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Classroom Capture and Personal Capture for Windows allows for command line installation (or unattended) of the software via command line execution on the target Windows PC. This option is not currently available for Personal Capture for Mac.
The command line install process is nearly identical to the standard installation process except for these differences.
Classroom Capture and Personal Capture Windows are supported on Windows 7 or Windows 8/8.1, and require Microsoft .NET 3.5.
If your Classroom Capture installations will be registered to multiple organizations, divide the podium PCs into groups by organization. Then perform the unattended installation and registration process for each group separately. Complete one group (say, all of the Podium PCs owned by the College of Engineering), then repeat the entire procedure for the next group (say, all of the podium PCs owned by the medical school).
When you register the installation on the EchoSystem Server (ESS), you must select an organization. The unattended installation does not provide you with the MAC address of the podium PC. This means that you cannot distinguish one installation from another on the ESS. If you perform each organization's installations separately, you can register all of the podium PCs owned by that organization at once, without having to know the MAC address of each podium PC.
Both this and future upgrades can be executed from the Classroom Capture or Personal Capture installation by clicking on the upgrade message provided in the bottom bar of the application window.
If Classroom Capture is not performing correctly and Customer Support has suggested you perform a fresh installation, uninstall the existing instance and restart the podium PC before re-installing.
If you are upgrading current Classroom Capture or Personal Capture for Windows installations, you MUST FIRST remove the existing installations. Note that on removal of the program, all content and log files are also removed. Be SURE to create a backup of any unpublished recorded content or log file you want to save.
You have the following options:
UninstallPreviousVersions=true
to the Configuration file. This removes the existing version before proceeding with the new version installation.–UninstallPreviousVersions true
to the command line you execute to launch installation.<installation directory>\Uninstall_EchoSystemClassroomCapture.exe --mode unattended.
This option can be performed for any version of Classroom Capture.Regardless of which method you use, DO THESE STEPS FIRST:
If removing the program separately from the installation, it is recommended that you reboot the PC. You can then use the instructions on this page to perform unattended installations of Classroom Capture.
Command line installation of Classroom Capture involves the following steps:
The above instructions can also be used for unattended or remote installations of Personal Capture for Windows. The only differences are:
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If you are using a previous version of Classroom Capture, you must remove the old version before installing the new version. See Removing Previous Versions Before Installing v5.5 for information. |
The configuration file contains the same information you would normally enter via the installation wizard, and includes the following parameters:
prefix - This is the directory to which the program is installed. The directory shown in each example below is the default directory used by the installation wizard. As with the wizard, you can identify any location you want.
Create the configuration file and save it. You can name the file anything you want. The examples shown in the instructions on this page assume the name of the file is config.txt.
An example configuration file for Classroom Capture mode installation:
prefix=c:\Program Files\Echo360 pre=c:\ProgramData\Echo360\Client |
An example configuration file for Personal Capture mode installation:
prefix=c:\Program Files\Echo360\Personal Capture pre=c:\ProgramData\Echo360\Personal Capture |
If you are installing Classroom Capture to many different Podium PCs, note the following:
If you are installing Personal Capture for Windows to multiple Academic Staff PCs, note the following:
If you are using a previous version of Classroom Capture, you must remove the old version before installing the new version. See Removing Previous Versions Before Installing v5.5 for information. |
The installation procedure provided below assumes the following:
If you are not familiar with the standard installation process, see Install Classroom Capture Software or Install Personal Capture for Windows.
To perform an unattended install:
Navigate to the directory where the installation executable was saved.
Enter the following command to run the installation executable using the configuration file parameters. Be sure to use the fully qualified path to the configuration file. The example command shown below assumes the configuration file is saved at the root of a USB drive recognized as the F: drive by the target PC. Replace F:\ with the appropriate directory/path.
EchoSystemClassroomCaptureForWindows.exe --mode unattended --optionfile F:\config.txt |
When the installer is finished, close the DOS window.
Note that if you are using these instructions to install Personal Capture for Windows, the executable file called by the command line is: EchoSystemPersonalCaptureForWindows.exe
If you have problems with the installation, you can turn on a higher level of error messaging by adding the "–debuglevel 4" option in the installation command. This is the most "verbose" debug level and should provide you with sufficient information. Enter the command as follows:
EchoSystemClassroomCaptureForWindows.exe --debuglevel 4 --mode unattended --optionfile F:\config.txt
You may also need to have your System Administrator change the permissions on the local Users group on the podium PC for the C:\Windows\temp directory. Typically the local Users group only has Read & Execute rights. The local Users group must have the following permissions for this directory:
For Classroom Capture mode installations, the next steps are as follows:
For Classroom Capture mode installations, inform the Academic Staff members of the new or upgraded program. You can point users to Classroom Capture for Academic Staff online documentation, or instruct them to click the Help link in the interface for a PDF containing instructions for use.
If you upgraded Personal Capture installations for Windows users, you may want to inform staff of the new interface, and of the following:
You can point Personal Capture mode users to Personal Capture For Windows online documentation, or instruct them to click the Help link in the interface for a PDF containing instructions for use.