laptop with a local administrator account.

2) Click Start > Control Panel

3) Double-click Network and Sharing Center (View by Small Icons)
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Protocol Version 4 (TCP/IPv4) and then click Click Action on the
menu bar,
Select Add Legacy Hardware.
6) Add Hardware dialog box opens. Click Next.
7) Select Install the hardware that I manually select from a list
(Advanced). Click Next.
8) Sele) Select Change Adapter Settings on the right
5) Right-click on the Loopback Adapter > rename it as SPLM
Loopback Adapter.
By default, the loopback adapter name is Local Area Connection #.
6) Right-click on the Loopback Adapter > select Properties
7) Highlight Internet ct Network adapters in the list. Click Next.
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9) Select Microsoft in the Manufacturer box, and Microsoft Loopback
Adapter in the
Add Hardware dialog box. Click Next.
10) Click Next again to install Microsoft Loopback Adapter;
11) Click Finish.
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2. Configure a Static IP for Loopback Adapter

1) Log on to the
Properties button.
8) Select Use the following IP address option, then manually type in
an IP.
For example, IP 192.168.0.1, with Subnet mask of 255.255.0.0.
(Check with your IT department if youre not sure which address is
available to assign to
it)
9) Click on OK to dismiss the Internet Protocol TCP/IP Properties
dialog.
10) Click on OK to dismiss the Loopback Adapter Properties.
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Configure SPLM 2012 on Windows 7 Laptop

7/12/2012
SmartPlant License Manager (SPLM) requires a static IP Address on
the license machine. To
fulfill this requirement on laptops a virtual network adapter can be
installed by using Microsoft
Loopback Adapter. This document uses Windows 7 as an example,
describes how to install and

configure Microsoft Loopback Adapter, and how to set up license

machine on Windows 7
standalone system like a laptop. It contains the following sections:
1) Install Microsoft Loopback Adapter on Windows 7
2) Configure a static IP address for the Loopback Adapter
3) Configure Advanced Settings for the Loopback Adapter
4) Install SPLM and Generate the Machine ID
5) Add pdlice.exe onto Firewall Exception List
6) Select License Server, Test Seat Reservation and Release
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1. Install Microsoft Loopback Adapter

1) Log onto your laptop with a local Administrator account.
2) Click Start > Control Panel.
3) If you are in Category view, click Hardware and Sound > Device
Manager;
4) If you are in the Small Icons view: click Device Manager.
5) In the Device Manager dialog window:
Highlight Network Adapters (You can expend the list),

3. Configure Advanced Settings for Loopback Adapter

1) Log into the laptop with a local administrator account.
2) Click Start > Control Panel > View by Small Icons..
3) Click Folder Options > View tab > Turn on Always show menus
option. Close
Folder Options window.
4) Click Network and Sharing Center in Control Panel.
5) Select Change Adapter Settings on the right.
6) Select Advanced > Advanced Settings from the pull down menu
7) The Advanced Settings dialog box displays.
8) Under Adapters and Bindings, highlight SPLM Loopback Adapter
and click the
Green up arrow, moving it to the top of the list.
9) Click OK to dismiss the Advanced Settings Dialog.
10) Dismiss the Network Connections dialog.
11) Reboot the system to assure these changes are written to the
registry before generating a
machine ID using the SmartPlant License Manager utility.
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4. Install SPLM and Generate a Machine ID

1) Log onto the laptop with a local administrator account.

2) Download the latest SPLM software from the eCustomer website
https://crmweb.intergraph.com
(Service > Download Software Updates > Products > SmartPlant
License Manager)

3) Open Control Panel > View by Small Icons > click Device Manager
> Open Network
Adapters list.
4) Click View on the menu bar > click Show Hidden Devices.
5) Right-click on the adapters and disable ALL network adapters
EXCPT the Microsoft
Loopback Adapter in the list.
6) Select Start > All Programs > Intergraph SmartPlant License
Manager > Generate
Machine ID and save to a text file such as c:\MachineID.TXT.
7) Back to the Device Managers dialog window, right-click and
enable all the previously
disabled network adapters.
8) Send the Machine ID file to your regional office or contact
Intergraph eLicense at
PPMSERV@INTERGRAPH.COM to request a license key. Do not
generate Machine
ID again after you sent out your Machine ID file to Intergraph and
before you
install your new license key.
9) Open SPLM and select Install and Remove > Install License Key to
install the license
key you received from Intergraph.

5. Add pdlice.exe onto Firewall Exception List

1) Click Start > Control Panel > Windows Firewall

2) Click Allow a Program or Feature through Windows Firewall
3) Click Change Settings button.
4) Click Allow another Programbutton.
5) Click Browse button.
6) Select pdlice.exe (by default, its C:\WIN32APP\INGR\SPLM\bin
folder)
7) Click Open button to close Browse window.
8) Click Add button to close Add a Program dialog box.
9) Back to the Allowed Programs window, select SPLM and click
Details button in
Allowed Programs list to make sure you see pdlice.exe in the file
path, and then close
the dialog box.
10) Back to the Allowed Programs dialog box, make sure Domain,
Home/Work (Private)
and Public all selected for SPLM.
11) Click OK to close Firewall dialog window
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6. Test SPLM on Laptop

1) Make sure your laptop works when its connected to the network:

a. Open SPLM > Configure and Test > Select License Machine for
Client
b. Type in your laptops node name, and click OK.
c. Test Seat Reservation > select your laptop as license server and
the product tag >
click OK. A license should be reserved successfully.
d. Make a note of the Seat number and click Close button.
e. Test Seat Release > type in the seat number and click OK. The
license should be
released successfully.
2) Now disconnect from the network, test seat to make sure SPLM
works too.
3) Now you should be able to start your application.
NOTES:
1) If your Windows 7 machine has User Access Control turned on
and you need to run pdlice
commands in Command Prompt, then you must right-click on
Command Prompt and open it
with Run as administer option. Otherwise, the commands may
result in errors.
2) If your laptop is configured as a license machine, and it has
Embassy Trust Suite or Panda or
MacAfee or Norton Antivirus software installed and you are getting
SPLM failed: [reading
socket] connection reset by peer message, you will need to
uninstall the anti-virus software
on your laptop.
3) If you have VM installed on your laptop, and you need to run your
application from VM and
pull license from your laptop, you need to add your laptops node
name as license machine in
SPLM client inside VM. Please refer to documentation Configure
SPLM 2012 Client in
VMware for more details.