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dscho0091-Visitor
1-Visitor
January 27, 2018
Question

Creo 4.0 Floating License keeps dropping out

  • January 27, 2018
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I downloaded the Academic Creo 4.0 Educational Edition.  It seems like my floating license is dropping out or timing out like every minute if I don't perform an action.

If I step away from my computer and come back, it will let me pan/zoom in and out in the 3d model space, but as soon as I do a command..it says I lost my license and retry, then it regains instantly.

 

I do a lot of online gaming so I would know if my internet was going in-and-out.

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MartinHanak24-Ruby III
24-Ruby III
January 28, 2018

Hi,

 

what computer is a license server for your Creo installation ?

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dscho0091-VisitorAuthor
1-Visitor
January 29, 2018

Just a good ol fashion Windows 7 desktop, the same computer that I am using the Creo Parametric on.

 

I am not trying to do anything fancy, I just installed the Creo Parametric 4.0 on my home computer and loaded the application after using the student edition license.

 

I just literally worked for about 6 hours straight and regained my license about every 2 minutes.

 

It seems to happen on actions.

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dscho0091-VisitorAuthor
1-Visitor
February 4, 2018

Here is the lines copied and pasted from that file:

ENV=PTC_D_LICENSE_FILE-=C:\ProgramData\PTC\Licensing\BE410708EDSTUDENTEDK12_license.dat

ENV=CREOPMA_FEATURE_NAME=CREOPMA_SchoolSTD4 ()

 

Here is the whole file copied and pasted

 

// PTC - PSF file: parametric
//
PRODUCT=Creo Parametric
DESC=Creo Parametric (default)
SHIPCODE=M030
CREO_COMMON_FILES=Common Files
//
ENV=MECH_LP=%PRO_DIRECTORY%\mech
ENV=MECH_HOME=%MECH_LP%\%PRO_MACHINE_TYPE%
ENV=PRO_MECH_COMMAND="%CREOAPP_DIRECTORY%\bin\parametric.exe" "%CREOAPP_DIRECTORY%\bin\parametric.psf"
ENV=RPC_TIMEOUT=31536000
ENV=MEDI_HOME=%MECH_HOME%
ENV=PATH+=%PRO_DIRECTORY%\%PRO_MACHINE_TYPE%\deflib
ENV=PATH-=%PRO_DIRECTORY%\%PRO_MACHINE_TYPE%\lib
ENV=PATH-=%INTRALINK_DIR%\%PRO_MACHINE_TYPE%\illib
ENV=PATH+=%PRO_DIRECTORY%\libs\dfor\lib
ENV=PATH+=%CREOAPP_DIRECTORY%\bin
ENV=NMSD_TIMEOUT=300
ENV=PRO_COMM_MSG_EXE=%PRO_DIRECTORY%\%PRO_MACHINE_TYPE%\obj\pro_comm_msg.exe
ENV=PROE_START=%CREOAPP_DIRECTORY%\bin\parametric.exe
ENV=CDRS_DATA=%PRO_DIRECTORY%
ENV=PRO_IMAGE_CONVERTER=%PRO_DIRECTORY%\%PRO_MACHINE_TYPE%\obj\convert_image.exe
ENV=PROGUIDE_DIRECTORY=%PRO_DIRECTORY%\uifdoc
ENV=SPG_DIRECTORY=%PRO_DIRECTORY%
ENV=PRO_USRMAIN=%PRO_DIRECTORY%\usrprog\umain\usrmain.c
ENV=PROTABLE_DIRECTORY=%PRO_DIRECTORY%\protable
ENV=MOZILLA_FIVE_HOME=%PRO_DIRECTORY%\%PRO_MACHINE_TYPE%\obj\MOZILLA
ENV=PROTAB=%PRO_DIRECTORY%\%PRO_MACHINE_TYPE%\obj\protab.exe
ENV=ZIP_EXEC=%PRO_DIRECTORY%\%PRO_MACHINE_TYPE%\obj\zip.exe
ENV=CLHOME=%PRO_DIRECTORY%\text\pcldata
ENV=PVIEW_PROEPVIEW_HOME=%PRO_DIRECTORY%\apps\prodview
ENV=CV_ENV_HOME=%PRO_DIRECTORY%\%PRO_MACHINE_TYPE%\CV140
ENV=DEBUG_HLP_DLL_PATH=%PRO_DIRECTORY%\%PRO_MACHINE_TYPE%\lib\dbghelp.dll
ENV=PTC_D_LICENSE_FILE-=C:\ProgramData\PTC\Licensing\BE410708EDSTUDENTEDK12_license.dat
ENV=CREO_APP=PMA
ENV=CREOPMA_FEATURE_NAME=CREOPMA_SchoolSTD4 ()
RUN="%MECH_LP%\install\nt\pro_mech_env.bat"
RUN="%PRO_DIRECTORY%\%PRO_MACHINE_TYPE%\nms\nmsd.exe" -noservice -timeout %NMSD_TIMEOUT% &
RUN="%PRO_DIRECTORY%\%PRO_MACHINE_TYPE%\obj\xtop.exe"
ENV=DBG_NCPOST_PATH=%CREOAPP_DIRECTORY%\bin
ENV=PRO_ALLOW_EARLY_RETURN=TRUE
// USER - PSF
// Add User specific environment or run applications below here

 

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alouw11-Garnet
11-Garnet
January 30, 2018

If you are using  a floating license, it might be a server setting.

We actually drop licenses every few minutes on purpose.

 

If we don't do that some users will never let go of licenses.

It becomes a real problem when you have various types of licenses.

 

I'd also definitely check if your network card doesn't go in to sleep mode after a few minutes. Creo doesn't connect to your server all the time like a lot of games and websites does, as you've noticed, it only pings the server once you activate a command.

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