SSCSSS Version 2.0 - Installing and Running

Installing SSCSSS

First, of course, you need to get the zip file from EX5Tech. Presumably you have already done this, if you are reading this file.

Second, you need to unzip it somewhere. It does not matter where. It will create a directory of its own. There are no special installation instructions -- no dll's or registry modifications.

For the purposes of this tutorial I will assume c:\sscsss is where the contents of the zip file have been placed. I will also assume there is another directory c:\sscsss-wrk where we will actually do things.

Copy these files from c:\sscsss to c:\sscsss-wrk --

SSCSSS is a command line program. This means you need to use the command line program on your system to run it. However, a batch file is included to attempt to make running the program a "point and click" thing. Using the batch file is not necessary, but may be convenient.

To use the batch file:

  1. Open the dialog on your system where file associations are edited. This may be in the Windows Explorer (not Internet Explorer) tools/folder options or view/ folder options.
  2. Pick a file extension not currently in use for another program. I am using ".in", but sscsss does not care what the extension is.
  3. Choose "file type", then choose "new type".
  4. Enter "SSCSSS Input" or something else that makes sense to you for "Description of Type" and your chosen extension for "Associated Extension".
  5. Choose "new action".
  6. Create a "run" action with application "c:\sscsss-wrk\sscsss.bat"

Running SSCSSS

SSCSSS can be run from the command line by cd'ing to c:\sscsss-wrk and then "sscsss filename" where filename is the input file. For example, "sscsss allexamp.in".

If the file association has been set up correctly, sscsss can also be run by double clicking on the input file.

Either way, the result of running the program successfully is a .s1m file for your EX, a .log file describing what was done, and (depending on the options in the input file) a set of .plt files for gnuplot to open (see below).

Using gnuplot

SSCSSS will optionally create a graph file per wave showing the samples and their harmonics. This graph file is intended to be processed by a free graph program named gnuplot. Executables, documentation and source for gnuplot are available at www.gnuplot.info.

Get a file with "w32" in its name. and unzip where ever.

The program is a GUI program, so you can execute by double clicking in the windows explorer. It has a standard file open dialog you can use to open the .plt files created by sscsss. See the reference for the options related to plotting.