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QNX® Momentics® 6.3.0 Advanced Graphics Technology Development Kit 1.0.0 Installation Note

QNX® Momentics® 6.3.0

Date of this edition: December 19, 2005

Target OS: QNX® Neutrino® 6.3.0 SP1 or SP2

Host OS: Microsoft Windows XP SP1 or SP2, 2000 SP4, or NT SP6a; Sun Solaris 7, 8, or 9; QNX® Neutrino® 6.3.0 SP1 or SP2; Linux (Red Hat 8, 9, or Enterprise WS 3 or 4)

Required patches:

  • Coral Driver Patch (Patch ID 94) -- contains updated Fujitsu Coral graphics drivers

    This patch is required and must be installed in order to properly use the software in the Advanced Graphics TDK. It is mandatory for running the binaries included in the TDK as well as building the sample source code. This patch must be installed after the installation of the Advanced Graphics TDK. This patch also includes updates to image render support, font support and an update to the io-display monitor process.

  • GF Photon Patch (Patch ID 92) -- contains updated io-graphics, required if you want to run both 3D and Photon applications on your target.

    This patch is optional and is only required if you need to run Photon applications on the target system at the same time as running other Advanced Graphics programs (2D or 3D programs).

Note: For the latest information about this TDK, see the online release notes (log into your myQNX account, and then go to the Download Center area of www.qnx.com).

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Installing this TDK

Note: Before you install this TDK, you must have already installed QNX Momentics 6.3 on a supported host.

If you have a legacy binary-update license key, you can't install the source components of a TDK.

If you've installed previous alpha or beta versions of this TDK, you must uninstall them before installing this version.

The patches required for this TDK are available via your myQNX account. Each patch includes installation information in an Installation Note, which you can download from your myQNX account, or locate within the patch tarball.

The license key required to install this TDK is available from your myQNX account.

The install directories created by this TDK use legacy naming (3D).

On a Windows host

Note: If you've installed QNX Momentics versions 6.2.1 and 6.3.0 so that they coexist on your Windows host, please note:
  • You can't install a 6.3.0 TDK or BSP when the active version is QNX Momentics 6.2.1; set your configuration to 6.3.0.
  • If you switch from 6.2.1 to 6.3.0, you may have to log out of your user session and log back in before installing 6.3.0 BSPs and TDKs.
  1. Log in as a user with system-administrator privileges.
  2. Log into your myQNX account on our website, and then go to the Download Center.
  3. Download the TDK package, tdk-ag-v.v.v-nnnnnnnnnnn-win32.exe, where the v.v.v in the filename is the version number of the TDK, and the nnnnnnnnnnn is an 11-digit build number. The package is in the form of an executable (.exe) file.
  4. Double-click the file in Windows Explorer or run it at the command line.
  5. Follow the instructions provided by InstallShield.
    Note: Windows XP SP2 may display a security warning the first time you install a TDK. You can verify the TDK's checksums when you download the file from our website.

On a Solaris or Linux host

  1. Log in as root.
  2. Log into your myQNX account on our website, and then go to the Download Center.
  3. Download the TDK package, tdk-ag-v.v.v-nnnnnnnnnnn-host.bin, where the host in the filename is either solaris or linux, the v.v.v is the version number of the TDK, and the nnnnnnnnnnn is an 11-digit build number. The package is in the form of a .bin script.
  4. Run chmod to make the script executable. For example: 
    chmod a+x tdk-ag-6.3.0-20041234567-linux.bin
  5. Run the script at the system prompt. For example: 
    $./tdk-ag-6.3.0-20041234567-linux.bin
  6. Follow the instructions provided by InstallShield.

On a QNX Neutrino host

  1. Log in as root.
  2. Log into your myQNX account on our website, and then go to the Download Center.
  3. Download the TDK package, tdk-ag-v.v.v-nnnnnnnnnnn-qnx6.sh, where the v.v.v in the filename is the version number of the TDK, and the nnnnnnnnnnn is an 11-digit build number. The package is in the form of a shell script.
  4. Run chmod to make the script executable. For example: 
    chmod a+x tdk-ag-6.3.0-20041234567-qnx6.sh
  5. Run the script at the system prompt. For example: 
    ./tdk-ag-6.3.0-20041234567-qnx6.sh
  6. Follow the instructions on your screen.

Uninstalling this TDK

On a Windows host

  1. Log in as a user with system-administrator privileges.
  2. Open the Control Panel (e.g. on Windows 2000: Start-->Settings-->Control Panel).
  3. Select Add or Remove Programs.
  4. Select the Advanced Graphics TDK package, and then click the Remove button.

On a Solaris or Linux host

  1. Log in as root.
  2. Go to the $QNX_TARGET/_uninstall/Advanced_Graphics_Technology_Development_Kit_1.0.0 directory.
  3. Start the QNX InstallShield application: 
    ./uninstaller.bin

    InstallShield will now remove the TDK.

On a QNX Neutrino host

  1. Log in as root.
  2. Go to the $QNX_TARGET/install/tdk/3d directory.
  3. Run the uninstaller script: 
    ./uninstall

Documentation

The functionality provided by this TDK is documented in the QNX Graphics Framework and 3D Developer's Guide, installed with the TDK. The FontFontfusion API documentation is also installed with the TDK.

Technical support

If you have any questions, comments, or problems with a QNX product, please contact Technical Support. For more information, see the How to Get Help chapter of the Welcome to QNX Momentics guide or visit our website, www.qnx.com.