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Introduction
The user is strongly urged to practice with this tutorial before attempting to
implement an on-line application. The time spent in practice will be well
rewarded when it comes time to implement an actual on-line model.
The objective of this tutorial is to take the user step-by-step through the
implementation of an on-line model so that each step of the implementation
is clearly understood. There are three major connected elements that must
function properly. As shown in Figure 1, these include:

the plant Information Management System (IMS) or Distributed Control
System (DCS)

the engineering model

the Aspen OnLine system
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Figure 1: The Three Major System Elements
The first step in the implementation is to make sure that the connection to
the plant data is working properly. The second step is to make sure the model
is working correctly. The third step involves configuring Aspen OnLine to
support an on-line model. The steps for setting up an Aspen OnLine
application include:

Creating the on-line project

Configuring the engine

Developing the graphical user interface

Testing

Placing the system on line
The above tasks can be performed using Aspen OnLine client programs either
remotely or locally. In this tutorial one computer will serve as both the client
and the server. The operating system for the Aspen OnLine server and client
must be Windows NT 4.0 SP6 or Win2K with SP2. In this tutorial Windows NT
will be the operating system for both Aspen OnLine client and server.
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