Special Install/Upgrade Instructions for Existing OLI users for Unisim Design

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Why the special Instructions?

History

In approximately 2005 Honeywell purchased the 'Hysys' code from Aspen Technologies and created Unisim Design. Hysys, at the time, supported the OLI Engine. The OLI Engine was a separate install for Hysys. Unisim Design R350 was the first version of Unisim Design and used the OLI installation package "As is."

With Unisim Design R360 Honeywell requested the the OLI Engine installation be bundled as part of the overall installation package for Unisim Design. OLI complied and provided the files necessary to complete this work. The advantage is that the user did not have to be bothered with two installation packages. The OLI engine installation appeared to be a silent install.

A reoccurring problem began to appear with this arrangement. The Unisim Design program was only being released approximately every 12 months. The OLI Engine program was being released approximately every quarter. This meant that after only a short time, the two programs would not be in sync. Users complained that answers in the OLI stand-alone code (such as the OLI Studio program) did not agree with the current version of the OLI engine in Unisim Design. Because of the single installation package, it was not possible to update the OLI Engine for Unisim Design.

Another problem that occurred is that OLI's customers would contract for new data to be added to the databases. OLI would then complete the addition and then not be able to update the OLI Engine for Unisim Design until the next release of Unisim Design. This was proving to be extremely inconvenient for several of OLI's largest customers.

With the release of UniSim Design R430 the situation has changed. The OLI Engine for Unisim Design is once again a separate installation package controlled by OLI Systems. Although it is still a silent installation a customer purchases UniSim Design from Honeywell with the OLI Engine, OLI can now update the engine when new data is released. If a new database is created then an end user can download the OLI Engine for UniSim Design from the OLI Downloads Website

Security Model Update

Since OLI Systems now controls the updates of the OLI Engine for UniSim Design we needed to update the security model. When you install the OLI Engine for Unisim Design you will also need a serial number obtained from OLI Systems. Depending on your licensing options you may also need a physical hardware device known as a dongle

PH type USB key

or a softkey. You may also need to download and install the OLI Network License manager (which requires either a dongle or a softkey).

We will now review the various installation options you may encounter when installing or upgrading the OLI Engine for UniSim Design.


Users who have the OLI Engine for Unisim Design but have no other OLI products.

This is the simplest of the installation paths you will encounter. We will discuss several topics here

  • First Time Installation of the OLI Engine for UniSim Design
    • Stand-alone Installations
    • Network Installations
  • Upgrade Installations of the OLI Engine for UniSim Design
    • Stand-alone Installations
    • Network Installations

First Time Installation of the OLI Engine for UniSim Design

We will assume that UniSim Design R430 or later has already been installed on your computer.

Stand-Alone Installations

You will need a serial number from OLI Systems, Inc. A serial number has the general format of V2-XXXX-XXXX-XXXX-XXX-XXXX-XXXX

You can then download the OLI Engine for Unisim Design from OLI Downloads Website. You can find detailed instructions for the download here: Downloading OLI software

Installing the software is then quite easy. In general you will follow one of the two procedures below:

You will now need to configure the OLI Engine with Unisim Design. Here is a link on how to do that:

Network Installations

For the Network Installations you will need two serial numbers and a license file from OLI Systems. The two serial numbers are of the format:

Server Serial Number = V2-XXXX-XXXX-XXXX-XXXX-XXXX-XXXX

Client Serial Number = V2-YYYY-YYYY-YYYY-YYYY-YYYY-YYYY

The license file name will be of the type:

LS5400002 OLI internal license [Exp 12-31-2014].OLILic

If you have a software based security system (softkey) then the file name will begin with 'LS'. If you have a dongle (USB) based security system the file name will be either 'LH' or 'LA'.

You will then download two programs from the OLI Downloads Website. Here are detailed instructions for Downloading OLI software

These programs are:

  • OLI Network License Server
  • OLI Engine for Unisim Design

Once downloaded, please place the two installation packages and the OLI license file in the same folder.

You must install the OLI Network License Server program first. This is very important!

There are two versions of the OLI Network License Server program, a USB (dongle) based version and a softkey based version. Please install the version that you have:

Once the server is installed and running you may now install the OLI Engine for Unisim Design.



Users who have both the OLI Engine for UniSim Design and other OLI Products (such as OLI Studio)

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