GXSM - How to get it
Access to the GXSM SVN software archive
If you want the cutting edge / development version you can access the developer source code any time directly via Github and build it your self. There are detailed instructions in the "Installation" section of the GXSM3 Manual (PDF):
Here are some quick-start hints for the very impatient. The Gxsm source and precompiled DSP-code including all sources are available at SourceForge via SVN:
- Gxsm-Project at SF (GXSM, GXSM2, GXSM3)
- Gxsm3 and GXSM4 Project at Github
- SRanger-Project at SF (Signal Ranger Linux support and DSP code for SPM)
- To get the GXSM source code, you can clone the git repository:
git clone https://github.com/pyzahl/Gxsm3.git Gxsm3-git -
If you want to use any of the Signal Ranger DSP boards (the SR MK3Pro-Pll is recommended, SR MK2 and SR STD/SP2 are still supported), you need to get
and install the source via SVN from the SF project SRanger:
svn checkout svn://svn.code.sf.net/p/sranger/svn/trunk/SRanger sranger-svn
You will need to build the kernel modules (either for the MK2 and MK3 Pro or the STD and SP2) and load it. You will find them in the approciate subfolders sranger-svn/SR_MK2_MK3Pro/kernel-module or sranger-svn/SR_STD_SP2/kernel-module - To programm (flash) the DSP with the matching DSP code "FB_spmcontrol.out" you will find in the SVN repository of GXSM in the subfolder: Gxsm-2.0/plug-ins/hard/... . (Needs to run Windows based the "SRx_Analog810_Selftest" supplied by SoftdB to program the DSP.) If you have installed the Ubuntu packages via apt then you just have to right-click on the GXSM unity icon to access the DSP-firmware folder (/usr/share/gxsm/dsp-firmware).
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Please also read the more recent quick start informations here:
GXSM Installation Knowledge
GXSM & SRanger support Quick Start Guide (this is only for the old SR-STD/SP2 DSP version. No need for the newer DSPs MK2 and later.)
- Here is an sample image of an vicinal Si(100) surface: si100demo.nc
Try dragging this link on GXSM :-)
Debian/Ubuntu Packages -- install directly from launchpad.net
GXSM is now available via the ppa "totto:gxsm" hosted on lauchpad.net - Please use the following link to access the informations about the ppa: https://launchpad.net/~totto/+archive/ubuntu/gxsm. The packages available are mainly for the latest LTS Ubuntu version. Please visit for installation help and detailed instructions how to install from PPA: https://help.launchpad.net/Packaging/PPA/InstallingSoftware.
To install GXSM from the PPA hosted at launchpad.net just use your terminal and type:
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:totto/gxsm
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install gxsm3
The kernel packages can then be installed via
sudo apt-get install sranger-modules-mk23-dkms sranger-modules-std-dkms
GXSM on an Ubuntu live remix
For Linux starters and for simple evaluation a live DVD is available here:
www.ventiotec.com->Products->GXSM Ubuntu remix provides two live DVD images, for
32 bit systems and for 64 bit systems.
If you want to try out GXSM, please download the ISO-file from this page and burn it on a DVD (by using Nero or similar). Then use this DVD to boot your computer. The linux-system will boot up. If you have a more powerfull hardware you can also run the linux distribution in a virtual enviroment like VMware, VirtualBox or HyperV.
