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Software Requirements

The system that hosts the Dialog Designer development environment must have the following software packages installed, before continuing the Dialog Designer installation and configuration.

Important:

If preparing to upgrade Dialog Designer, see Upgrading Dialog Designer.

Before proceeding with the installation process, ensure that the Dialog Designer development environment host system has the following software installed. These files are all available on the Dialog Designer 5.0 distribution CD.

Supporting Software Requirements 

Software Requirement

On CD

Notes and Links1

Windows XP (Professional or Home editions, Service Pack 2 or later)

Windows Vista (Business or Ultimate editions)2

No

You can install Dialog Designer on any of the defined operating systems as long as the proper hardware requirements are met, and supporting software packages are installed.

J2SE Development Kit 6.0 (JDK 6.0)  (existing JDK 1.5 or JDK 1.6 are also supported)

Yes

The JDK includes the Java Runtime Environment (JRE) and command-line tools, compilers, and debuggers used in developing applets and applications

Install JDK 6.0, as follows:

  1. Locate the JDK installer on the Dialog Designer 5.0 CD. This file is located in the following directory:
  • <CD_drive>:\Installation\Java\
  1. Double-click the downloaded executable file to install the JDK.

Eclipse-3.4-Prereq-DD.zip which includes:

  • Eclipse 3.4 SDK
  • GEF 3.4 SDK
  • WTP SDK 3.0
  • emf-sdo-xsd 2.4
  • DTP 1.5

Yes

Eclipse is a Java-based open-source integrated development environment (IDE) for software development. Dialog Designer runs as an Eclipse plug-in.

Dialog Designer also uses this Eclipse GEF (Graphical Editing Framework plug-ins for Eclipse) for advanced graphical functions. In addition, support files for CCXML (Call Control) development are also included.

Install the Dialog Designer Eclipse Prerequisite files, as follows:

  1. Locate the package file on the Dialog Designer 5.0 CD. This file is located in the following directory:
  • <CD_drive>:\Installation\Eclipse\
  1. Extract the ZIP file into an installation folder.
  1. If you want, create shortcut for the Eclipse executable. Dialog Designer is launched through Eclipse.

NOTE: For Windows Vista Business, download the pre-requisite zip file before extracting since sometimes the native extract from the Web ssite does not work well on Windows Vista Business.

Tomcat 5.5 or Tomcat 6.0

Yes

Tomcat generates and serves VoiceXML pages to the Avaya Application Simulator.

Note: Administrative privileges are required when running Tomcat.

Note: If you upgrade to Tomcat 6.0, you may need to make some small adjustments the first time you run Tomcat. If your applications have manually configured build paths or have resources in common/lib or common/classes, you have to manually update the build path to point to <tomcat_installpath>/lib and also put any resources (libraries, and so on) in that folder.

Install Tomcat as follows:

  1. Locate the Tomcat distribution package on the Dialog Designer 5.0 CD. These files are located in the following directory:
  • <CD_drive>:\Installation\Tomcat\
  1. Extract the ZIP file in a temporary folder.
  1. Review the RUNNING.txt file for additional installation instructions.

IMPORTANT! Do not install Tomcat as an NT service. This configuration is not supported because Tomcat does not start and stop appropriately when developing applications.

NOTE: If more than one Java SDK is installed, then the Tomcat JVM Settings preferences option must be set to JRE1.5.x. JRE1.5.x needs to be available in Java before it can be selected in the Tomcat JVM Settings.

Microsoft Speech SDK 5.1

(SpeechSDK51.exe)

Yes

Microsoft Speech SDK is used by Dialog Designer during application testing, to perform automated speech recognition (ASR) and Text-to-Speech (TTS) functions.

If Microsoft Office 2003 is already installed, check to see if Speech Recognition and Text-to-Speech tabs are available in the Speech Control Panel. If so, this SDK does not need to be installed. Otherwise, install the Microsoft Speech SDK 5.1, as follows:

  1. Locate the Microsoft Speech SDK file on the Dialog Designer 5.0 CD. This file is located in the following directory:
  • <CD_drive>:\Installation\MSSpeech\
  1. Double-click the Setup.exe file, which launches the Microsoft SDK InstallShield Wizard. Click Next on the Welcome dialog box.
  1. Click Accept in the license terms wondow, and click Next.
  1. Enter a User Name and Organization in the Customer Information dialog box, then click Next.
  1. Accept the default installation folder, when prompted, or navigate to another, if applicable. Then click Next.
  1. Click Install to begin the Microsoft Speech SDK installation.
  1. Click Finish when the installation is complete.

Avaya Dialog Designer WebLM license server

Yes

A valid license is required to run Dialog Designer applications on an Avaya IR, Avaya Voice Portal, or Voice XML platform.

Install a license on a new or existing WebLM license server, for the applicable Tomcat version you have already installed (Tomcat 5.5 or 6.0), as follows:

  1. Locate the appropriate WebLM installation file on the Dialog Designer 5.0 CD. This file is located in the following directory:
  • <CD_drive>:\Installation\WebLM\<TomcatVersion>
  1. To complete the installation, review the WebLM installation/release notes, available on the CD in the following directory:
  • <CD_drive>:\Installation\WebLM

Storm Codec 7.01.19

 

You need to install Storm Codec 7.01.19 only if you intend to use 3GP video files for media.

To launch the Storm Codec installer, refer the installation notes available on the CD.

1Though specific locations on the CD are described here, it is intended that users launch the CD, and use the displayed HTML index page to navigate to the required resources.     By following these instructions, installation will be smoother since the online navigation documentation leads the developer along the correct installation path. This is the preferred methodology for using the CD and installing Dialog Designer efficiently.

2Requires Eclipse 3.3



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