2. Installation
2.1. Windows
2.1.1. Setup Process
The product can be installed by executing the setup.exe
(requires administrator privileges) and follow the screen instructions:
- Welcome page:
- License Agreement:
- Select Installation Folder:
- Confirm Installation:
- Installing EC-Engineer:
- Installation Complete:
2.1.2. Silent Installation
The product can be also installed in silent mode by using the command line parameters of msiexec
.
Sample 1: Installs EC-EngineerWeb into default installation folder
msiexec /i c:/temp/ECEngineerWebSetup.msi /quiet /qn /norestart /log c:/temp/install.log
Sample 2: Installs EC-EngineerWeb into C:/EC-EngineerWeb
msiexec /i c:/temp/ECEngineerWebSetup.msi /quiet /qn /norestart /log c:/temp/install.log INSTALLLOCATION="C:/EC-EngineerWeb"
For more information please refer command line parameters of msiexec
.
Note
The system requirements EtherCAT Slave descriptions (ESI files) will be not checked!
2.1.3. File and Folder Structure
The setup process will copy all necessary files into the following folder:
- Installation directory: (Default:
%ProgramFiles%/acontis_technologies/EC-EngineerWeb
) /Doc
Release notes and the user manual
EcEngineerWeb.exe
EcMaster.dll
…
- All users directory: (
%ALLUSERSPROFILE%/EC-EngineerWeb
, likeC:/ProgramData/EC-EngineerWeb
) /EtherCAT
EtherCAT Slave Information
ESI
Files (can be modified via ESI-Manager)/EMI
EtherCAT Master Information files (see User Manual EC-Engineer , Chapter EMI Manager)
ESICache.xml
ESI-File-Cache for faster access of
ESI
filesEC-EngineerWeb.log
Log file
User.myusername.xml
User specific settings
2.2. Linux
2.2.1. Setup Process Linux
The product can be installed by following the following step:
Extract it e.g. into /opt/EC-EngineerWeb_Linux-x64/
(sudo is required)
- Optional
- Images are missing you may need to install those libraries:
libc6-dev
libgdiplus
- Dongle version
Install “CodeMeter User Runtime for Linux”: https://www.wibu.com/support/user/downloads-user-software.html
- E.g. Ubuntu-x64
download the package “Linux 64-bit DEB Package”
open context menu and select
and install the package
Run /opt/EC-EngineerWeb_Linux-x64/bin/EcEngineerWeb
(sudo is required)
Open default browser and enter http://127.0.0.1:5000
2.2.2. File and Folder Structure Linux
The setup process describes how to install all files into the following folder:
- Installation directory: (Default:
/opt/EC-EngineerWeb_Linux-x64/
) /bin
EcEngineerWeb
EcMaster.dll
…
/doc
Release notes and the user manual
/etc
Linux specific
/EMI
EtherCAT Master Information files (see User Manual EC-Engineer , Chapter EMI Manager)
EcEngineerWeb.xml
User specific settings
/var
Linux specific
/cache
ESICache.xml
ESI-File-Cache for faster access of
ESI
files/lib
Linux specific
/EtherCAT
EtherCAT Slave Information
ESI
Files (can be modified via ESI-Manager)/log
EcEngineerWeb.log
Log file
2.3. MacOS
2.3.1. Setup Process MacOS
The product can be installed by following the following step:
- Extract it e.g. into
/Users/username/Desktop/EC-EngineerWeb_MacOS-x64/
- Optional
- Images are missing you may need to install those libraries:
libgdiplus
- Dongle version
Install “CodeMeter User Runtime for mac OS”: https://www.wibu.com/support/user/downloads-user-software.html
Run /Users/username/Desktop/EC-EngineerWeb_MacOS-x64/EcEngineerWeb
Open default browser and enter http://127.0.0.1:5000
2.3.2. File and Folder Structure MacOS
The setup process describes how to install all files into the following folder:
- Installation directory: (Default:
/Users/username/Desktop/EC-EngineerWeb_MacOS-x64/
) /Doc
Release notes and the user manual
/EMI
EtherCAT Master Information files (see User Manual EC-Engineer, Chapter EMI Manager)
/EtherCAT
EtherCAT Slave Information
ESI
Files (can be modified via ESI-Manager)EcEngineerWeb.xml
User specific settings
- EcEngineerWeb
EC-EngineerWeb
ESICache.xml
ESI-File-Cache for faster access of
ESI
filesEcEngineerWeb.log
Log file