CLIENT Machine :

Download

1.Download the latest MechDesigner ZIP file from your PSMotion account (https://www.psmotion.com/user). The name of the ZIP file is 'MD-PRO64-XX-X-XXX.ZIP'.

2.Extract the EXE from the ZIP file.

Install *

1.Double-click the EXE file to start the installation wizard.

2.Do the usual installation steps: Next, Next Next, Install.

*  The install path must have Read and Write access to your Server path.

In the instructions below, we call the install directory : installdir.

DO NOT LAUNCH MECHDESIGNER before you do the SERVER installation.

SERVER

1.Create a directory on your company Server.

We call this directory in the instructions below: CMServer.

•CMServer must have write access to the folder in which you find, after you run CMServer, the MechDesigner.cm file.

•CMServer must have internet access after the Network Administrator has logged off, after this installation is complete.

2.Copy Files

Cut and Paste these files from installdir on the Client Machine to CMServer:

•CMServer.exe

•MechDesigner.exe.cm

•MechDesigner.exe.cm.ini

3.Run CMServer to open the CMServer Configuration dialog

The CMServer Configuration dialog should have an entry in the products list: MD32_0_0 - MechDesigner.exe.cm.

There are two Start-up modes : Application and Service.

We strongly recommend you enable a Windows® Service.

4.Click the Start button in the CMServer configuration dialog.

CMServer performs a check - over the internet - with the CopyMinder* database servers to look for your Product Key. If this is the first time you have run CMServer, CMServer fails to find your Product Key.

5.In the pop-up, enter your MechDesigner Product Key

It has the format MD_0_0–xxxx-xxxx-xx

A check is made again with the CopyMinder* database servers to find the Product Key.

* See below for the IP addresses of the CopyMinder database servers.

IMPORTANT: We do not recommend a Manual Installation - unless your company policy does not allow a program to internet access.

If there is a form that asks you to obtain an Activation/Installation Code for a Manual Installation, then you do not have internet permissions for CMServer to access the CopyMinder database servers.

In nearly all cases: Do not do a Manual Installation. Do not request an Activation Code.

Do the following:

Make sure the CMServer path has internet access, and the firewall does not stop the access to the CopyMinder database. CMServer must have internet access even after the Network Administrator has logged off, when, usually, the path may reverts to other settings.

* CopyMinder database servers: put these IP addresses for on your Firewall white-list:

oPrimary1:  89.200.137.136

oPrimary2:  92.60.122.223

Do 3-5 again. CMServer should find the Product Key automatically over the internet.

CLIENT Machine

Now, you can run on MechDesigner on a Client machine

The first time you run MechDesigner on each client machine, you see a dialog with two or three options:

◉Configure as a standalone program

◉Configure as a trial

◉Configure as a network client

Choose Configure as a Network Client

When MechDesigner is run the first time: enter the IP address : Port of the CopyMinder Server Path (CMServer) on your server at your place of business . It should normally be in the box automatically.

This is an example IP address and Port format: 192.168.51.23:10589

The IP address & Port are:

<IP address of your Server running CMServer>:<CMServer listening port>.  

The default listening port is 10589.

If your IP address & Port are not found automatically, then review your firewall settings.

You can manually enter with you keyboard your IP address & Port.

However, it is much better to automatically find the IP address & Port.  In the future, CMServer makes checks. It is much better that these can be done automatically.