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COMPASS

COMPASS 2000.0
Release Notes
Part No. 156964

Landmark/Asia Pacific
11th Floor Menara Tan & Tan
207 Jalan Tun Razak
50400 Kuala Lumpur
Malaysia
Tel: 011-60-3-2164-1121
Fax: 011-60-3-2164-1135
Help Desk: 011-61-8-9481-4488
Email: apsupport@lgc.com

Landmark/EAME
Benchmark House
203 Brooklands Road
Weybridge, Surrey KT13 ORH
England
Tel: 011-44-193-282-9999
Fax: 011-44-193-283-2000
Help Desk: 011-44-193-2832100

Landmark/The Americas
15150 Memorial Drive
Houston, Texas 77079
U.S.A.
Tel: 281-560-1000
Help Desk: 281-560-1200
Fax: 281-560-1168
Email: support@lgc.com

General . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

New Features for COMPASS 2000.0 . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Installation Notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Recommended System Requirements: . . . . . . . .

Database Issues . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Installation Issues. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Installing COMPASS 2000.0 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

DFW Import . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Reporting Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Support Locations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

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General
Version 2000.0 is the newest 32-bit version of the COMPASS directional drilling program
designed for Windows 95, 98, NT 4.0, and Windows 2000.
COMPASS 2000.0 is now certified for Windows 2000 and Oracle 8.3. Otherwise, this is a
maintenance release of COMPASS.

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New Features for COMPASS 2000.0

The following features are new for the COMPASS 2000.0 release.

Drilling Targetadded a Notepad button to list the computed drilling target points in Local,
Map and Geographic coordinates.

Wellpath Optimizehas various enhancements to enable Domain Charts, like Target Depth &
Departure and hydraulic limit calculations.

Wellbore Planner Importcan now import wells with undefined surface location, as well as
targets with underscores in their names.

Traveling Cylinders Viewhas improvements to the color list and clipping of zones outside
the circle.

Tool Codes Editoradded a New button to allow successive editing of new tool types.

Plan Editornow has a Course Length column and input to help planning projected sections
in coiled tubing drilling.

Anti-collision Reportshave removed the High and Right columns and added the offset well
coordinate North and East as viewed in the spider plot.

Magnetic Calculatorthe user can now select field, site, well or user-specified location with
depth for the magnetic calculation.

Anticollisionthe user can now choose (on the interpolation interval dialog) to have offset
TVDs referenced to the offset datum OR the reference wellpath datum.

Travelling Cylinder Plothas significanct improvements in the drawing of no-go shadow

lines, colored bands and depth and well labels.

Survey Program Editorhas added the Planning Mode to identify the processes to be made for
planning the surveys, the well, or after the well has been drilled and surveyed.

Target Editor View Windownow has textural information on the current target.

Project Ahead From Surveynow shows the to-bit projection in the grid and notepad results.

PlanningThread Targets now allows user-defined order of targets.

Transfer File Importnow indicates the destination company, field, site, and well, and shows
what is to be overwritten. It also checks with the user before locked data will be overwritten.

A Targets Only report can be made from Site level Target report when nothing else is selected.
It will show which targets are assigned to each well.

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ISCWSA Tool Terms dialog now fits on 800 x 600 screen and can be resized.

Configurable Survey Export to file has some additional entriesrefer to the help file for these.

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Installation Notes
The basic, trouble-free installation procedures for this release are outlined beginning on page 8.
For more detailed coverage of the procedures, refer to the COMPASS 2000.0 Installation Guide.
The installation can be one of three types:
Single User
Network Server
Network/Client

Recommended System Requirements:

Windows 95, Windows 98, Windows NT, or Windows 2000
Recommended: 64 Mb RAM
Recommended: 200 Mhz Pentium II processor
Installation space requirements are roughly 30 Mb of disk space
Super VGA graphics board, 800 x 600 resolution or better
On Windows 95 the DCOM95 Operating System Patch is required, and is included as part
of the COMPASS installation
Windows NT installations: NT 4.0 Operating System, Service Pack 3 (or above) is
required, and is not part of the COMPASS installation
Windows 2000 installations: Windows 2000, Service Pack 1 is required, and is not part of
the COMPASS installation
Microsoft MDAC 2.51 (Microsoft Data Access Components) is required for all operating
systems, and is included in the COMPASS installation.
If you experience problems during installation, prior to contacting Landmark Support please try
and rerun the COMPASS installation. If for some reason beyond our control, the DCOM95 or
MDAC 2.51 portion of the installation fails, the COMPASS installation will not work properly.
Rerunning the installation may resolve the problem.
Installation on a Windows NT or Windows 2000 platform requires Administrator privileges in
order to install COMPASS successfully.

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Database Issues
COMPASS 2000.0 has been tested on the following databases:
Sybase SQL Anywhere Single User (v5.5.04)
Sybase SQL Anywhere Multi User (v5.5.04)
Oracle 8.3.

COMPASS 2000.0 is NOT compatible with any COMPASS database 1998.2 or earlier. An
upgrade is required. Transfer files from older versions will also not be compatible.
COMPASS 2000.0 does not require the Intersolv ODBC drivers to access an Oracle database. The
Oracle ODBC drivers (available as a free download from www.oracle.com) can be used instead.
Since COMPASS 2000.0 is a 32-bit program, 32-bit ODBC drivers and a 32-bit version of
SQL*Net (also available from the Oracle Corp.) must be used.

Database Upgrade Program

You will have the opportunity to upgrade your database when you first install COMPASS 2000.0.
COMPASS will automatically upgrade the currently selected local database. Other SQLAnywhere
databases will have to be upgraded using the upgrade wizard. The upgrade wizard is found on the
desktop Start program menu via Start Programs Landmark COMPASS Tools
Database Upgrade Wizard. Follow the instructions in the wizard. The wizard allows selection of
the source and destination for the database.

Installation Issues
When using the package for the web installation, you may get a message asking Do you
wish to Overwrite *.CAB files. Select Yes to All and the installation will continue
normally.
If you install COMPASS in the Program Files directory, you will be required.to install
the license manager (LAM) in a different directory (Landmark\LAM). Landmark is
moving to using FLEXlm licensing for all PC products from 2001; this licensing service is
available in COMPASS 2000.0 to enable users to migrate earlier.
If you install COMPASS and are repeatedly informed that the installation needs to upgrade
the operating system, it is possible that the contents of the your TEMP folder are
preventing the Microsoft-supplied MDAC install from running correctly. If this occurs,
please perform the following steps. If this doesn't correct the problem, contact Landmark
support.
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1.

Delete everything from your TEMP folder except MDAC_TYP.EXE;

2.

Run MDAC_TYPE.EXE and follow the on screen instructions.

3.

Re-run the COMPASS/WELLPLAN installation.

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Installing COMPASS 2000.0

This section covers a basic, trouble-free install. If you are performing administrative functions, or
have any problems performing your installation, please see the full COMPASS Installation Guide,
located on the OpenBooks 2000.0 CD.
The COMPASS 2000.0 installation is located on Volume 2 of the CD Binder kit. You cannot install
COMPASS 2000.0 from Volume 1 of the kit.
1. The installation should begin automatically when you insert the Volume 2 CD. If for some
reason the autorun program does not work on your machine, you can begin the installation by
running Setup.exe from the COMPASS directory of the CD.
2. Click the COMPASS button to continue to the COMPASS screen of the Landmark common
installer. You can also view the system requirements and the 2000.0 release notes by selecting
the appropriate buttons. If you need information on licensing issues for COMPASS, you can
click the Obtain License button, which links to the licensing section of the Landmark
website. Once you are ready, select Install to begin the installation.
3. COMPASS requires the Microsoft Data Access Components (MDAC) v2.51. If the following
screen appears, the setup routine has detected that MDAC 2.51 is not installed. Pressing NO
will abort the setup and COMPASS will not be installed. Press YES to install the MDAC
v2.51 components. After these components are installed, the computer must be rebooted and
the setup routine must be restarted.

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4. After the MDAC v2.51 is installed, you will be greeted by the Landmark Installation screen.

5. Click Next to continue.

6. Use this screen to enter your name and your company name. Click Next to continue.

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7. Use this screen to select between a network and a single user installation. (This screen does
not appear during a network client installation.) After you have selected the installation type,
click Next to continue.
Network Install places all files on a shared drive in preparation for installation on client
computers. A network install does not include any type of shared database.
Single User Install copies all required files and configures the computer to run COMPASS.
A single-user install includes a single-user database system.

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8. Use this screen to select the ODBC data sources and drivers that setup will install. This screen
does not appear during a server installation.
Single User database: COMPASS includes the database engine and a sample database.
Multi User database: COMPASS installs only the ODBC drivers. You must buy and install
the database and database engine.
To use COMPASS with an Oracle database, you must obtain the Oracle software from the
Oracle corporation. For information about using COMPASS with an Oracle database, consult
the full COMPASS installation guide.
9. Click Next to continue.

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10. Use this screen to specify the folders where you want COMPASS installed. Default folders are
provided. To select another folder, use the Browse button. If this is a Single User install, and
you have chosen to install the Single User SQL Anywhere data source, you can select the
folders for the sample and unit management databases. Click Next to continue.

11. COMPASS can now be licensed using the FLEXlm license system. Use this screen to
specify the folder where COMPASS setup should install the FLEXlm license file. The license
file (named license.dat) is not included with this install and must be obtained from Landmark
licensing.
If you do not intend to use FLEXlm licensing, accept the defaults.
12. Click Next to continue.

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13. Use this screen to review your installation choices. If you need to change any of your choices,
click the Back button. If you are satisfied with your selections, click Next to start copying and
installing files.
14. If the COMPASS installation finds an existing COMPASS database, the installation procedure
will offer to update the existing database. Click Yes to upgrade the database, or No to leave the
existing database as it is.

15. You can choose to restart your computer automatically now, or to restart it yourself later. You
must restart your computer before COMPASS will run properly. Once you have made your
selection, click Finish to complete the install.
This concludes the installation procedure.

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DFW Import
The DFW survey import functionality is still available in COMPASS 2000.0. However, because
COMPASS 2000.0 is a 32-bit program, it can no longer use the same ODBC data sources as DFW
(DFW is a 16-bit program).
To use the DFW survey import, the user must first create 32-bit system ODBC data sources that
have the same name as the 16-bit DFW data sources with 32-bit appended. This must be done
for both the DSN-Data and the DSN-System data sources.
For example: to create a duplicate of a 16-bit DFW DSN-Data ODBC data source called
Foundation Data that refers to a Microsoft Access database:
1. Install the 32-bit Microsoft Access ODBC driver.
2. Open up the ODBC administrator (go to Start
on the 32-bit ODBC icon).

Settings
Control Panel and double click

3. Click on the System DSN tab.

4. Press Add.
5. Select the Microsoft Access driver.
6. Press Finish.
7. Name the data source Foundation Data 32-bit.
8. Select the same database file that the 16-bit Foundation Data ODBC data source refers to.
9. Press OK.
Repeat this procedure for the DSN-System data source.

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Reporting Problems
If you experience problems while using COMPASS, please contact Landmark Support at one of
the sites listed in the section of these notes titled Support Locations. When reporting problems,
please include: the COMPASS version and build number (refer to Help About for this
information), the operating system (Windows 95, 98, NT, or Windows 2000), the installation type
(local or network), and a list of detailed steps leading to the problem or any other relevant
information that would help reproduce the problem.

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Support Locations

License Administration Team:

(For licensing information only)
World Wide Web: http://www.lgc.com
Phone:
Americas: 1.281.560.1110, option 6
Outside the Americas: 44(0)932.832100
Email: license@lgc.com
Landmark Graphics Corporation
15150 Memorial Dr
Houston, TX 77079-4304
Tel: +1.281.560.1200
Toll Free: +1. 877.HELP.LGC (435.7542)
Fax: 1.281.368.5651
Email: support@lgc.com
Landmark Graphics Corporation
Wellheads Crescent
Wellheads Industrial Estate
Dyce
Aberdeen, Scotland AB21 7GA
Tel: +44.1224.778500
Fax: +44.1224.778555
Email: pc-support-aberdeen@lgc.com
Landmark Graphics Corporation
645 7th Ave. S.W. #2200
Calgary, Alberta T2P4G8
Canada
Tel: + 1.281.560.1200
Toll Free: +1.877.HELP.LGC (435.7542)
Fax: + 1.403.265.7570
Email: support@lgc.com
Landmark Graphics International
Level 1, 1 Capital Centre
256 St. George's Terrace
Perth, WA 6000 Australia
Tel: +61 89481-4488
Fax: +61 89481-1580
24 hr (Dims): +61 89482-4140
email: ozsupport@lgc.com

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Landmark Graphics International Inc. Beijing OfficeRoom 2208,

Beijing Capital Mansion
Chaoyang District, Beijing 100004, China
Tel: 86-10-64654501
Fax: 86-10-64654819
Landmark Graphics Corporation

11 Floor Menera Tan & Tan

207 Jalan Tun Razak
Kuala Lumpur 50400
Malaysia
Tel: +60 3 21641121
Fax: +60 321641135
24 hr (Dims): +61 89482-4140
Email: klsupport@lgc.com

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