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<?xml-stylesheet type="text/xsl" href="https://communities.bentley.com/cfs-file/__key/system/syndication/rss.xsl" media="screen"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/"><channel><title>CONNECT Edition - Installer Configuration Options</title><link>https://communities.bentley.com/products/building/building_analysis___design/w/building_analysis_and_design__wiki/35501/connect-edition---installer-configuration-options</link><description /><dc:language>en-US</dc:language><generator>Telligent Community 12</generator><item><title>CONNECT Edition - Installer Configuration Options</title><link>https://communities.bentley.com/products/building/building_analysis___design/w/building_analysis_and_design__wiki/35501/connect-edition---installer-configuration-options</link><pubDate>Fri, 11 Aug 2017 09:47:42 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">6dad98f5-dbc9-4c4d-a9ba-e9da8dc6aa8e:65f97b1d-6e0c-4db8-926a-895a8bcf7f40</guid><dc:creator>Marc Thomas</dc:creator><comments>https://communities.bentley.com/products/building/building_analysis___design/w/building_analysis_and_design__wiki/35501/connect-edition---installer-configuration-options#comments</comments><description>Current Revision posted to OpenBuildings | AECOsim | Speedikon Wiki by Marc Thomas on 8/11/2017 9:47:42 AM&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;td style="text-align:right;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="text-align:right;" width="30%"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Product(s):&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;AECOsim Building Designer&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
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&lt;td style="text-align:right;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="text-align:right;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Version(s):&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;10.0.0.154&lt;/td&gt;
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&lt;td style="text-align:right;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="text-align:right;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Environment:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;N/A&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
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&lt;td style="text-align:right;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="text-align:right;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Area:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Installation&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
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&lt;td style="text-align:right;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="text-align:right;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Subarea:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Configurable Options&lt;/td&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;AECOsim Building Designer CONNECT Edition installation includes configuration&amp;nbsp;options (as also found&amp;nbsp;in MicroStation CONNECT Edition from Update 4 onwards).&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The purpose of these is to:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;a) include creation of the configuration file that redirects the application to networked resources as part of the installation. Previously this was a manual operation followed by other processes (such as the batch files used by the &lt;a href="/other/old_site_member_blogs/peer_blogs/b/marc_thomass_blog/archive/2015/07/20/aecosim-building-designer-ss6-quickconfig"&gt;ABD SS6 - QuickConfig)&lt;/a&gt; to distribute the required file(s).&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;b) make the default sample WorkSets available to users for training purposes. The sample WorkSets are used by Bentley training material.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The complete&amp;nbsp;installation process is described in &lt;a href="/products/building/building_analysis___design/w/building_analysis_and_design__wiki/35495.connect-edition-installing-aecosim-building-designer"&gt;CONNECT Edition - Installing AECOsim Building Designer&lt;/a&gt;. Additional details of the Configuration step are covered below.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h1&gt;Configuration Options&lt;/h1&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="/cfs-file/__key/communityserver-wikis-components-files/00-00-00-04-83/ABD_5F00_CE_5F00_Installer_2D00_ConfigureOptions_5F00_21.png"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Once you arrive at the Configuration&amp;nbsp;step, you will find that it&amp;nbsp;allows&amp;nbsp;the location of networked configuration resources to be specified during installation , select &lt;strong&gt;Custom Configuration (plus Delivered Configuration)&lt;/strong&gt; to&amp;nbsp;include a Custom Configuration in addition to the out of the box delivered configuration:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="/cfs-file/__key/communityserver-wikis-components-files/00-00-00-00-17/ABD_5F00_CE_5F00_Installer_5F00_ConfigureOptions_5F00_03a.png"&gt;&lt;img alt=" " src="/resized-image/__size/940x0/__key/communityserver-wikis-components-files/00-00-00-00-17/ABD_5F00_CE_5F00_Installer_5F00_ConfigureOptions_5F00_03a.png" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The specified location must be the folder containing (or that will contain) your pre-prepared networked Configuration.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Specifying the location in this dialog does not copy/create any files/folders.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Specifying a network location modifies the file:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin-left:30px;"&gt;&amp;quot;C:\ProgramData\Bentley\AECOsim CONNECT Edition\Configuration\&lt;strong&gt;ConfigurationSetUp.cfg&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;quot;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;by adding that location&amp;nbsp;to the &amp;quot;_USTN_CUSTOM_CONFIGURATION=&amp;quot; statement. This statement is delivered undefined. The %if statement that follows tests first to see if _USTN_CUSTOM_CONFIGURATION has been defined and then if the defined location exists.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;There are three possible outcomes:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;If _USTN_CUSTOM_CONFIGURATION is defined and the defined location exists/is accessible the specified location is used.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;If _USTN_CUSTOM_CONFIGURATION is defined and the defined location does not exist or is not accessible the delivered configuration is used.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;If _USTN_CUSTOM_CONFIGURATION is undefined&amp;nbsp;(the delivered default) the delivered configuration&amp;nbsp;is used.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;p&gt;If this step is missed during installation ConfigurationSetUp.cfg can be modified manually, in this example the line reads:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin-left:30px;"&gt;_USTN_CUSTOM_CONFIGURATION=W:/ABD-CE/&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;ConfigurationSetUp.cfg in Operation&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;ConfigurationSetUp.cfg is written to by CONNECT Edition applications to maintain the correct value of _USTN_CONFIGURATION which is determined by the user&amp;#39;s selection of WorkSapce&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;This feature&amp;nbsp;will be helpful&amp;nbsp;both when installing AECOsim Building Designer CONNECT Edition manually and when creating&amp;nbsp;Deployment&amp;nbsp;Images for automated&amp;nbsp;installations.&amp;nbsp;See&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="/products/betas/aecosim_building_designer_connect_edition_eap/w/abd_eap_ce_wiki/31008.how-to-create-a-deployment-image"&gt;How to create a Deployment Image&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;for details of the deployment tools and options available.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h2&gt;Note regarding Deployment Images&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;p&gt;In 10.00.00.154 (which is based on the same Power Platform as MicroStation CONNECT Edition Update 5) we have a regression that prevents a modified ConfigurationSetUp.cfg being deployed correctly. For this release it will be necessary to use a batch file or similar process to distribute a modified ConfigurationSetUp.cfg to individual PCs. See &lt;a href="/other/old_site_member_blogs/peer_blogs/b/marc_thomass_blog/posts/connect-edition---deploying-configurationsetup-cfg" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"&gt;CONNECT Edition - Deploying ConfigurationSetup.cfg&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;

&lt;div style="font-size: 90%;"&gt;Tags: installation, AECOsim Building Designer CONNECT Edition, ConfigurationSetUp.cfg, Configuration&lt;/div&gt;
</description></item><item><title>CONNECT Edition - Installer Configuration Options</title><link>https://communities.bentley.com/products/building/building_analysis___design/w/building_analysis_and_design__wiki/35501/connect-edition---installer-configuration-options/revision/1</link><pubDate>Tue, 20 Jun 2017 12:47:56 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">6dad98f5-dbc9-4c4d-a9ba-e9da8dc6aa8e:65f97b1d-6e0c-4db8-926a-895a8bcf7f40</guid><dc:creator>Marc Thomas</dc:creator><comments>https://communities.bentley.com/products/building/building_analysis___design/w/building_analysis_and_design__wiki/35501/connect-edition---installer-configuration-options#comments</comments><description>Revision 1 posted to OpenBuildings | AECOsim | Speedikon Wiki by Marc Thomas on 6/20/2017 12:47:56 PM&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;td style="text-align:right;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td width="30%" style="text-align:right;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Product(s):&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;AECOsim Building Designer&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td style="text-align:right;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="text-align:right;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Version(s):&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;10.0.0.154&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td style="text-align:right;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="text-align:right;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Environment:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;N/A&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td style="text-align:right;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="text-align:right;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Area:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Installation&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td style="text-align:right;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="text-align:right;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Subarea:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Configurable Options&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;/tbody&gt;
&lt;/table&gt;
&lt;p&gt;AECOsim Building Designer CONNECT Edition installation includes configuration&amp;nbsp;options (as also found&amp;nbsp;in MicroStation CONNECT Edition from Update 4 onwards).&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The purpose of these is to:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;a) include creation of the configuration file that redirects the application to networked resources as part of the installation. Previously this was a manual operation followed by other processes (such as the batch files used by the &lt;a href="/other/old_site_member_blogs/peer_blogs/b/marc_thomass_blog/archive/2015/07/20/aecosim-building-designer-ss6-quickconfig"&gt;ABD SS6 - QuickConfig)&lt;/a&gt; to distribute the required file(s).&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;b) make the default sample WorkSets available to users for training purposes. The sample WorkSets are used by Bentley training material.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The complete&amp;nbsp;installation process is described in &lt;a href="/products/building/building_analysis___design/w/building_analysis_and_design__wiki/35495.connect-edition-installing-aecosim-building-designer"&gt;CONNECT Edition - Installing AECOsim Building Designer&lt;/a&gt;. Additional details of the Configuration step are covered below.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h1&gt;Configuration Options&lt;/h1&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="/cfs-file/__key/communityserver-wikis-components-files/00-00-00-04-83/ABD_5F00_CE_5F00_Installer_2D00_ConfigureOptions_5F00_21.png"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Once you arrive at the Configuration&amp;nbsp;step, you will find that it&amp;nbsp;allows&amp;nbsp;the location of networked configuration resources to be specified during installation , select &lt;strong&gt;Custom Configuration (plus Delivered Configuration)&lt;/strong&gt; to&amp;nbsp;include a Custom Configuration in addition to the out of the box delivered configuration:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="/cfs-file/__key/communityserver-wikis-components-files/00-00-00-00-17/ABD_5F00_CE_5F00_Installer_5F00_ConfigureOptions_5F00_03a.png"&gt;&lt;img src="/resized-image/__size/940x0/__key/communityserver-wikis-components-files/00-00-00-00-17/ABD_5F00_CE_5F00_Installer_5F00_ConfigureOptions_5F00_03a.png" alt=" " /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The specified location must be the folder containing (or that will contain) your pre-prepared networked Configuration.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Specifying the location in this dialog does not copy/create any files/folders.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Specifying a network location modifies the file:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin-left:30px;"&gt;&amp;quot;C:\ProgramData\Bentley\AECOsim CONNECT Edition\Configuration\&lt;strong&gt;ConfigurationSetUp.cfg&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;quot;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;by adding that location&amp;nbsp;to the &amp;quot;_USTN_CUSTOM_CONFIGURATION=&amp;quot; statement. This statement is delivered undefined. The %if statement that follows tests first to see if _USTN_CUSTOM_CONFIGURATION has been defined and then if the defined location exists.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;There are three possible outcomes:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;If _USTN_CUSTOM_CONFIGURATION is defined and the defined location exists/is accessible the specified location is used.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;If _USTN_CUSTOM_CONFIGURATION is defined and the defined location does not exist or is not accessible the delivered configuration is used.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;If _USTN_CUSTOM_CONFIGURATION is undefined&amp;nbsp;(the delivered default) the delivered configuration&amp;nbsp;is used.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;p&gt;If this step is missed during installation ConfigurationSetUp.cfg can be modified manually, in this example the line reads:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin-left:30px;"&gt;_USTN_CUSTOM_CONFIGURATION=W:/ABD-CE/&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;ConfigurationSetUp.cfg in Operation&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;ConfigurationSetUp.cfg is written to by CONNECT Edition applications to maintain the correct value of _USTN_CONFIGURATION which is determined by the user&amp;#39;s selection of WorkSapce&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;This feature&amp;nbsp;will be helpful&amp;nbsp;both when installing AECOsim Building Designer CONNECT Edition manually and when creating&amp;nbsp;Deployment&amp;nbsp;Images for automated&amp;nbsp;installations.&amp;nbsp;See&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="/products/betas/aecosim_building_designer_connect_edition_eap/w/abd_eap_ce_wiki/31008.how-to-create-a-deployment-image"&gt;How to create a Deployment Image&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;for details of the deployment tools and options available.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h2&gt;Note regarding Deployment Images&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;p&gt;In 10.00.00.154 (which is based on the same Power Platform as MicroStation CONNECT Edition Update 5) we have a regression that prevents a modified ConfigurationSetUp.cfg being deployed correctly. For this release it will be necessary to use a batch file or similar process to distribute a modified ConfigurationSetUp.cfg to individual PCs.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;

&lt;div style="font-size: 90%;"&gt;Tags: installation, AECOsim Building Designer CONNECT Edition, ConfigurationSetUp.cfg, Configuration&lt;/div&gt;
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