Download LS-TaSC

The latest version of LS-TaSC is LS-TaSC Version 2.1. The latest Users Manualis a PDF document. You may download Version 2.1 from this page. The archives include supporting documentation and examples. If you want to download a manual for a previous version of LS-TaSC, then you must download the software archive and extract the manual.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

1. Installation under Linux
2. Installation under Windows
3. Manual Examples

1. Installation under Linux

First download the gzipped tar archive for your Hardware/OS.

VERSION 2.1

The archives for Version 2.1 contain one main directory named LSTASC_EXE, populated with its files. You can verify the contents of any archive that you download for Linux using the 'tar' command. For example,

      tar tvzf lstasc_2_70126_x64_suse11.tar.gz

produces this output

      -rwxr-xr-x root/root   5663928 2011-02-22 19:08 ./LSTASC_EXE/lstasc
      -rwxr-xr-x root/root   1577088 2011-02-22 19:08 ./LSTASC_EXE/lstasc_script
      -rwxr-xr-x root/root        29 2011-02-22 19:08 ./LSTASC_EXE/VersionDate
      -rwxr-xr-x root/root   1126600 2011-02-22 19:08 ./LSTASC_EXE/extractor
      -rwxr-xr-x root/root    174048 2011-02-22 19:08 ./LSTASC_EXE/lscheduler
      -rwxr-xr-x root/root     69600 2011-02-22 19:08 ./LSTASC_EXE/runqueuer
      -rwxr-xr-x root/root   3577536 2011-02-22 19:08 ./LSTASC_EXE/wrapper
      -rwxr-xr-x root/root  31213290 2011-02-22 19:08 ./LSTASC_EXE/lsprepost
      -rwxr-xr-x root/root   9151502 2011-02-22 19:08 ./LSTASC_EXE/lstcsh
      -rwxr-xr-x root/root     54009 2011-02-22 19:08 ./LSTASC_EXE/lstcvm_run
      -rwxr--r-- root/root   3133861 2011-02-22 19:08 ./LSTASC_EXE/topology_manual.pdf
      -rwxr--r-- root/root  48558080 2011-02-22 19:08 ./LSTASC_EXE/manual_examples.tar

The LS-TaSC User Manual is a PDF format file topology_manual.pdf. Now create a directory where you would like to install LS-TaSC. Copy the downloaded archive into that directory. Then 'cd' into that directory, and unpack the archive. A subdirectory LSTASC_EXE will be created beneath the installation directory where all executables are placed. For example,

      mkdir $HOME/LSTASC2
      cp lstasc_2_70126_x64_suse11.tar.gz $HOME/LSTASC2
      cd $HOME/LSTASC2
      tar xvzf lstasc_2_70126_x64_suse11.tar.gz

It is probably best to add the LSTASC_EXE directory to your path, though this is not necessary. In this case, you would add $HOME/LSTASC2/LSTASC_EXE to your path. LS-TaSC can be run strictly from the command line, directly in a batch mode. The preferred method is to use the LS-TaSC graphical user interface, and the visualization tools which are a part of this program.

      lstasc_script input.lstasc  (runs lstasc in batch mode)
      lstasc [input.lstasc]       (starts the graphical user interface tool)

NOTE: All of the files in the LSTASC_EXE must remain together in a directory with the exception of the example problems. The lstasc program will not function correctly if it cannot find the lstasc_scriptand other executables.

2. Installation under Microsoft Windows

First download the zipped archive for your machine.

VERSION 2.1

There is no installation program required for LS-TaSC. Simply create a folder, and unzip the contents of the downloaded archive into that folder. To start LS-TaSC, locate the LS-TaSC program and double-click it. You may wish to create a short-cut on your desktop rather than remember where the LS-TaSC folder is located.

NOTE: All of the files in the LSTASC_EXE must remain together in a directory with the exception of the example problems. The lstasc program will not function correctly if it cannot find the lstasc_script and other executables.

Manual Examples: There is a zipfile manual_examples.zip containing the examples used in the manual. You should unpack this archive. For more about extracting and running these examples, read the next section.

3. Manual Examples

There is an archive of Examples contained in manual_examples.tar. The Windows installation file contains manual_examples.zipinstead. The zip file is unpacked in the usual way under Microsoft Windows. You may unpack the tar archive under Linux using the tar command

      tar xvf manual_examples.tar

The files in this archive are contained in one main directory named MANUAL. All example input.lstasc files have an name with a suffix '.lstasc'.

• To run an example under Linux: issue the command 'lstasc input_filename.lstasc', and enter the 'Run' panel. Or, start 'lstasc' with no command line arguments, and then browse for the input file.
• To run an example under Microsoft Windows: Start the lstasc program and then open the file from the File menu. Switch to the Run tab in order to start the program.

*** NOTE *** All problems require some solver in order to run. Typically the solver must be located in the PATH or in the LSTASC_EXE directory. Open the Cases tab, and double click on the items to view the solver command that is required. A typical problem requires an executable ls971_double in the PATH, or in the LSTASC_EXE directory.