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Guide for setting up RMS

What is Sentinel RMS?

The Sentinel RMS is the software toolkit that we used to license the application you are

using. The licensed application uses the RMS license to support the license agreement. It

can authorize, monitor, and report the application use. However, these capabilities are

provided depending upon the type of application and details of your license agreement.

The application first checks with the license to verify if the use is permitted by the

license agreement. If the use is authorized, the application is allowed to run. Else,

either the application exits or the user is placed into a queue to wait for authorization.

What is Stand-alone Licensing?

In case of stand-alone licensing, the Sentinel RMS license server is not required.

The licensed application looks for the default license file (.PAF) in its local

directory.

What is Network Licensing?

The network licensing model is based on the client/server architecture, where licenses are placed on a centralized system in the subnet. On this computer, the Sentinel RMS license server must be running to serve the license requests from clients.

What is RMS License Server or RMS License Manager?

The Server

The RMS license server is a program that coordinates the use of a licensed application by

multiple users and computers. This program usually runs on a computer that is located on

the same subnet as any computer that needs to run the application.


The license server reads the licenses from the license file or can have them added into its

memory. Each license identifies the valid uses of a single application or feature. There may

be multiple licenses in a single license file.

The Clients

The computers that run the application are called clients. When a licensed application is

started on the client, it sends a request for a license across the network to the license

server. The license server grants the request if possible and returns an authorization

message back to the client.

Getting Installation Kit

All of your license files (Flex kit and RMS) will be provided to you by your respective

Delcam reseller. Following files will be supplied to you.

Examples:

ABC0101F_flex_server.zip

ABC01-01F.rms

For each RMS license issued a specific "flex kit" will be issued. This is the Sentinel RMS

installation file. It contains encrypted information regarding the customer and dongle

number for which it was generated. The kit can be used only with that customer’s dongle.

Note: The Flex kit issued for a particular dongle/customer should be used for that dongle/customer and not for other customers as is it not compatible for other customer’s dongle.

How do you know that you have the correct kit? Sentinel RMS kits have a file size of 16.4Mb.

Also the flex kit and RMS file will have the same file name with the exception of the

extensions.


License File Location and setup

1) Setting for Server

Setting for FLEX license file

• Open the *.rms file in NOTEPAD, as you will need to adjust the file to contain your

server name (the computer where the dongle will reside)

• This is shown below as changing the default of ‘flexserver’ to the server name of the

computer where the server will be installed on.

• This information can be found by going to the Control Panel and opening up System

Properties.

Note: 'SLC-RMS' is server name used here at Delcam. You will need to use the name of

your server


• Once updated, the file will need to be saved into C:\dcam\config\pass as dcam.rms

2) Setting for Client (This file must go on every computer that will be running the software)

With Sentinel RMS you can use a shortened form of the license file on every client

machine. This basically tells the software to look for a license on the server.

The client license file consists of a comment line, a server line, a USE_SERVER line and a 4th blank line. There must be a carriage return after the 3rd line. The file will not work without it!

# DELCAM RMS LICENSE FILE

# Generated 30/10/12 09:39 for Order REGENERATION

# -----------------------------------------------------------------------

SERVER [nodename] DELCAM_ID=[id] [port-number]

USE_SERVER

<--- 4th Blank line!!!


Make a copy of the RMS file and edit it to look like one of the files pictured below.

➢ Save it as dcam.flx and copy it to client server

For any application to run on the server you must have a copy of the .flx file in the following

location C:\dcam\config\pass

If you are running ArtCAM a special start icon is used with RMS. From the start menu, find

ArtCAM, then choose ArtCAM (RMS)


Summing Up:

• Edit the server name into the license file.

• Prepare a shortened version of the RMS file for the client machines.

• Copy the shortened .flx file to C:\dcam\config\pass on the client machines

• Proceed with installation of the server as detailed in the following pages.

Installing RMS server

• Extract the contents of the flex_server zip

• Double click on the Delcam Flex4004.msi windows installer.


• The following window will appear.

• Select Next.


• Select “I accept the terms in the license agreement”

• Select Next


• Select Next

• Install License server on C:\Program Files\Delcam\ or as per your

preference.


• Select Custom

• Select Next


• Select to install Network License Server. If Sentinel Dongle Drivers are not installed

select that also.

• Select Next

• Select Install


• Select Finish

• Click Yes

• It is recommended that you restart PC after installing RMS License Manager tool.

Testing License Server

• Plug in the Delcam security dongle.

• It is recommended that you first use the “Test License Server” functionality. This

will setup exceptions on any windows firewall that are currently running.


• Go to Start Menu

• Start → All Programs → Delcam → Flex → Flex4004 → Test License Server

Startup

A command window opens which will provide feedback on the current status of the

server

• If the following window appears “Windows Firewall has blocked some features of this

program”


• Click “Allow access”

Leave the Test License Server open.

• Next open RMS License manager Tool by going to the Start Menu

• Start → All Programs → Delcam → Flex → Flex4004 → RMS License Manager Tool

• The server will get initialized here. “Please be patient while the server gets initialized”

• Expand Subnet Server, you will see your server listed in the Subnet Server. In this case

SLC-RMS is our Subnet server


• The next step is to load your license file into the server

1. Right Click on your server → Add Feature → From a File → To

Sever and its File.

2. A window will open, browse to C:\dcam\config\pass

3. Locate license file and click open


➢ Please be patient as licenses are added to RMS License Manager Tool.

• The following errors may be seen when reading the file into the server. Simply hit ‘OK’

and continue.


• Select OK

• Select OK

• Select OK

• No errors should be thrown for reading the other lines within the RMS license file.

Reading the file may take some time. You will be notified by the server when the

license has been successfully read.


• Select OK

• RMS License Server is successfully loaded.

• Close the Test License Server window

Install the server as a service

➢ A server kit has been installed and tested

➢ Go to Start Menu for executing Install License server service

➢ Start → All Programs → Delcam → Flex → Flex4004 →Install License server

services

➢ A cmd window opens which will provide feedback on the current status of the server

➢ Hit Enter key to continue


Starting License Server Service

➢ Next step is to start the service.

➢ Go to Start Menu for executing Start License Server Service

➢ Start → All Programs → Delcam → Flex → Flex4004 → Start License Server

Service


➢ Once the full RMS file has been loaded onto the server it is no longer needed.

Please delete the RMS file that is located in the C:\dcam\config\pass folder.

➢ But Application reads RMS file which we have shortened on client (dcam.flx).

➢ The image below shows how the server works with client computers.


You are now done with the server install.

Below is additional information on how to check how many users are using licenses

Functionality to check how many users are using licenses?

Within the RMS License Manager you will now notice that your server contains a sub

tree which you can expand and navigate.


Within the Server Sub Tree you can see each license contained within the file that was

read. Expanding these allows you to monitor the total number of licenses available for each

"feature", how many licenses are currently in use, who is using them and where. You can

use this functionality to check how many licenses are checked out compared with the

number of sessions that have been started on a machine.

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