How to run the SIMAN/ARENA simulation languages on the Mathematics Network

Leemis 
Fall, 2005 

The SIMAN/ARENA discrete-event simulation languages available on the Unix machines
on the mathematics network.

Set up (must be done once on your account only):

  1.  Edit the file named .cshrc in your main directory.  Add /usr/lang 
      to your path if it is not already there. Also, add the lines
          
        setenv LM_LICENSE_FILE /home/ok2/arena/flexlm/license.dat
        set path=( . /home/ok2/arena /home/ok2/arena/flexlm $path)

      to .cshrc.  The first line can go anywhere in the file.  The second
      line should go after your current path statements.

  2.  Type the Unix command:  source .cshrc

  3.  Create a directory named arena, for example, with the Unix command

      mkdir arena

  4.  Change into this directory with the Unix command

      cd arena

  5.  Create a directory under arena named gsg, for example, with the Unix command

      mkdir gsg

  6.  Change into this directory with the Unix command

      cd gsg 

  7.  Copy arena example files into your gsg directory with the Unix command

      cp /home/ok2/arena/gsg/* .

To run one of their examples

  1.  Using the cd command, move into your /arena/gsg directory.

  2.  Type arena at the Unix prompt.

  3.  Select Model from the Arena main menu bar, and click on Load.

  4.  Load in a file named agvdemo.doe.

  5.  Press the Go button under the Run panel.  Arena will check the
      model for errors, then animate the simulation model.  Press
      ESC to pause the animation.

  6.  Press the View button to see simulation results.

  7.  Press the End button to end the simulation.

  8.  Select Arena from the Arena main menu bar, and click on Quit.




Other items:

  To use blocks and elements from a template, get blocks.tpo
  and elements.tpo from /home/ok2/arena/ and copy them into
  your directory. 

  Left click the empty tab
  Load in the blocks.
  Left click to get a block onto the diagram.
  Double left click to get a dialog box for the blocks.
  Repeat this procedure for the elements.