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Edgecam Installation Guide
Edgecam Installation Guide
Edgecam Installation Guide
Before installing we recommend that you make sure you meet the hardware and software requirements of
Edgecam, as detailed in the What's New help.
On Windows Vista, with security-key (dongle) installations you need to use the latest HASP key driver (see details),
or Sentinel key driver (see details), as appropriate.
At Edgecam 12.50, there is an upgrade to the Sentinel RMS keyless licencing system (see details in the What's New
help).
To install and run the Edgecam software you must be logged on with Administrator or Power User rights.
How to Install
The Edgecam installation DVD allows you to install a full Edgecam installation, individual Edgecam modules, Edgecam
Part Modeler and Edgecam CAD links:
1. Make sure your PC meets the hardware and software requirements detailed in the What's New help.
2. If supplied, insert the security key into the PC's USB or Parallel port (see picture...).
3. Logon with Administrator or Power User rights.
4. If installing Edgecam, make sure that the SQL server installation folder will not have NTFS compression applied.
This can happen, for example, if you have NTFS compression applied to 'C:\Program Files' (all created sub-folders
will inherit the compression). SQL databases are used by the ToolStore module.
5. Insert the Edgecam DVD. The installer should start automatically (see opening page...).
(Or if Autorun is disabled you will need to manually start the installer by running the setup.exe program in the
\Edgecam folder of the DVD.)
6. Follow the on-screen instructions.
Here are additional notes on some of the opening page options:
Edgecam Part Modeler
Edgecam CAD Links
Install Sentinel RMS License Server
Install SQL ToolStore on a Server
As the installation proceeds, you will have these further options:
Custom, Compact or Typical Installation? (further options on installing Edgecam)
PDI Toolkit.
7. At the end of the installation we recommend you follow the prompt to 'restart' the computer, if this appears.
8. For Edgecam running on Windows Vista, update to the latest security key driver for HASP or Sentinel.
9. If necessary, set up the Network licencing.
10. After an Edgecam installation, ensure any firewalls you have in place will not block the operation of ToolStore
Administrator (see details...).
You can now run Edgecam.
ToolStore on a Server
When installing, one of the options is to host ToolStore databases on a server, for access by client Edgecam machines.
To use the option:
1. Choose a machine to be the server. This can be any Windows XP, Windows Vista or Windows Server machine.
2. Log on to the server, with Administrator rights.
3. Insert the DVD and choose the Install SQL ToolStore on a Server option.
4. Follow the prompts for the complete installation. This comprises:
SQL Server Express, SQL Server Management Studio Express, and Edgecam ToolStore Administrator.
5. If the installer reports that there is an existing installation of SQL Server Management Studio, acknowledge this
message and carry on, leaving this existing installation in place.
Once the installation completes, the server now needs some ToolStore databases to host. Any existing SQL ToolStore
databases on the server will be usable. You can also create more by following the instructions for moving databases in the
online ToolStore help.
Now choose the authentication method for Edgecam users connecting to the databases. As appropriate, choose one of:
Workgroup (SQL Server Authentication), using the default User name and Password.
No further work is required.
Custom (SQL Server Authentication).
In this case you will need to create the custom User names and Passwords, referring to the SQL Server Management
Studio Express documentation, and the process will be complete.
Domain (Windows Authentication).
In this case you will need to follow this next procedure below...
Now start configuring the permissions that the Edgecam users need to access the databases:
1. Click Windows' Start menu
Studio Express
All Programs
5.
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a. In the Login - New dialog, make sure the General page is selected, on the left of the dialog.
b. Into the Login name box type a user's network Login name.
Enter the name in the form:
DomainName\UserName
for example:
myCompanyServer\JohnSmith
(Use the Search button if you need to locate user names.)
(As an alternative to entering individual users you might want to create a group of users, and enter this
group's name).
c. Make sure Windows Authentication is checked, then switch to the User Mapping page.
d. In the page's Users Mapped to this Login list, check a ToolStore database that you want to make available
(you should have at least the installed example databases in the list).
e. In the Database role membership for list, check db_datawriter and db_datareader. Make sure Public is
checked. If db-owner is checked, leave this checked.
Repeat to make more databases available, as appropriate, then click OK to close the dialog.
6. If necessary repeat steps 4 and 5 for each Edgecam user requiring database access.
If you need any further information you can download a Microsoft 'online book' from:
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sqlserver/bb428874.aspx.
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Typical
Installs Edgecam with the most common Recommended for most users.
options.
Compact
Custom
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PDI Toolkit
The PDI Toolkit provides the ability to develop add-in applications for Edgecam. This option is for advanced users who
have a working knowledge of Visual C++. We recommend that you use the Visual C++ version 6.x.
To install the PDI Toolkit you need to choose a 'Custom' installation type and select it as one of the optional modules.
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Edgecam will start in Student Edition mode and the following message will be displayed:
Edgecam Student Edition can be used to evaluate Edgecam functionality that you may be interested in. For example, you
may want to evaluate the Solid Machinist functionality if you are considering the purchase of one of the Solid Modeling
CAD systems that Edgecam supports.
Edgecam Student Edition allows you to save parts that you create in the educational part file format (*.epf).
Educational format files cannot be loaded into a commercial licensed version of Edgecam (i.e. when you run it with a
Edgecam security key).
Also see Different Edgecam Types and Features.
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Running Edgecam
To run Edgecam:
1. Before using Edgecam, make sure you are logged as an Administrator, or a Power User.
2. Make sure that the licencing module CLS is running (this should have happened automatically).
Note that you can evaluate all Edgecam functionality (even without a licence), by switching to 'Student Mode'.
3. Make sure you are still logged on with Administrator or Power User rights.
4. Click Windows' Start menu
All Programs
Edgecam
Edgecam.
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All Programs
If CLS is not running you will not be able to start any Edgecam applications; start CLS manually by clicking it in Startup.
Most of the options start utilities; click the utility's help button for information.
Click to check Ignore Network Security Key if you have a local Security Key, and you want this to be used rather than
the Network Key (this is useful for mobile users connecting their laptops to different networks). The next time Edgecam
starts it will use the local security key.
Click to check Run Student Edition to evaluate Edgecam functionality. The next time Edgecam starts it will be in
Student Edition.
See Also
Student Edition
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Setting Up Communications
To use the Comms Setup Wizard
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Edgecam Student Edition allows you to save parts that you have created in the educational part file format (*.epf). The
.epf file can then be taken into class and loaded onto a PC running the Edgecam Educational licence so that the NC code
can be generated.
Loading and saving data in the Student Edition
In Student Edition you can:
Load .ppf and .epf files (the ability to load .ppf files allows you to view the example files installed with Edgecam)
Save Edgecam part files in .epf format
In Student Edition you cannot:
Save .ppf format files
Generate NC code
Save data in IGES, DXF, STL formats
Use PDIs
Also see Edgecam Types and Features.
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Network Licensing
An Edgecam installation can obtain its licence from a networked 'licence server' running Sentinel RMS Keyless
Network Licensing.
Note that the Sentinel RMS keyless network licensing is supported in Edgecam version 10.5 and above.
(Older installations may use a NetSentinel or NetHASP hardware key (dongle). Details of these are
included in this guide for maintenance purposes.)
Licences are available for any of the client PCs to reserve - they are only locked when Edgecam is running and using the
licence. This means you only need to purchase multiple licences if they will be used concurrently.
For example you might only purchase one 'load ACIS files licence', as this will be infrequently used. This will be available
for use by any one of your Solid Machinist clients, as and when necessary. (The 'Solid Machinist clients' are reserving one
of the many Solid Machinist licences available.)
Ideally the server should not be regularly re-booted. This is the ensure that the license are available to all users at all times
(for example, in a shift working environment).
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This may have occurred on a laptop with a wireless connection option in addition to the standard network card, for
example. Separately install licences for each network connection if required. Note that this will consume multiple
sets of licenses from the server, therefore consideration for other users should be given.
19. When all authorization files are installed, select Exit from the File menu.
20. The commuted licenses are now installed. Select the Select Network Key option in the CLS menu and the server
from which the commute licenses were taken will be displayed. Select the server and OK.
21. Select the Configure Network Licenses option in the CLS menu and then the licenses that you wish to use.
22. Run Edgecam.
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License Monitoring
The allocation and usage of the Edgecam licenses can be monitored on the server or any client PC on the subnet.
Run wlmadmin.exe from the \Sentinel RMS\Sentinel RMS Utilities\Administer and Monitor folder.
Select your server which will be listed under Subnet Servers. The product licenses will be listed under the server name by
their product codes.
It is recommended that you also view the table of product codes cross-referenced against product descriptions, so that you
can monitor the licenses by their name. This table is provided in the help file Product License Table.chm, in the folder
\Sentinel RMS\Documentation\Edgecam Help for Sentinel RMS. The table is also duplicated within this help file.
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EN330-0
Edgecam Milling
EN3M0-0
ENSM0-P
Turning
EN302-0
EN20C-0
Edgecam Turning
EN4CY-X
EN4BC-X
Production
ENEEE-0
EN0PP-0
Edgecam Production
ENPPP-0
ENPRO-0
Edgecam Professional
Wire Erosion
EN3W0-0
Communications
EN000-D
Communications
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ENSM0-S
ENSM0-I
ENSM0-M
ENSM0-G
ENSM0-A
ENSM0-C
ENSTR-M
Strategy Manager
ENPSM-0
Solid CADCAM
EN040-S
EN050-S
EN000-H
IGES Healing
ENPRB-0
Edgecam Probing
Edgecam Educational
ENEDU-S
ENEDU-5
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5. Into the Password box type edgecam123 and click the Generate button.
6. For the Location specify the folder:
<OS Drive Letter>:\Program Files\Common Files\SafeNet Sentinel\Sentinel LM Server\WinNT
7. Click Save. In your specified folder you will now have the file sntlpassword.dat, which needs to be present for the
revoke to succeed.
8. Now the password is generated you can start to revoke the licences - run wlmadmin again.
9. In the Subnet Servers list expand your server to see its licences. Right-click on a licence and in the shortcut menu
click Revoke Licence.
10. In the dialog that opens, enter the Revocation Password of edgecam123, that you generated earlier. Set Number
of Licences to Revoke to the number of licences you have in the licence.
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13. If you look in WlmAdmin you will now see that the license is still listed but the total number of licenses is set to 0.
Right-click on the licence, as in step 9, and in the shortcut menu that opens click Remove Feature.
14. Repeat steps 9 to 13 for every licence.
15. Send your saved LMrevocationticket files to your Reseller. You could also include a generated lock code for the
new server.
16. On receiving back the keyfile for the new server, repeat the server installation on the new server. Then re-configure
the clients to use the new server (remembering to update the lshost file to reference the IP address or name of the
new server).
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/DN:<name>
/ST
Enables 'strict timeout'. Licences that are not used for 10 minutes are
removed and made available to other users
The Windows Licence Server will be loaded and this may take a few seconds while it searches the network for all Sentinel
security keys. This is to ensure that there are no other security keys already in use with the same department name.
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Control Panel
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Windows XP
Windows Vista
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Edit nethasp.ini and enter the IP address (of the PC on which the NetHASP key is installed) in place of xxx.xxx.x.xxx on
the line that begins nh_server_addr.
Save the .ini file accepting the changes that you have made.
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Note that only the first seven characters of the name are recognised by the software as being unique. Names with more than
seven characters will be truncated.
Only alphanumeric characters i.e. A-Z, 0-9 can be used in specifying the department name. If an invalid character is
used the following message 'ERROR: Invalid character in DN: Option' will be displayed.
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2. The utility lists the first of each type of Edgecam network key (including a Sentinel RMS keyless 'key') that it
finds. Now select the key that you wish to connect to.
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All Programs
User Licences
Alternatively, in the Windows Notification area (usually at the bottom of the screen) right-click on the CLS icon
and in the shortcut menu click Configure Network Licences.
2. In the dialog click on a licence to select it and click the Select or Remove buttons as appropriate (left hand list
shows the selected licences, the right hand list shows the removed licences.
You can:
Double-click items to select or remove them.
Use standard multiple selection methods, for example shift-click on a pair of licences to select them
together with the licences between, or ctrl-click on a key to add it to the existing selections.
3. Note the Update Expiry box shows when you can no longer use the licences programmed in your security key to
access software updates. Security key must be reprogrammed to extend the update expiry date.
If the installation program detects that the update expiry date for the security key is earlier than the date for the
software a warning message is issued.
"Your ability to load new software updates has expired. This software will not run unless your security key is updated
or replaced. Press OK to continue with Install or press Cancel to exit".
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Troubleshooting
CLS has not been Started or is not Running
Removing the Network Security Key
No Security Key Found
Problems with Security Key Drivers
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Startup
CLS.
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If the security key is removed from the Licence Server while an Edgecam application is running, the following dialog will
be displayed after approximately three minutes.
If you replace the security key and click on Retry Connection, then you can continue. Alternatively you can close the
application by clicking on Close Application.
The dialog text may vary from the text shown here, depending on the actual problem.
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Network keys
HASP4-Net (Red Parallel or USB key).
For each security key, a driver is installed and configured automatically by the Edgecam installation program.
In the unlikely event that a driver has not been installed correctly or has been reconfigured, the security key may fail. The
following sections describe how to add and remove the various security key devices.
Installing and Removing the HASP Driver
Installing and Removing the Sentinel Driver
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Control Panel
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Edgecam
Utilities .
option.
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All Programs
Edgecam
3. Check that the panel is up-to-date and that the customer name is correct. If the customer name displayed is incorrect
please contact your reseller.
4. Enter the location of the key file in the Keyfile field. Use the Browse button if necessary.
5. Press the Program button to reprogram your security key.
If you need to update more than one security key, attach the key to the parallel port and follow steps 1-2. Note that if
the field in the dialog does not appear to be updating, click on the Refresh button.
4. From a keyfile CD supplied by your reseller
Your reseller may send you a CD containing your keyfile(s) and when inserted into your CD drive it will
automatically run and program your key.
If you have multiple Edgecam keys, the CD may contain keyfiles for more than one key.
The Edge Security Key Programmer (programkey.exe) is used to program your key when you insert a keyfile CD or
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Figure 1 - Shows the Program Key utility after it has successfully updated a standalone key.
5. From a keyfile emailed to you
Your reseller may email your keyfile(s) to you. Check the server code for the key that you wish to program and then
select its keyfile (*.one or *.tme file) from the email. Selecting the keyfile will enable the program key software to run
and automatically program the key.
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option.
You can use a mapped network drive, such as f:\program files\Edgecam where f: is the mapped network drive, or
universal names, such as \\pc1\ddrive\program files\Edgecam.
There should not be a local and a network code generator that share the same name; as in this case only the local code
generator can be accessed.
The Network Location will have to be re-specified after updating to a new release of Edgecam.
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This is the only way you should modify the installation. You should not uninstall by manually deleting files for
example.
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If this conflicts with the contents of the file on the backup disk, then you are warned about the consequences of
continuing with the restore.
5. Click on the Start button when you are ready to proceed with the restore process.
The files on the restore disk are then copied to the nominated area, each file being checked for corresponding destination
disk space before the file is copied.
If there is not enough available disk space, then you are warned that the restore cannot be completed and the program will
stop.
You will be asked to confirm any overwrites of existing file names.