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These instructions apply to Multi-Federate Logger for 3DNV 3.0.0. The Multi-Federate
Logger for 3DNV installation workflow consists of two steps, which are described in
the following sections:
These installation instructions apply to Multi-Federate Logger for 3DNV only. To install
the rest of the OPNET software, follow the main installation instructions.
2 Insert the CD with the Logger software installer into your CD-ROM drive.
3 Double-click on the icon that represents the CD-ROM, then double-click on the
Multi-Federate Logger for 3DNV install program.
Multi-Federate Logger for 3DNV will be installed into the same directory as other OPNET
products (such as OPNET Modeler) if they have already been installed. Otherwise, you
will be prompted for a directory in which to install your software (typically C:\Program
Files\OPNET). OPNET documentation refers to this directory as <opnet_dir>, and
you might see this term used in other installation instructions.
4 When you are prompted to specify the type of licensing system to install, the following
might help you decide:
• Floating, access licenses from remote server is the correct choice if you already have
an OPNET license server running on a remote machine and you want this installation
to get its licenses from that machine.
• Floating, serve licenses from this computer is the correct choice if the current machine
is a license server.
6 When prompted, click Install to install the Multi-Federate Logger for 3DNV software.
If you chose to install the OPNET RTI in step 5, you will see a dialog box asking whether
you want to register the following required environment variables:
RTI_CONFIG=<opnet_dir>\3DNV\3.0.0\configs
RTI_RID_FILE=<opnet_dir>\3DNV\3.0.0\configs\rid.mtl
<opnet_dir>\3DNV\3.0.0\rti\bin
OPNET recommends that you choose Yes to register the change automatically.
7 If you chose to register the environment variables automatically in step 6, the installation
program prompts you to reboot the computer. You must do this for the environment
changes to take effect.
To see if your computer has this software installed, look for the following menu item
on the Windows Start menu:
Start > OPNET 3D Network Visualizer 3.0.0 > OPNET 3DNV Communications 3.0.0
If this menu item is not present, the 3DNV Communications software is not installed.
2 Insert the CD with the 3DNV Communications software installer into your CD-ROM drive.
3 Double-click on the icon that represents the CD-ROM, then double-click on the 3DNV
Communications install program.
Near the end of the 3DNV Communications installation, you will see a dialog box asking
whether you want to register the following environment variables:
RTI_CONFIG=<opnet_dir>\3DNV\3.0.0\configs
RTI_RID_FILE=<opnet_dir>\3DNV\3.0.0\configs\rid.mtl
<opnet_dir>\3DNV\3.0.0\rti\bin
OPNET recommends that you choose Yes to register the change automatically.
5 If you chose to change the environment variables automatically in step 4, the installation
program prompts you to reboot the computer. You must do this for the environment
changes to take effect.
Procedure IN-3 Setting Up System Variables and the Path System Variable
1 If you are going to use 3DNV, set up the following system variables to finish installation:
RTI_CONFIG=<opnet_dir>\3DNV\3.0.0\configs
This is where the OPNET_3DNV.fed file is located. Advanced users can add their own
FED files to this location, or change the system variable to point to their directory.
RTI_RID_FILE=<opnet_dir>\3DNV\3.0.0\configs\rid.mtl
<opnet_dir>\3DNV\3.0.0\rti\bin