B User Guide for DP2PN2Solver
B.1 System Requirements for DP2PN2Solver
The DP2PN2Solver tool should run on any computer system on which a java compiler and runtime systems (javac and java) is installed. (We have only tested the tool using JDK 1.4.2 and JDK 1.5.) To obtain numerical solutions in a spreadsheet or graphically, a spreadsheet system (such as Excel) or a Petri net tool (such as Renew) is also required. B.1.1 Java Environment Make sure that JDK 1.4.2 or 1.5 is installed on your system. (DP2PN2Solver might also work with earlier and later versions, but this has not been tested.) You may download it for free from http://www.java.sun.com DP2PN2Solver needs the compiler javac, so having merely a Java Runtime Environment (JRE) installed will not be sucient. The compiler javac should be universally accessible, so make sure to include the directory where the binary of javac resides to your current path. For example, on Windows XP you might add the following to your path by going through the sequence StartControl PanelSystemAdvanced Environment Variables and then under System variables (or User variables if you are not the admin), edit the variable path by prepending the prex c:\j2sdk1.4.2_01\bin; to the path. (We assumed that the binary javac.exe is located in c:\j2sdk1.4.2_01\bin.) You can easily check whether the compiler javac is universally accessible by typing javac on the command line from any directory of your choice; if you always get a response that explains the usage of javac then the path is set correctly; if you get a response that javac is not recognized as a command, then the path is not set correctly.