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November 16, 2020
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Please Help. Wildfire 5.0 Node Locked install failing after windows installation

  • November 16, 2020
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Hello,

 

I hope some people are out there still using Wildfire or know what is wrong. My Pro/e was working fine but I had to do a clean install of windows 10 and then reinstall my Wildfire version for the DVD. Now I cannot get my Pro/E to install correctly. I get the frustrating error:

(-96) License server machine is down or not responding

This is a node locked installation and I have the license file. I have tried what I understand from this article

https://www.ptc.com/en/support/article/CS21768

 

Any help would be greatly appreciated. Kind regards, Justin

Best answer by MartinHanak
@JK_3224567 wrote:

Thank you Martin for you input,

 

I didn't install the PTC License Server since I want it node locked, so I don't have Imadmin_ptc service or FLEX net running on my machine. I double checked looking in the Task Manager.

 

I also checked the proe1.psf file and it looks correct. I added the top line as suggested in the article I mentioned in my original post.

ENV=PRO_ALLOW_FLEXJOB=true
ENV=PTC_D_LICENSE_FILE-=C:\PTC Files\license.txt
ENV=PROE_FEATURE_NAME=PROE_FoundationAdv ()

 

Regards, Justin

Hi,

  • install License manager using setup.exe from Wildfire 5.0 DVD. Use C:\PTC Files\license.txt license file
  • when installation is finished, FLEXlm server for PTC service is available
  • to verify license availability launch ptcstatus.bat from FLEXnet installation (the path could be C:\Program Files\PTC\flexlm\bin\ptcstatus.bat)
  • when license is available then modify proe1.psf
    ENV=PTC_D_LICENSE_FILE-=7788@nameofyourpc
  • turn off Windows Firewall
  • start Wildfire 5.0

 

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MartinHanak24-Ruby III
24-Ruby III
November 16, 2020
@JK_3224567 wrote:

Hello,

 

I hope some people are out there still using Wildfire or know what is wrong. My Pro/e was working fine but I had to do a clean install of windows 10 and then reinstall my Wildfire version for the DVD. Now I cannot get my Pro/E to install correctly. I get the frustrating error:

(-96) License server machine is down or not responding

This is a node locked installation and I have the license file. I have tried what I understand from this article

https://www.ptc.com/en/support/article/CS21768

 

Any help would be greatly appreciated. Kind regards, Justin

Hi,

I hope you have your license file safely backed up.

 

1.] stop lmadmin_ptc service

 

2.] uninstall FLEXnet license manager

 

3.] edit proe1.psf file in PROE\Parametric\bin directory

The file must contain two following lines configured properly.

ENV=PTC_D_LICENSE_FILE-=full_path_to_license_file
ENV=PROE_FEATURE_NAME=PROE_license_name (optional module numbers if some exist)

 

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JK_32245671-VisitorAuthor
1-Visitor
November 16, 2020

Thank you Martin for you input,

 

I didn't install the PTC License Server since I want it node locked, so I don't have Imadmin_ptc service or FLEX net running on my machine. I double checked looking in the Task Manager.

 

I also checked the proe1.psf file and it looks correct. I added the top line as suggested in the article I mentioned in my original post.

ENV=PRO_ALLOW_FLEXJOB=true
ENV=PTC_D_LICENSE_FILE-=C:\PTC Files\license.txt
ENV=PROE_FEATURE_NAME=PROE_FoundationAdv ()

 

Regards, Justin

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JK_32245671-VisitorAuthor
1-Visitor
November 16, 2020

There is the line in my license file:

SERVER __HOSTNAME__ PTC_HOSTID="my MAC address"

On a side note, I have also tried installing the License server and I was still getting the same error.

 

Maybe I misunderstood the install instructions in the PTC email some of which I posted below. I am using the standard license.

 

 

-----------------------------------------
PRO/ENGINEER WILDFIRE PRODUCTS
-----------------------------------------

---- For Pro/ENGINEER Wildfire 2.0 or Later ----

As of Pro/ENGINEER Wildfire 2.0, you should receive two emails for your requested Pro/ENGINEER license
codes, each containing an attached license file.

* Email one - lm_xxxx.txt
* Email two - lm_xxxx_standard.txt

Note: These two license files are identical, except that the first one (lm_xxxx.txt) enables License
Borrowing

If you do not want to enable license borrowing, you can use the standard license pack (lm_xxxx_standard.txt),
which is backwards compatible to previous releases of Pro/ENGINEER.

---- Installation Instructions ----

1. Save the attachment as a .txt file on the license server.
2. Import this license file into PTC.Setup (using ptcsetup.bat).

The strings __HOSTNAME__ and __PTCD_PATH in the SERVER and DAEMON lines are automatically
replaced with the hostname of the license server and the path to the ptc_d executable located in the FLEXLM
directory, respectively. For example:

SERVER spock PTC_HOSTID = 11-22-33-44-55-66 7788 DAEMON ptc_d d:\ptc\flexlm\i486_nt\obj\ptc_d

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BenLoosli23-Emerald III
23-Emerald III
November 16, 2020

Is Wildfire 5.0 supported on Windows 10?

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MartinHanak24-Ruby III
24-Ruby III
November 16, 2020
@BenLoosli wrote:

Is Wildfire 5.0 supported on Windows 10?

Hi,

Wildfire 5.0 is not supported but it works.

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