DIBTA software – revision 2015

1. hardware requirements
• PC or Laptop, Windows 7/8, optional Linux or MacOS (needs extra configuration)
recommended:
• processor intel i5 family
• 2 GB RAM

2. PC setup (international)
• keyboard english
• windows language english
• java JDK, development kid
• jruby, ruby with java interpreter

3. software requirements
• software platfrom jruby version 1.7.0
• java development environment jdk1.7.0_09

4. Additional software
• notepad++ (editor, for DIBTA CSV output)
• teamviewer (remote service/maintainance, private user account)
• acrobat reader (for DIBTA PDF output)
• microsoft excel (for DIBTA Excel output), optional
• virus protection (for example Windows Security Essentials) if connected to the internet

5. Install by using install.bat from installation folder (read hints

in the installation file)
after installation:
• check PATH and JAVA_HOME environmental variables for correct reference to java JDK,
jruby, Acrobat Reader, notepad++ and Microsoft Excel (optinal)
edit configuration files (yml files are hash tables = key/value pairs):
• connect.yml (serial or lan communication)
• DIBTA_Modus.yml (one or two channel, operation mode NORMAL or BLOCK)
• start the DIBTA program and check for correct number of ports (4 for DAN-HP-4P) in
Service/System
• for connection to hospital IT system edit config_hl7.yml or config_gdt.yml
• for nice PDF output (doctors letter) edit/create your location_xxx.yml file
6. final recommendations
• set notepad++ as default editor for *.yml files
• autohide taskbar to make DIBTA program visible on full screen
• disable energy saving options
• add a shortcut to the DIBTA folder, and/or add it to the favourites in MS/explorer

disable updates!
1. Acrobat (open any document)
choose edit/preferences
in categories choose Updater and select "do not download or update automatically"
2. Java
go to Program(x86)\Java\jre7\bin\javacpl.exe start it
go to Update and disable automatic updates

Appendix:
The DIBTA software uses
• h2 data base engine, to store all data (Eclipse Public License (EPL) or Mozilla Public
License (MPL))
• JfreeChart for the view charts (GNU-LGPL license)

gems to run the DIBTA program

dibta-gdt-adapter-0.4.0.gem
dibta-gui-0.5.3.gem
dibta-hl7-adapter-1.0.0.gem
dibta-interface-1.0.0.gem
dibta-jars-0.2.3.gem
dibta-modbus-adapter-0.6.0.gem
dibta-model-0.13.2.gem
dibta-serial-adapter-0.1.2.gem
dibta-simulator-0.2.0.gem

additional gems used (open source licenses MIT, GPL, LGPL)

activemodel-3.2.12.gem
activerecord-3.2.12.gem
activerecord-jdbc-adapter-1.2.9.gem
activerecord-jdbch2-adapter-1.2.9.gem
activesupport-3.2.12.gem
afm-0.2.0.gem
arel-3.0.2.gem
Ascii85-1.0.2.gem
builder-3.0.4.gem
hashery-2.1.0.gem
i18n-0.6.4.gem
jdbc-h2-1.3.170.1.gem
jruby-win32ole-0.8.5.gem
json-1.7.7-java.gem
json_pure-1.7.7.gem
multi_json-1.7.1.gem
pdf-reader-1.3.3.gem
prawn-1.0.0.rc2.gem
rake-0.9.2.2.gem
rdoc-3.12.gem
rmodbus-1.1.3.gem
rubyforge-2.0.4.gem
ruby-hl7-1.0.3.gem
ruby-rc4-0.1.5.gem
ttfunk-1.0.3.gem
tzinfo-0.3.37.gem

additional software archives used

dom4j (BSD license)
commons-math, jcommon, poi, poi-ooxml, poi-ooxml-schemas, xml-beans (Apache Licenses)
RXTX serial communication (LGPL)