Installer

The installer is responsible for managing the add-ons on the client PC. He performs the following actions:

• Display of purchased add-ons of the user and his companies (Accessor – Licenser)
• Download add-ons
• Add add-ons to the projects
• Notify the user that there are new updates (notification)
• Activate the license on the client pc
• Return the license on the client pc

The setup is available in the store.

Currently the installer is only available for Windows operating systems.

Login

To use the installer, you have to log in to the Slooptools store account. For this, the email address and the corresponding password are required. After successfully logging in, the user email address will be saved for the next login.

Add-on

After logging in, the add-ons tab will be loaded. The first time you open the tab, the required information is loaded from the server. Each time after that when you open the add-ons tab, the stored data will be used. Only when the refresh button is pressed (bottom left) the data will be retrieved from the server.

On the left side, you can see the purchased add-ons. Add-ons can be filtered after the software using the combo-box. Each of these add-ons has a status icon. The following statuses are possible:

• Up to Date (green) – The add-on is up to date.
• Update (orange) – Update is available for the add-on.
• Not Installed (white) – The add-on is not installed.
• Not available (red) – The addon is no longer available.

The right side of the add-ons tab consists of the detail page for the selected add-on and its versions. The following information is displayed:

• Add-on name
• Add-on description
• Add-on category
• Add-on tags
• Add-on software
• Add-on versions

For each version, the following information is displayed in the table:

• Software Version – Describes the version of the software for which the add-on is available.
• Store Version – Displays the latest version available in the store.
• Current version – The installed version.
• Version description
• Release date
• Status – The same statuses are used as with the add-ons
• Action button – Depending on the status, the following actions can be performed:
• Download: If pressed, it downloads all selected versions and unpacks them into the configured path. This can be changed at any time in the settings of the installer.
• Update: If pressed, this downloads the latest update for the selected versions. These are also unpacked into the configured path.
• Delete: Deletes the selected versions. (The ZIP package is only retained if it is configured in the settings.

Projects

The projects are displayed in the same way as the add-on. The projects can also be filtered via the combo box for software.

Note: In the future, the projects will not only come from WinCC OA. There will, therefore, be different detail pages for the different software projects. As currently only WinCC OA projects are supported, the following information only refers to the current status.

In the middle part there are different ways to interact with the project:

• Open config file – open the config file of the project
• Open console – Open the WinCC OA console
• Stop Sign / Start Sign – Project Status (Stopped / Started). No interaction possibility!
• Refresh sign – update the project

In the lower area, you can choose between subprojects and the manager of the project.

Subprojekte

All installed subprojects will be listed. SloopTool add-ons are marked with an icon. All other subprojects are represented by plain text. In this table, it is also possible to remove installed SloopTools add-ons. (The changes are only effective when the Apply button is pressed)

Manager

All managers are displayed and their associated status.

Add-on Selektor

The right-hand section of the Projects tab lists the installed add-ons and the associated remaining license count.

Installed add-ons can be assigned to a project by double-clicking on the add-on or by dragging and dropping (the add-on must be dragged into the subprojects table). In order to make the changes effective, the Apply button must be pressed.

Licences

As with the Project tab, the projects are listed in the left area of the screen. These can also be filtered via the combo box filtered by the software.

In the right-hand area, the add-ons and, below them, the activated licenses are displayed hierarchically.

To add licenses, an addon must first be selected. Afterward the “add license” button can be pressed. Via a pop-up, you can choose which order to use to activate the license.

Activated licenses can either be extended (if this should be possible) or deactivated.

Settings

The following settings can be changed:

• Download path
• Installation path
• Automatic Update Check for Add-ons
• Update Check Interval
• Setting to keep download zips
• State for the CodeMeter Runtime license server

In the second tab "Information" you can currently find the installer version.