Getting Started

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Contents 1 SysCAD Software and Licence Installations 1.1 SysCAD Software Installation 2 Start-up 3 Licensing 3.1 Demo or Trial License 3.2 Requesting a License 3.3 Stand-Alone and Network Licenses 3.4 Full and Run-Time Licenses 3.5 ProBal and Dynamic Solver Mode License options 3.6 Model Add-on Options 3.7 Functionality Add-on Options 4 Files 5 Opening and solving a SysCAD Project 5.1 Opening an Existing Project 5.2 Creating a New Project 5.3 Building a New Project 6 Shutdown

SysCAD Software and Licence Installations

SysCAD Software Installation

Administrator or Local Administrator rights are usually required to install SysCAD and are required to install the SysCAD Crypkey licensing service software.

The steps to follow for a new installation:

1. To install SysCAD run "SysCAD 9.2 Install BuildXXX.yyyy.exe" from the downloaded files or from the SysCAD CD.
2. Follow the on screen instructions, usually accepting the default options.
3. As part of the setup process, SysCAD will install the Crypkey Service required for licensing.
4. Installation Complete.

A start up icon for SysCAD will be installed on your desktop and Start menu.

Various sample and tutorial SysCAD projects will be installed as well as a static offline version of the help files.

Start-up

To start SysCAD, double click on the SysCAD icon.

If a short cut has not been created, the SysCAD92.exe file can be found in the \SysCAD92\bin folder.

Multiple copies of SysCAD can be started on the same computer with a single stand-alone license; however, each instance of SysCAD can load one project only. With a multi-user network license, each copy of SysCAD started will use one of the available licenses.

Licensing

Without a SysCAD License, SysCAD will operate in Demo mode with restricted functionality. You can only build small projects and you will not be able to load most projects. See Licensing for a full description of SysCAD License options and documentation.

There are different types of licenses available to users, they are explained briefly below. Different combination of options and add-ons are available and if changes are required please contact Kenwalt to ask about upgrading a license.

For additional information on licensing, installation and trouble shooting see Licensing.

For license transfer instructions please see License Transfer.

Demo or Trial License

The software may be freely installed and distributed on as many servers, workstations, laptops or stand-alone PCs in your organisation as may be required. Each of these is unlicensed and will operate in "Demo" (Demonstration) mode. The Demo license is useful for preliminary software evaluation for both ProBal and Dynamic Simulation modes, however we do recommend that you contact Kenwalt to provide a temporary license for formal evaluation. Under the Demo mode, the program options are restricted as follows (this is subject to change without notice):

Number of Copies allowed:	N/A
Number of multi-users at the same site:	N/A
Time Restriction:	None
Limit on number of ProBal Units allowed:	40
Limit on number of Dynamic Units allowed:	15

Notes:

1. Any new installation of SysCAD will default to this mode. A software license key needs to be entered to activate a copy of SysCAD so that the functionality is enabled in accordance with the terms of a specific license purchase agreement.
2. If you are using a network license you need to set the network license location correctly. If all the network licenses are in use, then SysCAD will revert to demo mode.

The Trial License mode allows some extra functionality for once-off, short-term software evaluation. We do recommend that you contact Kenwalt to provide a temporary license for formal evaluation. Under the Trial mode, the options are restricted as follows (this is subject to change without notice):

Number of Copies allowed:	N/A
Number of multi-users at the same site:	N/A
Time Restriction:	10 Days
Limit on number of ProBal Units allowed:	400
Limit on number of Dynamic Units allowed:	160

This license mode will allow the evaluator create bigger project and thus see the full potential of SysCAD functionalities. However, once the time limit expires, SysCAD will revert back to the Demo mode.

Requesting a License

To obtain a SysCAD license, this includes evaluation or permanent license, do the following:

1. Start up SysCAD, from menu command License, select License Authorisation

   

2. From the License Authorisation Window, obtain the Site Code and email this to KWA Kenwalt, this Site Code is a unique code generated when License Authorisation is requested.

   

3. KWA Kenwalt will issue a corresponding Site Key based on the license agreement and email this back to the user.
4. Once the user has this site key, open up License - License Authorisation and place it into the white box.
5. Press Update.
6. When this is completed successfully, SysCAD license files are stored in the folder where the license is located. By default, this is normally the \SysCAD92\License folder.

Stand-Alone and Network Licenses

Your site may have a combination of network and/or stand-alone licenses.

A stand-alone license is granted to a specific PC. In other-words, SysCAD can be run on the specified PC or laptop only. A stand-alone license may be transferred from one licensed PC to another unlicensed SysCAD PC.

A multi-user network license is useful in a network environment, especially where there are a larger number of occasional users. Any PC on the network is nominated as the "SysCAD License Server". This PC is then granted a specified number of licenses. All other PCs on the network running SysCAD will need to point to the license folder on the "SysCAD License Server" for licensing purposes. For example, for a three user license option, the first three copies of SysCAD started anywhere on the network are granted a license, the fourth attempt will fail and default into demo mode until one of the licensed copies of SysCAD are closed.

Note: You can have a single user Network license, where other users can point to your SysCAD license over the network and get permission if you are not using SysCAD.

Full and Run-Time Licenses

Your site may have a combination of full and/or run-time licenses.

A full license has full functionality enabled, including the ability to build and change flowsheets in a project. This is primarily intended as a tool for users who build and maintain SysCAD flowsheet models or projects.

A run-time license is for making model parameter changes and solving the flowsheets. A run-time license does not allow the user to build and modify flowsheets. It is intended for users who are not necessarily expert modellers, but can use a SysCAD project built by others as a tool for what-if analysis, running scenarios, reviewing projects and generating reports. This is often done through an Excel front-end where SysCAD is simply a back-end engine.

ProBal and Dynamic Solver Mode License options

SysCAD has two primary solver modes ProBal (mass and energy Process Balance) and Dynamic (time based simulations). Functionalities will be enabled/disabled based on the purchase agreements. Although a license may be purchased with both solver modes enabled, they are typically purchased separately so that two users can use SysCAD at the same time. Note that the heat-exchange add-on is required for energy balance capabilities.

Model Add-on Options

Both ProBal and Dynamic modes include a substantial set of standard models without purchasing optional extra model add-ons. Many models operate in ProBal and Dynamic applications and others are only available in the one mode.

The most common add-on that is required is the heat-exchange add-on as this is required for any form of energy balance to occur. Without this SysCAD can only be used for mass balance simulation.

Functionality Add-on Options

Extra functionality is available with some extra optional add-ons such as SysCAD Marshal (OPC Client) for dynamic modeling.

Files

The main SysCAD program is SysCAD92.exe usually installed in the \SysCAD92\bin folder. For more information on files see SysCAD Files.

SysCAD also uses other reference files, such as pgm control files, reaction files and archive files which are edited using a text editor. The user may use any text editor to edit these files, but we do recommend using Notepad++ for pgm and archive files and our Reaction Editor for reaction files.

Please see Using Notepad++ for more information on installing and setting up this text editor.

Please see Reaction Editor for more information on the Reaction Editor.

Opening and solving a SysCAD Project

Opening an Existing Project

To open an existing project, use menu command File | Open Project.

Creating a New Project

To create a new project under existing project groups, use menu command File New Project. If you are not familiar with SysCAD and how the project files are stored, please refer to the next major heading Project Structure for information.

To create a new project under a new project group, please follow the instruction under heading Project Structure|Creating a New Project Group.

Building a New Project

The tutorial documents A SysCAD Project summarised & Creating a SysCAD project have step-by-step information on how to build, configure and solve a SysCAD project. Please refer to these documents for more help.

Shutdown

SysCAD cannot be shutdown if it is busy solving.

To Shutdown SysCAD:

Stop the Project Solve or project Run if required. To do so, under Actions Commands, select Stop.

Choose Exit under the File menu

Before exiting, SysCAD will prompt you to save the current project or cancel the request. If the project is marked as Read Only, you can save any changes using the Save as command.

See File Commands.