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Installing the CATI Interviewer Console

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    To install a new copy of CATI Console:

    1. Log on to the console PC as the PC Administrator and start the installation file download procedure (see Downloading the Installation Files for details).

      2. Note that the CATI Interviewer Console GUI (Graphical User Interface) is localized automatically based on the locale language currently set up in your MS Windows operating system. If one of the locale languages from the list below is selected in your operating system, then CATI Interviewer Console is automatically downloaded with all GUI elements in the same language as it is currently selected in your operating system. For example, if Spanish is currently set as your locale language, the CATI Console is downloaded and installed with GUI elements localized in Spanish.

      The list of languages in which the CATI Console GUI elements are localized automatically includes:

      • Albanian
      • Arabic
      • Bosnian
      • Bulgarian
      • Croatian
      • Czech
      • Danish
      • Dutch
      • French
      • German
      • Hungarian
      • Italian
      • Macedonian
      • Norwegian
      • Polish
      • Portuguese
      • Romanian
      • Russian
      • Serbian
      • Slovakian
      • Slovenian
      • Spanish
      • Swedish
      • Turkish
      • Ukrainian

      Should you need to change the GUI language localization in the CATI Console copy you have to first uninstall the CATI Console from your PC, then change the locale language in your operating system to the one you want your CATI Console to be localized in, and then rerun the download (go to Downloading the Installation Files for more information).

    2. After file download is complete, a security warning message is displayed. You can view the software publisher's electronic certificate by following the corresponding link in the dialog.

      3. Figure 1 - CATI Console security warning produced at the time of installation

      To proceed with the installation choose the Install button.

    3. The dialog with the progress bar showing the installation progress is displayed after the software installation starts.

      4. Figure 2 - CATI Console installation progress

      The CATI Console is installed into the default destination. You cannot change the installation path.

      Note that the default paths to the CATI Interviewer log file and the CATI Interviewer configuration file (settings.config) are as follows:

      • For CATI Interviewer Console installed on MS Windows 7 operating systems:

      C:\ProgramData\Confirmit\CATI\

    4. CATI Console starts automatically when the installation procedure finishes successfully. This will display the CATI Console Log In screen. You can either log in (see Starting the Console and Logging In for details), or close CATI Console by pressing the cross button in the top right corner of the Log In screen.

    The CATI Console will be upgraded automatically the first time you run it after the application has been upgraded on the server. The files are copied on your PC and the console is enabled for CATI operations.

    Uninstalling

    In the event you need to completely remove the CATI Console application from a PC, perhaps prior to performing a fresh installation, proceed as follows:

    1. Go to the Windows Control Panel menu and open the Programs and Features application.
    2. Browse the list of programs, locate the CATI Interviewer Console application and choose to uninstall it.
    3. Follow the instructions provided and complete the procedure.