LMS Sysdm Rev 14

Client Installation & Configuration

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

1. Overview ................................................................................................................ 2

2. Prerequisites ......................................................................................................... 2
2.1. System requirements ...................................................................................... 2
2.2. Installed Software and other requirements ..................................................... 2

3. Installing LMS Sysdm Client ................................................................................ 3

3.1. PostgreSQL Installation ................................................................................ 15
3.2. Silent Installation .......................................................................................... 22

4. Configuring LMS Sysdm Client .......................................................................... 23

4.1. Connection Settings...................................................................................... 25
4.2. Database Settings ........................................................................................ 26

5. Configuring LMS Sysdm Server Connection details........................................ 27

6. Verifying the Client Installation .......................................................................... 29

7. Compatibility ....................................................................................................... 32

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LMS Imagine.Lab SysdmTM software
Client Installation & Configuration

1. Overview
LMS Imagine.Lab Sysdm is an Enterprise Solution for the Collaborative Management of Models,
Data and related artifacts in Model Based System Engineering. LMS Sysdm stands for System
Data Manager. This document provides step by step process to install and configure LMS Sysdm
client for Independent and Network installation.

2. Prerequisites

2.1. System requirements

 The following version of OS are supported by LMS Sysdm
o Windows XP Professional SP2 and above
o Windows 7
o Open SUSE Linux 10.2 & 11.3(32 & 64 bit)
o RHEL (Red Hat Enterprise Linux) 5.6
 4GB RAM minimum, 8GB RAM is recommended
 Minimum Disk space of 1GB required. Maximum is based on the data.
 Processor : Pentium IV and above

2.2. Installed Software and other requirements

 LMS Sysdm license file or LMS Sysdm license server must be available.
 LMS Sysdm server must be installed and configured. LMS Sysdm server must be
available in the same network.
 32 bit Teamcenter version Tc10.1.2.1_a01 is installed along with TcME1.0.
 Teamcenter Server and the Active Workspace (Hosted Mode) URL is configured in LMS
Sysdm Server Options > Teamcenter.
 Only 32 bit version of MATLAB can be used in LMS Sysdm.
 There should not be any firewall between LMS Sysdm server and LMS Sysdm client.
 User who is going to execute LMS Sysdm, client application must have write access in
LMS Sysdm client installation directory and its sub-directories.

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3. Installing LMS Sysdm Client
For Windows:
Insert the LMS Sysdm installation CD into CD drive. The Auto-run feature will take you to the main
installation screen. If Auto-run is not happening, browse the CD and double click the
InstallSysDM.bat file.

Figure 3:1 : LMS Sysdm main Installation screen

Click Release Notes link, if you would like to go through the Release notes for the current release.
Click Help link against the New Installation button, if you would like to go through the LMS Sysdm
client installation guide.

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Click the New Installation button to install the LMS Sysdm client. This opens installation wizard
which will guide you through complete installation process.

Figure 3:2 : Installation Wizard

LMS Sysdm shows the existing LMS Sysdm client installations (if any) for your reference.

For Linux:
Insert the LMS Sysdm installation CD into CD drive. Browse the CD and double click the
InstallSysDM.sh file. This shows the existing LMS Sysdm client installations (if any) for your
reference.

To install LMS Sysdm client in Linux OS, you must be logged in as

Root user.

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Figure 3:3 : List of existing LMS Sysdm client installations

Click Install button to proceed for new client installation or click Quit button to abort the installation.
By clicking Install button, the installer shows Welcome Message screen.

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Figure 3:4 : Welcome message

Click Next button. This opens License agreement dialog box.

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Figure 3:5 : License agreement dialog box

Go through the License agreement. If you agree with the licensing terms and want to proceed
with the installation, select I accept the agreement option and click Next button.

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This opens the Installation type selection window.

Figure 3:6 : Installation type selection window

Independent Installation: By this, each client is installed with the entire executable and application
maintained data. Executable will not be shared with other clients and exclusively used by the client
where the installation is made.

Network Installation: By this, a common client is installed and the server settings and client
upgrade will be shared by many clients in the network. Application maintained data will not be stored
in this common client. Application maintained data will be stored independently in each client system
which is connected to this common client. You cannot directly use this installation. You have to install
a local client to use the LMS Sysdm application (Refer LMS Sysdm_Local_Client_Installation_guide
document for more details).

Select the type of installation as Independent Installation or Network Installation and click Next
button.

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This opens Select Destination directory dialog box.

Figure 3:7 : Select Destination directory dialog box

By default LMS Sysdm installs the client under C:\Program Files (x86)\ LMS\Sysdm_Client directory
for Windows OS and /opt/LMS/Sysdm _Client directory for Linux OS. If you want to change the
installation directory to some other folder, click Browse… button. This opens OS File Browser dialog
box. Browse and choose the directory where you want to install. The selected directory will be
displayed in Destination directory field. Alternatively if you know the installation directory path, you
can type the directory path in Destination directory field. If the destination directory folder is not
available, LMS Sysdm will create the destination directory. After this click Next button.

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Select Start Menu / Symlinks screen is applicable only for the
independent client installation.

For Windows:
This opens Select Start Menu Folder dialog box.

Figure 3:8 : Select start menu folder dialog box

By default, start menu folder will be LMS Imagine.Lab Sysdm [Client]. If you want to change the
default start menu, type the menu name in the start menu folder field. Click Next button. This opens
Select Additional Tasks dialog box.

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For Linux:
This opens select Directory for Symlinks dialog box.

Figure 3:9 : Select Directory for Symlinks

By default, symlinks will be created under /home/<user name>/bin directory. If you want to change
the default directory, click Browse… button. This opens OS File Browser dialog box. Browse and
choose the directory where you want to place the Symlinks. The selected directory will be displayed
in Destination directory field. Click Next button. This opens Select Additional Tasks dialog box.

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Select Additional Tasks screen is applicable only for independent
client installation.
Quick launch icon is not applicable for Linux OS

This screen is applicable only for Independent Installation.

Figure 3:10: Select Additional Tasks

Select whether you want to create desktop and / or Quick launch icon by checking the option against
it. Click Next button.

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This opens Select Database dialog box.

Select database is not applicable for Linux OS. Only HSQL is

supported in Linux OS.

Figure 3:11 : Select Database

 Select HSQL database, if you are not going to perform LMS Imagine.Lab System
TM
Synthesis software operations. It is an embedded database and no additional
installation required.
 Select PostgreSQL 8.4 database, if you are going to perform LMS System Synthesis
operations, as LMS System Synthesis does not support HSQL database. However, for
LMS Sysdm operations, it is not mandatory. A separate installer will be launched to install
PostgreSQL, if it is not already installed.

For Independent installation, the database selection will create and use the database in the selected
tool. For Network Installation, this will restrict all the local clients to use the selected database. If you

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have selected the HSQL option, it will create the database and configure it. In this case, Database
Settings will not be there in the Client Settings dialog box.

If you want to perform LMS System Synthesis functions, you must

select PostgreSQL database.
Once you select a database, you cannot change it later.

After selecting the database option, click Next button to continue. LMS Sysdm client installer
extracts the installation files from the installer and the progress will be shown with the file names in
the following screen.

Figure 3:12 : Installation progress

After extraction, installer starts the installation with third-party packages (if applicable).

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3.1. PostgreSQL Installation
This section is applicable only if you have selected PostgreSQL
database and do not have PostgreSQL 8.4 version in your local
system.
To install PostgreSQL, you need administrative privileges.

LMS Sysdm client installer prompts for the required parameters for the PostgreSQL installation.

Figure 3:13 : PostgreSQL installation requirements

PostgreSQL database port. By default it is 5432. If you want to change it,

Database Port change the port number. Remember this port number as it is required to
configure LMS Sysdm client
Postgres installation creates a service account by name ‘postgres’. You
Enter Password
have to provide password for this account. This password must honour your

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local security policy. Remember this password as it is required to configure
LMS Sysdm client
Re- Enter Password Provide the same password for confirmation

Click Next button. LMS Sysdm starts PostgreSQL installation with warning message.

Figure 3:14 : PostgreSQL installation warning message

Do not click OK button until the PostgreSQL installation is

completed.

Installer will start the installation of PostgreSQL database. LMS Sysdm shows the progress of the
installation.

Figure 3:15 : Setup - PostgreSQL installation progress

After completion of PostgreSQL Installation (after the above screen is closed), PostgtreSQL
installation confirmation message is shown for confirmation.

Figure 3:16 : PostgreSQL installation confirmation dialog box

Click OK button. This will navigate you back to the LMS Sysdm client installation > Information
screen.

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For Independent Installation:
LMS Sysdm shows the information about database and client configuration requirements.

Figure 3:17 : Information - Database & Client configuration requirement

Click Next button to complete the client installation.

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For Network Installation:
LMS Sysdm shows the information about the local client installer.

Figure 3:18 : Information - Local Client Installer

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Installer for the local client is available in the Client Network Installation directory.
In Windows OS:

Figure 3:19 : Local Client installer

After identifying the local installer, click Next button in the Information screen to complete the client
installation.

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In Linux OS:

Figure 3:20 : Local Client Installer - Linux

After identifying the local installer, click Next button in the Information screen to complete the client
installation.

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LMS Sysdm shows completion of client installation.

Figure 3:21 : Client Installation completion

Click Finish button to complete the client installation.

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3.2. Silent Installation
You can install LMS Sysdm independent client without user interaction. This is known as silent
installation. Database will be assumed as HSQL in this installation. You can use the following
command to install LMS Sysdm in silent mode:
<LMS Sysdm Installer> -q –dir < empty directory path >
For example,
20150116_Sysdm_EC_14_0_0.exe -q -dir "C:\Program Files (x86)\LMS
\SysDM_Client"

Also you perform silent installation without creating any short cut entry. Use the following command
to perform this:
<LMS Sysdm Installer> –q –dir < empty directory path > -Vapp.shortCutsEnabled=false
For example,
20150116_Sysdm_EC_14_0_0.exe -q -dir ":\Program Files (x86)\LMS
\SysDM_Client " -Vapp.shortCutsEnabled=false

Do not install LMS Sysdm in silent mode if you want to perform LMS
System Synthesis functions.

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4. Configuring LMS Sysdm Client
This section is applicable only if you selected the independent
installation.

In Windows:
Select Configure Client from the Windows Start menu > All Programs > LMS Imagine.Lab
Sysdm[Client].

In Linux:

Select Configure Client from Applications or Click Configure Client desktop icon from the client
installation directory.

Initially LMS Sysdm will prompt you to locate the RLM license server.

Figure 4:1 : RLM license server configuration

Enter the system name or IP address (with port number if required) of the RLM license server and
press Save button. This will save the RLM server details and LMS Sysdm shows the confirmation
message. Also you can set the system environment variable LMS_LICENSE = @<RLM server
name> to specify the license server. For example, [email protected].

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Figure 4:2 : RLM license server configuration - save

Press OK button. This opens client settings dialog box. Client settings dialog box has the following in
the side bar:
 Connection Settings
 Database settings

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4.1. Connection Settings
Click Connection Setting in the side bar to configure the Server connection.

Figure 4:3 : Connection settings dialog box

Provide IP address or system name of the LMS Sysdm server. If the Server
Host is not having static IP address, for example Laptop, provide IP address as
127.0.0.1

RMI Registry Port Provide 1099 for RMI Registry Port

After providing these details, click Save Connection Settings button to save the LMS Sysdm server
connection settings. Click Remove button to remove the LMS Sysdm server connection settings,
which is already configured in the LMS Sysdm client.

You cannot remove client connection settings until all the

Collections in the local workspace are deleted.

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4.2. Database Settings
This section is applicable, only if you have selected the PostgreSQL
database during your LMS Sysdm client installation.

Click Database Setting in the side bar to configure the local database.

Figure 4:4 : Database Settings

User Name Provide user name as ‘postgres’

Password Provide password for the user ‘postgres’

By default it is ‘localhost’. You should change it to the IP address or system
Host
name
By default it is 5432. If your postgreSQL is using different port provide that
Port
port number

Database Provide name of the database. It must be different from server database
name, if server and client are installed in the same system.

After providing these details, click Save button to save the database settings.

Client database name must be different from Server database name,

if both LMS Sysdm server and LMS Sysdm client are installed in the
same system.

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5. Configuring LMS Sysdm Server Connection
details
This section is applicable only if you selected the Network
installation.

You can configure LMS Sysdm server parameters in the network installation which will be used by
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LMS Sysdm client local installation for auto-configuration .

Figure 5:1 : Network client installation – bin folder

You can invoke Server Connection details dialog by double-clicking ServerConfigInput.exe under
<Client Network installation>/bin folder.

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If you select HSQL as database for your local client installation, after the installation you can immediately launch
the LMS Sysdm client application; you need not configure the client. If you have selected PostgreSQL as
database for your local client installation, the server connection details will be populated in Connection Setting tab
in LMS Sysdm client settings dialog.

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Figure 5:2 : Server Connection Detail dialog box

Host Provide IP address or system name of the LMS Sysdm server.

RMI Registry Port Provide 1099 for RMI Registry Port

After saving the server connection details, LMS Sysdm shows confirmation message. These
details will be used by LMS Sysdm local client installation during auto configuration.

Figure 5:3 : Server Connection details – Save information message

After the initial Server Connection detail settings, if you make any
changes, the changes will not be propagated to the auto-configured
local clients. Those local clients have to manually re-configure with
the modified connection settings.

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6. Verifying the Client Installation

This section is applicable only for the independent installation.

After completing the client settings, try to launch the application by:
In Windows:
 Selecting Sysdm Client from the Windows Start menu > Programs > LMS Imagine.Lab
Sysdm[Client], or

 Double click on the LMS Sysdm icon on your desktop

In Linux:
 Selecting LMS Sysdm Client from the Applications, or

 Double click on the LMS Sysdm Client.desktop icon from your client installation
directory

This launches LMS Sysdm About dialog box first and then the LMS Sysdm Main GUI with Login
dialog box.

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Figure 6:1 : LMS Sysdm about dialog

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Figure 6:2 : Login dialog box

Enter User ID and password supplied by your application administrator in Login dialog box. If the
login is successful, your client is successfully installed and configured.

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7. Compatibility
TM
The following table shows the compatible versions of LMS Imagine.Lab Amesim software and
MATLAB for LMS Sysdm versions:

Table 7:1 : Compatible Versions – LMS Sysdm, LMS Amesim and MATLAB

Compatible Versions
LMS Sysdm LMS Amesim MATLAB
MATLAB R2006b
LMS Sysdm Rev 12 LMS Amesim Rev 12 to MATLAB
R2010b
MATLAB R2006b
LMS Sysdm Rev 12 SL1 LMS Amesim Rev 12 & 12 SL1 to MATLAB
R2011b
MATLAB R2006b
LMS Amesim Rev 11 SL2 to Rev
LMS Sysdm Rev 13 to MATLAB
13
R2012b
MATLAB R2007b
LMS Amesim Rev 11 SL2 to Rev
LMS Sysdm Rev 13 SL1 to MATLAB
13
R2013b
MATLAB R2007b
LMS Amesim Rev 11 SL2 to Rev
LMS Sysdm Rev 13 SL2 to MATLAB
13 SL2
R2013b
MATLAB R2007b
LMS Amesim Rev 11 SL2 to Rev
LMS Sysdm Rev 13 SL3 to MATLAB
13 SL3
R2013b
MATLAB R2007b
LMS Amesim Rev 11 SL2 to Rev
LMS Sysdm Rev 14 to MATLAB
14
R2013b

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The following table shows the list of compatible LMS Sysdm and Teamcenter versions:

Table 7:2 : Compatible Versions - LMS Sysdm & Teamcenter

Delivered with Teamcenter Mechatronics Engineering - Release

1.0
Teamcenter
Integrated product version
version

Integration for Simulink - CLIENT 2010b 64bit, 2012b 32/64bit, 2014b

10.1.2.x
Integration for Simulink - SERVER 32/64bit

Integration for Imagine.Lab - CLIENT

10.1.2.1_a01 Rev13 EE, Rev14
Integration for Imagine.Lab - SERVER

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