Step-by-step installation guide for UT ChE students enrolled in a course utilizing Aspen
NOTE: UTGUEST AND EDUROAM WIFI WILL NOT WORK. You must be connected to UTEXAS WIFI or with a VPN connection from off-campus.
Once your EID has been submitted by your professor, you will need to complete the following steps:
- Map a drive to your computer using the following path in the "folder" field \\austin.utexas.edu\disk\che-share\aspenONEV10EngDVD . The Drive letter doesn't matter. Make sure to uncheck "reconnect at login" and to check "connect as a different user".
- For the username, enter austin\your EID e.g.,
- Note: Attempting this from on-campus will work best. If you are off-campus you must first follow these instructions to make a VPN connection, and then proceed with the instructions. /wiki/spaces/networking/pages/58336345
- Once you successfully connect you will see the following:
- Install the files inside of '3rd Party Redistributables' folder: (.Net 3.5, 4.0, 4.5 and SQL Server, in that order).
- Right click setup.exe (the first setup file in the list) select run as admin.
- Select Install Aspen One products.
- Uncheck the second option (Aspen HYSYS):
- Add che-labman.che.utexas.edu as the license server.
On your computer, from the program list go to AspenTech > Process Modeling V10 > Aspen Plus > Aspen Plus V10 (Win 10 it may be easier to just search).
- On first launch the database will start configuring itself in the background - this may take several minutes.
- When prompted for registration > uncheck the registration box > next > cancel > do not register..
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