AnyWave:Faq
Frequently asked questions (FAQ) about Anywave. If you don't have an answer to your question reading the Documentation, you may find useful information here.
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Donwloading AnyWave
Click on the links below to download AnyWave for your platform:
How to install AnyWave
Windows
The 32bit version of AnyWave will run on all Windows versions starting with Windows XP.
However, on 64bit Windows systems, it will run as a 32bit application. Therefore, AnyWave won't take advantage of all the memory installed on the system.
Please install the 64bit version of AnyWave on a 64bit Windows.
The 64bit version of AnyWave will run on Windows Vista x64, Windows 7 x64 and Windows 8 x64.
Download the zip file, uncompress it in a temporary folder then launch the isntaller. You must have administrative's privileges in order to install the software.
Mac OS X
The Mac OS X version of AnyWave supports Mac OS 10.5 to 10.9.
Be sure to have Qt 4.7.x installed on your Mac. If not, download and install Qt before trying to install AnyWave.
Donwload the zip file, uncompress it on a temporary folder then open the package installer and follow instructions.
You might need to install additionnal software in order to get access to some features of AnyWave. See below.
AnyWave will send notifications messages during some operations. To see that messages you will need to install Growl.
Linux
AnyWave is available as a Debian package for the amd64 architecture. The package should install as well on Ubuntu Linux.
Download the package and install it on your system using a terminal or by double clicking on the file.
Once all the required dependencies have been installed, AnyWave will be available using the anywave command from a terminal.
Plug-ins
What is a plug-in?
AnyWave is using external modules, called plug-ins, that are loaded at startup and extend the functionalities of the application.
Depending on the platform, plug-ins are files of different types.
On Windows, for example, plug-ins are DLL files located in the Plugins folder where AnyWave is installed.
Note that it is also possible to install plug-ins the user's home directory. See how to install plug-ins.
There are several types of plug-ins used by AnyWave:
- Reader plug-ins are responsible of reading data file formats.
- Writer plug-ins are responsible of writing data to a data file format.
- Signal processing plug-ins will run some processing on data and present or not the results in AnyWave.
- Display plug-ins are responsible of displaying specific data type. Typically, the results computed by Signal processing plug-ins.
How to install a plug-in
When installing AnyWave, some plug-ins are also installed, allowing to read file formats or making some basic processings on data.
Those plug-ins are put in a folder where AnyWave is installed.
Depending on the platform, the path where AnyWave resides can change and the name of the plug-ins directory too.
On Windows, the user can choose where to install AnyWave. For example, AnyWave can be installed on C:\AnyWave.
If you look at C:\AnyWave you will notice the presence of directory called Plugins. This is the location where to put new plug-ins.
Note that the operation may require administrative privileges.
On Mac OS X, AnyWave will be installed where all applications go, the /Applications folder.
Besides the AnyWave application, there will be a directory named Anywave_Plugins. This is the place to put new plug-ins for AnyWave.
Note that the operation requires administrative privileges.
How to install user plug-ins
If the user has no administrative privileges and cannot install new plug-ins where AnyWave is installed, it is possible to put plug-ins in the user's home directory.
On Windows, AnyWave creates a folder in the user's home directory, typically the My Documents location.
On Linux, the folder is created in /home/<username>
On Mac OS X the folder is created in /Users/<username>
Can I develop my own plug-ins?
Yes, if you are a C++ developper knowing Qt's framework. Some plug-ins can be develop using Matlab or Python though.
Check out the appendice to have a complete documentation about how to do that.
