Software Download Instructions

Windows Users:

In order to run the Java applets on a Windows machine, you need to have a JAVA runtime enviroment (JRE) installed. If you do not already have the JRE installed, click here and follow the instructions to download the "recomended" JRE from the Oracle website and install it. This currently will give you Version 8 (aka 1.8) of the Java JRE. Later versions of the JRE may work, but we test against 8/1.8. We use Java Web Start to start the applications. Java Web Start was deprecated in Java 9, and starting with Java 11, Oracle removed JWS from their JDK distributions. If you are using a version of the JRE higher than 10, you will have to install an earlier version.

Once you have installed the JRE, click here for instructions to download the appplicaton

As of 8/17/2024 we only support windows users.
Options below will be supported soon.

Athena Users:

To run these applications in an Athena cluster at MIT, follow THESE INSTRUCTIONS.

MIT TEAL Room Users:

To run these applications in the MIT TEAL room, right click on the "Start Simulation" button on the previous page, save link or target as the "????.jnlp" file to your desktop, where "????" is the name you see in the link or target, and then click on the jnlp file you have saved. The application will then open.

Mac Users:

Apple supplies their own version of Java. Use the Software Update feature on the Apple menu to check that you have the most up-to-date version of Java for your Mac.

Page last updated: Auugust 14, 2024. Questions: jbelcher@mit.edu