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You may go directly to the step-by-step guide for installing this product or you may review the instructions below:

Overview of the SENSE Installation

Obtain a Password

You will need a password before downloading. Please call AeroSoft at (540) 557-1908 or email us at support@aerosft.com to get your password. Please include in your request your name, company, mailing address, phone number and email address.

Choose Your Platform

Click on one of the following links to download the correct platform file for your machine:

Netscape users may have to press and hold the shift key while clicking on the link to save the file to their hard disk.

• IBM RS6000 AIX4.3
• Cray UNICOS
• Hewlett Packard UNIX 10
• Red Hat Linux 6.0 Kernel 2.0
• Compaq alpha OSF1 EV67
• SGI IRIX 6.5 for MIPS 3 n32 bit
• SGI IRIX 6.5 for MIPS 4 64 bit

Untar the archive

The archive is compressed with the tar utility, which should be available on all UNIX machines.

To decompress the archive you need to execute the following command:

tar xf download_filename.tar

This process will create a directory. Change into that directory.

cd [directory_name]

Install the Software

In the directory created by the above process, there is an install script. Run it.

./install

Follow the on screen prompts. Make sure you set the environment variables it mentions:

(This is for csh users. See your manpages for instructions on how to use other shells.)

setenv AEROSOFT_HOME [directory_name]/AeroSoft
setenv PATH $PATH:$AEROSOFT_HOME/bin
setenv XAPPLRESDIR $AEROSOFT_HOME/app-defaults

Some X windows users, in particular SGI machines, may need to do this as well:

unsetenv XUSERFILESEARCHPATH

Find Your Machine's Hostcode

Run the asi_elmadmin command located in the $AEROSOFT_HOME/bin directory.

$AEROSOFT_HOME/bin/asi_elmadmin -c

If you have $AEROSOFT_HOME/bin in your $PATH this would be:

asi_elmadmin -c

The asi_elmadmin program will prompt you for a number of hosts that will run the license server. Unless your site administrator tells you otherwise, use the default (=1). The asi_elmadmin program will print a hostcode for your machine.

If you didn't install the AeroSoft product directory in the default directory /usr/local then you'll need to tell asi_elmadmin where to find its keys. This is done this way:

asi_elmadmin -c -e $AEROSOFT_HOME/Keys

After printing your hostcode, asi_elmadmin will also prompt you for a key. You may break out of the program at this point (in most shells, press control and C keys together at the same time).

Make sure you have noted the hostcode! You'll need it for the next step.

Request a License Key

To request a license key to give to asi_elmadmin, complete the form provided in Step 7 and click the button labeled "Request a License". We will process your application as soon as possible.

Install the Key

If you quit asi_elmadmin as suggested before, run it:

asi_elmadmin -c -e $AEROSOFT_HOME/Keys

Enter the same number of servers as you did in "Find Your Machine's Host Code". If you did not quit asi_elmadmin , bring up the shell with that command running.

At the prompt, "Please enter your key:" , enter the key sent to you.

Run the License Manager

Now that you have the key installed, you need to start the license manager, asi_elmd . This program must be running before you can use the majority of the AeroSoft tools.

To launch the asi_elmd, execute the following command:

$AEROSOFT_HOME/bin/asi_elmd -s0 -l [log_file]

Or, if you have $AEROSOFT_HOME/bin in your $PATH:

asi_elmd -s0 -l [log_file]

The -s0 option sets the startup time to zero after after the daemon is launched. Log_file is the name of a file where you want asi_elmd to record license usage and errors messages. A suggested filename for the log_file is $AEROSOFT_HOME/log.asi_elmd.

As in step 1, if you did not install the AeroSoft product in the default location, you'll have to tell asi_elmd where to find the Keys directory:

asi_elmd -s0 -e $AEROSOFT_HOME/Keys -l [log_file]

Order the User's Manual

Your installation is now complete!

You may download the postscript version of the SENSE User Manual from SENSE-Manual.ps.gz .

AeroSoft, Inc. 2000 Kraft Drive, Suite 1400 Blacksburg, VA 24060 (540) 557-1900 Fax (540) 557-1919 Email questions@aerosoftinc.com