Tips
for installing PSYCHOlight
PSYCHOlight
is a software
tool developed
by the GOADB Group at
the DISI - University of Genoa
for research
purposes
PSYCHOlight is a client-server application
developed on top of Oracle 10g with three main components, which can be
distributed on different hosts in the same network:
· the
PSYCHOlight client (available in two versions: a textual user interface and
a graphical user interface, which has currently limited functionalities);
· the
PSYCHOlight server;
· the PBMS
The utility for installing and configuring PSYCHOlight
environment is available on this site at the SOFTWARE section.
To correctly create and configure the PBMS used by
PSYCHOlight,you need to set up the environment within the Oracle 10g
server. This can be done either from the machine where the Oracle server
resides or from a remote machine where an Oracle client resides, as
described below in the “PSYCHOlight PBMS set-up”
section
After this initial set up phase, you
may use PSYCHOlight as many times as you want in a client-server mode. To
this end, you first need to start the PSYCHOlight server and, then, a
PSYCHOlight client (the textual one or the graphical one, as you prefer).
The procedure to run PSYCHOlight server and clients is described in the
“Run PSYCHOlight”
section.
We remark that the current version of PSYCHOlight server
accepts multiple connections from different PSYCHOlight clients, but not
running on the same host.
Pre-installed software required:
· ORACLE
10g Release 1.0
· Java
Virtual Machine 1.5 (or, at least, the Java Runtime Environment 1.5)
Download PSYCHOlight software:
After downloading the utility to install PSYCHOlight
(see the SOFTWARE
section), extract the content of the PSYCHOlight.zip file on your file
system (be sure the path does not include directories whose name contains
white spaces)
PSYCHOlight PBMS set-up:(*)
1. Move to the
PSYCHOlight_installer\classes\com\psycholight\install directory and launch
“run.cmd” (you will be required to enter the Oracle SYS
password and information concerning the Oracle host and service you want to
use);
2. Move to the
PSYCHOlight_server\classes\com\psycholight\server directory, edit the file
PBHOST, and put in the name of your Oracle host
ATTENTION: the installer executes javac and java
commands. Thus, you need to register in the classpath of your system the
reference for the JDK to be used (which as to be at least a JDK1.5). Be
sure that the corresponding path is inserted in the classpath before the
path linking to the Oracle JDK version.
Run PSYCHOlight:
1. Lauch the
PSYCHOlight server:
a. Move to
your PSYCHOlight home
b. Move to the
path “PSYCHOlight_server\classes\com\psycholight\server” and
lauch the “run.cmd” file
2. If you wish
to use the textual PSYCHOlight client:
- Move to your PSYCHOlight home
- Move to the path
“client\classes\com\psycholight\client” and lauch the
“run.cmd” file.
A
wizard will ask you to enter:
i. a
user name for the PBMS you want to use;
ii. its
corresponding password;
iii. the
name of the host where PSYCHOlight server is running;
iv. the
Oracle service name used to connect to the Oracle instance where the PBMS
has been created
- If you wish to use the graphical PSYCHOlight
client:
a. Move to
your PSYCHOlight home
b. Move to the
path “ClientExtended\classes\com\psycholight\GUI” and lauch the
“run.cmd” file. A wizard will ask you to enter:
i. a
user name for the PBMS you want to use;
ii. its
corresponding password;
iii. the
name of the host where PSYCHOlight server is running;
iv. the
Oracle service name used to connect to the Oracle instance where the PBMS
has been created
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