Wrong build path for demo_squeezenet_download_convert_run.bat and demo_security_barrier_camera.bat

[Tai-Min]

I have installed newest release of OpenVINO from https://software.intel.com/content/www/us/en/develop/tools/openvino-toolkit.html and followed this page to setup it correctly: https://docs.openvinotoolkit.org/2020.2/_docs_install_guides_installing_openvino_windows.html. Python, CMake and VS19 with build tools are installed and definied in PATH variable. Both scripts create empty direcories in "Documents\Intel\OpenVINO" and executables are build in "%INTEL_OPENVINO_DIR%\inference_engine\samples\cpp\intel64\Release" for demo_squeezenet_download_convert_run.bat and in "%INTEL_OPENVINO_DIR%\inference_engine\demos\intel64\Release" for demo_security_barrier_camera.bat instead. This causes both scripts to fail at run stage as executables can't be found. I have fixed it by replacing line 231 in demo_squeezenet_download_convert_run.bat from cd "%SOLUTION_DIR64%\intel64\Release" to cd "%INTEL_OPENVINO_DIR%\inference_engine\samples\cpp\intel64\Release" and line 200 in demo_security_barrier_camera.bat from cd "%SOLUTION_DIR64%\intel64\Release" to "cd "%INTEL_OPENVINO_DIR%\inference_engine\demos\intel64\Release"

Not sure if this is caused by my setup of Visual Studio but tought that it's worth sharing.

[avitial]

Hi @Tai-Min, thanks for reaching out. If you have v2020.4 installed which sounds like you do (please confirm), the demo scripts demo_squeezenet_download_convert_run.bat and demo_security_barrier_camera.bat when executed the first time they create and store binary files in C:\Users\user\Documents\Intel\OpenVINO\inference_engine_samples_build\intel64\Release and C:\Users\user\Documents\Intel\OpenVINO\inference_engine_demos_build\intel64\Release respectively.

This is how it has been for previous OpenVINO releases as well. So if you had an older version of the OpenVINO software installed, I'd recommend removing or renaming such sample/demo folders as there is some logic in scripts that checks for the existence of these files/folders:

• C:\Users\user\Documents\Intel\OpenVINO\inference_engine_samples_build
• C:\Users\user\Documents\Intel\OpenVINO\inference_engine_demos_build
• C:\Users\user\Documents\Intel\OpenVINO\openvino_models

Also note the guide you listed https://docs.openvinotoolkit.org/2020.2/_docs_install_guides_installing_openvino_windows.html applies to v2020.2, make sure the guide version matches the version of OpenVINO you are installing.

Best Regards, Luis

[Tai-Min]

Hi, yes, I've installed v2020.4

Well, firstly I've tried to run the demos on v2020.2 (clean install) without success, so I've uninstalled it using installer's remove function. Then I've installed v2020.4 and tried again from scratch (using docs for v2020.2, my bad, but looks like both docs for v2020.4 and v2020.2 are identical) again without success.

[avitial]

@Tai-Min thanks for confirming the OpenVINO version. Can you share the actual error message received when executing verification scripts? I'd like to reproduce this issue so any details that could help me replicate are encouraged (OS, Visual Studio 19 Community/Pro/Enterprise?, Python, cmake, etc.).

Regards, Luis

[Tai-Min]

Windows 10 Pro, VS19 Community, python 3.7.6, CMake 3.18.0. Sample run in Windows Terminal as admin.

Error for demo_squeezenet_download_convertrun.bat: 1 file(s) copied. System nie może odnaleźć określonej ścieżki. (system cannot find the path specified in polish)_ classification_sample_async.exe -i "D:\Programy\Programowanie\ML\openvino\openvino\deployment_tools\demo\car.png" -m "C:\Users\Mateusz\Documents\Intel\OpenVINO\openvino_models\ir\public\squeezenet1.1\FP16\squeezenet1.1.xml" -d CPU 'classification_sample_async.exe' is not recognized as an internal or external command, operable program or batch file. Error

Error for demo_security_barriercamera.bat: System nie może odnaleźć określonej ścieżki. (system cannot find the path specified in polish)_ "C:\Users\Mateusz\Documents\Intel\OpenVINO\inference_engine_demos_build\intel64\Release\security_barrier_camera_demo.exe" -i "D:\Programy\Programowanie\ML\openvino\openvino\deployment_tools\demo\car_1.bmp" -m "C:\Users\Mateusz\Documents\Intel\OpenVINO\openvino_models\ir\intel\vehicle-license-plate-detection-barrier-0106\FP16\vehicle-license-plate-detection-barrier-0106.xml" -m_lpr "C:\Users\Mateusz\Documents\Intel\OpenVINO\openvino_models\ir\intel\license-plate-recognition-barrier-0001\FP16\license-plate-recognition-barrier-0001.xml" -m_va "C:\Users\Mateusz\Documents\Intel\OpenVINO\openvino_models\ir\intel\vehicle-attributes-recognition-barrier-0039\FP16\vehicle-attributes-recognition-barrier-0039.xml" -d CPU -d_va CPU -d_lpr CPU 'security_barrier_camera_demo.exe' is not recognized as an internal or external command, operable program or batch file. Error

[avitial]

@Tai-Min if you check the contents of dir C:\Users\Mateusz\Documents\Intel\OpenVINO\inference_engine_demos_build\intel64\Release\ do you see the security_barrier_camera_demo.exe binary? I see different locations for the binary and models/bmp image, perhaps this is what is causing the issue to begin with. Is your OpenVINO installation path in C:\ or in D:\?

[Tai-Min]

My OpenVINO path is in D:\ and inference_engine_demos_build folder is empty. All stuff for this sample is recreated in "%INTEL_OPENVINO_DIR%\inference_engine\demos\intel64\Release"