View QM Revision History at: https://www.state-machine.com/qm/history.html
The online HTML documentation for the latest version of QM is located at: https://www.state-machine.com/qm/
The offline HTML documentation for this particular version of QM
is located in the folder html/. To view the offline documentation, open
the file html/index.html in your web browser.
QM (QP Modeler) is a freeware graphical modeling tool for designing and implementing real-time embedded software based on the UML state machines and the lightweight QP Real-Time Embedded Frameworks (RTEFs). QM is available for Windows (x64), Linux (x64), and macOS (ARM64).
NOTE: For more information, please refer to the online QM Manual at: https://www.state-machine.com/qm/
The most recommended way of obtaining QM is by downloading the QP-bundle, which includes QM and also all QP frameworks and the QTools collection. The main advantage of obtaining QM bundled together like that is that you get all components, tools and examples ready to go.
NOTE: QP-bundle is the most recommended way of downloading and installing QM. However, if you are allergic to installers and GUIs or don't have administrator privileges you can also download and install QM separately as described below.
CAUTION: If you have any previous version of QM installed on your system, please uninstall it before installing the new version.
Go to the QM releases and
download the QM installer (qm_<ver>-windows.exe), which is digitally signed
by Quantum Leaps. The installer will create a desktop shortcut for QM and will
also associate QM model files (*.qm and *.qmp)
Alternatively, if you are allergic to installers, you can download QM zip
archive for Windows (qm_<ver>-windows.zip). Installation consists of
unzipping the archive into any directory, although the C:\qp\ folder is the
recommended default.
NOTE: It is generally not recommended to install QM in such standard locations as "Program Files" or "Program Files (x86)" because these directories have access limitations and don't allow you to modify the QM Style Sheets (
qm_dark.qssandqm_light.qss) or the model templates.
If you installed QM via the installer program, the uninstaller will be provided and you can uninstall QM via the standard "Apps and Features".
If you installed QM from the zip archive, you uninstall QM by simply deleting the installation directory.
Go to the QM releases and
download the QM zip archive for Linux (qm_<ver>-linux.zip). You can
unzip the archive into any directory, although the ~/qp/ folder is the
recommended default.
After unzipping the archive, go to the qm/bin/ directory and make sure
that the qm executable and the qm.sh shell script have executable
permissions. You can either do this with your desktop's file manager
or at the command line, type:
chmod u+x qm
chmod u+x qm.shNOTE: To run the QM application on Linux, you need to run the
qm/bin/qm.shscript. Make sure that the file has executable permissions.
Go to the QM releases and
download the disk image for macOS (qm_<ver>-macos.dmg). Because the .dmg
file is not coming from the Apple Store, after downloading you need to launch
a console and change the attribute of this file:
xattr -c qm_<ver>-macos.dmgOnly after changing the file attribute, you can install QM on your macOS.
Double click on .dmg file. This will mount and open the disk image.
To install the QM tool, you simply drag the qm.app image into the
Applications folder (typically visible in the Dock). If you wish, you might
also create the alias of the qm.app and place it on your Desktop.
To uninstall QM, simply delete the qm.app file and the examples.
The QM example models are included in the QP baseline distributions. The console-type examples are available for Windows (MinGW and Visual C++), Linux, and macOS.
Embedded examples are available for a number of boards, such as ARM Cortex-M, ARM Cortex-R and MSP430 with the GNU, ARM/KEIL, and IAR compilers.
Additionally, a number of examples are provided for the host computers (Windows, Linux and macOS). These examples don't require any embedded hardware to try.
All examples are located in the /examples/ directory, where denotes the folder where you have installed the specific version of the QP framework (QP/C or QP/C++).
The QM graphical modeling tool is freeware. It is free to download and free use, but is not open source. During the installation you will need to accept a basic End-User License Agreement (see https://www.state-machine.com/qm/license.html ), which legally protects Quantum Leaps from any warranty claims, prohibits removing any copyright notices from QM, selling it, and creating similar competitive products. The EULA also prohibits distributing QM from third-party websites. The only legitimate source of QM is the SourceForge.net/projects/qpc/ website.
NOTE: QM uses internally the Qt application toolkit under LGPL Please refer to the LGPL Compliance Package for QM in the sub-directory qt_lgpl or online at https://www.state-machine.com/qm/qt_lgpl.html for more information how to obtain the source code for the Qt toolkit.
The code generated by QM is licensed under the same terms as the underlying QP framework, for which the code has been generated. Please refer to the QP licensing (https://www.state-machine.com/licensing/ ) for more information.
NOTE: QM models without a valid QP license certificate (assumed to be covered by GPL) can only generate up to 20 states. The limitation has been introduced to reduce the widespread GPL infringement with respect to the QP/C and QP/C++ real-time embedded frameworks that underline the code generation in QM.
Support for QM is provided in the Free Support forum at:
The QM software has many assertions inside, and the assertions are ENABLED in the release version. When you hit an assertion, or any other error, please check the "Bug Tracker" available at:
If you don't find your problem, please try to reliably reproduce the problem, and submit a concise report to the "Bug Tracker"
Thank you for your help in improving QM!
Also, if you find inconsistencies or any awkward features, please submit a suggestion how to improve this functionality to the "Feature Tracker" at:
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