Installation

The installation procedure properly sets up the necessary environment to run Vitesse. The distribution includes the following files, which are placed in different directories below the installation root directory pointed out by SB_SYSTEM.

• Run-time Python libraries

• Vitesse Library files and Python classes

• Example files

• Standard Vitesse triggers

The run-time Python libraries delivered are of version 2.4.2. These libraries only represent a necessary subset of a full Python installation. If the Vitesse development environment 2.4).

The Windows system environment variable PYTHONPATH is used by Python to find modules for the import command. This is automatically set up for directories required by AVEVA Marine during installation and any previous value will be overwritten. This means that user directories must be added to PYTHONPATH after installation.

Note: Please also note that installation of other software packages might modify PYTHONPATH and cause Vitesse to malfunction.

The main directory for Vitesse is located directly below the installation root directory. The Environment Variable SB_PYTHON is set up to point to this directory. This is also the default directory used when running Vitesse scripts through the file browser in various programs.

There is also a variable that defines the location of trigger scripts, SBB_TRIGDIR. This is used by Standard Vitesse Triggers, and should normally not be modified. for further information about triggers, see Triggers.