Installation

Overview

If this is your first time using Genesys we welcome you and hope you enjoy your experience.

• Genesys™ is an integrated electronic design automation (EDA) software suite for radio frequency (RF) and microwave design. It is a powerful tool that helps you design better products in less time.
• Genesys provides state-of-the-art performance in a single easy-to-use design environment that is fast, powerful, and accurate. It improves the way design teams work together and the way you work within a manufacturing environment.

Before beginning the installation, you should make sure you have everything needed to complete the installation and licensing steps. The licensing steps depend on what type of licensing you are using. Please read the Licensing Overview to determine which type of licensing applies to you.

Installation Requirements

• 500 megabytes of free space on your hard drive
• Genesys can use a lot of memory and we recommend a minimum of 512MB of RAM and prefer 1GB of RAM.
• Administrator privileges
• Windows XP (32 and 64), Windows Vista Business (32 and 64), and Windows Server 2003. Genesys will run in 32 bit compatibility mode on a 64 bit platform.
• Operating system that has the most recent updates
• License File (or Authorization Codes, or token if evaluating) or Internet access
• Hardware key (for Stand-Alone license)

CD Installation

1. Insert the CD into the CD-ROM Drive. The CD should automatically run. If it does not automatically run, run start.exe from the CD root directory.
   
2. Are you evaluating Genesys?
   • Yes - Click on the Evaluate Genesys button located in the menu to the left. If you have already received an evaluation ticket or key code press the I have a ticket button. If you need an evaluation ticket press the I need a ticket button.
   • No - Click on the Install Genesys button located in the menu to the left.
3. Click Install Genesys now button.  The installer should come up.  Press Install.
4. Read the License Agreement and if you choose, click accept license agreement and click next.
5. Type user name, Organization, and choose type of access and click next.
6. Continue clicking next and follow the instructions until you reach install and click install. The installation will only take a few minutes.

Congratulations you have successfully installed Genesys. The next step is to setup Licensing. Follow the steps appropriate for the type of licensing you are using.

Web Installation

1. Run the installer provided.
   • navigate to your local network image of Genesys, contact your network administrator if you need help.  The network administrator can easily install an image from the CD.
   • You can download the latest version of Genesys from: http://eesof.tm.agilent.com/support_ew/gensv_latest_downloads.html
2. Select Install.
3. Read the License Agreement and if you agree, select accept license agreement and click Next.
4. Type user name, Organization, and choose type of access and click Next.
5. Continue clicking next and following  the instructions until you reach install and select Install. The installation will only take a few minutes.

Congratulations you have successfully installed Genesys. The next step is to setup Licensing. Follow the steps appropriate for the type of licensing you are using.

Network License Server Installation (Administrators Only)

To implement a Genesys network installation, one computer is chosen to act as the Genesys server. The server manages the number of purchased licenses as they are used among the Genesys clients. Clients are computers where Genesys software is actually run.

In a Genesys network installation, the hardware key and licenses are installed only on  the server. The Genesys server is most often the server in a LAN, but this is not required. Any computer in the LAN can be used as the Genesys server. The computer acting as the Genesys server cannot be used to run a client instance of Genesys.

This step can not be done using Remote Desktop or any other type of terminal server.

1. Before beginning server installation, make sure you have your hardware key plugged in. The installation procedure will install two programs: Floating License Server and Genesys Network Setup Image. (Network Setup Image is only available from CD install, images downloaded from the Knowledge Center will not have this option.) If you have downloaded an image to install, go directly to step #3.
   • Network Image creates an image of the Genesys setup program on your server so that users can install Genesys from the network server. This feature requires 249MB on your hard drive.
   • Floating License Service manages the network seats of Genesys software if you have purchased floating licenses. This feature requires 5448KB on your hard drive.
2. At the server, insert the disk into CD ROM Drive. The CD should automatically run. If it does not automatically run, click start.exe from the CD.
   
3. From the CD, click on the Install Genesys Server button located on the left. Otherwise, start the installer that you downloaded.
4. Press the Install Genesys Server Now button to continue.
5. Click Next. Read the license agreement and if you choose, click accept license agreement and click Next.
   • Type user name, Organization, and choose type of access and click Next.
   • Select the setup type and click Next.  When you reach the screen to install, click Install.
     
6. The installation will only take a few minutes. After you click Install, a requirements page will pop up. Read the requirements page and press Next. Before continuing, make sure your hardware key is plugged in.
7. You will come to a page that has two options: internet or no internet connection. If you have an internet connection and your hardware key is properly plugged in, Genesys will automatically obtain codes for you. If you do not have an internet connection then enter the codes that came with your floating license. Contact Agilent if you do not have these codes.

   The number of seats that were purchased for the network determines the number of users that can be operating Genesys at one time. For example, if you have five network seats then up to five users can access Genesys at one time.

8. Now that the server is set-up, you are ready to install Genesys on client computers. Clients can:
   • Install from a Network Image, see [Web Installation]
   • download Genesys from the web, see [Web Installation]
   • install directly from the cd, see [CD Installation]

     Client computers will need to enter the name of the Genesys server instead of authorization codes.