User guide

Viz Engine Administrator’s Guide

Used without a video board Viz Engine is often referred to as a VGA or standard-PC

installation, which is commonly used by designers using the Viz Artist interface.

Note: There is only one version of the Viz software in use at any given time.

This section contains the following procedures:

• To install Viz

• To silent install Viz

To install Viz

1. Login to the computer as a Computer Administrator

2. Double-click and run the installer

3. Click Next

4. Check the “I accept the terms in the License Agreement” option

5. Click Next.

6. Choose the platform type (see Supported Hardware Options).

7. Optional: Select a different installation directory and/or select the components to

install.

8. Click Next.

9. Click Install.

10. When the installation is done, click Finish.

IMPORTANT! Firewall ports configurations must be manually specified to allow

Viz communicate over a network.

To silent install Viz

Run the following from a command line prompt, or save it to a batch file for execution:

1. On Windows XP:

1. @rem silent installation

2. @rem platformtype: standardpc, video, trioboxcg, dualchannel

3. msiexec.exe /i <msi_package> /quiet PLATFORMTYPE=<platformtype>

REINSTALL=ALL REINSTALLMODE=vomus

2. On Windows 7:

1. @rem silent installation

2. @rem platformtype: standardpc, video, trioboxcg, dualchannel

3. msiexec.exe /i <msi_package> /quiet PLATFORMTYPE=<platformtype>

3. To prevent hardlock driver installation you can add the following parameter:

HARDLOCK=no.

4. To see other options enter msiexec on the command line and press enter.

Common options are:

• /i : Installs or configures a product. Package: Specifies the name of the

Windows Installer package file. ProductCode: Specifies the globally unique

identifier (GUID) of the Windows Installer package.