Tethered Software
From CAE Software
Tethered software allows you to locally install and run some CAE owned and controlled software while your computer is connected to the network or Internet. Because you are running the software locally, the speed of your network connection does not effect software performance. Run software as if you were sitting at a CAE managed workstations and often faster.
[edit] How do I use Tethered Software?
It's Easy! Follow the three simple steps below. Authorize, Install, and Run)
[edit] Authorize
Authorize your computer to use tethered software via the online Authorization web page. Use your CAE username and password to allow access to CAE tethered licensing. Each authorization has a duration of twelve hours. (See newuser to open your CAE account.)
[edit] Install
Install the software on the hard drive of your computer, following the software installation instructions from the links below. Get access to the installation media by Mapping a Network Drive or by burning your own installation media.
Below is a listing of the fully supported tethered software packages. You will find many more available on the CAE media server, kamino. For non-supported tethered software, CAE can help you with licensing configuration but you're on your own for any installation and usage issues. For the list of supported software see below and for a complete list of non-supported software Mapping a Network Drive and browse the available media. (see also Category:Tethered)
- Supported Tethered Software List
[edit] Changes to License Services
[edit] ANSYS & Fluent
With the integration of Fluent into ANSYS there are major changes going forward with both of these license services. Primarlily there is now an Instructional license service and another license service for the Research license pool.
[edit] Ansys
Previous Ansys licenses expired Sept 30, 2009. And the Instructional license service for Ansys has moved (again this year) to another license server. You do not need to re-install. To use the new licenses, Set an environment variable named: ansyslmd_license_file with the value of 1055@license-3.cae.wisc.edu NOTE: The instructional licenses are not for research AND are node limited. (For node size limits see Academic Ansys Feature Table.)
Also the new Ansys 12 is now available for tethered installation. Media is available on the CAE license server, kamino.
[edit] Fluent
Ansys Inc. will no longer provide licenses for older licenses of Fluent. They are requiring us to upgrade to Fluent 12. This means that Gambit and Tgrid are no longer available. Mesh generation should be done through the Ansys Workbench. Fluent is no longer available.
Need help with setting Environment Variables?
[edit] Install Option A: Map a Network Drive and Install
NOTE: To install in this way you must be connected to the University campus network, either physically, wirelessly (and authenticated), or virtually via WiscVPN. NOTE: You must install WiscVPN to connect to CAE media server from off of the campus network. If you are attempting to install on a remote computer, I would suggest burning copies of the installation media or downloading a copy to your local disk from kamino and installing from your copy. The speed and the reliability of the installation will be greatly improved. The software installation processes don't always deal well with the latency of extended networks.
[edit] Mapping a Network Drive in Windows
- Right-click on My Computer and select Map Network Drive...
- In the Folder: field, type: \\kamino.cae.wisc.edu\tethered then click Finish
- Enter your CAE username and password in the Connect As... pop-up window.
- A Windows Explorer window will open to the newly mapped drive, select the specific software folder. (If no window pops up, open My Computer and open the drive that is labeled tethered on ... (kamino.cae.wisc.edu))
Run the install program (generally setup.exe or install.exe). Follow the installation instructions for the specific software package.
To disconnect the drive that is connected to kamino, right-click on My Computer and select Disconnect Network Drive...
[edit] Mapping a Network Drive in Mac OS X
- In the Finder, on the top menu bar, click on Go and then select Connect to Server
- In the pop-up menu, type: smb://kamino.cae.wisc.edu/tethered
- After typing in your CAE login and password, a virtual drive will load onto your desktop.
- From this virtual drive, open the folder of the software you would like to install.
Run the install program. Follow the installation instructions for the specific software package.
To disconnect the drive that is connected to kamino, ...
[edit] Mounting a Network Drive in Linux
- In a terminal window, set user to root.
- At the command prompt type: mount -t cifs -o user=uuu //kamino.cae.wisc.edu/tethered /mnt where uuu is your CAE login. Enter your CAE password when prompted. (see mount and mount.cifs main pages for more information.)
- If you're using ubuntu 9.04, you might need to install smbfs: "sudo aptitude install smbfs"
- Tethered software will appear in the /mnt directory.
Run the install program. Follow the installation instructions for the specific software package.
To disconnect, at the command prompt type: umount /mnt
[edit] Install Option B: Burn Media and Install
You can in most cases Mapping a Network Drive and burn a CD or DVD of the installation media. Then use the burned media to install. Or downloading a temporary copy from the CAE media server to your local disk and install from your local copy.
[edit] Run!
Run the software from your local hard drive. All you will now need is an internet connection. (WiscVPN is only need for mapping the drive during installation.)
NOTE: Remember your computer must be continuously connected to the internet and authorized to run tethered software. The authorization expires after approximately twelve (12) hours. To extend beyond the initial period, just authorize again before end of the expiration time.
[edit] Having a Problem?
Follow these steps on the tethered software Tethered Troubleshooting Guide to find and fix your problem.
