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Download

Click one of the following to download the SNS Office version of Control System Studio, meant for SNS users at the SNS, on travel, or at home.

See also overview of available products.

• Win32
• Win32 64bit
• OS X
• Linux
• Linux 64bit

Installation

Windows

1. Download the ZIP file for Windows to somewhere on your computer, for example the desktop. Windows 7 users with 64-bit Java should download the 64-bit version of CSS for Windows.
2. Unpack the ZIP file. With the default Windows XP setup:
   
   • Right-click on the downloaded ZIP file
   • Select "Extract All ..."
   • Click "Next"
   • Enter the directory name were you want to place it, for example "Browse" to your "Desktop"
   • Click "Next", wait for extraction, "Finish"
   You may delete the original zip file.
3. Inside the extracted directory, there is a "css" application that you can start by double-clicking on it.

Mac OS X

1. Download the ZIP file for Mac OS X.
2. Double-click to unpack, which creates a "CSS_{version number}" directory. If you want, you can drag that directory to your Applications folder.
3. Inside the CSS_{version number} directory, there is a "css" application that you can run as usual. You can also drag it into the Dock.

Linux

1. Download the ZIP file for Linux (32 or 64 bit depending on your OS).
2. Unpack, which creates a "CSS_{version number}" directory.
3. Inside the CSS directory, there is a "css" application that you can run as usual. There's also an "icon.xmp" icon file that you can use when creating desktop or panel links to the application.

Startup

Upon startup, the application prompts for a "Workspace" location. (In case CSS does not start up, see Known Issues) On your office computer, as the only CSS user, you can uncheck the "Ask again?" option and press "OK" to accept the default ('CSS-Workspaces/Default' in your home directory). If several users run CSS on the same computer, they best pick individual workspaces, for example 'CSS-Workspaces/Fred', 'CSS-Workspaces/Jane' etc., to avoid errors when trying to use the same workspace from more than one CSS instance. In a running CSS instance, use the menu 'File/Switch Workspace...' to get the location of the current workspace, or to change to a different one. In addition, command-line options can select the workspace, or re-enable the initial workspace dialog. Run CSS with "-help" from the command-line to see more.