%f it is, then run the tool as normal E if it isnLt then browse to your primary 0ibrary path and then run the tool.
epending on how you have set up your system this may or may not be your primary 0ibrary path. The legacy importer utility will launch after installation and point to a library path. !ince we donLt $now why libraries have been separated or moved you may need to wor$ manually by copying files between your Proteus .++ directories and your Proteus 8.++ directories. %n this case you have more than one library directory specified for your Proteus .++ installation. %f you did not ma$e use of the 0egacy %mporter utility during installation you can launch it separately from the B%I directory of your Proteus 8 installation (0egacy!ettings%mporter.e+e). Io user action is normally re4uired for this type of installation. &fter installation of Proteus 8 the 0egacy %mporter utility will launch and offer to copy your user libraries, styles and templates to the new Proteus 8 locations. This is the normal situation in which your Proteus was installed with a single library directory and you have not since changed, moved or added library paths. %n general this can be fully automated but the process may vary depending on your Proteus configuration. !ince Proteus 8 installs directories re4uiring write access in a different directory structure there may be some wor$ re4uired in moving e+isting libraries and data from your e+isting Proteus .++ installation. %gnoreBetas is an optional string which can be added and set to either or disablepdate%nstallation is an optional string with change can be added and set to either or The latter $ey will prevent any client machines from installing available updates independently. This is the chec$ing period for the client. This can be done by setting registry $eys on the clients as follows6 /D0!A1T5&'"F5owGH=IodeJ0abcenter "lectronicsProteus 8 FProfessionalK0iteKemoJpdate anager pdate!chedule is a dword value in days between = and . %n large corporations or institutions you may want to control the deployment of updates on client machines. Batch files on the client side can help with automation of this step. %f set this will set the environment variable, if not set the variable will be cleared.
5here a server license and dongle are installed the KE_!E#E property can be set on the command line to point to the licence $ey server. To prevent the reEinstallation of a language pac$ the NO_LANG_PACK=1 option can be appended.
To install a language pac$ with the installation the LANG_PACK="full path to language pack" can be appended. 0icence $eys can be installed by command line option to the installer by adding a parameter LXK="full\path\to\lic.LXK" The order of command line arguments is important.
Where we have path to msi that was e+tracted by step 2 (other files also e+tracted), the target program data directory and the target program directory. *) Silent Install on t#e +lientġrom an admini!trati#e command prompt on the client you run something li$e 6 msie+ec 7i 74n &T&:%' "6Proteus &PP%' "6Proteus 0# networ$sharelicenseslic.0#
ou can find tutorial guides and an update guide from Proteus near the -ou the top of the home page on the left hand side.e+e 7e+enoui 7a 77 7passive 74n T&'3"T%' P'A"CT!P'AB%0%nstallers"nglish where setup:pro8.2>.e+e is the Proteus installer and the T&'3"T%' path is the path to e+tract to.
%!%!, &'"!) each have their own reference manuals and tutorial documentation.
This document covers the Proteus 8 application framewor$ and other functionality related to the software suite as a whole. The new Bill of aterials module contains a live viewer and the iewer and esign "+plorer are also lin$ed into the live netlist. The most obvious e+ample of this is wiring in %!%! producing ratsnest connections in &'"! but it goes much further than that. Together Together with the common database the maintenance of a live netlist allows all open modules to automatically reflect changes. !hared access to this database by all application modules ma$es possible a huge number of new features, many of which will evolve over the course of the ersion 8 lifecycle. & part can contain both a schematic component and a PCB footprint as well both user and system properties. The common database contains co ntains information about parts used in the pro*ect. %!%!, &'"!, all open as tabbed windows within this framewor$ and therefore all have access to the common database. This is the framewor$ or container which hosts all of the functionality of Proteus. Proteus 8 consists of a single application (P!."#"). The wrapper that enables all of the various tools to communicate with each other consists of three main parts. Proteus 8 is a single application with many service modules offering different functionality (schematic capture, PCB layout, etc.).