PSA / PVA Installation Guide
April 20, 2023 Sifos Technologies Page 16
Important! Product keys are available from the
Sifos website to all customers who are active on PSE
Conformance Test Tracking Service.
Product keys are specific to each new release of PSA
Software and also to each test suite (2-Pair and 4-
Pair). When installing a new PSA software release,
the appropriate product key must first be obtained
from the Sifos website.
To install using a product key, the product key(s) is
entered into the appropriate box and the USE KEY
button is pressed. Provided that the product key is
correct for the present version of PSA software, PSA
software will be installed with the PSE Conformance
Test Suite activated. If an incorrect product key is
entered, the software installation will be aborted and
PSA software will not be updated. If the SKIP
button is pressed, the new version of PSA software will be installed, however, the PSE Conformance Test Suite
will not be enabled and will not run regardless of PSA-3000 instrument licenses.
NOTE! Customers who have the PSE Conformance Test Suite but are no longer active with Tracking Service
agreements should carefully consider whether to update to the new PSA software version without first
reactivating Tracking Service for PSE Conformance Test.
4. Once the USE KEY or SKIP button is pressed, the
license agreement dialog will open (see Figure 11). Once
the Install button is pressed, PSA Software will be
installed. If an older version of PSA software already
exists on the host computer, the current version will still
be installed to replace that older version. Generally, all
program files associated with PSA Software are placed in
either c:\Program Files (x86)\Sifos\PSA3000\ or
c:\Program Files\Sifos\PSA3000\ while data files and
user-modifiable files are placed in accordance with
Section 2.4 of the instrument’s Technical Reference
Manual.
5. Upon completion, the notification of Figure 12 will
appear when the software is successfully installed.
3.6.2. Tcl/Tk Installation Problems
Prior to the PSA 5.1.00 release, occasional problems developed
with installing Tcl/Tk on systems where a non-Sifos version of
Tcl was already installed. Often, these versions are not complete
Tcl/Tk installations and would not therefore support PSA
software. As an example, certain CAD software applications are
known to install a special version of Tcl.
With the PSA 5.1 and newer installers, Tcl/Tk 8.6 is installed in
a manner that will allow it to co-exist with non-Sifos installed
Tcl packages. If there are any issues with Tcl/Tk 8.6
installation, it is recommended that Sifos Support be contacted.
3.6.3. Notepad++ Editor for PowerShell PSA Programming
PowerShell PSA automated testing scripts may be created and
edited in the freely available Notepad++ source code editor that
is readily available on the web (e.g. https://notepad-plus-
plus.org). This powerful editor is knowledgeable of Tcl/Tk and
PowerShell PSA commands, global variables, and other common
syntactical constructs such as braces and brackets, math
operators, etc (see Figure 13). It provides many powerful
capabilities that support authoring and troubleshooting bug-free
scripts.
Figure 10. PSE Conformance Test Suite Activation
Figure 11. PSA Software Installation
. Installation Complete
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