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PRO/II 9.3
Release Notes
May 2014
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9.3 Important: Read First
Release Notes for PRO/II 9.3
Welcome to the release of PRO/II 9.3. These Release Notes
supplement and supersede the corresponding sections in all
PRO/II 9.3 documentation supplied with this release.
Contents
New Features of PRO/II 9.3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Important Notices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
PRO/II 9.3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
PRO/II 9.2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
PRO/II 9.1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
PRO/II 9.0 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
PRO/II 8.3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
FAQs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Installation Notes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Limitations in REFPROP Add-on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Constraints using SIM4ME Reports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Constraints using SIM4ME Portal. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Switching Security Types for PC. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
UAS/PDTS Capabilities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Where to Find PRO/II 9.3 Documentation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Printed Documentation Included with this Package . . . . . . . . . . 30
Online Documentation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Summary of Defects Fixed in PRO/II 9.3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Summary of Defects Fixed in PRO/II 9.2 Patches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Summary of Open Defects in PRO/II 9.3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
License and Copyright Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Data: My Documents\SIMSCI\PROII93
Configuration and TDM files:
C:\Users\USERNAME\AppData\Roaming\SimSci\PROII93
SIM4ME Portal Upgrade
PRO/II has been upgraded to use the latest version of
SIM4ME Portal, 2.3. Following are the notable changes:
MS Excel 2003 is no longer supported.
KG Update
New packing correlations received from KochGlistch and
incorporated into PRO/II.
Copy/paste to/from Excel for data in UAS
Click the corner of the grid to select the entire grid, press
Ctrl+C on the keyboard, and then paste it in Excel.
NIST REFPROP 9.0 Fluid Files: In the past users needed to obtain a
license of REFPROP to be able to use the REFROP added method
sets in PRO/II. Users can now download and install the files by
requesting them separately from PRO/II via the SimSci-Esscor
Electronic Software Distribution site.
PRO/II 9.3
1. DIPPR 2013 will expire in 2024.
2. DIPPR 2013 has a coexisting issue with PRO/II 8.3 and older
libraries. To make the earlier version work the user will need to
unregister DIPPR 2013. There is a utility included with
PRO/II 9.3 to unregister DIPPR 2013.
PRO/II 9.2
1. Starting with v9.0, USB keys only allow a single instance of PRO/
II to be open at a time. This is intended. If you need multiple
instances of PRO/II open you need to have FlexNet security.
2. MS Office 64 bit is not supported. Various Excel features (such
as Spreadsheet Tools) will likely not work.
3. MS Office 2013 is not supported.
PRO/II 9.1
1. On some Japanese Vista installations, PRO/II cannot install
completely because the required .net 3.5 will not install.
Updating the Vista OS to SP2 will enable complete installation.
2. Uninstalling certain features of PRO/II (such as OLI, REFPROP
and MSM) will not work from Add-Remove if UAC (User Account
Control) is turned on. You can still uninstall these using Setup,
or, you can turn off UAC temporarily if your work site lets you.
3. Installing v8.3 or earlier may unregister v9.1 libraries. Use the
new Library Registration Repair tool to fix.
4. On some windows server machines give an 'OPCUA server failed
to start' error. The error is reproducible in the below
configuration machine. Windows 2008 R2 comes with pre-
installed .Net Framework 3.5.1. Users need to enable this feature
from "Server Manager". i.e "You must use the role management
tool to install or configure MICROSOFT .NET FRAMEWORK
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3.5".After enabling the .Net Framework 3.5.1 feature from
Service Manger install will go smoothly and OPCUA server also
install without any issue.
PRO/II 9.0
1. Uninstalling PRO/II 8.2 after installing PRO/II 9.0, the uninstall
removes the Registered libraries in TDM and other products
could launch TDM. Use the new Library Registration Repair tool.
PRO/II 8.3
1. PRO/II 8.3 to ROMeo 5.1 translator pops up errors and fails.
Changing the EdlibName in Translator.ini file in ROMeo 5.1
install to ROMeo_5.1 works fine.
2. In Residue Curves, when a new workbook is created, the toolbar
gets deactivated for all open workbooks. This is EXCEL behavior.
For this reason we cannot have a warning message on a
workbook basis.
3. Previously, distillation columns in recycle loops recalculated in
every recycle iteration. Now, improved logic tests a solved
column to determine if it needs to resolve. When no changes are
detected in the feeds, column operating conditions, or options,
nothing affects the solution. In each iteration where this is
found, the column calculations are skipped so they are not
repeated.
Previously, restarting a solved column began calculations at the
solved state. In many cases, the results drifted due to the
different starting point. Now, restarted columns always restart
using original initial conditions. This eliminates any drift in
results in most cases.
FAQs
Q1) How to operate Portal and data persistence in .prz?
A) Portal opened in standalone mode: Data entered in a PRO/II
simulation from Portal application will not be immediately
reflected in an already open prz. Data entered and saved from
Portal will appear in an already open prz file only upon reopening
it.
B) Portal opened through PRO/II Simulation: Data entered in
Portal reflect in the PRO/II Simulation as well. Even if the user
deletes it from Portal it stays in the simulation. Therefore, if the
PRO/II 9.3 Release Notes 9
user does not want the changes to get saved in the PRO/II
database, he or she must close the simulation without saving it.
Note: As PRO/II GUI and Portal are two independent options
interacting with PRO/II database, it is recommended that user should
use only one interface at a time to update / modify user data or else
human error can cause loss of data.
Q2) Why "Description" and "Value" cells cannot have different
alignment format?
A) As "Description" and "Value" cells for an attribute are clubbed
together they cannot have different alignment format once the
attribute is dropped on the excel worksheet. However, a
workaround is available. The user can pre-format the alignment
of the cells where he wishes to drop the attribute (Scalar or
Vector) to achieve the required alignment and then drop the
attribute.
Q3) What are the Spec/Vary limitations when compared with
PRO/II software?
A) In PRO/II software, a meaningful sentence is displayed for the
spec/vary inputs. This is not reproduced as such in this phase.
Under the current scope, the user would be allowed to just
change the specification values for units like Controller, MVC,
Column, Splitter, and Flash (Product Specification). The user
cannot change specification type, say a Duty specification on a
Flash to Isothermal specification from the Portal. For a
configured Portal file, the user can change the values of the
specification and analyze the results.
Q4) Why is it that the Portal does not issue an error in case of an
incomplete prz?
A) This is a current limitation. It is expected that an expert user
will create the PRO/II simulation file and ensure that it is
complete in all respects before passing it on to a novice user. It
is beyond the scope of the Portal to re-implement all the
validations done by the PROVISION GUI in order to detect such
conditions.
Q5) Do I need to check Excel workbook Security Option for
Running Sim4Me Portal?
A) Yes. The following needs to be checked prior to running
Sim4Me Portal:
10 Important Notices
In Excel workbook > Tools > Macro > Security > Trusted
Publishers > Trust Access to Visual Basic Project, turn this flag
ON.
12 Important Notices
A) Yes. There are few Sample Portal files placed in
\Documents\Simsci\PROII93\Applib\S4MWorkbooks folder:
Multiple Simulations Link_Chiller Plant - 1 and 2.xlsm
Homotopy.xlsm
Column Interface.xlsm
ColumnProfile.xlsm
Naptha Assay_Case Study.xlsm
If you want to view these files, do any of the following:
Start PRO/II 9.3 application, open the sample file (for exam-
ple, Homotopy.prz), click Sim4Me Portal icon on the toolbar.
An Open window appears. In the Open window, browse for
the required sample file (Homotopy.xlsm), and click OK.
Start Sim4Me Portal application in stand-alone mode and
open Homotopy.prz.
Double-click the Excel workbook file to view the sample Por-
tal file.
Q15) How to install the patch for Sim4Me Portal?
A) The Sim4Me Portal patch gets installed when the patch for
PRO/II software is installed. The user just needs to install the
PRO/II software patch.
Q16) I have installed the PRO/II software patch but Sim4Me
Portal has not been installed on my machine. Why?
A) This can happen when Sim4Me Portal has not been installed
with the earlier version of PRO/II. The user might have either
manually uninstalled Sim4Me Portal after installing PRO/II 8.1 or
the user might have not installed Sim4Me Portal at all during the
custom installation of PRO/II software by unchecking the box for
Sim4Me Reports and Portal. In such a situation, the user is
required to install Sim4Me Portal by modifying the current
installation from Add/Remove programs in control panel.
Q17) Is there any security setting that we need to set in Excel
workbook in order to run Portal?
A) Yes.
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Q20) Sometimes Portal is launched in User mode for
Developer's license key. Why?
A) When developer licenses on the FNP server are used up,
Portal will launch in user mode. FNP can have both user and
developer licenses and several people may be using them at the
same time. Therefore, sometimes, it appears to a user that the
Portal launches in user mode. The actual reason is that the
developer licenses were used up on the server. Please check the
availability of developer's licenses if this happens.
Q21) An error message "Error while adding/locating PRO/II
software related menu items. Object reference not set to
instance of the object" is displayed when I double-click on
PORTAL 2.3 version file with Portal 2.3 version file already open
and vice versa. Why?
A) This is a VSTO and Excel Workbook Limitation (design
constraint). If the user wishes to launch the two versions of
Portal at the same time, the user should first launch an instance
of excel workbook and drag and drop the portal file in to that
instance of excel workbook.
Q22) When you Zoom in/Zoom out on the Portal Worksheet, text
on UOM widget is invisible. What should I do?
A) This is a limitation on Portal that when you Zoom in/Zoom out
on the Portal Worksheet; text on UOM widget is invisible. To
view the text on UOM widget properly, you should set 100%
zoom on the Portal worksheet.
Q23) What happens if you drag-drop scalars underneath vectors
for which the length may change?
A) If you drag-drop scalars underneath vectors for which the
length may change then their arrangement/format will be
disturbed. It is advisable to drop scalars above such vector.
Q24) What will happen when Microsoft Office is installed after
installing SIMSCI application using Portal module?
A) While installing SIMSCI application using Portal module,
portal requires some pre-requisites like proper version of
MICROSOFT Office to be installed before installing Portal
module. If required MICROSOFT Office version is not available at
the time of installation, SIMSCI application will display the
16 Important Notices
Installation Notes
1. At the end of PRO/II 9.3 installation a dialog pops up asking for
Restart, with YES/NO buttons. If user clicks No button PRO/II
9.3 libraries are not registered with TDM. The user needs to
restart before launching TDM from PRO/II 9.3.
2. PRO/II fails to launch with the default DEP setting on Windows
Server 2003. To correct this problem, right-click on My
Computer ==> Advanced Tab ==> Performance Settings ==>
Data Execution Prevention Tab.By default, the bottom radio
button "Turn on DEP for all programs and services except those I
select". To enable PRO/II to run, select the top button "Turn on
DEP for essential Windows programs and services only. A
reboot will be required before this setting takes effect.
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object once and then again clicks it to drag and drop. The second
click un-checks the last item. What the user should do is select
the last item and directly drag them all without another click.
2. Can I search for a stream "CRUDE" or a Unit Operation
"PREHEATER" on the Flowsheet Explorer? Yes. In this case, go to
"streams" and expand it. Now select "Streams" and type in the
first few letters of the string you want to search "CRU". You will
be navigated to the first match. Note that you need to expand
"Streams" or "Unitops" to use the search functionality.
3. Why is it that I get "MISSING" values even when I uncheck "Show
Missing Values" in the Report Manager settings? The option
"Excel Comparison Report" may be "ON". In this option, the
software just looks at the entire list of attributes and ignores the
"Show Missing Values" check box.
4. I have selected "Excel Comparison Report" but Columns are not
being compared. Why? Only unit operations that lend
themselves to comparison are allowed in the "compare mode".
For example, Streams/Flashes/HXs/Pumps/Expanders/
Compressors have unchanging formats and can be compared
side by side. Columns, Reactors, Controllers, etc. cannot be
compared because of variations in report formats for individual
units.
5. Energy UOMs in the PRO/II output report are reported as "MM
BTU/hr" but the prefix "MM" is not used in SIM4ME reports.
Why? The prefixes such as "MM" for millions when English units
are selected, are not available. These prefixes may be included
at a later date.
6. I dragged and dropped an attribute onto a particular row but it is
added to the bottom. Why? Location specific attribute addition is
not supported in this version of SIM4ME reports. It gets
appended to the bottom of the Report pane only.
7. When I add/delete any attribute to a summary report, why does
the name of the report change automatically? "Summary" and
"Detailed" reports are standard, pre-configured reports. Once
you start to customize these reports, the saved name is changed
to avoid overwriting these reports. For example; If the user starts
with a "Summary Report" and then adds a unit operation, it gets
renamed to "Summary ReportAdd1" to indicate that the report is
based on the "Summary Report" with added objects.
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Also, any operations like "Move Up, Move Down, Delete, and
Format Cell" etc. do not work on individual elements of vectors.
These will be addressed in future versions.
13. How do I generate formatted reports, e.g., TEMA reports, using
SIM4ME reports? Formatted reports are not supported yet. They
will be implemented in future versions of SIM4ME reports.
14. The Excel report generated using SIM4ME reports looks
different from Tools->Spreadsheet. Why? Which one should I
use? The SIM4ME reports is a new reporting tool that gives the
user the flexibility of configuring the units and parameters that
show up in the report whereas the spreadsheet option generates
pre-defined reports. User can use either one based on their
needs.
15. What happens when I import a report in a different simulation?
You could import a report exported from "a1.prz" to "a2.prz". In
this case, the units with same name and class in both files will be
displayed. All the views in the imported file will be available for
the simulation as local views.
16. If I have a custom view with the same name as global view which
one takes precedence? The custom (local) view will take
precedence.
17. Why is it that I see numbers displayed too many places after the
decimal point? Is there a way to control the number of digits? In
the current version, this is a limitation. You need to use the Excel
features to control the display in the cells.
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orkbooks folder namely G5_Expander_Plant.xls and
G2_Deethanizer.xls.
While opening these two files for the first time, there are three
options to view these two files,:-
(a) Start PRO/II 8.3 application, Open the sample file, say
G5_Expander_plant.prz, Click on Sim4Me Portal Launch
andbrowse for the sample file G5_Expander_Plant.xls.
(b) Start Sim4Me Portal application in standalone mode, open
the G5_Expander_Plant.xls.
(c) Double click the sample portal files .
Apart from these, there are additional sample SIM4ME Poratl
files under
C:\Users\USERNAME\Documents\SimSci\PROII93\Applib\S4MW
orkbooks folder, namely:
- Multiple Dimulations Link_Chiller Plant - 1 and 2.xls
- Homotopy.xls
- ColumnProfile.xls
- Naphtha Assay_case Study.xls
11. (a) It does not work with security setting Very High. It can be
changed from Excel>Tools>Macro>security>Security Level
setting in Excel.
(b) Also, in Excel>Tools>Macro>security>Trusted Publishers,
check the option Trust access to Visual basic Project.
UAS/PDTS Capabilities
Incompatibility of Previous UAS Versions With PRO/II 9.3
Users using the User-Added Subroutine (UAS) or PRO/II Data
Transfer System (PDTS) capabilities should compile and link their
code using the following compiler:
Intel Visual FORTRAN version 10.1 for Windows (Standard or
Professional Edition). Version 10.1 is the first version of the
compiler to be certified Vista compliant.
Other FORTRAN compilers based upon the NET 2008
architecture probably could be used as alternatives, but none
have been tested are certified for use with PRO/II.
Note: The Compaq Visual FORTRAN compiler (all versions) is not
compatible with PRO/II version 9.3.
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PRO/II. The older static projects existed only to allow projects
developed using the Intel compiler to function in a limited way with
PRO/II. With version 8.3 the need for static modular projects
disappeared and the static projects have been withdrawn.
26 UAS/PDTS Capabilities
provided to allow your application to write output to an external file.
The following code fragments illustrate the required changes:
Original PDTS example:
CHARACTER(LEN=8) :: NAME
...
1001 FORMAT(Enter File Name )
1002 FORMAT(A)
1003 FORMAT(Data Reported for File = , A10)
WRITE(*, 1001)
READ(*, 1002) NAME
.
CALL PAOPEN (NAME, , NFOUT, IRCODE)
WRITE (NFOUT, 1003) NAME
Note the modified code does not directly write the output to the file
unit number NFOUT. Instead, it writes the output to a character
variable; then calls the utility subroutine PAWRITE() that tells PRO/II
to write the contents of the character variable CHARDATA to file unit
number NFOUT.
Original UAS example:
SUBROUTINE USER42(IPARM,RPARM,SUPPLE,HEAT,IDATA, &
ISOLVE, ISTOP )
...
CHARACTER*12 CID
28 UAS/PDTS Capabilities
Running PDTS Applications
Note: If you call subroutine FIGETU to get a file unit number and then
call OPEN() in your own PDTS or UAS code, you do not need to make
any code changes to the READ or WRITE statements because both the
OPEN and the file input/output is accomplished within code compiled
by the same compiler.
PDTS applications are designed to execute in a virtual DOS
environment from a Command prompt. When you execute a PDTS
application, you may get the following message:
The dynamic link library PESCalcMain.dll could not be found in
the specified path
To run PDTS applications, it sometimes is necessary to add
additional directories to the system PATH so that the PDTS
application can locate PESCalcMain.dll and the other required DLLs.
This can be done by executing the batch file SetPDTS.bat, located in
the user directory. That command file modifies the PATH of the
current Command Prompt session to enable running PDTS
applications in that Command Prompt session.
If you start a second Command Prompt session, then you will need It
may be necessary to execute the setPDTS.bat batch file in each
Command session that you open.
It is *not* recommended to change the system PATH in the Control
Panel, because such a change may impact other installed
applications.
It is not necessary to execute SETPDTS.bat to run the PRO/II GUI or
any of the installed batch files such as runp2.bat.
Online Documentation
PRO/II User Guide
PRO/II 9.3 Reference Manual
SIM4ME Portal User Guide
SIM4ME Reports User Guide
TDM User Guide
PRO/II Keyword Manual
PRO/II Getting Started Guide
PRO/II Casebooks
PRO/II Application Briefs Manual
PRO/II LIBMGR and COMPS Users Guide
Data Transfer System Users Guide
User-Added Subroutines Users Guide
PRO/II Interface Modules Users Guide
SIMSCI Component and Thermodynamic Data Input Manual
AMSIM USER MANUAL
PRO/II Ternary Mixture Plots
PRO/II Electrolyte User Guide
OLI Chemistry Wizard 9.1.3
PRO/II Polymer User Guide
SIM4ME Thermo REFPROP Thermo Addon Release Notes
PRO/II COM Server Reference Guide
OPC Unified Architecture Server
PRO/II COM Server Programmers Guide and Tutorial
Note: The PRO/II Welcome screen for the online documentation can
be found on the hard drive under the simsci\proii93\Manuals directory.
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