relevant package from Downloads section of <a href="matlab:web('http://www.graphviz.org/')">www.graphviz.org</a>.</li> <li>Install the package by following the relevant instructions.</li> </ul> <li> From terminal (Ubuntu):</li> <ul> <li>Please type in a terminal: <tt>>sudo apt-get install graphviz</tt></li> </ul> <li> From graphical package manager like <b>YaSt, Synaptic, Adept, ...</b></li> <ul> <li>Start your graphical package manager</li> <li>Search for the <tt>>graphviz</tt> package</li> <li>Select the package and all depending packes and install these packages.</li> </ul> </ol> <li>Set the two relevant preferences with your LTPDA Preferences Panel.</li> <ol> <li>Start the LTPDA Preferences Panel. For this follow the step 3.1 or 3.2 of the window installation.</li> <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: <br>'/usr/bin/dot';</br> <br>even 'dot' without the path should work</br> </li> <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 </li> </ol> <li>Define a programm in MATLAB which opens the file.</li> <ol> <li>The default programm to open a pdf file is the Acrobat Reader</li> <li>Define another program under File -> Preferences -> Help -> PDF Reader</li> </ol> </ol> </p> </p> </p> <br> <br> <table class="nav" summary="Navigation aid" border="0" width= "100%" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"> <tr valign="top"> <td align="left" width="20"><a href="setup.html"><img src= "b_prev.gif" border="0" align="bottom" alt= "Setting-up MATLAB"></a> </td> <td align="left">Setting-up MATLAB</td> <td> </td> <td align="right">Trouble-shooting</td> <td align="right" width="20"><a href= "trouble_shooting.html"><img src="b_next.gif" border="0" align= "bottom" alt="Trouble-shooting"></a></td> </tr> </table><br> <p class="copy">©LTP Team</p> </body> </html>