Part I – Installing the Network Server Software

1. Extract the contents of the attached NetworkLicServer.zip file to the directory on the computer (Figure 1) from which the network service will run (we will refer to this computer as the server).

Figure 1. Extract the ZIP file to a directory on your application server.

2. Run the lmtools.exe program. You will find this program in the selection of files you just extracted on the server (Figure 2).

Figure 2. Run lmtools.exe from the directory on your application server.

3. On the Service/License File tab of LMTools (Figure 3), please select the 'Configuration using Services' radio button.

Figure 3. Select the Configuration using Services radio button option.

4. Click on the System Settings tab of LMTools (Figure 4).

Figure 4. Clicking the System Settings tab opens the dialog shown above.

5. In the 'HostId Settings' group on the System Settings tab, you will see fields labeled 'Ethernet Address', 'IP Address', and 'Computer/Hostname'. You must report the 'Ethernet Address' AND the 'IP Address' OR 'Computer/Hostname' to Blue Marble Geographics via e-mail at authorize@bluemarblegeo.com or by phone.

6. Blue Marble Geographics will supply you with a secure, custom license file using your System Settings.

Part II – Configuring the Network Service

Once you have received the license file from Blue Marble Geographics, please complete the following steps:

1. Please place your license file in the directory on the server from which the network service will run (where you put the contents of the attached NetworkLicServer.zip file in Part I Step 1) as shown in Figure 5.

Figure 5. Place the license file in the network service directory on your application server.

2. Now that the license file is installed, you can start the license server. Run the lmtools.exe program from the server (Figure 6).

Figure 6. Run lmtools.exe from the directory on your application server.

3. Click on the Config Services tab of LMTools (Figure 7).

Figure 7. Clicking the Config Services tab opens the dialog shown above.

4. Fill in the 'Service Name' field (Figure 8) with a meaningful name of your choice, such as 'TranslatorService' or 'BMGTranslator'.

Figure 8. Fill in the required parameters to configure the service.

5. Set 'Path to the lmgrd.exe file' to the path to the directory on the server from which the network service will run (Figure 9).

Figure 9. Fill in the required parameters to configure the service.

6. Set the 'Path to the license file' to the same directory (Figure 10).

Figure 10. Fill in the required parameters to configure the service.

7. Set the 'Path to the debug log file' to the directory where you want the system to write the log file (Figure 11). Don't forget to specify a filename for the log file as part of the 'Path to the debug log field' field.

Figure 11. Fill in the required parameters to configure the service.

8. If you want the license server to run as a Windows service (recommended), check the 'Use services' check box. This will enable the 'Start Server at Power Up' check box. Check this if you want the service to start when the server is turned on or rebooted.

9. Click the 'Save Service' button to store your settings for the service.

10. You are now ready to start the license server. Click the Start/Stop/Reread tab of LMTools (Figure 12).

Figure 12. Clicking the Start/Stop/Reread tab opens the dialog shown above.

11. Click on 'Start Server' to run the license server service. The status line at the bottom of the dialog (Figure 13) should read "Server Start Successful".

Figure 13. After clicking the Start Server button, the dialog at the bottom of the Start/Stop/Reread tab says "Server Start Successful."

12. To stop the server at any time, simply click on the 'Stop Server' button. You must check 'Force Server Shutdown' to stop the server while licenses are checked out.

Part III – Configure the Floating Client

Once you have installed and configured the Geographic Translator service on the server, please install the Geographic Translator application to the client PC. After installing the application, please follow these steps to license the client:

1. Open the Geographic Translator application (Figure 14).

Figure 14. Open the Geographic Translator application.

2. Click on the menu option Options -> Open License Wizard. The Geographic Translator 3.0 Activation Wizard dialog will open (Figure 15).

Figure 15. Open the Activation Wizard.

3. Click the radio button 'I want to connect to a floating license server' (Figure 16) and click Next>.

Figure 16. Clicking Next> opens the Network License Information screen, as shown above.

4. The Network License Information screen will appear. Type in the Server Name or IP address (whichever one you supplied to Blue Marble Geographics in your e-mail at the end of Part I) in the 'Server Name / IP' box (Figure 17).

Figure 17. Fill in the fields on the Network License Information screen.

5. Check the checkbox for 'Use a borrowed license*' and click the radio button next to 'Borrow a license from the server' as shown in Figure 18. Then, click Finish.

Figure 18. Check the box to "Use a borrowed license" on the Network License Information screen, then click Finish.

6. Please click OK (Figure 19) and ignore the message box that says "Please make sure that you move the license file you received to C:\Program Files\Blue Marble Geo\Geographic Translator."

Figure 19. Click OK to the Move License File dialog box.

7. Your client PC is now licensed using the floating license method.

Figure 20. Geographic Translator with a floating license.