How to Install BenchVue “Silently”

If you need to install BenchVue on a lot of computers, follow this guide.

How to Install BenchVue “Silently”

 

Keysight BenchVue is normally installed via online or offline installers which are all available from the BenchVue web site. During the installation, the installers may ask for input. This can be time consuming, especially in a setting in which many PCs must be loaded with BenchVue at the same time, such as a classroom. This document explains how to create a batch script that can be used to install any number of apps silently.

There are two forms of BenchVue – platform and standalone. If installing both, run the platform installers first to make sure all dependencies get created.

Overview

1. Download all the offline installation executable files.
2. Create a batch file with specific commands and arguments around the installer file names you need to install.

• You can download and use this batch file. Make sure the installation file names match those in the batch file.

3. Run the batch file from the same directory where the installation files are.

 

Instructions

 

1. Download the offline installers for the apps and/or platform you want to use, then rename them to the names shown below (or modify the text below so that the names match – the names themselves are not important, but the different commands and arguments do matter).

• Which BenchVue do I Need to Download?
• Note the difference in file names associated commands and arguments:
  • Platform
    • app names start with “benchvue”
    • Commands: START /WAIT
    • Arguments: /s /v"/qn"
  • Standalone app names
    • app names start with “PathWaveBenchVue”
    • Commands: <none>
    • Arguments: --mode unattended

 

2. Add the following lines into a text file using Notepad or your favorite editor. Quotation marks shown below are important! Don’t change them or add spaces.

START /WAIT benchvue_2024.2_setup.exe /s /v"/qn"

START /WAIT benchvueca_2024_setup.exe /s /v"/qn"

START /WAIT benchvuedaq_2024_setup.exe /s /v"/qn"

START /WAIT benchvuedmm_2019.5_setup.exe /s /v"/qn"

START /WAIT benchvueeload_2024.1_setup.exe /s /v"/qn"

START /WAIT benchvueff_2024.1_setup.exe /s /v"/qn"

START /WAIT benchvuefg_2023.2_setup.exe /s /v"/qn"

START /WAIT benchvuelcr_2024.1_setup.exe /s /v"/qn"

START /WAIT benchvuena_2024.1_setup.exe /s /v"/qn"

START /WAIT benchvuepcasetup-2024.exe /s /v"/qn"

START /WAIT benchvuepm_2024.1_setup.exe /s /v"/qn"

START /WAIT benchvueps_2022.3_setup.exe /s /v"/qn"

START /WAIT benchvuesa_2024.1_setup.exe /s /v"/qn"

START /WAIT benchvuescope_2020.4_setup.exe /s /v"/qn"

START /WAIT benchvuesc_2024_setup.exe /s /v"/qn"

START /WAIT benchvuesiggen_2024_setup.exe /s /v"/qn"

START /WAIT benchvueuc_2024.1_setup.exe /s /v"/qn"

PathWaveBenchVueInstrumentServer_2024.1_Setup --mode unattended

PathWaveBenchVueOSC_2024.1_Setup.exe --mode unattended

PathWaveBenchVuePS_2024.1_Setup.exe --mode unattended

PathWaveBenchVueFG_2024.1_Setup --mode unattended

PathWaveBenchVueDMM_2024.1_Setup --mode unattended

3. Rename the <filename>.bat.
4. From a Windows Command Prompt, execute the batch file.

The batch file must be in the same directory as the installation packages.