Installing SilhouetteConnect

The installer package for SilhouetteConnect comes with required third party installers. The installer package can be obtained from ARANZ Medical support or from your instance of SilhouetteCentral.

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Download the Synchronized mode SilhouetteConnect from SilhouetteCentral

The SilhouetteConnect installer can be downloaded from an instance of SilhouetteCentral by using a web browser to navigate to https://<SilhouetteCentral URL>/install.

When the SilhouetteConnect installer is downloaded from a SilhouetteCentral instance, it includes a CustomProperties.xml file, which bootstraps the installation of SilhouetteConnect with the initial configuration. The initial configuration which can be set by the CustomProperties.xml file includes:

  • The client code
  • Synchronization URL
  • License Service URL
  • The time zone unit mappings required to upgrade data.

Once the installation files are obtained:

  1. Navigate to the folder that contains the installation files.
  2. Double click the setup.exe file to start the installation process.
  3. The install requires admin permissions to install.
  4. Follow the on-screen instructions, which includes the acceptance of the Silhouette CTEULA and Terms of Use, see the ARANZ Medical website (https://www.aranzmedical.com/silhouette-legal/).
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Running the setup.exe file rather than the SilhouetteConnect.msi installer first checks for and installs the required pre-requisites. You can use the SilhouetteConnect.msi directly if you are confident the pre-requisites (typically .NET framework and MS SQL instance are already installed).

The SilhouetteConnect install file may be prevented from running by the Windows SmartScreen filter. In order to run the setup, click on the More Info link, and then on the Run anyway button.

The installer includes the drivers for SilhouetteStar, as well as, any necessary SilhouetteStar 2 software patches. These drivers are installed per USB port when a SilhouetteStar is connected to the computer.

The included SilhouetteStar 2 software patches allow the firmware in a SilhouetteStar 2 to be upgraded or downgraded to the latest compatible version when it is connected to SilhouetteConnect.  See the Clinical User's Guide for information on connecting a SilhouetteStar and getting started with Silhouette.

Once the installation is complete, launch SilhouetteConnect by double-clicking on the icon created on your desktop or by selecting SilhouetteConnect from the All Programs menu. The first run of SilhouetteConnect will upgrade (see Upgrading SilhouetteConnect) any existing installation data or show the SilhouetteConnect Setup Screen if necessary.

Unattended Installation of SilhouetteConnect

To install SilhouetteConnect using an unattended software distribution tool then the following windows command lines illustrate the installation of the application and dependencies.

1. Add trust for the ARANZ Medical code signing certificate. You can get the code signing certificate from ARANZ Support or by doing a manual install of SilhouetteConnect.

certutil.exe -addstore -f "TrustedPublisher" "ARANZ Medical Signing Certificate.cer"

2. Install the .NET 4.8 Framework runtime. This installer is packaged in the SilhouetteConnect zip.

DotNetFX48\NDP48-x86-x64-AllOS-ENU.exe /q /norestart

3. Install the database engine to hold data for SilhouetteConnect.

For Synchronized mode SilhouetteConnect, install the SQL Server LocalDB version that matches the SilhouetteCentral synchronization database version. By default ARANZ package SQL Server 2014 LocalDB to enable installation on 32-bit machines.

SqlLocalDB2014\SqlLocalDB.msi /qn IACCEPTSQLLOCALDBLICENSETERMS=YES

For Standalone SilhouetteConnect installations, the database to install is MS SQL Server Express edition. Install a named instance 'SILHOUETTE' and give the built-in Windows group 'NT AUTHORITY\Authenticated Users' the 'sysadmin' role on the instance.

SQLEXPR_<ARCH>_ENU.EXE /Q /IACCEPTSQLSERVERLICENSETERMS /ACTION=install /INSTANCENAME=SILHOUETTE /SQLSYSADMINACCOUNTS="NT AUTHORITY\Authenticated Users" /SkipRules=RebootRequiredCheck

4. Install the SilhouetteConnect application using the MSI.

SilhouetteConnect.<version#>.msi /qn ALLUSERS=1 REBOOT=R /passive