Installation and getting started

This page outlines how to download, license, install, start and troubleshoot Breeze.

About Breeze

Breeze is the complete software toolset for hyperspectral imaging with features for data acquisition, interactive data exploration, modelling, automated workflows and real-time analysis of data directly from cameras with third party application support.

Learn more about the benefits of Breeze and how it has been applied to real-world problems at the website www.prediktera.com. If you are curious, you can also read about Hyperspectral imaging at Wikipedia.

System requirements

For a demo or trial installation, and to run the Breeze tutorials, any PC hardware is fine.

The Prediktera website lists system requirements and recommendations at Supported Hardware - Prediktera.

For the best performance a fast Intel CPU and enough RAM for your data is recommended. See Breeze log files and troubleshootingfor some information on how to evaluate memory usage.

Breeze does not take advantage of fast GPUs because the complex workflows are not well suited to GPU acceleration.

Download the software

Download the latest released version of Breeze on the Prediktera website at Get started - Prediktera.

In addition, Prediktera can offer technical previews of an upcoming version containing the very latest functionality for testing and evaluation. Contact us for more information.

Installation

Breeze comes in the same installation package, regardless of the edition of Breeze you use, including the trial version, or if you are doing a Runtime installation.

Running the installation will replace a previous version of Breeze on the same PC, migrating settings. You can only have one version installed at the time.

To revert back to an earlier version, install the older version (in this case, it is recommended to uninstall the newer version first).

The installation program creates installation log files in the logs folder in the program folder (typically C:\Program Files\Prediktera\Breeze\log). Those can be shared with Prediktera support for troubleshooting installation issues.

There is also a Linux installation. It contains a README file with instructions.

Licensing activation

Breeze requires an activated license to run.

A free trial license can be easily obtained. Learn more in Free Trial - Prediktera

Activation of a license is done either online with internet access, or using offline procedure. Detailed instructions are found in Licensing as well as technical details how licensing works.

Getting started with Breeze

After Breeze has been installed, launch it from Windows Start.

The Breeze application starts and displays a Welcome to Breeze list of Tutorials you can run through, with the Intro to Breeze: Classification of nuts step 1 is a good start.

Other features in Breeze you may want to explore are the

• Hardware guides with information how to connect to cameras and other hardware

• Workspaces - a folder on disk that stores the settings, but also all projects and their measurements. You can have many workspaces and switch between them. Workspace guide

Next steps

To learn technical details about Breeze, see Breeze System Overview, or learn about Runtime software development in Introduction to Breeze Runtime development.

Support and troubleshooting

Contact Prediktera support if you have questions. Contact information is available on the website at Support - Prediktera.

An efficient way for support to help you is using screensharing software, for example with Microsoft Teams.

Learn how to make use of log files for troubleshooting and how to share these with Support at Breeze log files and troubleshooting.