This section provides step-by-step instruction for installing the Axxon PSIM software to the Monitoring Workplace.

To install the Axxon PSIM—Monitoring Workplace software, do the following:

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.

   When you install Axxon PSIM on Windows 8 and Windows Server 2012 OSs, you must pre-install the Microsoft.Net Framework 4.0 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

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.

   When you install and uninstall the software, event logging as well as the list of objects that exceed the limit of the license key are logged to the psim.log and uninstall.log files correspondingly. 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/.
   3. To install the Guardant drivers in the Windows OS, you must disable "Memory integrity" (see the Microsoft documentation Enable virtualization-based protection of code integrity). If you don't disable "Memory integrity" beforehand, then during driver installation the warning indicating the necessity of disabling it appears, and Windows security settings open. If you click OK without changing the Windows Os settings, during the installation process, the installation continues successfully, but the Guardant drivers aren't installed (you can install them later, see Using the Product.msi and Redist.exe for Axxon PSIM™ software installation):
      
      

   4. If you perform the installation not from the disk, then at this stage, you can select the installed languages. To do this, download the LanguagePack language pack from the AxxonSoft official website www.axxonsoft.com before starting the installation, and put the archive's files in the languages folder in the installer's directory. As a result, the Additional languages list is displayed in the offered Components for installation of the Selecting components for installation window, and you can select the languages that must be installed.
      
      

      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.
   

   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.
    

    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.
    

    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.

Installing the Axxon PSIM software with the Monitoring Workplace installation type is complete.