Maple Design of Experiments Toolbox 2021 Installation and Licensing Guide

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Maple Design of Experiments Toolbox 2021.1 Installation and Licensing Guide
Maple Design of Experiments Toolbox 2021.1 Installation Using a Single User License
Activating Single User Versions
Maple Design of Experiments Toolbox 2021.1 Installation Using a Network License
Silent (Unattended) Installation
Configure the License Manager
Getting Started With Maple Design of Experiments Toolbox
System Requirements
Trademarks

Maple Design of Experiments Toolbox 2021.1 Installation and Licensing Guide

Maple Design of Experiments Toolbox 2021.1 Installation Using a Single User License

Single User License Installation

Single User License Installation

For Windows® installation instructions, read this section.

During the installation, you will need your purchase code, generally sent to you in an email.

To install Maple Design of Experiments Toolbox 2021.1 on your Windows operating system, read and complete the following tasks.

Pre-Installation Instructions

  1. Check the System Requirements for your operating system.
  1. Log on as an administrator or log on to an account, with appropriate read and write privileges, that will own the Maple Design of Experiments Toolbox files.
  1. Ensure that you are connected to the Internet. If your computer does not have an Internet connection, please contact your distributor or Maplesoft customer service.
  1. Close all programs.

Install Maple Design of Experiments Toolbox 2021.1 Using a Single User License

  1. Ensure that you have reviewed the Pre-installation Instructions.
  1. Choose one of the following two options to launch the installer:
  • From download

Double-click DesignOfExperiments2021.1WindowsX64Installer.exe from where you downloaded the file.

  • From DVD
  1. Place the install disc in the DVD-ROM drive.
  1. Locate and double-click DesignOfExperiments2021.1WindowsX64Installer.exe from the install disc.
  1. Follow the on-screen instructions.
  1. In the Choose The Type of Licensing screen, select Single User License.
  1. When prompted, enter the purchase code and the required information to complete activation.
  1. If you activated successfully, you are ready to use Maple Design of Experiments Toolbox 2021.1. If you had problems activating or chose not to activate during the installation, see Activating Single User Versions.

Activating Single User Versions

Maple Design of Experiments Toolbox requires a license file to operate. License files for earlier versions will not work with Maple Design of Experiments Toolbox 2021.1. You must activate the single user versions of Maple Design of Experiments Toolbox 2021.1 to obtain your license file. If you are running a single user installer, you can activate during the installation process. If you do not activate during the installation process, follow the steps below.

Note: Activation requires an Internet connection. If your computer does not have an Internet connection, please contact your distributor or Maplesoft customer service.

  1. Do the following to launch the Maplesoft Activation window:
  1. Select Start > (All) Programs > Maple Design of Experiments Toolbox 2021.1 > Activate Maple Design of Experiments Toolbox 2021.
  1. Right-click Activate Maple Design of Experiments Toolbox 2021.1 and select Run as administrator.
  1. Enter your purchase code.
  1. If you are activating behind a proxy server, select Yes, and then enter the proxy server information.
  1. Click Next.
  1. You will be prompted to enter additional information. Click Next when this is complete.

A license (.dat) file will be saved in the license folder of your Maple Design of Experiments Toolbox 2021.1 installation. If you experience difficulties with activation, check our FAQs page at http://www.maplesoft.com/support/Faqs/Activation.

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Maple Design of Experiments Toolbox 2021.1 Installation Using a Network License

Network License Installation

Network License Installation

For Windows installation instructions, read this section.

To install Maple Design of Experiments Toolbox 2021.1 on your Windows operating system using a network license, read and complete the following tasks.

Pre-Installation Instructions

  1. Check the System Requirements for your operating system.
  1. Log on as an administrator or log on to an account, with appropriate read and write privileges, that will own the Maple Design of Experiments Toolbox files.
  1. Ensure that you are connected to the Internet. If your computer does not have an Internet connection, please contact your distributor or Maplesoft customer service.
  1. Close all programs.

Install Maple Design of Experiments Toolbox 2021.1 Using a Network License

  1. Ensure that you have reviewed the Pre-installation Instructions.
  1. Choose one of the following two options to launch the installer:
  • From download

Double-click DesignOfExperiments2021.1WindowsX64Installer.exe from where you downloaded the file.

  • From DVD
  1. Place the install disc in the DVD-ROM drive.
  1. Locate and double-click DesignOfExperiments2021.1WindowsX64Installer.exe from the install disc.
  1. Follow the on-screen instructions.
  1. In the Choose The Type of Licensing screen, select Network License.
  1. Do one of the following, depending on whether you have a single or redundant license server setup.
  • If you have a single license server setup:
  1. Select Single Server, and then click Next.
  1. Enter the name or IP address of the license server in License server.
  1. Enter the port number of the license server in Port number.
  1. Click Next.
  • If you have a redundant license server setup:
  1. Select Redundant Server, and then click Next.
  1. Enter the names or IP addresses of the license servers in License server 1, License server 2, and License server 3.
  1. Enter the port numbers of the license servers in Port number 1, Port number 2, and Port number 3.
  1. Click Next.
  1. Maple Design of Experiments Toolbox 2021.1 is now installed. Prior to using Maple Design of Experiments Toolbox 2021.1, you need to Configure the License Manager.

Silent (Unattended) Installation

Using options specified directly in the command line
Using an Option File
Available Installation Options
Additional Information
Silently Uninstalling Maple Design of Experiments Toolbox

It is possible to install the network version of Maple Design of Experiments Toolbox using an unattended mode option. There are two ways to perform an unattended installation of Maple Design of Experiments Toolbox:

  • Using options specified directly in the command line
  • Using an option file.

Using options specified directly in the command line

You can run an unattended installation without an option file by specifying the installation options directly in the command line. To run the unattended installation this way, do the following:

Windows

  1. Open a command prompt window.
  1. Browse to the directory in which your Maple Design of Experiments Toolbox install file is located.
  1. Run the unattended installation process using the following syntax DesignOfExperiments2021.1WindowsX64Installer.exe --option optionvalue. For example, use the command DesignOfExperiments2021.1WindowsX64Installer.exe --mode unattended to install Maple Design of Experiments Toolbox in unattended mode.

Using an Option File

Windows

  1. Check the System Requirements for your operating system.
  1. Close all programs, particularly any previous release of Maple Design of Experiments Toolbox.
  1. Log on as administrator or ensure that you have administrator privileges.
  1. Create an option file.

You can create your own options.txt file using the following example as a template:

mode=unattended

installdir=C:\Program Files\Maple 2021\toolbox\Maple Design of Experiments Toolbox 2021

defaultapp=1

desktopshortcut=1

licenseType=network

serverName=myServerName

portNumber=27000

  1. Open a command prompt window.
  1. Browse to the directory in which your DesignOfExperiments2021.1WindowsX64Installer.exe file is located.
  1. Run the silent installation process with the command DesignOfExperiments2021.1WindowsX64Installer.exe --optionfile <optionfile>, where <optionfile> is the name of the option file.

Note: If you created your option file in a directory other than the directory in which the DesignOfExperiments2021.1WindowsX64Installer.exe file is located, you must specify the path to the option file when you run this command.

Available Installation Options

Option Name

Description

Allowed Values

Default Value

help

Display the list of valid options

 

 

version

Display product information

 

 

unattendedmodeui

Unattended Mode UI

none minimal minimalWithDialogs

none

optionfile

Name of option file

string

 

debuglevel

Debug information level of verbosity

0 1 2 3 4

2

mode

Installation mode

unattended

unattended

debugtrace

debugtrace

string

 

installer-language

 

en ja

en

installdir

Installation Directory

string

C:\Program Files\Maple 2021\toolbox\DesignOfExperiments

Maple Design of Experiments ToolboxVersion

64-bit version of Maple Design of Experiments Toolbox

x64

x64

defaultapp

Make Maple Design of Experiments Toolbox 2021.1 the default application for .MSE files

0 or 1

1

desktopshortcut

Install desktop shortcut

0 or 1

1

licenseType

Type of Licensing

single network

single

singleOrRedundant

Single or redundant server setup

single redundant

single

serverName

License server

string

 

portNumber

Port number on license server

numeric

27000

serverName1

License server 1

string

 

portNumber1

Port number on license server 1

numeric

27000

serverName2

License server 2

string

 

portNumber2

Port number on license server 2

numeric

27001

serverName3

License server 3

string

 

portNumber3

Port number on license server 3

numeric

27002

Additional Information

  • You are not provided with any feedback when you run the installer in this mode
  • While you can install the single-user version of Maple Design of Experiments Toolbox silently, it is not possible to activate the product at this time. After the silent installation of the single user version of Maple Design of Experiments Toolbox 2021.1 is complete, from the Start menu, select All Programs, then Maple Design of Experiments Toolbox 2021.1, then Tools and then Activate Maple Design of Experiments Toolbox 2021.1.

Silently Uninstalling Maple Design of Experiments Toolbox

  1. To perform a silent uninstallation of Maple Design of Experiments Toolbox, at a command prompt, run the uninstall command, located in the <Maple Design of Experiments Toolbox Install Folder>/uninstall directory, as follows:

<Maple Design of Experiments Toolbox Install Folder>/uninstall/uninstall -- mode unattended

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Configure the License Manager

Configure the License Manager for Windows

Configure the License Manager for Windows

Before starting the Windows Network version of Maple Design of Experiments Toolbox 2021.1, you must obtain your license file and start the license manager by completing the following tasks.

  1. Install FlexNet Publisher and Activation Utilities
  1. Activate a Network License
  1. Choose one of the following:
  1. Start the License Manager for Maple Design of Experiments Toolbox 2021.1 Only
  1. Start the License Manager for Multiple Maplesoft Products

Install FlexNet Publisher and Activation Utilities

  1. Double-click the NetworkToolsWindowsX64Installer.exe file from the install disc or from where you downloaded the file.
  1. Close all programs, particularly Microsoft® Excel® and any previous release of Maple Design of Experiments Toolbox.
  1. Follow the on-screen instructions.

Activate a Network License

Network licenses for Maple Design of Experiments Toolbox and other Maplesoft products are registered using the Network Tools program.

Maple Design of Experiments Toolbox 2021.1 requires a Maple Design of Experiments Toolbox 2021.1 license file to operate. License files for earlier versions of Maple Design of Experiments Toolbox do not work with Maple Design of Experiments Toolbox 2021.1. To obtain your license file, you must use the Maple Network Tools activation program or activate off-line by following the instructions at http://www.maplesoft.com/contact/webforms/offlineactivation/. Ensure that you can connect to the Internet as activation requires an Internet connection. If your computer does not have an Internet connection, please contact Maplesoft customer service.

  1. You can launch Network Tools from the Start screen or Start menu, depending on your version of Windows.
  1. Click Activate Maple.
  1. You will be prompted to enter your purchase code, hostname, and hostid of your license server. If you are activating behind a proxy server, make sure to enter this information before clicking Next.
  1. You will be prompted to enter additional information including the number of licenses you are activating. Click Next when this is complete.
  1. A license file, MapleDOE2021.lic, will be saved to the C:\Program Files\Maple Network Tools\activate folder. You will need this license file in the next step.

Start the License Manager for Maple Design of Experiments Toolbox 2021.1 Only

The C:\Program Files\Maple Network Tools\FLEXlm\11.13.1.2\windows directory contains license manager daemons (lmgrd and maplelmg) required to run Maple Design of Experiments Toolbox, as well as utilities to assist you in installing and configuring FlexNet Publisher for your system.

Start the License Manager Daemons

If you intend to use a Novell® server, see Novell Networks.

To set up and start the license manager daemons on a Windows Network Server:

  1. From the Start menu, select Maple Network Tools>LMTools11.13.1.2.
  1. Under the Service/License File tab, click Configuration using Services.
  1. Click the Config Services tab.
  1. In the Config Services property sheet, enter or browse to the following files:

Service Name

Enter a name for the service (optional)

Path to the lmgrd.exe file

C:\Program Files\Maple Network Tools\FLEXlm\11.13.1.2\windows\lmgrd.exe

Path to the license file

C:\Program Files\Maple Network Tools\activate\MapleDOE2021.lic

Path to the debug log file: Enter the path to the directory containing the debug log file. You must create this file manually (log.txt is the manually created file in the example below), as it is not automatically generated.

C:\Program Files\Maple Network Tools\FLEXlm\11.13.1.2\windows\log.txt

  1. To set up the daemons as a service (recommended), select the Use Services check box.
  1. To start the daemons at boot time (recommended), select the Start Server at Power Up check box.
  1. Click Save Service. When prompted to save the service, click Yes.
  1. Click the Start/Stop/Reread tab. In that property sheet, click Start Server to start the license manager daemons.

You can now use Maple Design of Experiments Toolbox 2021.1.

Start the License Manager for Multiple Maplesoft Products

To run multiple Maplesoft products (including Maple Design of Experiments Toolbox), you must place all license files in the same directory. If you have other FlexNet Publisher license files stored in one central location, you can store your Maplesoft product license files there as well.

Complete the following tasks:

  1. Stop the License Manager
  1. Move All Maplesoft Product License Files to a Common Directory
  1. Start the License Manager Daemons
Stop the License Manager
  1. Go to the directory of the FlexNet Publisher utilities that are currently being used and double-click lmtools.exe. Alternatively, in the Start menu, select Maple Network Tools>LMTools11.13.1.2
  1. Under the Service/License File tab, click Configuration using Services.
  1. Click the Config Services tab. From the Server Name list, select the service currently being used.
  1. Click the Start/Stop/Reread tab, then click Stop Server.
Move All Maplesoft Product License Files to a Common Directory

Using Windows Explorer, move all of the license files to a common directory, for example, C:\Program Files\Maple Network Tools\activate.

Start the License Manager Daemons
  1. From the Start menu, select Maple Network Tools >LMTools11.13.1.2.
  1. Under the Service/License File tab, click Configuration using Services.
  1. Click the Config Services tab.
  1. In the Config Services property sheet, enter or browse for the following:

Service Name

Enter a name for the service (optional)

Path to the lmgrd.exe file

C:\Program Files\Maple Network Tools\FLEXlm\11.13.1.2\windows\lmgrd.exe

Path to the license file Note: The path to the license file should not contain a terminating backslash

C:\Program Files\Maple Network Tools\activate

Path to the debug log file: Enter the path to the directory containing the debug log file. You must create this file manually (log.txt is the manually created file in the example below), as it is not automatically generated.

C:\Program Files\Maple Network Tools\FLEXlm\11.13.1.2\windows\log.txt

  1. To set up the daemons as a service (recommended), select the Use Services check box.
  1. To start the daemons at boot time (recommended), select the Start Server at Power Up check box.
  1. Click Save Service. When prompted to save the service, click Yes.
  1. Click the Start/Stop/Reread tab. In that property sheet, click Start Server to start the license manager daemons.

You can now use your network licensed Maplesoft products.

Novell Networks

FlexNet Publisher does not run on Novell or IPX/SPX. Follow these instructions to install the license manager on any network that is exclusively a Novell environment.

  1. Install TCP/IP on all client machines.
  1. Select a Windows computer that has TCP/IP installed to act as a license server and run the license daemons using the Start License Manager for Maple Design of Experiments Toolbox 2021.1 Only instructions.

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Getting Started With Maple Design of Experiments Toolbox

Accessing the Maple Design of Experiments Toolbox GUI features
Accessing Maple Design of Experiments Toolbox Scripting

Accessing the Maple Design of Experiments Toolbox GUI features

To access the Maple Design of Experiments Toolbox features:

  1. From the Start menu, select Maple Design of Experiments Toolbox 2021

Select DOE Startup

Accessing Maple Design of Experiments Toolbox Scripting

To start Maple Design of Experiments Toolbox scripting:

  1. Start Maple 2021.
  1. At the Maple prompt, enter the command with(DesignOfExperiments 2021). For more information on this toolbox, enter ?DesignOfExperiments 2021.

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System Requirements

64-bit Windows System Requirements
Excel Requirements
Maple Requirements
Model Center Requirements
Java Requirements

64-bit Windows System Requirements

Version

CPU

Recommended RAM

Hard Disk

Windows Server 2016

AMD X86_64 1 GHz Intel Xeon, Intel 64

4 GB

4 GB

Windows 8.1

AMD X86_64 1 GHz Intel Xeon, Intel 64

4 GB

4 GB

Windows 10

AMD X86_64 1 GHz Intel Xeon, Intel 64

4 GB

4 GB

Windows Server 2019

AMD X86_64 1 GHz Intel Xeon, Intel 64

4 GB

4 GB

  • DVD-ROM drive (for DVD installation).
  • 16-bit color at 1024 by 768 (or greater) resolution recommended.
  • Internal TCP/IP connections enabled.
  • System performance may be affected if running below the recommended memory requirement.
  • Classic Worksheet is not available on this platform.

Excel Requirements

Excel 2013 (updated to latest version), Excel 2016 or Excel 2019.

Installing the Maple Design of Experiments Toolbox Excel Add-in

You can install the Excel Add-In either during or after installation.

To install the Excel Add-In after Maple Design of Experiments Toolbox installation:

  1. Navigate to your Maple installation directory.
  1. Next, select the toolbox directory.
  1. Finally, select the Maple Design of Experiments Toolbox installation directory.
  1. Run setup.exe.
  1. Follow the onscreen instructions.

Maple Requirements

Maple 2021.

Notes:

  • Maple Design of Experiments Toolbox 2021 assumes Maple 2019 is already installed.
  • Maple and Excel need to be closed before installing Maple Design of Experiments Toolbox.

Model Center Requirements

Phoenix ModelCenter® 11.2 and 12.0

Note: While versions 11.2 and 12.0 are officially supported, other versions of ModelCenter may work as well.

Java Requirements

Oracle® Java® SE Runtime Environment 8.

The latest update of JDK version 8.

Notes:

  • Make sure you have the JDKbin folder in your system Path variable.
  • The JDK installation is required to support the Phoenix ModelCenter interface.

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Trademarks

Note: Maple uses the Flexera Software Corporation FlexNet Publisher as its license manager. This document contains all the information you require for a standard Maple installation. For more information, refer to the FlexNet Publisher documentation at http://www.flexerasoftware.com/.

MapleDOE, Maple, Maplesoft, and Waterloo Maple are trademarks of Waterloo Maple Inc.

Intel is a registered trademark of Intel Corporation.

Microsoft, Windows, Windows Server, Excel, and Internet Explorer are registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation.

Oracle, Java, and JRE are registered trademarks of Oracle and/or its affiliates.

FLEXlm and FlexNet are registered trademarks of Flexera Software Corporation.

ModelCenter is a registered trademark of Phoenix Integration.

All other brand names or product names are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective companies.