Sound Power Install
The Sound Power Solution is meant to work in combination with its associated Analyzer software NVGATE®. In this way, the full power of the NVGATE® platform and associated multi channel INSTRUMENT HARDWARE is made fully available for your one clear objective: measuring Sound Power.
This "INSTALLATION GUIDE" will guide you through the installation of the Sound Power software and help you run it for the first time. It will explain in particular the way the installation should be done in parallel to NVGATE® and to the Instrument Hardware.
First Check
Recommended PC configuration
See PC Requirement page.
Equipment required for the installation
- OROS Sound Power V3.10.1 february 2020
- A NVGate dongle that is OROS Sound Power authorized
Installation
Installation of the NVGate software
NVGate must be installed properly on the PC before starting the installation of Sound Power.
Installation of the Sound Power Solution
Ensure NVGate is installed and running on the PC before starting the installation of Sound Power.
The procedure of installation of Sound Power is the same for Windows 98, 2000 and XP.
The following screenshots have been created under Windows XP.
Insert the CD in the appropriate drive and wait for the Autorun program (or run the "setup.exe" program from the CD).
Wait until the following window is displayed:
Click on "Next >".
After installing the files, the following window is displayed:
Select the location of the "Sound Power" folder. It is highly recommended to keep the default location:
C:\OROS\Programs\SoundPower.
Installing Sound Power in the NVGate directory (as it is by default) enables links between the Sound Power Online Help and the NVGate Online Help.
Click on "Next >".
The following window is displayed:
Indicate the location of NVGate.exe.
If NVGate is installed on the same PC:
- Choose "Local" and indicate the path for "NVGate.exe". By default, it is: "C:\OROS\Programs\NVGate\NVGate.exe".
If you are using NVGate from another PC:
- Choose "Remote" and indicate the IP address of this second PC.
If later you want to change the Sound Power configuration:
- Launch SoundPowerConfig.exe" from "C:\OROS\Programs\Sound Power".
At this stage:
Plug in the Dongle to use Sound Power in Office Mode
Plug in the Hardware to use Sound Power in the Connected Mode.
And then, run "Sound Power".
The following window is displayed:
You can create a new setup by choosing the Standard, the Surface type and the Number of positions of your experiment or you can load a setup that is already created.
Click on "OK".
If NVGate has not been started previously, the following window is first displayed:
Enter the first name and last name of the user and choose whether or not to set a password.
Notice: The access level for the first user has to be "full".
Then, the following window is displayed:
If NVGate has already been started by itself before, the selection of the running mode will be asked directly. Choose to start Sound Power in "Connection to hardware" or in "Office mode".
Updating the Software version
Uninstall the previous version of Sound Power installed on the PC:
Insert the CD in the appropriate driver and wait for the Autorun program (or run the "setup.exe" program from the CD).
The following window is displayed:
Click on "Next >".
The following window is displayed:
Choose to remove the current version.
Click on "Next >".
The following window is displayed:
Confirm by clicking on "Remove".
Wait until the following window is displayed:
Click on Finish
1. Start the installation of the new version.
Please follow the procedure described from the chapter "Installation of the Sound Power Solution".
Troubleshooting
Sound Power may not start. In this case, one of the following error messages is returned:
« File Sound Power.ini not found ! »
| Run the Sound Power configuration program (Menu "Start" > "Programs" > "NVSolutions" > "Sound Power Configuration") |
« File Sound Power.ini not valid ! »
| Run the Sound Power configuration program (Menu "Start" > "Programs" > "NVSolutions" > "Sound Power Configuration") |
« Couldn't start NVGate ! »
- Check the path of "NVGate.exe" in the Sound Power configuration program (Menu "Start" > "Programs" > "NVSolutions" > "Sound Power Configuration")
« Connection to NVGate has failed ! »
1. If the NVGate location is = Local:
- Check that NVGate is running. If not, escape from Sound Power and run it again.
- Check that NVGate can start on its side.
2. If NVGate location is = Remote:
- Check that NVGate is running on the remote PC.
- Check that the IP address of the remote PC is correct in the Sound Power configuration program (Menu "Start" > "Programs" > "NVSolutions" > "Sound Power Configuration").
« You don't have the permission to use OROS Sound Power ! »
- Ensure that you are using a dongle that is configured for Sound Power
- Contact your OROS Agent
« Sound Power project not found ! »
- Check the path of "NVGATE.EXE" in the Sound Power configuration program (Menu "Start" > "Programs" > "NVSolutions" > "Sound Power Configuration") and validate (press "OK) in Local. If you are operating Sound Power in a Remote location, copy the "Sound Power" directory from the folder of installation of Sound Power into the default base.