Getting Started with the 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 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 a profile for basic monitoring or simulation.
• Stopping a test: To stop execution of a profile.
• Opening an event file: Editing Events.
• Continuing to test suites... Getting Started with Clarinet-ETS.

Step 1: PC installation

• PC Host information: (see Doc_helpnote/Notinf_host_PC.htm)
• Connecting the Clarinet Hardware to the PC: (see Doc_helpnote/Notinf_install_clarinet-book.htm)
  
• Installing Clarinet Run-Time and activating your licence: (see Doc_helpnote/Notinf_install_run-time.htm)
• Installing Clarinet-Help: (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 Clarinet monitoring, simulation...
• Clarinet BER Encoder: Enables encoding of 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: Allows advanced-users to modify 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 Start 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 you 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 you to launch a test by selecting a Profile from a list under Run. 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 simultaneously opens 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 simultaneously closes the second windows of the Clarinet Protocol Event-Editor if the Event-Editor scrolling is ON.

Step 7: Opening an Event File

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

The toolbar or navigation keys provide the method of moving around within 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 Clarinet-system help pages.

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