LMS TecWare Rev 3.6 Installation Manual

LMS TecWare Rev 3.6
Installation Manual
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Table of contents
Table of contents.............................................................................................................3
Preface............................................................................................................................6
1
Running the Installation Procedure..........................................................................7
1.1
1.1.1
Installation directory .................................................................................7
1.1.2
Install LMS TecWare Rev 3.6...................................................................7
1.2
2
3
On Windows ....................................................................................................7
On Unix..........................................................................................................10
1.2.1
Installation directory ...............................................................................10
1.2.2
Install LMS TecWare Rev 3.6.................................................................11
LMS TecWare Licensing........................................................................................18
2.1
Types of FLEXlm License Files......................................................................18
2.2
The FLEXlm License File ...............................................................................19
2.3
Starting the license manager .........................................................................20
2.3.1
UNIX ......................................................................................................20
2.3.2
Windows 2000/XP..................................................................................20
2.4
License configuration of the LMS software (client) .........................................21
2.5
Check the license status ................................................................................22
Running LMS TecWare .........................................................................................24
3.1
Windows ........................................................................................................24
3.2
UNIX..............................................................................................................24
3.2.1
3.3
4
Examples: ..............................................................................................25
License Initialization.......................................................................................26
Installation Prerequisites........................................................................................27
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4.1
UNIX..............................................................................................................27
4.1.1
Required disk space...............................................................................27
4.1.2
Required settings on Linux systems .......................................................27
4.1.3
Required patch on Sun Solaris 8 systems ..............................................28
4.1.4
Required patch on HP-UX 11.x systems ................................................29
4.2
Windows ........................................................................................................32
4.2.1
5
6
General requirements ............................................................................33
Hints and useful features .......................................................................................35
5.1
Language of the GUI......................................................................................35
5.2
Advantages of a CUSTOM directory ..............................................................35
5.3
Defining the used Printers [UNIX] ..................................................................36
5.4
Default Directories .........................................................................................36
5.5
ASCII Import/Export .......................................................................................37
5.6
FALANCS: Data base directory .....................................................................37
5.7
FALANCS FEM: ANSYS toolbar ....................................................................37
5.8
Print Preview for texts and graphics (UNIX) ...................................................38
5.9
LMS TecWare terminal window .....................................................................38
5.10
License Information tool.................................................................................38
Troubleshooting.....................................................................................................39
6.1
Licensing .......................................................................................................39
6.2
Installing multiple versions of LMS TecWare on the same computer..............39
6.3
Using "My Documents" as TecWare Project Directory (Windows XP) ............39
6.4
Windows XP - Service Pack 2 with active Firewall .........................................40
6.5
Import DIAdem 9 files ....................................................................................40
6.6
Problems with Exceed (and Motif-2) ..............................................................40
6.7
Word 2000 and Norton AntiVirus....................................................................41
6.8
'@' character in license path ..........................................................................41
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6.9
flexlm.dat on clients .......................................................................................41
6.10
Bad HostID on Windows 2000 .......................................................................42
6.11
TDF units in LMS TecWare and LMS CADA-X (HP-UX & Windows) .............43
6.12
Bad performance working with ASCII files .....................................................43
6.13
Upgrades and updates of the installation .......................................................44
6.14
Changing the license file................................................................................44
6.15
TEX configuration for LMS TecWare Reporting (AutoAnalyze) .......................44
6.16
No square brackets in names of formulas ......................................................45
6.17
Using RainView with several files...................................................................45
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Preface
This document describes how to install and customize LMS TecWare Rev 3.6.
This software is available on the following computer platforms:
INTEL-compatible Windows 2000 or Windows XP Personal Computer;
UNIX:
o
HP Workstation with HP-UX;
o
SGI Workstation with IRIX;
o
Sun Workstation with Solaris;
o
IBM Workstation with AIX;
o
INTEL x86-compatible Workstations with Linux;
The software package contains the Windows version together with the UNIX
versions.
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1 Running the Installation Procedure
1.1
1.1.1
On Windows
Installation directory
Make sure you have permissions to install in the target directory. This directory
defaults to C:\Program Files\LMS\TecWare, but may be changed to any path
writeable by the current user.
1.1.2
Install LMS TecWare Rev 3.6
If the setup does not start automatically after inserting the CD-ROM into your drive,
start Windows Explorer, go to your CD-ROM drive and run the program setup.exe
that is located in the directory
<CD>:\windows\
First, select the language for the installation:
Then, specify the target directory for the installation:
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Followed by selecting the products to install.
Choose Integration RS-Labsite or RS-Analysis only if TecWare is installed together
with IST RS-Labsite. If you are not sure, it’s safe to leave the option unchecked.
After the installation, the option “Ask configuration details” will try to create a initial
configuration including the license server to use.
Now, the files are copied into the installation directory.
Next, the license server has to be specified. If the entry is left blank, the license
behaviour defaults to read the file data/flexlm.dat like older TecWare versions.
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Additionally, a program group may be created.
LMS TecWare 3.6
The shortcuts may be created for the current user or – requiring administrator
permissions – for all users.
To properly run TecWare, you have to install the Runtime Environment of Microsoft
Visual Studio 2005, if not already done. For your convenience, this may be done here
by answering yes:
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This finishes the installation process.
As a last step, the user may have a look into the online release notes.
1.2
1.2.1
On Unix
Installation directory
Make sure you have permissions to install in the target directory. This directory
defaults to /opt/lms/tecware, but may be changed to any path writeable by the
current user.
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1.2.2
Install LMS TecWare Rev 3.6
The software is delivered as a collection of compressed tar files, stored in several
subdirectories on the CD-ROM. Besides, the CD contains a setup tool for an easy
installation.
Put CD in the CD-ROM drive and mount:
HP-UX:
su –
/etc/ioscan –fnC disk
This list contains the <cd_device> names of the CD drive.
/usr/sbin/mount –rF cdfs /dev/dsk/<cd_device> /cdrom
Linux, SGI & SUN:
The CD is mounted automatically
IBM:
su /usr/sbin/mount –v cdrfs –r /dev/cd0 /cdrom
Note: It’s not recommended to install the software with root privileges. Please check
access permissions of installed files, especially when using a restrictive umask!
The setup is started by:
/cdrom/install.ksh
Make sure, that your system does support a ksh shell.
The install script will need some disk space in /tmp. If there is not enough disk space
available, you may define the environment variable TEMP pointing to a directory
providing more disk space.
If there are problems with the install script, some verbose messages can be activated
by providing an argument
/cdrom/install.ksh debug
First, the language for the installation can be selected.
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Then, the target directory for the installation is prompted:
/opt/lms/tecware3.6
Now, the archive containing the installation is shown. This would enable a target
installation of a different UNIX platform. The default shows the installation for the
current platform.
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Select the file tw36.bz2 for the required platform
from your TecWare CD-ROM.
/cdrom/linux/tw36.bz2
First, the system specific files are copied to the target directory.
After the system specific files, the system independend files are installed:
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If a previous installation of LMS TecWare exists and some customized settings
should be transferred, the previous installation directory may be specified here.
Next, the license server has to be specified. If the entry is left blank, the license
behaviour defaults to read the file data/flexlm.dat like older TecWare versions.
Please refer to the section about Licensing for detailed information.
If it’s the first installation, the LMS FALANCS databases should be installed. For an
update, the existing databases should be used.
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Please decide, whether the examples should be installed. Some tutorials refer to this
example data.
This finishes the installation.
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As a last step, the user may have a look into the release notes…
and optionally start up the software:
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Unmount the CD-ROM drive
HP-UX & IBM:
/usr/sbin/umount /cdrom
Linux, SGI & SUN:
eject /cdrom
At the end of the setup process you should open the release notes, where you will
find some useful technical information about LMS TecWare and LMS FALANCS.
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2 LMS TecWare Licensing
This document deals with the most important things about FLEXlm licensing. It
should contain enough information to start the LMS software. Most detailed
information is available in the FLEXlm End Users Guide (./manual/flexlm.pdf).
It is not possible to start the software without a valid license file!
For each new revision of TecWare, a new license file has to requested from your
local LMS office. For a new ServiceLevel, the license file of the corresponding
revision can be re-used.
When installing a new license file, you also should check for the latest versions of the
FLEXlm server lmgrd(.exe) and vendor daemon LMS_INTL(.exe). These files can be
found in the TecWare installation, directory flexlm/bin.
2.1
Types of FLEXlm License Files
Different types of license files can be created for LMS FALANCS and LMS TecWare.
Floating (concurrent) Licenses
A floating license enables anyone on the network to use the software, up to
the limit specified in the license file. This is the default kind of licenses (for
TecWare/FALANCS) provided by LMS. A floating license requires the license
manager daemon (lmgrd) and the vendor daemon (LMS_INTL) to be running
on the license server. The daemons are counting the concurrent usage of the
licenses.
Node-locked Licenses
A node-locked license enables an user to use the software on one specific
machine. The license cannot be used on a different machine. A node-locked
license requires the license manager daemon (lmgrd) and the vendor daemon
(LMS_INTL) to be running on the specific machine. The daemons are
counting the concurrent usage of the licenses on this specific machine.
Value Pack Licenses
A Value Pack license enables anyone on the network to use the whole
software. Depending on the product, a certain amount of Tokens are used
from the license server. In contrast to floating licenses, the user does not
have to decide which program from the TecWare product line should be
available when buying the software. Instead, the user may execute one
expensive program or several cheaper programs. It only requires the amount
of Tokens to be available for each program when using it.
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2.2
The FLEXlm License File
To create your final license file, LMS needs certain information about your license
server. If you have not filled in the questionnaire "Software License File Request
Form " (or didn't receive it) please collected the required system data and send it to
LMS. The document can be found in the installation:
./relnotes/eng/LicenseRequestForm.pdf
After having received the license file (e.g. LMS_INTL.lic), store it in any location on
your license server.
Recommendations:
Separate license server
If the license server is only intended to host the license manager software,
you should create a new directory for FLEXlm software. Store the license file
there. Then copy the files from the ../flexlm/bin/ directory (of the LMS
TecWare installation) to this license manager directory on your server.
License server and LMS software on the same computer
In a typical single-user environment, you should copy the license file to the
../custom/ sub-directory of the LMS TecWare installation, which should
have been created during the setup procedure.
Possibly, the final license file has to be customized!
Before starting the license manager software, check the header of your license file
using a conventional text editor:
The host name (here lmsflex1) of the license server must be entered on the second
position in the first row of the file, if it is not entered there yet:
SERVER lmsflex1 23456789
There might be an additional number in the SERVER line. This is a tcp-port used by
the license manager software. If no port is specified the used default is 27000.
SERVER lmsflex1 23456789 1234
In case of doubt, contact your system administrator. Especially, when running
separate FLEXlm license managers for different software, you will need to specify
port numbers explicitly in the license files.
Afterwards, the license manager software must be started (unless you are using a so
called "demo code").
The FLEXlm license manager must be up in order to run the software!
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2.3
Starting the license manager
2.3.1
UNIX
Any user can start the license manager software (lmgrd). It's recommended to start
the license manager as a non-privileged user, i.e. do not start lmgrd as root.
To start lmgrd, use the following command:
lmgrd -c LMS_INTL.lic -l flexlm.log
where
lmgrd is the binary file from the ../flexlm/bin directory,
LMS_INTL.lic is the license file (use the complete path, if necessary), and
flexlm.log is any file name to the debug log file.
For detailed information, please refer to the FLEXlm End Users Guide, available in
the installation ./manual/flexlm.pdf.
2.3.2
Windows 2000/XP
On Windows, the license manager can easily be controlled by a separate FLEXlm
tool 'LMTOOLS'. This is located in the flexlm\bin\ directory of the LMS TecWare
installation. If you have created the LMS TecWare group in your start menu during
the installation process, you will also find an entry for the license management
among the "Tools".
This tool can be used to start or stop the license manager. Moreover, you can
configure the server to start automatically at power-up. Using the 'Config Services'
tab, you have to specify the storing location of some files:
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•
lmgrd.exe
Stored in the flexlm\bin\ sub-directory of the LMS TecWare
installation. (May be copied to any other directory, but together with
LMS_INTL.exe.)
•
License File
Stored in any directory on the license server, or e.g. in the custom
sub-directory of the LMS TecWare installation.
•
Debug Log File
Choose any directory and filename you would like to use.
Besides, you will find two checkboxes to start the license manger at power up, and
register it as a service (must be administrator!).
In the 'Start/Stop/Reread' tab you can start or stop the license server. The license
server's status can be checked using the 'Server Status' tab.
2.4
License configuration of the LMS software (client)
After the license manager software has been started, the LMS TecWare/FALANCS
software needs to know which license server to connect to. There are several
possibilities to configure the software with respect to licensing issues. The most
important setups are:
•
Specify the license server
During the installation, you may enter your license server in a
"port@host" notation. Your input is stored in the
../custom/tecware.ini file.
E.g. if the license server is "lmsflex1" and no explicit port is used, the
corresponding section in the ../custom/tecware.ini file will be:
[Runtime]
LicFile=@lmsflex1
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•
Specify a license file
If you skip the specification of a license server during the setup, the
software expects a license file ../data/flexlm.dat in the installation
directory. In this case, the setup does not write the section mentioned
above to the ../custom/tecware.ini, but the default setting in the
../data/tecware.ini becomes active:
[Runtime]
LicFile=$TECWAREHOME/data/flexlm.dat
In the same way, it is possible to specify another license file in (any instance
of) the tecware.ini file.
If non of these configurations meet your local requirements, please have look into the
FLEXlm End Users Guide (./manual/flexlm.pdf), or contact your responsible
LMS CAE support.
2.5
Check the license status
Concerning the license server status, there are two useful tools available from the
LMS TecWare Desktop. The "License Information" tool provides information about
available license features and features that are currently in use by other users.
The "System Information" can list detailed information on the license server status,
especially useful in case of problems while connecting to the license server.
For more information on installing and configuring a FlexLM license server, see the
online release notes provided in
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3 Running LMS TecWare
3.1
Windows
Double-click on the LMS TecWare Desktop Short-cut on the Windows Desktop or go
to Start Programs LMS TecWare LMS TecWare Desktop.
In addition, data set files of the LMS TecWare Desktop can be selected in the
Windows-Explorer. A double click will launch the TecWare Desktop and load the data
set.
3.2
UNIX
LMS TecWare is started by typing :
/opt/lms/tecware3.6/tecware desktop
If applicable, enter a central alias or add the line
alias tecware /opt/lms/tecware3.6/tecware
to the .cshrc file of the user.
(provided that LMS TecWare has been installed to /opt/lms/tecware3.6/ and the
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login shell of the user is csh)
Alternatively, modify the global path definition or add
setenv PATH ${PATH}:/opt/lms/tecware3.6
to the .cshrc file of the user. Then call the respective components with the
command tecware <component>, i.e. run the TecWare Desktop (part of the LMS
TecWare Kernel) with the command tecware desktop, run LMS FALANCS with
tecware falancs. If you call tecware without specifying parameters, a help file
appears which explains how to use the procedure:
$ tecware
NAME
tecware - script to start LMS TecWare tools
SYNOPSIS
tecware tool [+log [logfile]]
OPTIONS
tool
<- starts LMS TecWare tool
setup
install_license
install_demo
install_pdb
desktop
timeedit
conform
faticount
reporting
batch
rainedit
combitrack
falancs
falbatch, falgws2i, ts2bdf
ans2tsi, elem2tsi, pat2tsi, pch2tsif, unv2tsi
fcvsnc3, fcvmat3, fcvsol2
hist_conv
rf_conv
dia2ub
sysinfo, license, filelist
flexlm_start, flexlm_stop
terminal (LMS TecWare initialized terminal)
manual [tecware|timeedit|falancs|desktop]
help [tecware|timeedit|falancs|desktop]
releasenotes
+log
logfile
3.2.1
run with logfile
name of the logfile (default: /dev/tty)
Examples:
Starting LMS TecWare Desktop:
$ tecware desktop
Starting LMS FALANCS:
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$ tecware falancs
Using ConForm from the command line:
$ tecware conform -f if/input.erg if/output.erg
3.3
License Initialization
You should open the TecWare INI Editor. Make sure, that TecWare uses all File
Interfaces, that are intended to be used with TecWare. By default, only the file
interfaces included in the TecWare Kernel are enabled.
Some customer specific file interfaces have to be activated manually, e.g. MDF,
IBMI2, PIAS.
If you don't use customer specific interfaces, you can ignore this section.
Open the INI File Editor
and change the setting of the key “TryToGetLicUB” to “no”:
Save the settings using FileSave in custom path. This will deactivate the setting for
all users of this installation.
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4 Installation Prerequisites
4.1
4.1.1
UNIX
Required disk space
The following table contains the approximately required disk space for a
complete installation of LMS TecWare and LMS FALANCS including the set
of example data (about 150 MB).
Version
(at least)
Operating System
Disk space
IBM AIX
5.3
880 MB
HP-UX
B.11.0 A.C.E & B.11.11
880 MB
Red Hat Enterprise 3.0/4.0 (32/64bit)
SuSE Linux 9.1 - 10.3 (32/64bit)
820 MB
6.5.28m
880 MB
8 (SunOS 5.8)
915 MB
Linux (x86)
SGI IRIX
Sun Solaris
Note: Disk space may slightly change with any new version.
4.1.2
Required settings on Linux systems
X-Server Authentification
By default, many new Linux systems come with a X-Server configuration,
which do not allow any connection to the X-Server via TCP. For TecWare and
FALANCS, you have to change this setting.
Since this option also restricts opening programs from remote machines, it
mainly occurs on single Linux workstations.
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If you are using xdm, please check the file Xservers in either
/usr/X11/lib/X11/xdm or /etc/X11/xdm. If this file is not in one of these
directories, check your distribution for the location of the file.
The lines like
:0 local /usr/X11R6/bin/X -nolisten tcp -br vt7
must not contain the option "-nolisten tcp", so just remove them, e.g.:
:0 local /usr/X11R6/bin/X -br vt7
Otherwise calling e.g. TimeEdit from the Desktop or calling calculations inside
FALANCS will not work properly.
If you are using GNOME and gdm, the required setting is located in the file
/usr/X11/gdm/gdm.conf in section [security]:
DisallowTCP=false
This setting can also be changed by using the program gdmsetup. The option
“Deny TCP connections…” has to be disabled:
In all cases, the X-Server has to be re-started after changing this setting. This
includes the gdm/xdm process. Depending on the Linux distribution, a reboot
may be necessary.
To test the setting, the following can be executed:
csh
setenv DISPLAY `uname –n`:0.0
xclock
If there is still an error when opening xclock, the setting is not active, yet.
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Motif/Lesstif
TecWare uses Motif for several GUI parts. On Linux system using Xorg as XServer (e.g. on newer debian system) the following environment variable
needs to be set:
export XKEYSYMDB=/usr/share/X11/XKeysymDB
Otherwise, text input is not possible in several windows.
4.1.3
Requirements for Sun Solaris
Required patch on Sun Solaris 8 systems
Using the operating system Sun Solaris 8, the following patch must have
been installed:
/usr/lib/libm.so.1:
RELEASE VERSION SunOS 5.8 Patch 111721-04 04/16/2003
X-Server using TrueColor
ProcessBuilder needs the X-Server to run in TrueColor mode. Please follow
the instructions below to activate this option (you need root-privileges to do
so):
•
if the file /etc/dt/config/Xservers does not exist, copy it from
/usr/dt/config/Xservers
•
modify the last line from
:0
Local local_uid@console root /usr/openwin/bin/Xsun :0 -nobanner
to (one line)
:0
•
4.1.4
Local local_uid@console root /usr/openwin/bin/Xsun :0 -nobanner
-dev /dev/fb defdepth 24
restart your X-Server or reboot the machine
Requirements HP-UX systems
Required patch on HP-UX 11.x
Using the operating system HP-UX 11.x, the following patch must have been
installed:
Patch Name: PHSS_27367
Patch Description: s700_800 11.11 Shared libF90 B.11.01.12
Creation Date: 02/06/26
Post Date: 02/07/02
Hardware Platforms - OS Releases:
s700: 11.11
s800: 11.11
Filesets:
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OS-Core.CORE-SHLIBS,fr=B.11.11,fa=HP-UX_B.11.11_32/64,v=HP
OS-Core.CORE-64SLIB,fr=B.11.11,fa=HP-UX_B.11.11_32/64,v=HP
Path Name: /hp-ux_patches/s700_800/11.X/PHSS_27367
Supersedes:
PHSS_25716
Equivalent Patches:
PHSS_25713:
s700: 10.00 10.01 10.10 10.20
s800: 10.00 10.01 10.10 10.20
PHSS_25715:
s700: 11.20
s800: 11.20
PHSS_25714:
s700: 11.00 11.10
s800: 11.00 11.10
Patch Package Size: 24460 KBytes
X-Server using TrueColor
ProcessBuilder needs the X-Server to run in TrueColor mode. Please follow
the instructions below to activate this option (you need root-privileges to do
so):
•
start "sam", double-click "Display", then "X Server Configuration"
•
right-click the used X Server (here: "ATI Fire GL T2(0) Connector 1")
and choose "Modify Screen Options"
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•
select the Screen Option "DefaultVisualTrueType", change the value
to "true" and check the option "Set Option"
•
Press "OK". Then close all opened windows. If requested, accept
saving the changes. Read the next "Confirmation" carefully and then
let the X-Server restart.
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4.1.5
Requirements for SGI IRIX
X-Server using TrueColor
ProcessBuilder needs the X-Server to run in TrueColor mode. Please follow
the instructions below to activate this option (you need root-privileges to do
so):
•
if the file /etc/dt/config/Xservers does not exist, copy it from
/usr/dt/config/Xservers
•
modify the last line from
*
Local local@tport /usr/bin/X11/X -bs -nobitscale -c :0
to (one line)
*
4.1.6
Local local@tport /usr/bin/X11/X -bs -nobitscale -c :0
-depth 24 -class TrueColor" and the removal
•
also, remove the option -pseudomap <map> if it is used in the current
configuration.
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restart your X-Server or reboot the machine
Requirements for IBM AIX systems
X-Server using TrueColor
ProcessBuilder needs the X-Server to run in TrueColor mode. Please follow
the instructions below to activate this option (you need root-privileges to do
so):
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if the file /etc/dt/config/Xservers does not exist, copy it from
/usr/dt/config/Xservers
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modify the last line from
:0
Local local@console /usr/lpp/X11/defaults/xserverrc -T -force :0
to (one line)
:0
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Local local@console /usr/lpp/X11/defaults/xserverrc -T -force :0
-d 24
restart your X-Server or reboot the machine
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4.2
4.2.1
Windows
General requirements
Minimal hardware equipment:
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CPU: 1GHz
RAM: 512 MB
Display: 1024x768 pixels
about 870 MB hard disk space (including 164 MB example
data and 234 MB for LMS Test.Xpress data access)
Microsoft Windows 2000
Recommended hardware equipment:
• CPU: 3 GHz
• RAM: 2 GB
• Display: 1280x960 pixels
• Hard disc: fast 200 GB disc
• 100 MBit or 1 GBit network
(in case of network installation or mass data on network
folders)
• Microsoft Windows XP
Hints:
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4.2.2
Hyper-Threading is supported.
Using a faster hard disk is better than adding RAM!
Required patch on Windows systems
To run LMS TecWare properly, you have to install the Visual Studio 2005
runtime environment. A setup program for this can be found in
contrib\VisualStudio2005Runtime\vcredist_x86-sp1.exe after
finishing the installation.
Also, for convenience, the TecWare Setup will perform this task on request.
For this installation, Administrator rights have to be available.
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4.2.3
Screen using TrueColor
ProcessBuilder needs the Screen to run in TrueColor mode. Please follow the
instructions below to activate this option:
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right-click on the Windows desktop background and choose
"Properties"
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click on tab card "Settings" and choose the number of colors to at
least 16bit or better
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5 Hints and useful features
5.1
Language of the GUI
You can switch between English and German language for the user interface.
Usually, English is the default language within LMS TecWare and LMS FALANCS.
Modifications should be made in >data/tecware.ini or in custom/tecware.ini in
the section [intl]. The setting for the English language is the following:
[intl]
sLanguage=eng
The setting for German is:
[intl]
sLanguage=deu
Of course, any user can set his desired language by modifying the private
~/tecware/tecware.ini.
5.2
Advantages of a CUSTOM directory
The software uses three directories, where INI files may be stored:
1. the subdirectory data/ in the installation directory,
2. the subdirectory custom/ in the installation directory,
3. your "personal" TecWare directory ~/tecware/ or $HOME/tecware/ (on
UNIX) and %HOMEDRIVE%%HOMEPATH%/tecware/ (on a PC).
All matching INI-files in those directories were merged, i.e. a setting in
custom/tecware.ini will have higher priority than the corresponding setting in
data/tecware.ini, but will be overwritten by settings in ~/tecware/tecware.ini.
Therefore, you can customize LMS TecWare / LMS FALANCS fully through changes
in the custom/ directory, without changing the central data/tecware.ini. Of
course, you can use the latter one as a template.
If you install an update (patch) of the software, the central data/ directory may be
overwritten, but your local changes in the custom/ directory will be kept as well as
your private modifications in ~/tecware/. Hence, your settings are retained even
after the update.
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5.3
Defining the used Printers [UNIX]
In order to install a new printer, the file custom/tecware.ini (or one of the other
tecware.ini files) must contain a section which connects the printer name with the
queue queue. The identifiers name and queue can be chosen by the user.
[Printer name]
Connection=queue
Moreover, the queue queue must be defined more in detail, which is made in a
separate section. Here the global printer name sysname is used. You can select one
of the following formats:
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POSTSCRIPT
POSTSCRIPT b/w
HPGL
HPGL b/w
LASERJET
DESKJET
DESKJET b/w
PAINTJET 16 Colors
PAINTJET 8 Colors
LJ250 16 Colors
LJ250 8 Colors
As shown in the example below, you can also use several commands to print the
print file %PRTFILE% and to delete it afterwards.
[PrintConnection queue]
Format=POSTSCRIPT
Command1=/bin/lp -dsysname -c -n%COPIES% %PRTFILE%
Command2=/bin/rm -f %PRTFILE%
5.4
Default Directories
Default directories are directories which you can find via a pop text in the file
selection windows. The purpose is to make it easier to navigate through the file
system.
All frequently used directories can easily be found in the file selection, if their have
been configured as a default directory. The list of default directories can be entered
in the following section in (any of) the tecware.ini file(s):
[DataDirectories]
<name1>=<directory1>
<name2>=<directory2>
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In addition, your personal default directories can be modified interactively! Use the
corresponding buttons in the file selection GUI:
Add to default directories
Edit default directories
5.5
ASCII Import/Export
In the Edit menu of a Desktop data set, ASCII Import and Export features are
available.
The Export tool can store a number of (binary) files in an ASCII format. This can be
useful for further analyses in third party software.
The (ASCII) Import tool can read those files back into TecWare. But, it can also
import binary data files with automatic format detection. So, the Import tool could be
used as a powerful replacement of the default file selection.
5.6
FALANCS: Data base directory
LMS FALANCS data base directories should be provided with global write
permissions. The individual permissions (editable: yes/no) can be set using the
FALANCS "Database Configuration Tool".
In the contrib/ directory, you find a compressed example data base, containing
some cyclic material data, SN curves, solution parameters, and method parameters.
It can either be installed during the setup, or may be extracted later using (on UNIX):
zcat contrib/pdb.tar.Z | tar xfv -
On Windows, the example database in the contrib/ directory, is a self-extracting
ZIP file.
Attention: If you are updating your FALANCS version, please check if you already
have your own data base containing data you want to keep.
5.7
FALANCS FEM: ANSYS toolbar
The directory contrib/ansys/ contains some ANSYS macros and related files.
Please follow the instructions in the readme.txt/ document to make a useful add-on
to the ANSYS toolbar available. The macros will allow an easy access to the
durability results of LMS FALANCS while using ANSYS for post-processing.
Note: The computed damages replace the stress tensor in the first load case of the
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ANSYS result file (*.rst). So, it is highly recommended to have a dummy load case in
the *.rst files processed by FALANCS.
5.8
Print Preview for texts and graphics (UNIX)
Among the default printers on UNIX systems you find the "printers" GraphicPreView
and TextPreView. These printers can be used to preview the page layout of your
results on the screen. The GraphicPreView is displayed using
GhostScript/GhostView. The TextPreView uses a text editor which can be defined by
setting the environment variable $EDITOR (UNIX). By default a customary editor of
your operating system will be started.
5.9
LMS TecWare terminal window
You can start the TecWare script with the tool terminal to open a new terminal
window. Alternatively, a corresponding button is available in the TecWare Desktop.
That window is initalized with several TecWare settings and is used for some
FALANCS tools. Please note that your login script (i.e. .cshrc when using the CShell) is executed after the TecWare initialization. Hence, some relevant settings
(e.g. the Library-Path) could be overwritten!
5.10 License Information tool
The License Information tool (available in the main window of the LMS TecWare
Dektop) provides information about all (available and used) license keys. If a certain
tool cannot be started you may check whether the corresponding licenses are locked
by other users.
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6 Troubleshooting
Please find detailed information about the different tools in the online Release Notes
of the corresponding tool.
6.1
Licensing
Licensing problems may occur:
when the environment variable LM_LICENSE_FILE is set. In that case,
remove it.
when making use of a FlexLM license server, of version lower than 9.5. Make
sure the version of the FlexLM software and the LMS_INTL daemon are at
least 9.5.
when using one FlexLM license server to serve not only TecWare licenses
but also other licenses. If you are experiencing problems, please try to set up
a separate license server for the TecWare product.
if you find the following key in the Registry of your PC
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\FLEXlm License Manager
"LMS_INTL_LICENSE_FILE"=...
just remove the entry "LMS_INTL_LICENSE_FILE". It is a key that has been
added by older versions of LMS TecWare. The entry is not necessary and
can cause problems if the information in that key is not valid (anymore).
6.2
Installing multiple versions of LMS TecWare on the same computer
Multiple versions of LMS TecWare may be installed in different directories on the
same machine. There is no problem when using those versions in parallel. However,
the required license servers have to be up and running. Different versions of LMS
TecWare may use different versions of FLEXlm.
6.3
Using "My Documents" as TecWare Project Directory (Windows XP)
By default, the directory "My Documents" is write protected. That's why the LMS
TecWare Desktop refuses to use this directory as "Project Directory". To overcome
this restriction, the write protection flag must be removed, e.g. by applying the
following command in a command prompt window:
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attrib -r "My Documents"
6.4
Conflict with installed file libmmd.dll
libmmd.dll ist the Math Library installed by the Intel Fortran Compiler. TecWare uses
version 9 of the compiler and ships the necessary DLLs in the lib-directory of the
TecWare installation.
If an incompatible version of this file is already installed in the Windows system
directory, problems may occur (typically, an error message reports a missing entry
point in the DLL and the program exits). This could happen if older or newer versions
of the Intel Compiler are installed.
Workaround: replace the file in the Windows system directory with the file libmmd.dll
from TecWare's lib directory (but this may effect other programs) or copy the
TecWare libmmd.dll to all bin directories of the TecWare installation (e.g. lifestat\bin,
processbuilder\bin, …).
This should be addressed by your System Administrator.
6.5
Windows XP - Service Pack 2 with active Firewall
While working with LMS TecWare, several modules (TimeEdit, FatiCount, ...) are
invoked via the "TecWare-Bus" and open a TCP/IP connection. The number of
connections is limited by the Windows-Firewall (since Service Pack 2), which gives a
corresponding warning when a program opens a TCP/IP connection for the first time.
The warning can be responded by clicking either "Keep Blocking" or "Unblock". In
both cases, LMS TecWare is working, and no further warnings will pop-up for this
module.
The options "Keep Blocking" and "Unblock" are only available for administrators. A
non-privileged user may activate the option "For this program, don't show this
message again" in the alert window and is then also able to continue working without
warnings.
6.6
Import DIAdem 9 files
The current release of LMS TecWare cannot import files written with DIAdem 9 (or
newer) yet. Users of "NI DIAdem 9.x" have to export the desired files using the
DIAdem 8 format, in order to process them in TecWare.
6.7
Problems with Exceed (and Motif-2)
When running the software on a UNIX workstation via Exceed (i.e. display on a PC),
it may happen that some GUI elements are not displayed correctly. The most
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frequent effect is that a selection menu appears behind the main window.
The problem is caused by a bug in Exceed 6.2 (and 7.1) and can be solved by a
patches (provided by "Hummingbird Communications Ltd."). The patches to version
6.2.0.43 (and 7.1.0.7) are also available in the "contrib" directory. You simply have to
replace the "exceed.exe" file.
6.8
Word 2000 and Norton AntiVirus
If Norton AntiVirus 2000, 2001, or 2002 is used on the machine the automatation of
Word 2000 may not work. For reference and a workaround see Microsoft Knowledge
Base: Q243579
See also: Q246018
6.9
'@' character in license path
If the path to the license file contains the '@' character, the software will not get any
valid license key. The reason for this problem is, that FlexLM does not allow any '@'
in the path. It is possible to specify a license as <port>@<host> or @<host>, but a
path containing '@' is not handled correctly.
Recommended workaround:
Create a softlink to the license file (without '@') and use the following settings in the
'tecware.ini', e.g.:
[Runtime]
LicFile=/usr/local/data/flexlm.dat
LicDoNotSearch=1
Where 'flexlm.dat' is a symbolic link to the (physical) 'flexlm.dat' file located in an "@path".
6.10 flexlm.dat on clients
If using a license file (on the client) that only contains the 'SERVER' line and the
statement 'USE_SERVER', it is absolutely necessary to terminate this line by 'return'.
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Otherwise the command USE_SERVER will not be recognized and the software will
not work, because it cannot connect to the license server.
6.11 Bad HostID on Windows 2000
If a PC (running Windows 2000) is disconnected from the network, the physical
address of the ethernet card will come up as zeros. Running "lmhostid" will return
"000000000000" and the FLEXlm license server cannot be started.
To solve this problem, you need to disable the Media Sense feature of Windows
2000 as described here (taken from Microsoft's web page).
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6.12 TDF units in LMS TecWare and LMS CADA-X (HP-UX & Windows)
In the installation of LMS TecWare, there is a default units file for reading TDF
databases ($TECWAREHOME/data/units). This file is correct when using the default
units available in LMS CADA-X. If you have changed the table of units it is necessary
to create a new file to get the correct units.
E.g. in TimeEdit you get MPa but the TDF have data in hbar, in this case the unit
label is not correct, it does not fit (correct) values. In LMS CADA-X you can create a
new units file to be used by LMS Tecware:
Start LMS CADA-X
Open the command mode
Type: edit units
File --> Export --> UPA File ...
Finally, add to this new file the header (i.e. first 15 lines) of the default file
($TECWAREHOME/data/units) and replace the old units file.
6.13 Bad performance working with ASCII files
Generally, working with ASCII files is rather slow. Nevertheless, the performance is
strongly depending on two entries in ASCII file header. If COLUMNWIDTH (in German:
SPALTENBREITE) or COLUMNOFFSET (SPALTENOFFSET) are set, the file access is very
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slow. These entries are not necessary, if there are neither character-channels nor
invalid values nor different time information in your data. In the rather common case,
i.e. when you have channels with time histories of the same length and rate, you
should delete those two entries.
Unfortunately, the LMS TecWare ASCII-Interface always adds both of the keywords
when an ASCII file is written. Hence, you should delete the entries unless they are
really needed.
6.14 Upgrades and updates of the installation
It is highly recommended to install a new release or service level into a new
(empty) directory! If the upgrade is done by overwriting an older release the resulting
installation may be faulty.
6.15 Changing the license file
The license manager may not work correctly after the license file flexlm.dat has been
replaced (or modified). After changing the license file you should restart the license
manager. (See the section about licensing.)
6.16 TEX configuration for LMS TecWare Reporting (AutoAnalyze)
On UNIX operating systems, the LMS TecWare Reporting tool (the former
"AutoAnalyze") uses the typesetting system TeX for producing its output. The
memory usage of the TeX system can be configured in several ways. Since an
output of LMS TecWare Reporting can become very complex it seems to be
necessary to reserve a lot of memory for TeX. But on some HP-UX 10.x workstations
we had problems with very large scaled configurations of TeX. Hence, you will find a
more conservatively configured TeX installation with LMS TecWare.
With a small number of input channels (depending on the used layout), LMS
TecWare Reporting should work fine. If you want LMS TecWare Reporting to run with
a large number of channels, you may try to reconfigure TeX. The important file is
$TECWAREHOME/tex/TeTeX/share/texmf/web2c/texmf.cnf
Read the comments and try to increase the most important memory entries:
% Part 3; Array and other sizes for TeX (and Metafont and
MetaPost).
:
main_memory = 1000000
% words of memory available; also
applies to mf&mp
hash_extra = 60000
pool_size = 500000
string_vacancies = 200000
max_strings = 150000
% max number of strings
pool_free = 50000
% min pool space left after loading .fmt
:
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After modifying the texmf.cnf file, you have to redump the TeX format files. Open a
LMS TecWare initialized terminal window (tecware xterm), and enter the command:
texconfig init
6.17 No square brackets in names of formulas
The text you use for naming a formula (stored in formula.ini) must not contain any
square bracket.
6.18 Using RainView with several files
When you start RainView with several files (e.g. from the LMS TecWare Desktop)
you can switch to the next/previous Rainflow-Matrix with the arrow-buttons.
Presently, you can only switch through the matrixes (i.e. the channels) of a single file;
it is not possible to switch from a Rainflow-Matrix of one file to a matrix of another file.
You have to use the menu "File" --> "List of Channels" to select a different file.
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