Swift Installation Guide

SwiftCG, SwiftCG+,

SwiftPreview

Installation Guide

DATE	25/02/2023
PRINCIPAL AUTHOR	S.Hart
SECONDARY AUTHORS
VERSION	v2.0
UPDATE

Overview

This manual details the installation procedures for SwiftCG, SwiftCG+(Edit3D) and SwiftPreview (TogRender) . Note that there are differences between the requirements for these two products.

Reference will be given to other documents for Licensing and Video installations

General Guidelines

Please observe these guidelines. Observation of these simple guidelines will avoid many typical installation problems.

The user account name MUST have Admin rights
The user account name MUST NOT contain spaces or any non-English characters
The software is installed for a SINGLE user (the installer)
User directory parameters are set at the time of installation
The software can only be used on the PC on which it is installed (no network access), unless a network license has been installed.
The screen resolution MUST be 1920 x 1080 (or 1920 x 1200)

Prerequisites

Supported Platforms

Please consult RTSW website for suitable hardware configurations:

https://rtsw.co.uk/support/recommended-hardware/

Supported Operating Systems

The installation procedure is common for Window OS variations, At this time the following OS’s are supported
Windows 10 x64
Windows 11 x64
Windows Server 2016 R2 x64
Windows Server 2019 x64

nVidia Graphics Card Drivers

A suitable nvidia graphics card should be installed. Only nVidia is supported.

These may be obtained from the Nvidia website – www.nvidia.com

Please check the driver against the card you are using

RT Software Security Key

You will need a license in order to be able to launch the software. These can be obtained from your account manager or by contacting sales@rtsw.co.uk.

License Installation

Once you have your license – please refer to the separate document for installation instructions here:

https://rtsw.co.uk/document/software-licensing/

Obtaining the Installers

The installers for SwiftCg may be obtained from 2 different places – either our website or our FTP. Installers for SwiftCG+ can only be obtained from our ftp.

Website – SwiftCG Only

rtsw.co.uk

Installers are located here:

https://rtsw.co.uk/software-downloads/#tab-3

FTP – SwiftCG/SwiftCG+/SwiftPreview

The installers required for both Swift CG and SwiftCG+ may be obtained from RTSoftware FTP download site. In order to gain access to this you will need to be assigned a login. You can get this by contacting your account manager or emailing sales@rtsw.co.uk.

As well as providing access to the most recent versions of our software, you can also use your account to upload/download material to us for support and customer related issues.

Our FTP login is here:

https://ftp.rtsw.co.uk/WebInterface/login.html

All installers are located in sub-folders. These are labeled as follows:

Downloads/Releases/<main version>/<sub version>/<operating system>

For example, at the time of writing the latest versions are:

Downloads/Software Releases/4.6.5/4.6.5_r30938/windows-x86_64

Locate the appropriate release and download the required installers.

The following lists the installers needed for tOG, tOG Edit and tOG Sports and the order in which you should install them:

If you are installing an AJA video card, download the AJA installer:

Ajadriver-16.2.0-windows-installer.exe

If you are installing Mellanox DPU for 2110 download

rivermaxdriver-1.9.23-windows-installer.exe

If you are installing SwiftPreview download

togRender-4.6.5_r30938-windows-installer.exe

If you are installing SwiftCG download

Swift-4.6.5_r30938-windows-installer.exe

If you are installing SwiftCG+ download

togpre-4.6.5_r29897-windows-installer.exe
tog-4.6.5_r30938-windows-installer.exe

Installation

Once you have downloaded the necessary installers you are ready to proceed.

If you are installing an AJA card for SDI or a Mellanox DPU for 2110 install these first. Refer to the AJA/Mellanox installer instructions on how to do this and in addition, how to set up the cards themselves.