ChemConsole v-0.3 ChemConsoleServer v-0.3 By Nathan Stevens nat250@cyberwar.com /* * ChemConsole and ChemConsoleServer * Copyright (c) 1999 Nathan Stevens, all rights reserved. * * Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without * modification, are permitted. * * This software is provided "as is" and any express or implied warranties, * including, but not limited to, the implied warranties of merchantability * or fitness for any particular purpose are disclaimed. In no event shall * Nathan Stevens be liable for any direct, indirect, incidental, special, * exemplary, or consequential damages (including, but not limited to, * procurement of substitute goods or services; loss of use, data, or * profits; or business interruption) however caused and on any theory of * liability, whether in contract, strict liability, or tort (including * negligence or otherwise) arising in any way out of the use of this * software, even if advised of the possibility of such damage. */ Contents: 1) About 2) Installation(ChemConsole) 3) Installation(ChemConsoleServer) About: This is version 0.3 of ChemConsole and the Server Component ChemConsole Server.ChemConsole provides a GUI to legacy Chemistry applications and allows network access to those applications. The current version of ChemConsole supports Babel v-1.6 and MOPAC7 on the local and network computers. Future version will have support for more application such as Gaussian or any other programs I get request to add or some one else decides to add. Installation (ChemConsole): To run ChemConsole you must have the JRE v1.1.7 and Swing 1.03 or later installed and configured properly. These programs can be obtained from Sun's JavaSoft web site, www.javasoft.com. ChemConsole may work with earlier version of the JRE and Swing, but I haven't tested it. The first thing you need to do get the correct file for your platform. For Unix get the ChemConsole-0.3.tar.gz file. For win95/win98/winNT get the ChemConsole-0.3.zip file. Next change to the directory in wich you plan to install the program and extract the program file using the appropriate method. For Unix this would be "tar zxvf ChemConsole-0.3.tar.gz". In Dos this would be "pkunzip ChemConsole-0.3.zip" or any other tool that can extract *.zip files. This will create directory name Chemc-0.3 in the directory you extracted the program file. Finally change to the Chemc-0.3 directory and open the start up script, either chemc.sh or chemc.bat, with your favorite text editor and set Java Class Path. Once this is done you are ready to run the program. Installation (ChemConsoleServer): To run The ChemConsoleServer you must have a JRE 1.1.* with support for RMI(Remote Method Invocation). To my knowledge all Java VM have RMI support except for Microsoft's VM (JView), so just don't use it. First thing to do is get the correct file for your platform. CCServer-0.3.tar.gz Unix CCServer-.03.zip win95/win98/winNT follow the instructions above to finish the rest of the installation. There should now be a directory named CCS-0.3 in the installation directory. Change to CCS-0.3 Now using a text editor edit the script ccs.sh or the bat file ccs.bat to fit your specific platform. Note: You must have networking properly configured on the Host Computer for the ChemConsoleServer to work properly.