Installation of EPANET 1.1E on MS-NT4.0 Platform

I am running NT 4.0 and have installed EPANET version 1.1e and it is running okay. I also got a copy of the AWWARF version 1.5 and have never had it working on NT 4.0. Will this batch file work with version 1.5

Brad Rasmussen
Bradr@isp.homestar.net

To those who have attempted to install EPANET version 1.1E on a machine running under Microsoft NT4.0, you may have run into difficulties like I have using the SETUP program that comes with EPANET. Apparently, the version of MS-NT4.0 that I am running on an HP Pentium Pro WILL NOT allow the SETUP program to install any 16-bit files (even if they are not used).

After discussions with Lew Rossman, I have come up with an alternative installation method that seems to work on my system. I have written a small batch file (File Name: INST_NT4.BAT) that I am attaching. The batch file can be run in a DOS window and will expand the needed files to run EPANET on an NT4.0 platform.

The steps to follow to install EPANET on an MS-NT4.0 platform are:

1. Download or copy the compressed "zipped" epanet file
2. Unzip the EPANET file into a directory of your choosing
3. Copy the attached installation program (INST_NT4.BAT) into the directory you just chose
4. Open a DOS window and go to the epanet directory
5. Issue the command in the DOS window: INST_NT4

I have run several data sets and they all seem to be working.

Good Luck!!
Morris L. Maslia
mfm4@cdc.gov

rem Installation program of EPANET version 1.1E for MS_NT4.0
rem Program Name: INST_NT4.BAT Program Date: 20 August 1997
rem This program written by Morris L. Maslia
rem Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry
rem Email: mfm4@cdc.gov
rem
cls
echo off
echo ***
echo * Installation of EPANET v. 1.1E on a MS-NT4.0 platform
echo ***
pause
expand epanet4w.ex_ epanet4w.exe
expand epanet.hl_ epanet.hlp
expand editor.pi_ editor.pif
expand solver.pf_ solver.pif
expand slover.ba_ solver.bat
expand commdlg.dl_ commdlg.dll
expand vbrun300.dl_ vbrun300.dll
expand cmdialog.vb_ cmdialog.vbx
expand grid.vb_ grid.vbx
expand textview.vb_ textview.vbx
echo ***
echo * Installation of EPANET v. 1.1E COMPLETED
echo ***
echo on

> I also got a copy of the AWWARF version 1.5 ...

What are the differences between this version of EPANET and the standard distribution?

Regards,
Ben Harding
blh@hydrosphere.com

Ben Harding asked what were the differences between the AWWARF edition of EPANET (1.5) and the standard edition (1.1e). The AWWARF edition was produced to complement the report "Characterization and Modeling of Chlorine Decay in Distribtuion Systems" which can be purchased from AWWA. It includes the following features, all of which are slated to appear in Version 2 of EPANET:

Bulk reaction orders can be any number (not just first order)
Wall reaction order can be either zero or first-order
Wall reaction coeffs. can be inversely related to Hazen-Williams C-factors
Calibration reports can be produced which list the mean absolute error and root mean square error between predictions and observations, and correlation coefficient between predicted and observed means of any variable.
Pipe roughness coefficient and reaction rate have been added to the list of variables that can be chosen from the Browser to view on the system map.

Lew Rossman