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Installation Instructions (short version)
rev. 3
PAWS Studio 01.14.00 or higher
and
TYX License Manager 02.03.00
(Flexlm Version 7.2e)
Networked (Floating) Licenses
03 AUG 2001

Contents:

METHOD 1 - 'First-time' installation (use these instructions if you have not previously installed PAWS Studio 01.13.00 or higher, or .lic files for PAWS 01.13.00 or higher).

METHOD 2 - Update installation (use these instructions if you've already installed PAWS Studio 01.13.00 or higher and have already received the .lic file for PAWS Studio 01.13.00 or higher).


METHOD 1 - 'First-time' installation
- You must be logged on as a user with administrative privileges for the pc on which you are installing.

On the license server PC:

1. Pick some pc to be the license server.

2. Install PAWS Studio on that pc.
- From the PAWS Studio cd, run setup.exe
- Click next, a window with two buttons will appear. Click the top button (PAWS Studio). Follow the instructions as they appear on the screen. [Critical Item - For distributions of PAWS Studio provided prior to 26 July 2001, there is a window that provides a choice between "Typical" and "Update". If you are installing from a cd with this choice, YOU MUST CHOOSE TYPICAL install]. This will do a full installation of Studio.

3. Install TYX License Manager on that pc:
- From the PAWS Studio cd, run setup.exe
- Click next, a window with two buttons will appear. Click the lower button (License Manager). Follow the instructions as they appear on the screen. See also Release Notes for TYX License Manager v. 2.x.x.

4. Run lmhostid -
Select Start, Programs, TYX Network License Manager, LmHostid

5. Provide TYX Support your host name and lmhostid. For example:
brian
0050339436c4
- TYX Support can be reached at (800) 321-PAWS by phone or support@tyx.com by e-mail.

6. TYX Support will provide you with a license file - for example: 2000999.lic
Copy this file to
<license manager install directory>\Licenses
on the pc that will be your license server.
The default location is
c:\Program Files\TyxFlexLm\Licenses

7. Start the license service
Start, Settings, Control Panel, Services, Select 'TyxFlexLmService', Click Start, Close

8. Point to the server pc:
- Open an explorer, run <usr>\tyx\Flexlm\LicMgrCfg.exe
- In the "FLEXlm Server" cell, enter the name of the license server pc
- click ok.

Critical Item -if you are changing to a new server pc, you must follow these steps:
- Open an explorer, run <usr>\tyx\Flexlm\LicMgrCfg.exe
- In the "License Checkout Sequence" section, select the entry which is no longer valid.
- Click the "Remove" button.
- In the "FLEXlm Server" cell, enter the name of the "new" license server pc
- Click ok.

9. Open Studio


On each client pc -

1. Install Studio (Step 2, above).

2. Point to the server pc (Step 8, above)

3. Open Studio.


METHOD 2 - Update installation (use these instructions is you've already installed PAWS Studio 01.13.00 or higher and have already received the .lic file for PAWS Studio 01.13.00 or higher)
- You must be logged on as a user with administrative privileges for the pc on which you are installing.

1. On each PC where you have previously installed PAWS Studio:
- From the PAWS Studio cd, run setup.exe
- Click next, a window with two buttons will appear. Click the top button (PAWS Studio). Follow the instructions as they appear on the screen. [Critical Item - For distributions of PAWS Studio provided prior to 26 July 2001, there is a window that provides a choice between "Typical" and "Update". If you are installing from a cd with this choice, YOU MUST CHOOSE TYPICAL install]. This will do a full installation of Studio.
- Install in the same directory as the previous installation (the default location is c:\usr)



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