Since the ASCML is still BETA you might want to download the stable-version. Nightly builds are created on the basis of nightly snapshots of the ASCML source-repository and may not at all be stable, but therefore may have implemented new features.
Additionally to the ASCML-binaries you'll need some extra libraries (jar-files) which we are not able to provide bundled with the ASCML-binary. These are:
Download these packages using the links provided above, extract the compressed archive and add the appropiate jar-files to your classpath.
The most simple way to start an ASCML agent:
java -cp lib/jade/jade.jar;lib/jade/jadeTools.jar;ASCML-bin-0.1.jar
jade.Boot -nomtp -gui -name test
ascml:jade.tools.ascml.launcher.AgentLauncher
The ASCML was developed using the Sun JDK version 1.5 and JADE 3.2/3.3. It can be built using apache ant, using the supplied build.xml, Eclipse or any other IDE. Older versions of JADE/JDK (especially a JDK < 1.5) will not be supported.
The ASCML is publicly available under the LGPL (GNU LESSER GENERAL PUBLIC LICENSE).
Karl-Heinz Krempels - I4 RWTH Aachen
e-mail: krempels[-at-]i4.informatik.rwth-aachen.de
ASCML mailing-list for questions and bugs
e-mail: ascml[-at-]i4.informatik.rwth-aachen.de