GTT Installation

During GTT installation, the following issues may occur. You can refer to the solutions provided.

Issues during GTT Installation

Issue Description and Solution
Service Installation error message Description

During installation, the following error message appears.

Solution

This error occurs if the default .NET 3.5 is not enabled on Windows.
Check if the feature is enabled from Windows features.To do this, follow the steps below:

  1. Go to Control Panel > Programs and Features.
  2. On the left panel, select View Windows features on or off.
  3. Check if the below highlighted feature of .NET is enabled or not.
Installer Error Message Description

During installation, the error message below appears.

Solution

This error message appears if there are previous residues of service left.

Follow the steps below:

  1. Click on Abort.
  2. Run services.msc and check if the Harman Audio Library service is in the list.
  3. If it is in the list:
  4. Run CMD (as administrator) and type sc delete “Harman Audio Library”.

Same steps can be used for Harman License Manager as well.

Database Error Message Description

During installation at the database selection step, getting below error.

Solution

  1. Before installing GTT, navigate to this location
    C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\MSSQL15.SQLEXPRESS\MSSQL\DATA
  2. Check if these two files are already present.
    – GTTData.mdf
    – GTTData_log.ldf
  3. If they exist, create a backup of them and remove them from this location.
  4. Then, attempt the installation again.

There are chance that the below checkbox is checked. Uncheck this.  This is available in Control Panel -Time & Language > Region Settings.

To reach the above option, go to Control Panel > Clock and Region > Region > Administrative tab.

Installation is failing without any specific error. Description

In some scenarios we have seen, installation fails without any error, just says “Installation interrupted.”

Solution

This issue mainly comes due to an issue in SQL state on the system. For example, if the SQL port is blocked or the service is in the stopped state.

To resolve this, follow the steps below to write to the database:

  1. Enable TCP\IP protocol and Named Pipes from the SQL configuration manager.
  2. Restart the SQLEXPRESS service from SQL Configuration Manager.
  3. Enable TLS 1.0 protocol, to do this in RUN-> type regedit, press enter.
  4. Navigate to the key in the registry.
    (HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\SecurityProviders\
    SCHANNEL\Protocols\TLS 1.0)
  5. Under TLS 1.0 u will find Client and Server, for both the keys, do the settings as shown in the screenshot.

Make sure to do for both the Client and the server.

  • Restart the SQLEXPRESS service.
  • Then try the GTT installation.

Sometimes we have to repeat these steps a couple of times so that the GTT installer can write to the database.

Installation error Description

During installation getting below error.

Solution

  • Before Installing, Go to C:\ProgramData\Harman\GTT folder.
  • Check if AudioLibraries folder exist, if exists delete or rename it.
  • Try installation again.

SQL Installation Issues

Issue Description and Solution
SQL Installation Fails Description

The installer complains that the SQL RTM installation has failed.

Solution

There seems to be another version of SQL Compact edition installed on the box.

  1. Cancel the installation by clicking “No” or click OK.
  2. Restart the machine.
  3. Try the installer setup again.

Microsoft SQL RTM has a rule to check if there is any pending restart on the machine, if pending SQL installation will fail.

HarmanAudioworX installation fails

 

Description

Sometimes the SQL Express is not installed with the pre-reqs. This may be because the system would have had the SQL Express installed previously and uninstalled, however, the registry is not cleaned properly, and the Pre-reqs wrongly detect the installation and skip.

Solution

Manually install the Microsoft SQL 2019 server Express edition.

Link: SQL_2019

AudioworX_PreReq fails on Windows 11 Description

If the machine has been upgraded from Windows 10 to Windows 11, the AudioworX_PreReq installation fails due to SQL Server Express 2019 incompatibility.

Solution

If the machine has been upgraded from Windows 10 to Windows 11, ensure the following registry key exists before proceeding with the SQL Server Express 2019 installation.

To add the registry key, open Command Prompt as Administrator and run the following command:
REG ADD “HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\stornvme\Parameters\Device” /v “ForcedPhysicalSectorSizeInBytes” /t   REG_MULTI_SZ /d “* 4095” /f

Once you have added the registry key, run Setup_HarmanAudioworX_PreReq_2.2.0.2450.exe.

Issues during GTT Launch

Issue Description and Solution
GTT Launch Description

When you are trying to launch GTT from a different account (which was not used for installing GTT).

Solution

This is not a valid scenario as it has not been fully tested. Hence, we recommend using the same account that was used for installing GTT to launch GTT.

AmpSRV2

 

Issue Title Description Potential Solution
AmpSrv2 disconnected from GTT Disconnection can have several sources:

  • GTT request disconnect
  • Disconnect is requested by AmpSrv2 GUI / pressing ESC: Then you should get a message box like:
AmpSrv2 Disconnection
  • The socket connection between GTT and AmpSrv2 breaks, maybe cause by huge CPU load
  • AmpSrv2 detects an issue with RS232 interface. Are you using USB to serial converter? Did you checked with a different converter?
Check whether GTT requests the disconnection by doing the following:

  • Start attached application in parallel to your test automation.
  • Choose corresponding interface inside of the tool and connect to AmpSrv2.
AmpSrv2 Troubleshooting

If GTT disconnects, AmpSrv2 should still be connected to the target device.

GTT GUI Issues

 

Issue Title Description Potential Solution
GTT Crashes while launching streaming window. Performance counters cannot be accessed while starting streaming. One of the reason, GTT may crash while starting streaming could be the Performance Counters are not properly initialized or they are corrupted. This could be solved by rebuilding the performance counters.

To rebuild all Performance counters including extensible and third-party counters, type the following commands at an Administrative command prompt. Press ENTER after each command.

Rebuilding the counters:
cd c:\windows\system32
lodctr /R
cd c:\windows\sysWOW64
lodctr /R

Resyncing the counters with Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI):
WINMGMT.EXE /RESYNCPERF

Reference: https://support.microsoft.com/en-in/help/2554336/how-to-manually-rebuild-performance-counters-for-windows-server-2008-6

Streaming Viewer stops when Laptop is removed from docking station
Workaround for LUT parameter sets unit problem[Backward compatibility]

This issue will happen with every single LUT object in every set group with this device file. What seems to happen is the panel is appending the unit of each parameter into the set file, which is corrupting it.

This workaround required for projects which are exported earlier than N+1 release.

  • Import earlier exported project.
  • Open Signal Flow designer , if all LUT objects belong to same group, launch panel by double clicking any LUT object.
  • If  each LUT objects belongs to  different groups. Launch panels separately for each group.
  • Close opened LUT panels.
  • Open Parameter sets view , right click on column header of red color highlighted set and click ‘Store’  context menu to get latest set values.

You can observe red highlights are cleared and units are removed for each state variable.

Unable to import/export projects in GTT If the FIPS Algorithm Policy is enabled in the computer, GTT fails to import/export any project.
  1. Close the GTT.
  2. Navigate to the Windows start bar and in the search field enter “secpol.msc”. This action opens the Local Security Policy editor.
  3. Under the Security Settings, navigate to Security Options, and locate the System cryptography setting.
    If the System cryptography setting is enabled, proceed to the next step to disable it.
  4. Double-click on the System Cryptography setting, choose Disabled, and then Apply.
  5. Reboot the computer.
  6. Launch the GTT and try to import/export any project.
Chart Rendering issue If any issues related to Chart rendering in RTA or Streaming window. Please update GPU/ Video card drivers to latest version.

One issue found in Dell system Latitude 5420 and solved with below steps:

  • Open URL https://www.dell.com/support/home/en-us/product-support/product/latitude-5420-laptop/drivers
  • Download new Video card driver Intel UHD/Iris Xe Graphics Driver -> Intel-UHD-Iris-Xe-Graphics-Driver_RGVN2_WIN64_31.0.101.3959_A12.EXE from above link.
  • Install the driver.