Specify Appliance

1. Install hypervisor

Before you run Specify appliance, you need a virtual machine player. We recommend to use VMware player if you use Windows operating system. Follow this link and download the VMware player.

- http://www.vmware.com/support/download-player

If you are Mac user and do not have a VMware fusion installed, we recommend to use VirtualBox (because it is free!). Below link introduces how to install and configuring VirtualBox on Mac.

- Installing and configuring instruction for VirtualBox(for mac)

2. Download Specify appliance

for vmware

- http://www.acis.ufl.edu/~xetron/Downloads/Specify_Appliance_v2.2_vmware.zip

for VirtualBox

- 

3. Specify appliance usage instruction

Running specify appliance

1. Extract the zip file.

2. Enter the appliance folder and run Specify appliance by double clicking the appliance file.

3. Click the green play button

4. Some message may pop up, you can simply click "no".

5. After the appliance boot completes, it shows several addresses.

Running specify thin client

1. Type the address to the address bar in the browser.

Running specify thick client through web browser

1. The browser acquire for the permission. You can click either of the permission.

2. If a message pops up saying the security does not allow it, you need to open "Java control panel" in the control panel and add the address in the exception list.

3. Enter the VNC password, the password is given in the appliance screen.

4. Now you can start Specify thick client.

Running specify thick client through VNC program

1. Download the VNC program from the below link and run it

- https://www.realvnc.com/download/

2. Enter the address and port number and connect

3. Double click the Specify program. The credential is given on the appliance screen.