The executable files are at 'publish/setup.exe', 'obj/x86/Debug/CTA2045Sim.exe', 'obj/x86/Release/CTA2045Sim.exe', 'bin/Release/CTA2045Sim.exe' or 'bin/Debug/CTA2045Sim.exe.'.

Download and extract CTA-2045-A.zip to a local directory.

The executables built from Visual Studio were archived into CTA-2045-A.zip Once run, the executable will either start the simulator or start a setup wizard before starting the simulator.

The executable files will be in the local directory at 'publish/setup.exe', 'obj/x86/Debug/CTA2045Sim.exe', 'obj/x86/Release/CTA2045Sim.exe', 'bin/Release/CTA2045Sim.exe' or 'bin/Debug/CTA2045Sim.exe.'.

Under the Build menu, click on either Publish CTA2045Sim or Build CTA2045Sim and wait for the process to complete.

Navigate to the directory and open the file name 'CTA2045Sim.sln' Visual Studio or the IDE should load the project.

Execute git clone from a local directory or download and extract CTA-2045-Desktop-Simulator-master.zip to a local directory.

Install Visual Studio IDE or any IDE capable of building Visual Studio's solution project.

The step by step instructions to build the executable can be found in the user manual located in 'cta-2045-desktop-simulator/Manual/AINSICTA-2045-A_Simulator_User_Guide_Production_19.08.22.pdf' ( See Section 3 - INSTALLATION AND STARTUP.) It should also operate on all current Microsoft platforms such as Windows Vista and Windows 8. This software has been tested on Microsoft Windows 10 and Windows 7, both 32- and 64-bit. This simulator application may assist in reducing the cost of product evaluations, development, and testing. Using the test script mode, repetitive testing can be simplified and allow product testing with minimal human involvement. In this mode, the application can act as a tutor for developers who are unfamiliar with the ANSI/CTA-2045-A standard in understanding how to implement the standard by viewing example exchanges and performing what-if testing. In this mode, the application can be used to test SGDs to evaluate their compliance with the ANSI/CTA-2045-A standard. In this mode, the application can be used to test UCMs to evaluate their compliance with the ANSI/CTA-2045-A standard. This application has several uses to benefit utilities, manufacturers, and vendors: This manual describes how to use this software to emulate both device types as well as all three message categories of data link, basic demand response (DR) messages, and intermediate DR messages. Using different cable sets, both AC and DC form factors are supported.

This application provides a fully functional simulator for both SGDs and UCMs. The ANSI/CTA-2045-A simulator software acts as a smart grid device (SGD) or universal communications module (UCM) to aid in the development and test of new and existing technologies that exchange information through an ANSI/CTA-2045-A interface.

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