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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 17, 2020

Thank You Martin, You know your **bleep**!  And thanks to the other members who offered help. someday I will have to buy the upgrade.

 

FYI,

I didn't need turn off the windows firewall, but yesterday I had added some exceptions from another PTC article so maybe that is the reason. The ptcstatus.bat would flash a window open for split second, but nothing seemed to happen.

 

Thanks again, Justin

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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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