Page History

...

1. Unpack the archive downloaded from the official website of the company, in accordance with the manual in the Getting ready for Axxon PSIM installation section. The destination folder displays the content of the distribution kit.
   

2. Run the setup.exe executable file designed to start the Axxon PSIM installation program.
   As a result, the dialog window for selecting the language of the installation program is displayed.

   Note
   title Attention!
   When you install install Axxon PSIM on the OS Windows 8 and the OS Windows Server 2012 OSs , you must pre- install the Microsoft.Net Framework 4 8.0 platform or later. If you don't have the Microsoft.Net Framework 4.0 or later installed, the corresponding warning is displayed. In this case you must stop installing Axxon PSIM and install the Microsoft.Net Framework 4.0 or later. Installation manual is available on the Microsoft support website: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-gb/library/hh506443.aspx Otherwise, it is installed along with Axxon PSIM.

3. Select the language of the installation program from the list and click the Install button.
   
   As a result, the dialog window for selecting the type of installation is displayed.
   
4. Select the Workplace for monitoring installation type.

5. Set the Enable full installation log checkbox (increases the time of the software installation) if you want to write all software installation events to the log file.

   Info
   title Note
   When you install the software, the event logging is performed in the PSIMSetup.log log file. To collect log files, we recommend using the Support.exe utility (see The utility for collecting configuration data on servers and RWS for the Technical Support section).

6. Click the Next button.
   The dialog window for selecting the components for installation is displayed.
   
7. Set the checkboxes next to the components that you want to install (you can expand the lists by clicking ). Consider the following peculiarities when you select the components:
   1. We recommend installing all provided components—the Axxon PSIM installer sets checkboxes next to everything required for proper operation by default.
   2. To operate in Axxon PSIM, you must install Microsoft.Net Framework 4.0 or later. Usually it is bundled with Windows OS and doesn't require separate installation. If you don't have it, then .Net 4.6 is offered for installation at Prerequisites—make sure to set the checkbox. For more information about Microsoft.Net Framework, see the official documentation at https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/framework/.
      

      Info
      title Note
      If this method of language installation isn't suitable, later you can install each language separately (see Installing the language). After the installation, use the tweaki.exe utility to switch languages (see Switching languages in the Axxon PSIM Software System).

8. Click the Install button.
   After that, the automatic installation of the selected components is performed.
   

   Note
   title Attention!
   The installation of the required prerequisites can take a lot of time (more than 10 minutes).

   After you complete it, the Axxon PSIM welcome dialog window for the installation is displayed.
   

9. Click the Next button.
   The dialog window with the license agreement is displayed.
   
10. Read the license agreement and accept its terms by setting the switch into the I accept the terms of the License agreement position, otherwise the Axxon PSIM installation is stopped.
11. Click the Next button.
    The dialog window for selecting the installation mode is displayed.
    
12. Select the installation mode.

13. Click the Next button.

    When you select the Custom installation mode, the dialog window for selecting the installation path is displayed. When you select the Standard installation mode, this step is omitted.

    

    The advanced settings dialog window is displayed.
    

14. If necessary, you can create the Axxon PSIM desktop shortcut and set the corresponding checkbox.
15. If necessary, you can create the Axxon PSIM desktop icon in the quick launch toolbar and set the corresponding checkbox.

16. Click the Next button.
    The ready to install dialog window is displayed.
    

    Info
    title Note
    To change the setting, click the Back button.

17. Click the Install button.
    Then the dialog window of the Axxon PSIM installation process is displayed.
    
18. The dialog window for completing the installation of Axxon PSIM is displayed.
    
19. Set the Explore new ways for building your solutions checkbox to view the document containing the information about new features of the installed Axxon PSIM version.
20. Click the Finish button.
    

    Info
    title Note
    After that, the Driver Pack add-on installation starts.

    Then the installation wizard dialog window is displayed, containing the information about the status (installed or not) of the Axxon PSIM components.
    
21. Click the Finish button.

...