2. Installing and Starting Reactis for Simulink#
Reactis is available on Windows®[1] 10 and 11. To run Reactis, a system should satisfy the following minimum requirements:
At least 1024 MB RAM (more is required for large models)
At least 227 MB free disk space
MATLAB, Simulink, and Stateflow installed
An installed Ethernet card
64-bit Reactis requires 64-bit Windows and 64-bit MATLAB
There are different methods for installing Reactis, depending on how you will access the license(s) you have purchased:
via a Reactis License File residing on your computer, or
via a Reactis License Manager running on a remote server.
In the latter case, you (or someone in your organization) will also need to install the Reactis License Manager. The Reactis installers may be downloaded from the Reactis User Pages:
https://reactive-systems.com/login.msp
2.1. Installing with Local License File#
To install Reactis, perform the following steps:
Execute the self-installing executable
reactis-setup-V2023.2.exe
and follow the instructions. The 64-bit Reactis installer is namedreactis-setup-win64-V2023.2.exe
but otherwise installing 64-bit Reactis proceeds exactly as the 32-bit install. You may download all Reactis installers from the Reactis User Pages. Note that an updated version of the installer will have a name of the formreactis-setup-V2023.2.0.n.exe
where n is a patch release number.To obtain a Reactis license file, you will first need to locate the file
rsilicense.dat
, which is stored in the Reactis installation directory. If you installed in the default location, the license file should be found at one of the following two locations:
(64-bit Reactis) `C:\Program Files\Reactis V2023\rsilicense.dat`
(32-bit Reactis) `C:\Program Files (x86)\Reactis V2023\rsilicense.dat`
Once located, e-mail the (incomplete) rsilicsense.dat
to Reactive Systems
at help@reactive-systems.com
. You will receive a response containing the
completed license as an attachment. When you receive this e-mail, replace
rsilicense.dat
in the Reactis installation directory with the completed
license file.
2.2. Installing with Remote License Manager#
If your organization already has a server running the Reactis License Manager, then you will need the name or IP address of the license server. The steps required to install Reactis on your computer (the client) are as follows:
On the client machine, run the installer (see step 1 of the Installing with Local License File section).
Invoke Reactis (see the Starting Reactis section). The dialog shown in Figure 2.1 will appear. In this dialog, click the Add button and enter the IP address or name of a server running the Reactis License Manager.
Step 2 can be repeated multiple times if there is more than one server running the Reactis License Manager.
2.3. Installing the Reactis License Manager#
Please see the Reactis License Manager User’s Guide.
2.4. Performing a Silent Install#
The Reactis installer supports a silent install (installing Reactis from the DOS command line in an automated fashion). The following command line switches control a silent install.
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Instructs the installer to be silent. When the installer is silent, the wizard and the background window are not displayed but the installation progress window and error messages are displayed. The default settings (which can be overridden using command line arguments) are used for the install. |
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With this switch, the installer will display error messages, but not the wizard, background window, or progress window. |
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Prevents the user from canceling during the installation process by disabling the Cancel button and ignoring clicks on the close button. This switch is useful in conjunction with /SILENT. |
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Overrides the default directory name displayed on the Select Destination Location wizard page. A fully qualified path name must be specified. |
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Overrides the default folder name displayed on the Select Start Menu Folder wizard page. |
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Overrides the default components settings. By default, all components are installed. Possible components are:
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Overrides the default MATLAB root directory name displayed on the Locate MATLAB wizard page. |
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Instructs the installer to copy the personal settings and license information to the new installation if running in SILENT or VERYSILENT mode and a previous existing Reactis installation is found. This is the default. |
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Do NOT copy personal settings and license information from a previous existing installation. |
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Saves information entered during the install in a file. That file can later be used to specify default parameters via LOADINF. The following information is saved:
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Load default information from a file created with the SAVEINF option. This is useful in combination with a silent install, i.e. C:\> reactis-setup-V2013.2.exe /SILENT /LOADINF="mysetup.inf"
will install Reactis without any user prompts using the values saved in
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Display help information for the silent install command line switches. |
2.5. Starting Reactis#
Reactis can be started in several ways:
Select Reactis V2023.2 from the Windows Start menu, or
double-click on the desktop shortcut if you installed one, or
call the reactis.exe executable from a DOS command prompt which can be invoked with zero, one, or two arguments:
If no arguments are given Reactis starts with no model loaded.
If one argument is given it can be either the name of a Simulink model (.mdl or .slx file) or the name of an .rsi file. Reactis will start and load the specified model.
If two arguments are given the first is assumed to be a model name and the second is an .rsi file and Reactis will start and load the specified model and .rsi file.