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Phoenix
Getting Started Guide
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CAUTION: If the settings are not changed then Phoenix cannot correctly run projects that
are created in the English (United States) region.
• In the Control Panel, open the Regional and Language Options dialog.
• In the Regional and Language Options dialog, select English (United
States) as the region.
If the region information cannot be changed, then users must set the deci-
mal symbol to a period (.) for numbers and currency, and the list separator
symbol to a comma (,).
• Click the Customize button. The Customize Regional Options dialog is
displayed.
•In the Decimal symbol menu, change the decimal symbol to a period (.).
•In the List separator menu, select a comma (,).
• Select the Currency tab.
•In the Decimal symbol menu, change the decimal symbol to a period (.).
• Click OK and then Apply to save the changes.
Opening TCP ports for MPICH2
MPICH2 is an implementation of the Message Passing Interface (MPI) standard,
which allows users to process Phoenix models using multiple CPUs or CPUs
with multiple cores.
Note: Phoenix’s MPI feature can be used in a networked computing environment,
where multiple computer are used to run Phoenix models. Please contact your
IT support personnel for help with opening ports in a networked computing
environment.
MPICH2 must use certain TCP ports. If TCP ports are not opened for MPICH2,
and the computer uses a software firewall, then the firewall might display alerts
each time MPICH2 is run.
The multiple alerts are displayed because the executable that uses MPICH2 is
compiled dynamically with each execution, so adding an exemption in a firewall
for MPICH2 might work only temporarily.