Network Installation of FluidSIM

If several PCs are running in a network, a complete installation of FluidSIM must only be performed once, on the network file system. Then on the local PCs merely the license information and a few configuration files are required. This concept serves several purposes: the saving of disk space on the local hard disks, the simplification of software maintenance, the quick distribution of circuit diagrams, or the installation of new releases of FluidSIM.

The installation of the network version happens within the following steps:

            Perform a standard installation of FluidSIM on the network file system. Note that the local PCs must be authorized to read the FluidSIM files on the network file system.

            Use the network option when installing FluidSIM on the other local PCs by calling the installation program as follows: setup.exe -N

  During a local installation, the installation program asks for the network path of the FluidSIM bin-directory. Thus FluidSIM must have been installed on the network file system before any local installation can be performed.

User-specifically, FluidSIM stores user files and settings in those file locations that are defined by the operation system. In the case of a standard-Microsoft Windows ©-installation these are My Documents and Application Data of the particular user account.

An aside: The PC used during the FluidSIM standard installation on the network file system also reads and writes the FluidSIM configuration files on the network. Moreover, a FluidSIM de-installation from this PC will delete the FluidSIM program files, and, consequently, FluidSIM is no longer available on the network.

  If local PCs are not equipped with a CD-ROM drive, and if these PCs have no access to a CD-ROM drive of some other PC, the educational films may also be played from the network file system: If sufficient disk space is left on the network file system, the movie files can be copied to the installation folder during the setup procedure.