First Steps - dice-project/DICE-Simulation GitHub Wiki

Once the installation has finished, you'll be allowed to directly launch the DICE Simulation Tool by clicking Launch:

Installation finished

Then, first you'll be presented the Eclipse splash window, and then, you'll be allowed to set the location of your workspace (i.e., where all your working files will be stored):

Eclipse splash

Select workspace

Once you set the workspace and click on Launch, the splash screen will show a progress bar, and finally, the welcome screen will be shown with two shortcuts to start working with the DICE Simulation Tool: Configure GreatSPN SSH Connection and DICE Simulation Examples.

Initial setup

Configure GreatSPN SSH Connection

As aforementioned in initial sections of this wiki, the DICE Simulation Tool uses GreatSPN as its simulation backend. GreatSPN must be installed in a Linux computer accessible via SSH. The Configure GreatSPN SSH Connection shortcut will show us a preference page where we will be able to introduce the SSH connection data.

Assuming that GreatSPN is available in a docker container as explained in the Prerequisites section, we will only have to specify the Host (i.e. localhost), the Port (2222), the User name (user), and the Password (password). Assuming that GreatSPN is available in a docker container as explained in the Prerequisites section, we will only have to specify the Host (i.e. localhost), the Port (2222), the User name (user), and the Password (password).

If you are using a different host, or a different authentication method (for example, a SSH key) you only need to specify the connection data accordingly through the Preferences view.

Please note that you can change these settings at any time opening the Eclipse Preferences Dialog.

Also notice that, when the DICE Simulation Tools are installed within the DICE IDE (and not in standalone mode, as shown in the animation above) the Simulation Tools entry on the left pane will appear inside the DICE category.

DICE Simulation Examples

Once the connection data has been set up, you can directly create an example project with an example model using the DICE Simulation Examples shortcut. That will create a new project in the workspace with the "PosidoniaSimplified" model.

To learn more on the provided example, see the Getting Started: An illustrative example section.