HoloPRO Interface

Introduction

Kaiser Optical Systems' HoloPRO software supports calls into either Solo_Predictor (as of v3.2.0.5) or Matlab. The sections below give some background and basic information on using HoloPRO software with Eigenvector Research products. Contact Kaiser Optical Systems for more information on interfacing to Matlab or using the Solo_Predictor interfacing options of HoloPRO.

Solo_Predictor Interface

For making predictions using Solo_Predictor, a regression model can be specified and HoloPRO will automatically extract the available information from that model. For best interfacing, it is recommended you build models which include labels on your y-block columns to clearly identify the predicted species.

Model_Exporter Interface

To use Eigenvector Research models which have been exported using Model_Exporter, HoloPRO supports calling into Matlab which can be scripted to return results from the model of interest. The Model_Exporter models can be called directly and do not require any additional software beyond Matlab and HoloPRO.

PLS_Toolbox Interface

To use Eigenvector models with PLS_Toolbox natively (without using Model_Exporter) HoloPRO's Matlab interface can be used along with custom scripts to return results from the model of interest. For assistance with scripting for these situations, contact our Helpdesk.

Licensing

Note that the PLS_Toolbox license requires that, unless special site licensing arrangements are made, you must obtain a separate PLS_Toolbox license for each instance of any PLS_Toolbox code you wish to deploy. Special licensing options are available. See the Eigenvector Website for more information.

Configuration

For best performance, it is recommended that you follow these instructions to configure Matlab and PLS_Toolbox:

With Matlab already installed (as per The Mathworks installation instructions), PLS_Toolbox can be copied onto the target computer using any of the available file types as described in the standard installation instructions. The primary differences from the standard installation will be that you will create two special files and place these files into the PLS_Toolbox/utilities folder on the target computer:

1. Create a text file named evrilicense.lic and put your license code (available from the Eigenvector Research download page) as a single line in that file. You can also obtain a evrilicense.lic file from the Eigenvector Helpdesk.
2. Create an empty text file named evrinetwork.lic. This file will instruct PLS_Toolbox to ignore installation errors and run without warnings (necessary when calling PLS_Toolbox functions from within SiPAT.)