Installation steps for OPTIMUS

To use the standalone application you do not need to buy Matlab or install it on your computer, however, you will have to download and install the royalty free Matlab Compiler Runtime (MCR). Note, at the download page, for each version of OPTIMUS is specified also the version of the MCR that you will have to download.

Installation

  • If the proper MatLab version is already installed on your PC
  1. download and unzip the current version of OPTIMUS to a location on your PC
  2. execute the OPTIMUS.exe file - runs the program directly, without installation

 

  • If NO appropriate version of Matlab or the MCR is installed on the PC
  1. download and install the appropriate version of the MCR
  2. download and unzip the current version of OPTIMUS to a location on your PC
  3. execute the OPTIMUS.exe file - runs the program directly, without installation

 

Explanations

*MCR - Matlab Comiler Runtime is a standalone set of shared libraries that enables the execution of compiled MATLAB applications or components on computers that do not have MATLAB installed.

 

Tipps

  1. you can save your original data files in the data folder located in the unzipped folder for faster access by the program
  2. when you save a file from OPTIMUS it would be automatically named and saved in the folder where the original data file is located.
  3. there are a number of extensions for the different output and result files. For details please consult the 'Files' page.