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Mirabilis Design Inc. 1159 Sonora Ct, Suite 116 Sunnyvale, CA 94086 2 Version 19|Date October 31th, 2019 www.mirabilisdesign.com Revision History The following table shows the revision history for this document Date Version Revision Mar 27 2013 13 1 Feb 01 2014 14 1 June 16 2016 16 2 February 17 2017 17 1 February 12, 2018 18 1 January 30, 2019 19 1 April 26, 2019 19 2 October 31, 2019 19 3 February 09, 2021 21 4 Installation Guide|Mirabils Design Installation Guide|Mirabils 3 Version 19|Date October 31th, 2019 www.mirabilisdesign.com Installation Guide|Mirabils Design Installation Guide|Mirabils 4 Version 19|Date October 31th, 2019 www.mirabilisdesign.com Contents Chapter 1 Requirements ............................................................................................................................... 8 Hardware and OS listing ............................................................................................................................ 8 Software Requirements ............................................................................................................................ 8 Basic Requirements – Java download ................................................................................................... 8 Web browser ......................................................................................................................................... 8 Optional Java libraries ........................................................................................................................... 8 VisualSim Explorer Requirements ............................................................................................................. 9 Interfaces .................................................................................................................................................. 9 Chapter 2 VisualSim Desktop Installation ................................................................................................... 11 Getting Host ID ........................................................................................................................................ 11 Installation Source .................................................................................................................................. 11 Installation Sequence .............................................................................................................................. 12 VisualSim Desktop Installation Instructions ............................................................................................ 12 Chapter 3 VisualSim Architect Installation ................................................................................................. 13 Installation Guide|Mirabils Design Installation Guide|Mirabils Configuration Setup ................................................................................................................................ 14 Chapter 4 VisualSim Explorer Installation ................................................................................................... 15 Installing Apache Server on Ubuntu Platform ........................................................................................ 15 Key functions: .......................................................................................................................................... 15 Testing Apache Webserver Installation .................................................................................................. 15 Installing VisualSim Explorer on Apache Webserver .............................................................................. 15 Chapter 5 Debugging Installation ............................................................................................................... 16 VisualSim License Server Debug ............................................................................................................. 16 VisualSim Architect Install Debug ........................................................................................................... 17 Chapter 6 VisualSim License Manager ........................................................................................................ 19 Installation of Remote License Server .................................................................................................... 19 Local License Server ................................................................................................................................ 20 To update the license file at the License Server ..................................................................................... 21 License Server as a Windows Service ...................................................................................................... 22 FlexLM License Manager ............................................................................................................................. 22 Migration from VisualSim License Server to FlexLM .............................................................................. 24 Chapter 7 Mobile License ........................................................................................................................... 26 5 Version 19|Date October 31th, 2019 www.mirabilisdesign.com VisualSim Mobile License ........................................................................................................................ 26 To obtain a Mobile license using VisualSim License Manager ............................................................ 26 To return a mobile license using the Mobile License Manager .......................................................... 26 To start VisualSim by using a mobile license off the network ............................................................ 27 Debugging Mobile License Issues ....................................................................................................... 27 FlexLM Mobile License ............................................................................................................................ 27 lmborrow ............................................................................................................................................ 27 Initiating Borrowing ............................................................................................................................ 27 Determining Borrowed License Status ............................................................................................... 28 Chapter 8 Starting VisualSim....................................................................................................................... 29 Starting VisualSim Architect on Windows .............................................................................................. 29 Starting VisualSim Architect on UNIX ..................................................................................................... 29 Opening page .......................................................................................................................................... 29 Pre-Built Models ..................................................................................................................................... 29 Installation Guide|Mirabils Design Installation Guide|Mirabils VisualSim Application Models ............................................................................................................. 29 Library Models .................................................................................................................................... 30 Chapter 9 Verifying the Installation ............................................................................................................ 32 5.1 Open an existing Model .................................................................................................................... 32 Debugging VisualSim Startup .................................................................................................................. 33 Chapter 10 Optional Library Installation ..................................................................................................... 34 Emacs Editor Support .............................................................................................................................. 34 Installing MatLab ....................................................................................................................................