OverSim Usage

First steps with OverSim:

• change into directory OverSim-20090908/simulations

• start OverSim by typing

  ../src/OverSim
  

• choose a simulation scenario (e.g. Chord)

• Select Options->Simulation Options->Animation and disable Animate method calls to speedup simulations

• press the Run button in OMNeT++'s main window

• ... watch & enjoy ...

• press the Stop button to pause simulation

• end OverSim by closing OMNeT++'s main window
  (press Yes to invoke finish()-method call in all OMNeT++ modules)

• If you want to simulate large networks like the predefined simulation scenario ChordLarge invoke OverSim without GUI:

  ../src/OverSim -uCmdenv -cChordLarge
  

• The simulation results get stored in the simulations/results directory. Use the OMNeT++ scavetool or the Eclipse IDE for postprocessing.

Editing parameters:

• edit simulations/omnetpp.ini to change or define new simulation scenarios
  (default parameters are stored in simulations/default.ini, parameters are described on the NEDdoc-pages)

Tips for using the Eclipse IDE

• Start the IDE with omnetpp

• To start simulations from Eclipse, select OverSim in the project explorer,
  click on Run simulations and select simulations/omnetpp.ini

• To view simulation results, use the project explorer and double click
  on a .sca file in the simulations/results directory

• Set the OverSim coding style in Preferences by importing
  the style from doc/EclipseOverSimCodeStyle.xml