Install OpenSCD

OpenSCD shall be an easy accessible tool. The technology allows you to use on any machine that can run a browser. In fact you can simply install it on any machine as a progressive web app - PWA. When you have access to world wide web we recommend to use the online version

Online

There is no need to install. You simply have to go to https://openscd.github.io. The advantage of this option is that you get out of the box continues delivery. That means that any change we do to the software is immediately at your hands.

NOTE: We are not collecting any data nor do you upload any data behind the scenes. So you don't have to worry about that. The internet connection is only required to check, if you are up-to-date with the latest version and if not to load the missing elements.

You can install OpenSCD as PWA on your machine like so

• Use Chrome, Chromium or Edge
• Open https://openscd.github.io
• Click on the installation button

Offline

OpenSCD can be installed on computers with no World Wide Web connection. There are two approaches to do that.

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1. You still have access to a local network (intranet): Ask your IT colleagues and ask them to configure a web server in the intranet and load the version you want to e.g. version 0.7.0 -> open-scd.zip

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2. You have no access to any network: You have to install a software that allows you to run a web server locally on your machine e.g Web Server for Chrome For Web Server for Chrome

• Download a version of OpenSCD. To be more precise, the open-scd.zip.
• Extract open-scd.zip
• Start the web server
• Click on CHOOSE FOLDER
• Navigate to the extracted open-scd folder (You see folders .git, doc, public and other).
• Click on the web server URL within Web Server for Chrome