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/****************************************************************************
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/*!
\page qtautomation-index.html
\title Qt for Automation
\nextpage {Qt for Automation Overview}{Overview}
\e {\QTA} is a collection of software components, tools, and services
targeted for the development of automation systems: Connected
\e {'Internet of Things'} edge devices, backend services, and their
supporting applications.
\QTA builds on top of Qt for Application Development and
\l {Qt for Device Creation}, providing the same great integrated
development environment, libraries and tools for creating embedded devices
and applications on all platforms supported by Qt. Additional modules are
provided for machine-to-machine communication, building automation, and
remote access of desktop applications.
To help with potential issues faced during development, industry-specific
consultancy services are part of the \QTA offering.
\section1 Contents
\list
\li \l {Qt for Automation Overview}{Overview}
\li \l {Installing Qt for Automation}{Install Instructions}
\li \l {Related Information}
\endlist
\section1 Related Information
\list
\li \l {Qt MQTT}
\li \l {Qt KNX}
\li \l {Qt for Device Creation}
\endlist
*/
/*!
\page qtautomation-overview.html
\title Qt for Automation Overview
\previouspage {Qt for Automation}
\nextpage {Installing Qt for Automation}
\section1 Components
\QTA includes several components built on Qt and the \l {Qt Creator}
integrated development environment.
\section2 Qt
Cross-platform \l {http://www.qt.io/}{Qt} development libraries
and core tools are developed through an open-source collaboration model.
Qt is a full development framework designed to streamline the creation of
applications and user interfaces for desktop, embedded, and mobile
platforms.
The Qt libraries provide high-level APIs for a large variety of both
non-GUI and GUI related functionality. For UI creation, Qt provides a
number of approaches: traditional C++, declarative UI design with
\l {Qt Quick} or HTML5/hybrid user interfaces with the \l {Qt WebEngine}
module.
For overview about Qt libraries see the \l {Qt reference documentation}.
Qt modules that are especially useful for automation:
\list
\li \l {Qt Virtual Keyboard} - complete virtual keyboard solution with
word-prediction and multiple languages supported.
\li \l {Qt Quick Controls 2} - provides a set of controls for building
complete user interfaces in Qt Quick.
\li \l {Qt Quick Compiler} - enables compiling .qml source files into
application binaries, improving load times and security for code
assets.
\li \l {Qt WebEngine} - provides a web browser engine based on the
\l {https://www.chromium.org}{Chromium} project.
\li \l {Qt Serial Bus} - access various industrial serial buses and
protocols such as ModBus.
\li \l {Qt Quick WebGL Streaming} Plugin - allows running Qt Quick
applications remotely in a WebGL-enabled browser.
\endlist
\section2 Development Environment
The development environment in \QTA is built around \l {Qt Creator}.
\list
\li \l {Qt Creator: Developing Qt Quick Applications}
\li \l {Qt Creator: Analyzing Code}
\li \l {Qt Creator: Debugging}
\endlist
\section2 Qt Configuration Tool
The \l {Qt Configuration Tool} allows browsing and selecting features that
are included in the Qt build configuration, making it easy to optimize Qt
libraries for minimal footprint, performance and start-up time.
\section2 Automation APIs
\QTA comes with additional modules for machine-to-machine communication
and building automation:
\b {Qt MQTT}
\l {http://mqtt.org}{MQTT} (Message Queue Telemetry Transport) is an extremely
lightweight machine-to-machine (M2M) connectivity protocol utilizing the
publish-and-subscribe paradigm, and is suitable for carrying telemetry data
with minimal overhead.
\list
\li \l {Qt MQTT}
\endlist
\b {Qt KNX}
\l {http://www.knx.org}{KNX} is a stardard for controlling home and building
management equipment, such as lighting, blinds and shutters, security systems,
heating and energy management, and more.
\list
\li \l {Qt KNX}
\endlist
\section1 Deployment
Device deployment can be done directly from the Qt Creator IDE to a
device connected via USB or local area network, or to an emulator
running the same full software stack as the devices.
As with any Qt application, the same project can be deployed to
desktop or mobile targets as well.
*/
/*!
\page qtautomation-install.html
\title Installing Qt for Automation
\previouspage {Qt for Automation Overview}{Overview}
\QTA is available under a commercial license, or alternatively under the
\e {GNU General Public License version 3}. \l{Download Qt} page helps to
find the license that suits your need. The license is associated with a
Qt Account, which is required to install the product.
\section1 Prerequisites
\QTA is based on the \l {Qt for Device Creation} offering so the
prerequisites are the same for both. For more information about how to install and
configure these prerequisites on your development host, see
\l {Requirements for Linux/X11} and \l {Requirements for Windows}.
\section1 Installing
\list 1
\li Download the \l{Qt Online Installer Download}{Qt online installer}.
\note On Linux, the installer needs executable permissions before you
can run it.
\li Run the installer and select \uicontrol Next to get to the Qt account
section.
\li Enter your Qt account credentials and select \uicontrol Next to run
a license check against the Qt account.
\li Select \uicontrol Next again to choose an install path.
\li Select \uicontrol Next to see available packages to install from.
\li Select \b{Qt for Automation} and at least one \b Qt version
from the list, and follow the instructions to complete the installation.
\endlist
*/
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