ThingWorx Manufacturing Apps 8.1 Freemium is Available for Download!

I got the freemium edition for the purpose of working with the sigma tile.

I can't get the composer to run, the message says I am not authorized.

Any remedy for this?

Greetings James,

In the Express/Freemium Manufacturing apps version access to ThingWorx Core is not included. Due to this ThingWorx Composer is not accessible.

You need to install Developer Edition for accessing ThingWorx Composer.

Please refer Understanding Your Express or Developer Edition License section in ThingWorx Manufacturing Apps Setup and Configuration Guide for Freemium for understanding License details.

Regards,

Himanshu

I installed the Developer edition for ThingWorx server back in the spring and used up my 30 days then.

Is there a separate developer download for the Manufacturing Apps with a new 30 day clock? If so, where do I get it.

Also, I now have a paid academic license for ThingWorx and have a license.bin for that. But I don't expect I have an entitlement for the Manufacturing Apps piece. Is there a contact person I can reach out to?

Replying to myself. I did find the developer kit download and I guess that the 30 day clock begins anew when I install this. I will have to uninstall the freemium edition first. Hoping that's not too difficult.

You should uninstall using uninstaller and install developer-kit. Let us know if you hit any snag.

Thanks.

I did hit a snag -- installation fails.

I did un-install the freemium version first and then re-booted Server 2012 R2

Installation starts OK and then an alert pops up with the message:

ThingWorx Server is not running. Restart the ThingWorx Server

Some images from later

A snippet from an installation log:

[13:57:59] - Starting  thingworxServer

Starting Tomcat...

[13:58:01] - Started  thingworxServer

[13:58:01] - Ended executing tomcatInitialization Initialization...

Directory already exists: C:\PTC\ThingWorxManufacturingApps\validation

Unpacking files

Unpacking C:\PTC\ThingWorxManufacturingApps\validation\twxfoundation_validator.exe

Directory already exists: C:\PTC\ThingWorxManufacturingApps\PTC_Servlet_Engine\conf

Unpacking files

[13:58:01] - Started executing thingworxInitialization...

[13:58:01] - Verifying if ThingWorx Foundation is installed and running ...

[13:58:01] - Error: not able to kill process C:\PTC\ThingWorxManufacturingApps\tmp\scripts\twxfoundation_validator.exe

Executing cmd /c "C:\PTC\ThingWorxManufacturingApps/tmp/scripts/twxfoundation_validator.exe" http://localhost:9080/Thingworx

Script exit code: 1

Script output:

Verifying ThingWorx Foundation connection ...

Error accessing ThingWorx Foundation connection:  Get http://localhost:9080/Thingworx: read tcp [::1]:50346->[::1]:9080: wsarecv: An existing connection was forcibly closed by the remote host.

Script stderr:

Program ended with an error exit code

Hi James.

You will need to uninstall all previous versions of the freemium edition, as well as any separate ThingWorx installs for Tomcat, or PostgreSQL.  Please user the uninstaller for removing the freemium version.  You can remove Tomcat and PostgreSQL by selecting Programs and Features in the Windows Control Panel.

Be sure to review the Prerequisities on the Developer edition download page to ensure your machine is configured adequately:  https://www.ptc.com/en/thingworx/manufacturing-apps/Dashboard/Download-Developer-Kit

Please let us know if you still experience issues once you have attempted another install--ensuring that all previous remnants of the ThingWorx product are removed first.

Regards.

--Sharon

I did uninstall the freemium version. There were no previous installs of any other versions of tomcat or postgreSQL. There are no programs to delete in the Programs and Features Control Panel related to tomcat, postrgesql or thingworx. I attempted two installs and they both failed identically.

The freemium install was successful at the same point that the dev kit one fails. I found older log files that show this.