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Using the Live-Link Manager

The live-link manager is opened by clicking on the Launch Live-link Manager option in the OpenSpirit dropdown menu.

All live-links that have been created by importing 3D seismic volumes into Petrel using the OpenSpirit Adapter are displayed. A message is displayed in red above the list of live-links if the Petrel seismic files directory has not been set. The live-link manager tool bar is disabled until the seismic files directory is set. See the Setting Seismic Files Directory section of this guide for instructions in how to set the seismic file directory.

The live-link manager lists all live-links that exist in the Petrel project's input tree. Live-links initially appear with a status of Live-link. Select the live-links that you would like to realize and press the submit button .

The selected live-links will be submitted to the queue for realization. The status will change from Live-link to Running for the live-link that is first in the queue. The Running status indicates the live-link is being realized. A hyperlink to the log file will appear in the View Log column. You can click on the hyperlink to view the log file being generated during the realization process. The status of the other submitted live-links will appear as Pending to indicate they are in the queue waiting to be realized.

The live-link realization is done in a background process. You can continue working in Petrel while the live-links are being realized. The live-link manager window can be dismissed and you can even exit the Petrel application entirely while the live-link realization queue is being processed. The queue can be monitored and managed from outside the Petrel application using the ZGY queue manager tool. The ZGY queue manager is started when one or more live-link is submitted to the queue. The ZGY queue manager can also be opened using the ZGY queue manager icon that is added to the Windows task tray found in the lower right corner of your screen. See the Using the ZGY Queue Manager section of this guide for information about using the ZGY queue manager tool.

The ZGY realization queue will continue to perform live-link realizations if you exit the Petrel application. However, you must remain logged into Windows. Logging out of Windows will terminate the ZGY realization process.

If you choose to leave the live-link manager opened during the realization queue processing you can click on the refresh button  to update the table to show the current status of each live-link. The status changes to Completed when a live-link's realization has completed and the ZGY file is ready to be added to the Petrel project.

The completed live-links can now be selected and loaded into your Petrel project by clicking on the add button . The default action is to replace the live-link with the newly created ZGY file. Clear the check box in the Replace Live-link column to add the ZGY file to the project and also keep the live-link that the ZGY file was created from.

If you choose to dismiss the live-link manager window and exit Petrel while the realization queue is running, a window will automatically appear the next time you run Petrel and connect to OpenSpirit. The window will display a list of completed live-links and will offer an option to import them into the Petrel project. You can also open the live-link manager tool and use its add feature to add the completed ZGY files to your Petrel project.