JSim's Windows distribution runs on Windows 10, and Windows 7.

JSim version 2.17: 64 bit release. Going forward 32 bit versions are no longer supported.

1. Download the appropriate JSim zip archive.  If you wish to receive news about JSim, please contact us.

    

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1. Unpack the .zip file using your system's ZIP utility in a folder of your choice.
   • Note: You may need administrator privileges to install JSim into certain system directories such as 'Program Files'
2. Inside your installation folder, you will find a sub-folder win64\bin (win32\bin) containing the following executable files:
   • jsim.bat : the JSim GUI application (First-time users use this one).
   • jsbatch.bat : the JSim text-based batch application.
   • jsfim.bat : the JSim functional imaging application.
   • jsserver.bat : the JSim remote server application.
   • jsreg.bat : adds JSim settings to the Windows registry
   • reg.exe : general purpose Windows registry tool used by jsreg.bat

   You may wish to make a short-cut to jsim.bat on your Desktop, or other convenient location. Other executables are useful only from the Windows command prompt.

3. JSim 2.07 and above requests 1500MB of heap memory by default. If your system has less than 2GB of memory, you will probably need to reconfigure JSim to use less memory before JSim can launch properly.
4. The optional jsreg utility sets your Windows registry so that certain JSim files (e.g. .proj) are loaded into JSim when double-clicked. See here for more information.
5. Most users do not require the command-line utilities jsbatch.bat and jsfim.bat, which require some additional setup. If you do, do as follows (familiarity with .bat files and the DOS command line is assumed): In a text editor, modiry the PATH environment variable to include the directory containing jsim.bat and jsbatch.bat. Also, modify the JSIMHOME definition in jsbatch.bat or jsfim.bat to the the device:directory you have chosen for your JSim installation.
6. Windows 10 and high resolution screens : If your computer is running MS Windows 10 and has a screen resolution greater than 1080p (1920x1080) JSim may look really tiny and unreadable. This scaling issue can often be fixed by passing a Java flag turning off scaling when starting JSim. The Java 1.6 flag to use is "-Dsun.java2d.dpiaware=false". Insert it into the following line of jsim.bat file:

   %JAVA% "-Dsun.java2d.dpiaware=false" "-Djsim.home=%JSIMHOME%" -Xmx%JSIMMEM%m "-Djava.library.path=%JSIMNATIVE%" -Djsim.userdir=HOME JSim.gui.GLaunch %*

7. SBML, Antimony, and Matlab users: JSim dynamically links to its own version of libsbml.dll. If you have a previously installed version of libsbml.dll in the Windows system dir (ie c:\windows\System32\) then JSim will not be able to load the correct dll and you will get an error when using JSim to translate models to/from SBML, to/from Antimony, and generating Matlab code. The current work-around is to install your previous version of libSBML into another directory and remove/rename libsbml.dll from the Windows system directory. Evidence of this issue is a 'libSBML native library not found' message displayed from within the JSim application or a more detailed message at the console like this:

   java.lang.UnsatisfiedLinkError: C:\..\sbmlj.dll: The specified procedure could not be found

8. Optional advanced administration:
   • Customizing a JSim Installation : describes customization options, appropriate for advanced installation.
   • Administering a JSim Server : how to set up a network-accessible JSim computation server.
   • Administering a JSim-enabled Web Site : how to write web pages incorporating live JSim applets.

Using jsreg.bat

jsreg.bat adds settings to the Windows Registry that allows you to open .proj, .tac and .jsml files within JSim by double-clicking on their icons in Windows Explorer. These settings can cause problems for other programs in your system if they expect to open files with those same extensions. Conversely, the opening of files with those extensions within JSim can be impaired by other programs.

• Windows 7 - jsreg.bat must be run with administrator privledges. To do this either right mouse-click jsreg.bat and pick 'Run as adminstrator' or run cmd.exe as administrator and execute jsreg.bat at the command line.
• After running jsreg.bat you must reboot your computer to refresh the icon file associations.
• JSim .mod (models) extension conflicts with MS Windows use of .mod for media files. Double-clicking a JSim .mod file will not open up JSim by default. You must chose it explicitly.

You may need to muck with your registry a bit manually to get things just right. jsreg.bat is written so you can examine what is being done, and modify it if you are so inclined. If you relocate JSim on your system, rerunning jsreg.bat will repoint the registry appropriately.

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Model development and archiving support at https://www.imagwiki.nibib.nih.gov/physiome provided by the following grants: NIH U01HL122199 Analyzing the Cardiac Power Grid, 09/15/2015 - 05/31/2020, NIH/NIBIB BE08407 Software Integration, JSim and SBW 6/1/09-5/31/13; NIH/NHLBI T15 HL88516-01 Modeling for Heart, Lung and Blood: From Cell to Organ, 4/1/07-3/31/11; NSF BES-0506477 Adaptive Multi-Scale Model Simulation, 8/15/05-7/31/08; NIH/NHLBI R01 HL073598 Core 3: 3D Imaging and Computer Modeling of the Respiratory Tract, 9/1/04-8/31/09; as well as prior support from NIH/NCRR P41 RR01243 Simulation Resource in Circulatory Mass Transport and Exchange, 12/1/1980-11/30/01 and NIH/NIBIB R01 EB001973 JSim: A Simulation Analysis Platform, 3/1/02-2/28/07.