Requirements

System requirements

Before installing Impulse, please ensure you system meets the following specifications:

Operating System

Our software requires a RedHat Enterprise Linux 64-bit distribution such as one of the below operating systems:

• CentOS 7

• CentOS 8

Software

Running Impulse requires Python 3.6 installed on a Linux 64-bit machine.

Download NanoXplore Tools

Follow the steps below to download and unpack NanoXplore tools

1. Visit Support NanoXplore and sign-in or register to download:

   • NXLMD => NXLMD-2.2-linux.tar.gz

   • Impulse => nxdesignsuite-version-.tar.gz

   • NxBase2 => NxBase2-2.5.3.tar.bz2

2. Save Impulse tools to your ~/Downloads folder or a location of your choice

3. Create a New Folder named NanoXplore in the /opt directory

4. Unpack your downloaded NanoXplore tool directly to /opt/NanoXplore

5. Repeat this process for each NanoXplore tool

NX License Daemon

To download and install the NanoXplore License Manager Daemon (NXLMD), please refer to the instructions in the License Daemon guide.

Installation

Below the main steps to setup and install each NanoXplore tool:

1. Update ~/.bashrc file for each NanoXplore tool

2. Verify that the ~/.bashrc update has been taken into account using the below command:

   $> source ~/.bashrc” 

3. Restart your machine

Install Impulse

Follow the steps below to install Impulse:

1. Before install Impulse, check that Python 3.6 is installed with below command:

    $> which python3

   If Pyhton3 is installed you will see the following line:

   $> /usr/bin/python3

2. If Python3 is not installed, run the following command:

   $> sudo yum install python3

3. To install Impulse, update ~/.bashrc file with below instruction:

   export PATH=/opt/NanoXplore/impulse-/bin:$PATH

   Check that ~/.bashrc updating has been taken into account with below command:

   $> source ~/.bashrc” 

4. Check that Impulse is installed with below commands:

   $> which impulse

   The result of this command must be the following

   $> /opt/NanoXplore/impulse-version/bin/impulse 

5. Check Impulse is working as expected by running the following command:

   $> impulse --version 

The result should display as follows:

How to Install NxBase2

1. Navigate to the NanoXplore tools directory:

   $> cd /opt/NanoXplore 

2. Create a new folder named NxBase2-2.5.3:

   $> sudo mkdir NxBase2-2.5.3 

3. Extract the NxBase2 TAR archive to the /opt/NanoXplore folder:

   $> sudo tar xvf NxBase2-2.5.3.tar.bz2 -C ./NxBase2-2.5.3

Make NxBase2 Available

After you install NxBase2, you should do the following to enable direct access to nxbase2_cli from any directory:

1. Update the ~/.bashrc file using the following instruction:

   export PATH=/opt/NanoXplore/NxBase2-2.5.3/install_cst/other_os/nxbase2_cli:$PATH

2. Check that NxBase2 has been installed and works correctly with below commands:

   $> which nxbase2_cli
   $> nxbase2_cli --version

Install ANGIE

1. Plug your ANGIE device to your system using the USB cable provided

2. Check the board is detected using the below command:

   $> lsusb

The result should look like the screenshot below:

Configure ANGIE Access Rights

To grant ANGIE access rights to the User:

1. Create a file named 99-nanoxbase.rules

2. Add the following lines to 99-nanoxbase.rules:

   ACTION=="add", SUBSYSTEM=="usb", ATTRS{idVendor}=="8613", ATTRS{idProduct}=="584e", MODE="660", GROUP="plugdev"
   ACTION=="add", SUBSYSTEM=="usb", ATTRS{idVendor}=="584e", ATTRS{idProduct}=="424e", MODE="660", GROUP="plugdev"
   ACTION=="add", SUBSYSTEM=="usb", ATTRS{idVendor}=="584e", ATTRS{idProduct}=="4242", MODE="660", GROUP="plugdev"
   ACTION=="add", SUBSYSTEM=="usb", ATTRS{idVendor}=="584e", ATTRS{idProduct}=="4342", MODE="660", GROUP="plugdev"
   ACTION=="add", SUBSYSTEM=="usb", ATTRS{idVendor}=="584e", ATTRS{idProduct}=="4a55", MODE="660", GROUP="plugdev"
   ACTION=="add", SUBSYSTEM=="usb", ATTRS{idVendor}=="58c0", ATTRS{idProduct}=="804e", MODE="660", GROUP="plugdev"

3. Copy the 99-nanoxbase.rules file to /etc/udev/rules.d directory using the command below:

   $> sudo cp 99-nanoxbase.rules /etc/udev/rules.d

4. Reload the udev rules with the following command:

   $> sudo udevadm control –reload-rules

5. Disconnect and reconnect the USB plug from your ANGIE adapter