XMLlab-1.4 software getting started guide

Installation assistant language : keep English and click on OK.

Welcome to scilab-3.1.1installation: close all the active applications and then click on Next button >.

License agreement : read the license, tick on the box "I accept the terms of the contract" and click on Next button >.

Destination file: keep the proposed emplacement or select another one by clicking the browse button ..., and select Next button > (we will suppose in the continuation that the path chosen at this stage is C:\Program Files\scilab-3.1.1).

Components to install: don't change the proposed installation configuration (this one requires approximately 80 Mo disk space), and click on Next button >.

Selection of the folder at the Start Menu : keep the proposed name, or choose another one, and click on Next button >.

Suplementary task : keep the proposed choice (in particular those of the heading association Files:), or make others, and click on Next >.

Ready to install: Go through the synthesis of the installation options chosen, and click on Install >.

Installation : Wait during the installation process.

Informations : Go through and click on Next >.

End of the installation of scilab-3.1.1 : choose or not to execute scilab immediately, and click on Finish button .

rep_xmllab\Windows NT\bin

rep_xmllab\Windows NT\lib

Open the panel System configuration , click on the Advanced tab , and on the Environment Variable button...,

In the window opened, select in the zone: variable system , the variable Path line then click on the button Modify...,

In the input opened box, position the cursor at the end of the field variable value: and add the paths by separating them by one ";",

Click on OK, then again on OK, and a last time on OK.

Click on the link XMLlab-1.4-Darwin.tgz, that starts the downloading of the XMLlab-1.4-Darwin.tgz executable installation (also directly accessible from http://xmllab.org/XMLlab-1.4-Darwin.tgz).

Decompress the downloaded archive and move the repertory XMLlab obtained towards its installation destination rep_xmllab, for example /Applications/XMLlab.

Start Scilab by double-clicking on it's icon. Then choose File->File Operations, select the file builder.sce in the repertory rep_xmllab and choose exec in the operations menu and click on OK.

If you don't need to be able to execute your simulation outside of Scilab environment, you can pass directly to the section "Installation test".

If you wish to be able to execute the starting simulations from command line, add the next line to the file .profile being in your user repertory

Click on the link XMLlab-1.4-Linux.tgz, that starts the downloading of the installation executable XMLlab-1.4-Linux.tgz (also directly accessible from http://xmllab.org/XMLlab-1.4-Linux.tgz).

Decompress the downloaded archive and move the repertory XMLlab obtained towards its installation destination rep_xmllab, for example /usr/local/XMLlab.

Caution: if an older XMLlab version is already installed, it is preferable to uninstall it.

Enter the following commands in the Unix terminal (replace fr for eng to obtain anenglish installation) :

If you don't need to be able to execute your simulation outside of Scilab environment, you can pass directly to the section "Installation test".

If you wish to be able to execute the simulations starting from command line, add the next line to the file .bash_profile being in your user repertory

A window allowing to settle the pendulum simulation parameters (Parameters->Parameters of a pendulum) and those of the resolution of the differential equations allowing to calculate the angle of the pendulum compared to its equilibrium position, in relation to its length, to the initial angle and to the acceleration of the gravity (Parameter->Resolution Parameters) :

Figure 2.1. Parameters example of a pendulum simulation

A window allowing to visualize the evolution, during a given interval of time, of the pendulum angle compared to its vertical position, according to whether this one is exactly calculated by solving the differential equations governing the pendulum behavior (Real solution) or that it is approached by a calculation making the assumption of its smallness (Linearized solution). :

Figure 2.2. Visualization of the pendulum simulation result

From Scilab, via the menu XMLlab->Demos XMLlab, following-up the choice of the XML corresponding file.

From the Unix or Scilab commande line, position yourself in the repertory containing the XML file and type the following command: