Registering Network Programs

During the installation of the network deployment folder, a dialog box will appear asking you to register the software. The label with your registration information is on the inside back cover of the manual. This registration data is required to enable the software capabilities for the hydraulic network size and features that you have licensed. All registration information must be entered into the Registration dialog box exactly as it appears on the label.

• Company

• City

• State/Country

• Product ID

• Registration Number

After you have registered the software, you can view the current registration and floating license usage status at any of the workstations that has the product software installed on it.

To open the Registration dialog box:

• Select Help > About.

• Click the Registration button.

The current registration status (number of floating licenses, expiration date, feature level, etc.) will be displayed. If all available floating licenses are in current use, the software will run in demo mode.

Network administrators may activate network licenses and upgrade the features served by their floating licenses by invoking the Request License option, which is activated using the Registration button on this dialog box.

• You can use the Copy button to export the registration information to the Windows Clipboard so that you can paste it into other Windows applications.

• You can use the Print button to print the information shown.

Requesting a Permanent Network License

System administrators who are responsible for managing network license versions of Haestad Methods’ software must activate their organization’s floating licenses by obtaining a permanent license file from Haestad Methods. This may be done using the Request License button on the Registration dialog box. This button will only be avail-able for users who have purchased the network-licensing feature.

Note: Haestad Methods uses Sentinel^LM License Manager software from Rainbow Technologies to manage network licensing for this application. For more information concerning the

administration of the Haestad Methods floating network licensing, please see the Sentinel online documentation that installed with your network license server software.

To acquire a network license file, the administrator must first generate the network locking codes for the computer that will be acting as the network license server. To get your license server locking code, use the Sentinel^LM echoid utility. This is installed with the license server software on the computer acting as the network license host for this application.

Note: The echoid utility must be run from the same computer that will act as the license server host for this particular Haestad

Methods application.

Write down the values for the locking codes that are posted in the echoid utility’s message box. Be certain to record these values accurately, as they will be used by Haestad Methods to generate a custom license file keyed to the specific license server’s hardware signature. Once issued, a license key-code may not be installed on another machine. You will not be able to transport the license server to another network machine without obtaining new lock codes.

With echoid values in hand, start the Haestad Methods product application on any workstation located on the network served by the license manager. You can even install and run the Haestad Methods application from the same computer that will be acting as the license server host computer.

Select Help > About to open the Registration dialog box. Open the Request License Key dialog box using the Request License button. Fill out the form, then either e-mail or fax the completed form to Haestad Methods using the Submit Request button.

Installation Guide for Network License Versions

To set up a Haestad Methods’ software product for operation as a network licensed version:

1. Place the diskette labeled Disk 1 in the floppy-disk drive (commonly the a: or b:

drive).

2. Place the CD in your CD-ROM drive (commonly the d: or e: drive).

3. If the Autorun feature of the operating system is enabled, setup will begin auto-matically. Proceed to step 5.

4. If Autorun is disabled, click the Start button on the task bar, select Run, and type d:\setup (use the actual drive letter of the CD-ROM drive if it is not the d: drive).

Click OK.

5. To perform the following steps, you must have full administrator privileges for the target network-based installation folders. Follow the instructions of the Setup Wizard, which will guide you through the installation of two components:

– Network Deployment Folder—A directory installed on a network node that is available from all client workstations on which the license product will be installed. Users of the floating licenses will invoke the network-based installa-tion utility SETUP.EXE, which will install and configure the applicainstalla-tion to each client workstation.

– Network License Manager and Utilities—The license manager service executable file that will automatically monitor availability and distribute network floating licenses to client applications as they are started up across the license hosting LAN. The license manager may be installed on any shared node in the network, but is generally located on a network server machine.

6. Start the license server using the appropriate procedure for the host machine’s operating system:

– Windows 2000 and XP—Use the loadls utility via the Service Loader menu option to install the license server. The license manager runs as a service and can be manually controlled via the Windows Control Panel > Services group.

7. Announce the availability of the product via e-mail. Instruct interested users to install the product by using the Start > Run menu command and browsing to the network deployment folder installed in step 5 to run SETUP.EXE. The license server ships with special 30-day licenses that will allow users to begin using the application immediately.

8. Obtain a permanent license file for the application. A permanent license file must be obtained from Haestad Methods within 30 days of receipt of the product package. Request a permanent license file by following these steps:

a. At the host computer on which the license server will run, use the echoid utility via the Locking Codes menu option to determine the locking codes that will be used to generate license keys for your network. The license key file will be configured specifically for the license server machine installation.

Write these locking codes down.

b. Start the Haestad Methods’ product application at any workstation where the product has been installed. The product can even be installed directly on the computer acting as the license server.

c. Select Help > About and click the Registration button. Use the Request License button at the bottom of the Registration dialog box and fill out the License Key Request form with the system administrator contact and host server locking code information. Be certain to accurately record the locking codes obtained during the previous steps, since inaccurate information will result in the generation of unusable license files.

d. Click the Submit Request button. Following the instructions in the form, e-mail or fax the form to Haestad Methods. The activation request will be processed, and a license file will be generated and e-mailed to the system administrator making the request.

9. Use the lslic utility located in the AdminTools directory to modify the permanent license file managed by the network license server. After the license key file requested above is received via e-mail from Haestad Methods, save the file attach-ment to a computer folder on any computer resident on the network serviced by the running license server. For future convenience, safety, and ease-of-support, it is recommended that the license file be saved in the license manager tools direc-tory, AdminTools. This utility must be run from the operating system prompt.

Enter lslic -F <filename>, where <filename> is the name of the license file attachment e-mailed by Haestad Methods and saved to the hard-drive.

This step will install the new license key into the license file, lservrc, located on the same computer and in the same directory that the license server resides.

Once these steps are completed, floating licenses will be available to concurrent users via the network. Should the number of users exceed the number of license keys avail-able, the unlicensed client sessions will continue to run in demo mode.

Network Deployment Folder

Interested users may install the complete product via the network deployment folder using the Windows Start > Run command. Browse to the deployment directory, and run SETUP.EXE to install the program to a client workstation.