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| "CWS" is for all OLI Chemistry Wizard programs except for Aspen Plus which is "CWA". The "DBS" file is the generated model file.<br />
 
| "CWS" is for all OLI Chemistry Wizard programs except for Aspen Plus which is "CWA". The "DBS" file is the generated model file.<br />
 
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== ScaleChem ==
 
 
ScaleChem has several files that are of importance. One of the files is a binary file (SCA) and is most commonly sent for technical support. Other files are text files and they may be required occasionally.
 
 
'''Table 3 ScaleChem Files'''
 
 
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== ESP ==
 
== ESP ==

Revision as of 12:40, 22 August 2022

Overview

OLI Systems, Inc. has been providing software for the chemical industries since 1971. During that time, technical support has been a primary focus. To help facilitate the user interacting with OLI’s technical support document, there are some things that the user should know.

There are many tools to interact with Tech Support. These tools are:

  • OLI Customer Service Portal
  • Web based support
  • Web based knowledge base
  • Web based live training & support
  • Off-line web based training
  • FTP Site to upload and download files

Before contacting Tech Support, the user should be prepared to send the files that are causing the problems. These files are different depending on the program being considered. Sending the files may also cause some virus protection programs to strip the files from E-mail.

OLI File Structures

OLI Studio

The files used by the OLI Studio are binary files. Some of these files may cause a virus protection alert when being E-mailed to OLI. This situation will be discussed later in this document.

OLI Program File Extension Comment
OLI Studio oad This includes Stream Analyzer, Corrosion Analyzer, ScaleChem, and EVS
OLI Flowsheet esp
OLI Databook ddb
OLI Chemistry Wizard cws, cwa, dbs "CWS" is for all OLI Chemistry Wizard programs except for Aspen Plus which is "CWA". The "DBS" file is the generated model file.

ESP

ESP creates two classes of files. The first set is for the chemistry model. The second set is for the process model. All files are text

Table 4 Chemistry Model files

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Table 5 Process Model files

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OLI Databook Structure

The OLI Databooks are a series of 39 files for each databook. The first three characters of a databook must be unique in a folder and must not be the same as any database stored in the following folder:

C:\ProgramData\OLI Systems\Databanks\X.Y.Z

Assuming that the default installation folder is c:\ProgramData and X.Y.Z is the current version number (for example 9.2.6)

As an example, we will look at the structure of an OLI database NASALTS

NASALTS is a collection of 39 files.


Table 6 OLI Database Structure

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As you can see, some files are named NASALTS (e.g., NASALTS.DIC) but others are named with only the first three letters – NAS (e.g., NASREF.NDX). This is important if you send the files to OLI for analysis.

To send the files to OLI, you first need to search for all the files. Using NASALTS as a reference, the search would be

NAS*.*

This may return more than 39 files. This is allowable, please place all the files into an archive such as WinZip and send them to OLI.

Aspen HYSYS

Aspen HYSYS files have an .hsc file extension. This file should be sent to OLI. If you have a private databank, this also needs to be sent to OLI, see OLI Databank Structure above.


Aspen PLUS

Table 7 File types required by OLI

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Note: you need only send either the Wizard files or the Standard files, not both.


If you have a private databank, this also needs to be sent to OLI, see OLI Databank Structure above.


Unisim Design

Unisim Design files have an .usc file extension. This file should be sent to OLI. If you have a private databank, this also needs to be sent to OLI, see OLI Databank Structure above.


Chemistry Wizard (Non-Aspen PLUS)

Table 8 Stand-alone Chemistry Wizard files

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If you have a private databank, this also needs to be sent to OLI, see OLI Databank Structure above.


File Uploads

With recent increases in security, sometimes it is impossible to send the required files to OLI. If this happens please use the following web site: http://support.olisystems.com/upload.aspx/

Live Phone Support

OLI Systems, Inc. is located in Northern New Jersey, United States. Our office hours are 8:30 AM to 5:00 PM Eastern Time (New York).

Our phone numbers are:

Support: 973-539-4996 extension 24 (USA) Fax: 973-539-5922 (USA)


E-mail Support:

You can contact OLI via E-mail for a variety of reasons. The Emails are on the main OLI website http://www.olisystems.com/ and on the support website: http://support.olisystems.com/


OLI Systems has partnered with AQSim to use WebEx facility to conduct live training. To use Webex, you will need to check to see if you can support the plug-in for Internet explorer.


Occasionally you will need to use OLI’s teleconferencing facility. OLI will supply the phone numbers as required.

Using the Contact Support button

Starting with OLI Security 3.2.6 and OLI Products 9.2.6 you can now send the state of the OLI software on your computer directly to OLI. This is now accomplished via a new button on the OLI Help>About dialog or from various error dialogs.

Although the data is collected automatically, you will still be in control of actually sending the data to OLI. OLI would never send data about your computer without your permission. The data is either sent first by Email or then by an FTP-like protocol to the OLI servers. The data is sent confidentially.

Here is the location of the new button on the Help>About dialog:

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Clicking the Contact Support button will give you a new dialog:

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Please enter the text fields. A comment as to what you were doing is also helpful.


What about privacy? What information is sent to OLI with this function?

Using the information in the image above, the following was sent to OLI.

General Information

Company: OLI Systems. User: James Berthold Email: james.berthold@olisystems.com Phone: Comments: Test

Security Information

This is data primarily about the products enabled by the stand-alone or client serial numbers. The example below is for a network version. The stand-alone or client serial number is displayed.

[Security Info] SerialNumber V2-XXXX-XXXX-XXXX-XXXX-XXXX-XXXX No Expiration Date Network License Server Client Protection Key: HASP SL, ID = LS5400002 \DatabankPublicStandard \DatabankPublicExtended \FullAccess \DatabankMSEPubStandard \CorrosionRates \ReferenceStateProperties OLIEngine OLIEngine\AllianceEngineDeveloper OLIEngine\Generic OLIEngine\Toolkit ESP CSP ScaleChem StreamAnalyzer StreamAnalyzer\Tester CorrosionAnalyzer CorrosionAnalyzer\Automation SCOREAnalyzer SCOREAnalyzer\SCORETemplateCreation StudioScaleChem StudioPIPESIM CCModeler OLIBridge OLIHighTemp EVSAnalyzer

Network Information

This information is about the network connections if you have this version. Stand-alone versions will not display this information. The server serial number will be displayed.

Network Security Server Binding 'ncacn_ip_tcp:granite[12345]' Network Security Information Expiration Date = 12/31/2015 Serial Number = V2-YYYY-YYYY-YYYY-YYYY-YYYY-YYYY Hardlock ID = LS5400002 License Usage If permitted by your administrator, the license count for the products is also displayed. Products Max Used Avail CorrosionAnalyzer 25 2 23 ESP 25 0 25 EVSAnalyzer 25 2 23 OLIEngine 25 2 23 ScaleChem 25 0 25 StreamAnalyzer 25 2 23

Operating System Information

We will collect information about your operating system.

[System Info] Windows 7 Professional (6.1.7601) Service Pack 1 System type: 64-bit Operating System Available Memory 2475796 KB Total Memory 4194303 KB Swap File Used 0 KB Swap File Max. 4194303 KB


OLI Plug-ins Installed

OLI uses some plug-ins (which OLI authored) and they are listed next.

[Program Options] OLI Studio Plug-Ins Name: Stream Analyzer (Installed) Path: C:\Program Files (x86)\OLI Systems\OLI Studio 9.2\Studio\StreamAnalyzer.olx Version: Build 9.2.4

Name: Corrosion Analyzer (Installed) Path: C:\Program Files (x86)\OLI Systems\OLI Studio 9.2\Studio\CorrosionAnalyzer.olx Version: Build 9.2.4

Name: EVS Analyzer (Installed) Path: C:\Program Files (x86)\OLI Systems\OLI Studio 9.2\Studio\EVSAnalyzer.olx Version: Build 9.2.4

Name: Studio ScaleChem (Installed) Path: C:\Program Files (x86)\OLI Systems\OLI Studio 9.2\Studio\StudioScaleChem.olx Version: Build 9.2.4

Name: OLI File Viewer (Installed) Path: C:\Program Files (x86)\OLI Systems\OLI Studio 9.2\Studio\DbsFileViewer.olx Version: Build 9.2.4

Program Load Log

We will copy the information you see on the OLI Splash Screen.

[Log] Loading 'OLIEngine'. Loading 'StreamAnalyzer'. Loading 'CorrosionAnalyzer'. Loading 'EVSAnalyzer'. Loading 'StudioScaleChem'. Loading 'StudioPIPESIM'.

DLL Loads

The DLL files that OLI loads is also captured. Most of these files are authored by OLI Systems but a few are part of the operating system. The version number of the DLL is also captured. The following is only a partial list of what we collect.

ExePath=C:\Program Files (x86)\OLI Systems\OLI Studio 9.2\Studio\OLIStudio.exe RegistryKeyName=OLI Studio 9.2 ProductName=OLI Studio SerialNumber=V2-XXXX-XXXX-XXXX-XXXX-XXXX-XXXX SerialData= SecurityOptionToCheck= VersionMajor=9 VersionMinor=2 VersionRevision=4 VersionBuild=0 HasDocumentsDirectory=true DocumentsDirectoryPath= HasSamplesDirectory=true SamplesDirectoryPath= RegUseSecurityKey=true AllowAutoLogin=true CommonFilesPath='C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\OLI Systems\' Files in - 'C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\OLI Systems\' OLIClientSecurityProvider.dll - [3.2.5] OLISecurity OLIHtmlHelp.dll - [1.0.3] OLI HTML Help Support Library OLIProcessSecurityProvider.dll - [3.2.5] OLISecurity OLIProcessSecurityV1.dll - [2.1.14] OLISecurity

Registry Entries

The OLI related registry entries from both current user and local machine are captured. This example is only a partial list:

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\OLI Systems\Analyzer 2.0\Common\Application] "TemplatesDirectory"="C:\\Program Files (x86)\\OLI Systems\\Analyzer 2.0\\Templates" "SerialNumber"="V2-XXXX-XXXX-XXXX-XXXX-XXXX-XXXX" "SamplesDirectory"="C:\\Program Files (x86)\\OLI Systems\\Analyzer 2.0\\Samples" "SerialNumberTimeStamp"="10-1-2014 11:04:48" "SerialData"=""


Appendix

How to turn on file extensions in Windows vista, 7,and Windows Server 2008 ?

1. Start Windows Explorer by opening any file

2. Click Organize

3. Click Folder & Search Options

4. Click the View Tab

5. Scroll down until you see Hide extensions for known file types, un-check this line by clicking the check box. Note: To hide file name extensions, check this line.

6. Click OK

How to turn on file extensions in Windows 8/8.1

1. MORE: Windows 8.1 Tips and Tutorials.

2. Launch Control Panel. In Windows 8 / 8.1, you can get by hitting Windows + X and selecting from the menu that appears.

3. Open Folder Options

4. Select the View tab

5. Toggle Hide extensions for known file types to off

6. Click OK


How to turn on file extensions in Windows 10

1. Click Start and then click File Explorer

2. Click the View tab in File Explorer and then click the Options button(or click the drown down menu and click Change folder and search options)

3. Click the View tab at the top of Folder Options

4. Click OK


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Figure 1

Click the Apply button and then OK.


This was former Tip65