Getting Started with Clarinet-System

• Install the software, configure and reboot the PC.
• Automatic Loading: the Clarinet units connected to the PC are initialized by Clarinet Loader.
• Access to the Programs: to enter into the Clarinet applications by selecting the Clarinet program.
• Building a test: to use the assistant helping you to define a profile from templates.
• Running a test: to launch execution of  profile for basic monitoring or simulation.
• Stopping a test: to stop execution of  profile.
• Opening an event file: editing Events.
• Continuing to test suites... Getting Started with Clarinet-ETS.

Step 1: PC installation

• Setting-up and checking the PC configuration with Clarinet-Book interfaces (see Doc_helpnote/Notinf_host_PC.htm )
• Connecting the Hardware to the PC: Clarinet units (see Doc_helpnote/Notinf_install_clarinet-book.htm )
• Installing Clarinet Run-time, software-package delivered on CD-ROM (see Doc_helpnote/Notinf_install_run-time.htm )
• Installing Clarinet-Help, software-package delivered on  CD-ROM. (see Doc_helpnote/Notinf_install_help.htm )
• Restarting the PC. The PC must be restarted at the end of the installation

Step 2: Automatic Clarinet Loader

Successful Loading with a single Clarinet unit

Step 3: Selecting the Clarinet Program

Under the Start/Programs of Windows, the Clarinet x.y group includes the Clarinet shortcut providing access to the Manager Dialog:

Clarinet Program

• Clarinet is the input to access to Clarinet monitoring, simulation...
• Clarinet BER Encoder allows to encode ASN1 fields according to Basic Encoding Rules and to include the resulting string as a content of the FACILITY Information Element of ISDN or QSIG protocol. Doc_systnote/Notinf_Berencoder.htm
• Clarinet-Help provides access to the Home Page of Clarinet-Help in HTML version.
• Clarinet-Init For allows advanced-users modifications of the initialisations of Clarinet applications. By default all the options are selected and filled with the regular values.
• Clarinet-Loader  is the duplication of the shortcut which is in the Starting Group of Windows. For Reloading the software in some conditions. See Loader dialog.
• Read Me provides some additional information which could not be included in the Clarinet Help.

Step 4: Building a test

The Clarinet Manager Dialog provides access to the Clarinet Wizard. It allows to build a test by creating a Profile from a list of templates under New input:

At the end of the selection, the profile and the filter are saved in the directory selected under directory input (default is \Clarinet\Cladata).

Step 5: Running a test

The Clarinet Manager Dialog  allows to launch a test by selecting a Profile from a list under Run input. The Clarinet Manager opens a new Dialog-box, the Manager Command box, providing access to the manual commands of the Manager:

When the profile is under execution, the cursor set on the windows of the Clarinet-manager displays an animated symbol of the running

The Manager opens simultaneously a second windows for the Clarinet Protocol Event-Editor: the title displays the event-file name (*.ace) and the filter file name (*.acf).

Step 6: Stopping a test

The execution of the profile is stopped by clicking on

The Manager closes simultaneously the second windows of the Clarinet Protocol Event-Editor if the Event-Editor scrolling is ON.

Step 7: Opening an Event File

The Manager saves automatically the events in the event-file. When the test is finished, the events can be edited off-line by use of Clarinet Event-Editor.The panel Edit Protocol Event file accessed by Events/Open Protocol or allows to specify the file names.

The toolbar or navigation keys provides the way to move in the event-file.

The edition is stopped by the File/Exit command.

Step 8: Using the Clarinet help

The Clarinet Help is provided under HTML format. The user should use Internet explorer  to display the help pages about the Clarinet-system.

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updated:  27-Feb-04