intel parallel studio xe 2020 launch

[NikiSk]

I had purchased PSCAD v4.6.3 4-5 years ago and had received and installation guide for PSCAD and Intel Fortran 19.1. I have no issue with installing PSCAD but there are difficulties when I try to install the compiler. Issue is installing Intel Parallel Studio XE 2020 on Windows 10. The installer successfully unpacks the components and launches the Intel Fortran installation splash screen. After a few seconds, the splash screen disappears and nothing else happens. I can find no install log or error messages. I have tried multiple alternative visual studio versions but had no luck. We currently have this issue on multiple workstations in our organization, but have also successfully installed the same package on others in the past. Do you happen to have any suggestions on how to troubleshoot this issue?

[Steve_Lionel]

There's absolutely no reason to use a version that old. If all you want is Fortran, see Solved: The Easy and Fast Way to Install JUST Fortran with Intel® oneAPI - Intel Community  You will probably have to make minor edits to any PSCAD scripts that try to establish the Intel Fortran environment as the various files are in new locations.

[NikiSk]

Ok understood. I did install the compiler with Intel oneAPI. However now, when I try to run an older .pscx model file I had I'm faced with this error message " 'ifort.exe' is not recognized as an internal or external command" and I cannot simulate it. Any suggestions?

[mecej4]

Before attempting to run your .pscx model or using the Intel compiler, you should open a OneAPI command window from the Windows start menu. Within that command window, just enter the command ifort and see if the compiler runs and issues a response.

After that is working, you can follow your normal procedure for running PSCAD models, but remember that you may need to reconfigure some batch files because the layout of the compiler directories is now different.

[Barbara_P_Intel · Accepted solution]

With the 2024.0.0 release the directory layout did change as @mecej4 said. For detailed information about the Unified layout, including how to initialize the environment and advantages with the Unified layout, refer to Use the setvars and oneapi-vars Scripts with Linux and Use the setvars and oneapi-vars Scripts with Windows.