Into the Edgecam installation folder of the nominated PC, copy the Code Generators and PDIs that you want to share. Nominate a PC with an Edgecam installation to contain shared Code Generators and PDIs. See Also Typical Installation Scenarioĩ Typical Installation Scenario How do I control the version and distribution of my Code Generators and PDIs between my networked Edgecam PCs? Ensure that the same version of Edgecam is installed on all of the networked PCs. The Network Location will have to be re-specified after updating to a new release of Edgecam.
There should not be local and network code generators or configurations that share the same name as in this case only the local code generator or configuration can be accessed. 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. To set the network location Click Windows' Start menu All Programs Edgecam Utilities. there are advantages for version control - everyone is using the same version of a network Code Generator for example.
users will only have read-only rights to network code generators, PDIs and configurations.
every user can access code generators, PDIs and configurations without having to install them on every PC.
Configuration files (*.config) You can set the Network Location to be a shared network folder in which case: the Network Location folder must itself be an Edgecam installation folder with the local address of 'C:\Program Files\Edgecam' for example. If an invalid character is used the following message 'ERROR: Invalid character in DN: Option' will be displayed.Ĩ Setting the Network Location The Network (Master) Location is a folder from which, in addition to the local installation folder, Edgecam can access these files: Code Generators Category-run PDIs (that you can run using Custom menu Run Executable). A-Z, 0-9 can be used in specifying the department name. Names with more than seven characters will be truncated.
Note that only the first seven characters of the name are recognised by the software as being unique.
On a client PC you can then select the server to obtain licences from by name: Click on the Set Server Name button in Edgecam Utilities to show this dialog: 3. Website updating is unavailable under certain licencing schemes if you have a 'Try and Buy' licence or you do not have a Security Key fitted, for example.ħ NetSentinel - Naming the Licence Server Your network may feature multiple named NetSentinel key servers.
You can update over the Internet at any time by selecting Update Keyfile from Edgecam's Help menu. See the main Edgecam help for more information. Note that: To be sure of seeing any new menu items provided by the update, you need to restore the default configurations ('nfig' ) from the various profiles. days box type a number, or use the buttons to the right of the box to increase (upper button) or decrease (lower button) the number. Start the Security Key Manager by clicking on its button, as above. You can schedule this to happen automatically: 3. Scheduling automatic security key updates Security keys can be updated over the Internet, from the Edgecam web site. If you need to update more than one security key, attach the key to the parallel port and follow steps 1- Note that if the field in the dialog does not appear to be updating, click on the Refresh button. Press the Program button to reprogram your Security Key. Enter the location of the key file in the Keyfile field. Check that the panel is up to date and that the customer name is correct. See Also Checking and Updating the Security Key Updating Network Security Keycodes Naming the Licence ServerĤ Checking and Updating a Security Key Viewing the details of a security key and updating it Click on the Security Key Manager button from the Edgecam Utilities program. The fields in this dialog will appear blank for all other workstations. If you are using a Network key (Edge NetSentinel), only the machine that has the key attached to its parallel port can view its details in this dialog. The Security Type field displays the type of key you are using. Note that you can copy the Server Code to the Windows clipboard to be pasted into another application. On selecting the Security Key button, this dialog box is displayed: Note that the Customer Name, Server Code, Update Expiry and Security Type fields cannot be altered directly, as they display information from the current Security Key. 3 Security Key Manager The Security Key Manager allows you to interrogate the security key and reprogram licences with a specified key file.