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    This document describes the steps to install and configure the Microsoft Loopback Adapter on Windows 7 in order to set up a license machine for SmartPlant License Manager (SPLM). It outlines installing the Loopback Adapter, configuring its advanced settings, generating a machine ID using SPLM, adding SPLM to the firewall exception list, and testing seat reservation and release when connected and disconnected from the network.

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    This document describes the steps to install and configure the Microsoft Loopback Adapter on Windows 7 in order to set up a license machine for SmartPlant License Manager (SPLM). It outlines installing the Loopback Adapter, configuring its advanced settings, generating a machine ID using SPLM, adding SPLM to the firewall exception list, and testing seat reservation and release when connected and disconnected from the network.

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    This document describes the steps to install and configure the Microsoft Loopback Adapter on Windows 7 in order to set up a license machine for SmartPlant License Manager (SPLM). It outlines installing the Loopback Adapter, configuring its advanced settings, generating a machine ID using SPLM, adding SPLM to the firewall exception list, and testing seat reservation and release when connected and disconnected from the network.

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    Install SPLM and Generate A Machine ID

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    This document describes the steps to install and configure the Microsoft Loopback Adapter on Windows 7 in order to set up a license machine for SmartPlant License Manager (SPLM). It outlines installing the Loopback Adapter, configuring its advanced settings, generating a machine ID using SPLM, adding SPLM to the firewall exception list, and testing seat reservation and release when connected and disconnected from the network.

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    8) Under Adapters and Bindings, highlight SPLM Loopback Adapter

    and click the


    Green up arrow, moving it to the top of the list.
    9) Click OK to dismiss the Advanced Settings Dialog.
    10) Dismiss the Network Connections dialog.
    11) Reboot the system to assure these changes are written to the
    registry before generating a
    machine ID using the SmartPlant License Manager utility.
    6

    4. Install SPLM and Generate a Machine ID

    1) Log onto the laptop with a local administrator account.


    2) Download the latest SPLM software from the eCustomer website
    9) Open SPLM and select Install and Remove > Install License Key to
    install the license
    key you received from Intergraph. https://crmweb.intergraph.com
    (Service > Download So

    1. Install Microsoft Loopback Adapter


    1) Log onto your laptop with a local Administrator account.
    2) Click Start > Control Panel.
    3) If you are in Category view, click Hardware and Sound > Device
    Manager;
    4) If you are in the Small Icons view: click Device Manager.
    5) In the Device Manager dialog window:
    Highlight Network Adapters (You can expend the list),

    3. Configure Advanced Settings for Loopback Adapter


    1) Log into the laptop with a local administrator account.
    2) Click Start > Control Panel > View by Small Icons..
    3) Click Folder Options > View tab > Turn on Always show menus
    option. Close
    Folder Options window.
    4) Click Network and Sharing Center in Control Panel.
    5) Select Change Adapter Settings on the right.
    6) Select Advanced > Advanced Settings from the pull down menu
    7) The Advanced Settings ftware Updates > Products > SmartPlant
    License Manager)
    3) Open Control Panel > View by Small Icons > click Device Manager
    > Open Network
    Adapters list.
    4) Click View on the menu bar > click Show Hidden Devices.
    5) Right-click on the adapters and disable ALL network adapters
    EXCPT the Microsoft
    Loopback Adapter in the list.

    6) Select Start > All Programs > Intergraph SmartPlant License


    Manager > Generate
    Machine ID and save to a text file such as c:\MachineID.TXT.
    7) Back to the Device Managers dialog window, right-click and
    enable all the previously
    disabled network adapters.
    8) Send the Machine ID file to your regional office or contact
    Intergraph eLicense at
    PPMSERV@INTERGRAPH.COM to request a license key. Do not
    generate Machine
    ID again after you sent out your Machine ID file to Intergraph and
    before you
    install your new license key. Loopback Adapter. This document uses
    Windows 7 as an example, describes how to install and
    configure Microsoft Loopback Adapter, and how to set up license
    machine on Windows 7
    standalone system like a laptop. It contains the following sections:
    1) Install Microsoft Loopback Adapter on Windows 7
    2) Configure a static IP address for the Loopback Adapter
    3) Configure Advanced Settings for the Loopback Adapter
    4) Install SPLM and Generate the Machine ID
    5) Add pdlice.exe onto Firewall Exception List
    6) Select License Server, Test Seat Reservation and Release
    2
    dialog box displays.

    5. Add pdlice.exe onto Firewall Exception List


    1) Click Start > Control Panel > Windows Firewall
    2) Click Allow a Program or Feature through Windows Firewall
    3) Click Change Settings button.
    4) Click Allow another Programbutton.
    5) Click Browse button.
    6) Select pdlice.exe (by default, its C:\WIN32APP\INGR\SPLM\bin
    folder)
    7) Click Open button to close Browse window.
    8) Click Add button to close Add a Program dialog box.
    9) Back to the Allowed Programs window, select SPLM and click
    Details button in
    Allowed Programs list to make sure you see pdlice.exe in the file
    path, and then close
    the dialog box.
    10) Back to the Allowed Programs dialog box, make sure Domain,
    Home/Work (Private)
    and Public all selected for SPLM.
    11) Click OK to close Firewall dialog window
    7

    6. Test SPLM on Laptop


    1) Make sure your laptop works when its connected to the network:
    a. Open SPLM > Configure and Test > Select License Machine for
    Client
    b. Type in your laptops node name, and click OK.
    c. Test Seat Reservation > select your laptop as license server and
    the product tag >
    click OK. A license should be reserved successfully.
    d. Make a note of the Seat number and click Close button.
    e. Test Seat Release > type in the seat number and click OK. The
    license should be
    released successfully.
    2) Now disconnect from the network, test seat to make sure SPLM
    works too.
    3) Now you should be able to start your application.
    NOTES:
    1) If your Windows 7 machine has User Access Control turned on
    and you need to run pdlice
    commands in Command Prompt, then you must right-click on
    Command Prompt and open it
    with Run as administer option. Otherwise, the commands may
    result in errors.
    2) If your laptop is configured as a license machine, and it has
    Embassy Trust Suite or Panda or
    MacAfee or Norton Antivirus software installed and you are getting
    SPLM failed: [reading
    socket] connection reset by peer message, you will need to
    uninstall the anti-virus software
    on your laptop.
    3) If you have VM installed on your laptop, and you need to run your
    application from VM and
    pull license from your laptop, you need to add your laptops node
    name as license machine in
    SPLM client inside VM. Please refer to documentation Configure
    SPLM 2012 Client in
    VMware for more details.

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