Subject: Re: Remote Connectivity with Ansys Author: Kim Ravn-Jensen Date: 2001-05-14 04:45:00If you try to run a GUI through a remote connection, I think that you have human psychology against you: Any waiting time, even of the order of half a second, inhibits your concentration and makes you frustrated and unproductive. A possible solution: learn to handle the remote computer by means of telnet and ftp. The "nohup"-command in Unix is great.
In case you have a high-bandwidth connection, you should use it to transfer the results files to your local computer, possibly in a compressed state. Meanwhile, take a cup of coffee and plan your postprocessing session.
> I think there are at least three roads, maybe 4, you can go > down for being productive from a remote sight:
> 1: Get a VPN network set up and load ANSYS on your > remote computer. The license is served over the > Virtual Private Network (VPN) but you run local. > Of course, you need the required horsepower on the remote > machine and it won't work if you start the job at work > and want to finish it remotely.
> 2: Many of us did quite a bit of analysis in the days of > 400 BAUD modems and vt100 emulators, which wasn't so long > ago. We operated in text mode, creating *.grph files > interactively and then pulling them back to view locally. > In a lot of cases, the whole run, including post processing > can be done in a batch file. Looks like there is no > interactive mode on Windows, but you can still just run > batch this way.
> 3: You may want to look into www.e-CAE.com It is ANSYS's > application service provider (ASP) solution and we have > found it useful for people that travel around a lot. > You basically run batch on ANSYS's big fast computers and > again, just bring back plot and text files.
> 4: If you have access to Unix, you can try X window over > a modem. I have not tried this in a long time but it might > be OK.
> Is there any chance that the old Tektronics screen drivers > are there? I think that if you could get those going with > an emulator, that might work as well.
> -----Original Message----- > From: john.d.piatkowski@s... [mailto:john.d.piatkowski@s...] > Sent: Thursday, May 10, 2001 4:17 AM > To: xansys@y... > Subject: [xansys] Remote Connectivity with Ansys
> All -
> I need to know if anyone connects into a WinNT box remotely and if > they have any success running ANSYS. We have connectivity software > installed from Symantec called pcAnywhere and although it connects in > it is terribly slow on the graphics regenerations and doing any sort > of commands is next to impossible. I'm wondering if there is an > alternate solution or if there's better technology out there that > somebody else is using. As it stands, remotely monitoring and > checking on an analysis is like pulling teeth with rusty pliers. > Slow and painful.
> Thanks in advance,
> John D. Piatkowski > MRC Bearings, SKF Aerospace Division > Jamestown, NY