Dewesoft X3 SP10 SILENT install

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Mark Cookson

Posted on 11.02.2020 16:41

Hello,


I am an application packager for Network Rail


I am trying to package up your product Dewesoft X3 SP10 for deployment


I need to create a SILENT install with no interaction. The only information I can find online is for version SP5

https://support.dewesoft.com/support/solutions/articles/14000090854-dewesoft-silent-installer


These commands SILENT and /z"/SILENT" as instructed in your SP5 and later version instructions do not give a silent install for SP10


and


https://support.dewesoft.com/support/solutions/articles/14000096258-custom-silent-installation-using-response-file


I have created a response file and used the commands which are shown to work when you query /? in command prompt which are /S /v/qn. The core application installs silently but then all the rest (drivers etc) when you do a manual install are still not silent and needs user interaction. (Please see attached PDF for screenshots)


Please can you advise me how I can create a fully silent installation with no user interaction for the latest version x3 SP10?


Many Thanks


Mark Cookson

Stefan J

Posted on 11.02.2020 18:37

Hello Mark,

we had the same problems. Attched is a different silent setup method via response file.

Camera drivers are still a problem so we don't include them in our silent setup.


with kind regards,


Stefan


Attached files:
Mark Cookson

Posted on 12.02.2020 10:16

@Stefan J


Hello,


Thanks for the response. I had already tried the response file method as said in my original post. I have just tried again and the application installs silently but the OptoMotive GEV Filter Drivers are still not silent and you have to click install and the redistributables are still popping up with the option to cancel by users, these stages are shown in my original PDF attachment.


I emailed Dewesoft 9 days ago still no response. If anyone could help is there a way to get everything fully silently installed with no interaction, response file doesn't work


Thanks


Mark Cookson

Primoz Lapi
Customer Support Engineer
Posted on 12.02.2020 10:55

Hi,


unfortunately, we can't silently install the Optomotive software, because external installer is used which doesn't have silent installation option.

For the drivers we also have similar issue. The problem is that Windows 10 doesn't allow silent installation of the drivers.

The DCOM registration will soon be removed so this should be fixed in future releases of Dewesoft.


Are you using the GigE cameras? If not, you can disable Optomotive driver like Stefan J suggested.


Best regards,

Primož


Stefan J

Posted on 12.02.2020 12:25

@Mark Cookson

Hello, I've attached my response file.

We deactivated several unused plugins, VNC (which is not allowed from our IT), Dewesoft launcher, and Camera drivers.

On our Win10 machines definitely no window pops up during silent installation.

Win7 is obsolete for us since Microsoft discontinued support.


Attached files:
Stefan J

Posted on 12.02.2020 12:59

addendum:

my setup.iss was created with X3 SP9, so maybe it doesn't work with SP10..

Matthias Ammann

Posted on 30.09.2020 21:10

Hello,


the topic is a little bit older, but we do have a good working workaround for using the silent install with optomotive software. Maybe our workaround also helps other people, I will describe it and also send it to the support desk to add it to the FAQ.


For every new DEWEsoft version we release internally, we do one installation by hand recording the options via setup.exe -r which results in an *.iss file with the chosen options. Installation would be setup.exe -s -f1"path to recorded *.iss file". It is just to make sure the options for this version are like we want them to be.


As we do have lots of computers running DEWEsoft we wrote a batch script that uninstalls previous DEWEsoft versions from the machine (also with the *.iss option to avoid the reboot of the machine). Afterwards we start the installation of the new version also from this batch file.


Now the installation would start and stop at the prompt of the optomotive software because the windows has to be close by clicking a button, but the installer itself is running in the backround.


We solved it like this, with the command taskkill (3.,4.) we are looking for the specific window titles of the optomotive installer and close them and we repeat this as long as the X3 (5.) installer is running.

For the new version of DEWEsoft we have to find another part of the name that will do the job instead of X3.


snippet from our batch:


  1.    :WAIT
  2.    ping localhost -n 20 >nul
  3.    taskkill /FI "WINDOWTITLE eq OptoStreamGEVFilterInstall" >nul
  4.    taskkill /FI "WINDOWTITLE eq Optomotive Optostream GEV Filter Driver Setup" >nul
  5.    ping -n 10 localhost >nul & for /f %%i in ('tasklist^| findstr /I /C:"X3"') do if %%i EQU 0 (goto NEXT) ELSE (goto WAIT)
  6.    :NEXT


Best regards

Matthias

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