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Administrator’s Guide
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About the Administrator’s Guide
How to Read This Manual
Before You Install
How to Read This Manual
This Administrator’s Guide is written primarily for the system administrator — the
person responsible for installing and maintaining Mathcad and any FLEXnet server
administering Mathcad licenses. It assumes you have a basic familiarity with Windows
and network administration.
For Mathcad installation, this Administrator’s Guide targets the Windows XP platform.
Dialog titles, menu options, and other elements mentioned in this Guide reflect
Windows XP navigation and object names.
For the System Administrator
The following sections contain important information for persons installing and
administering Mathcad and FLEXnet:
For the End User
End-users of Mathcad should refer to the User’s Guide as their primary source of
information, although the following sections of this guide may be of interest as well:
Before You Install An introduction to the concepts covered and terminology used
in this manual (see page 2.)
Installing Mathcad Instructions for performing an installation of Mathcad (see
page 6.)
Installing Internet
Explorer and Acrobat
Reader
Instructions for installing Internet Explorer and Acrobat
Reader, included on the Mathcad CD (see page 10.)
License Management Instructions for installing and configuring a FLEXnet license
server (see page 11.)
Before You Install An introduction to the concepts covered and terminology used
in this manual (see page 2).
Installing Internet
Explorer and Acrobat
Reader
Instructions for installing Internet Explorer and Acrobat
Reader, included on the Mathcad CD (see page 10).
Borrowing Licenses Using Mathcad while disconnected from a FLEXnet server
(see page 23).
License Management
Mathcad uses a license management program called FLEXnet, provided by
Macrovision Corporation. Additionally, the Image Processing, Signal Processing,
Data Analysis, and Wavelets Extension Packs are also license managed with FLEXnet.
In order to use Mathcad, you need the appropriate license file. Mathcad is sold with
either floating or node-locked licenses, on either a perpetual or an annual basis. Floating
licenses can be used by any workstation on your network, while node-locked licenses
can only be used on specified workstations. The Mathcad End User License Agreement
allows you to obtain a home-use license for each purchased floating or node-locked
license. For more information on types of licenses, see the section “Obtaining a License
File” on page 11.
Annual licenses must be renewed on a yearly basis on the PTC Customer Support site
or by contacting your local support office.
Upgrading from a Previous Version of Mathcad
Installing Mathcad Alongside Previous Versions
Mathcad 14 can be installed on a workstation currently running Mathcad 11 or later.
You do not need to uninstall any previous versions before you install Mathcad 14, nor
does installing Mathcad 14 automatically remove previous Mathcad installations.
Mathcad 14 can be installed alongside other previous versions, although compatibility
is not assured with unsupported versions of Mathcad.
If you elect to uninstall an earlier version after installing Mathcad 14, you may need to
re-register Mathcad 14. For more information on re-registering Mathcad, consult the
Release Notes (relnotes.htm), located either in the Mathcad folder or on the CD.
FLEXnet and Upgrading from Earlier Versions of Mathcad
If you are upgrading from an earlier version of Mathcad Enterprise Edition, you must
install FLEXnet from your Mathcad CD. Both FLEXlm and the vendor daemon
provided with previous versions of Mathcad are not compatible with Mathcad 14.
Previous versions of Mathcad are compatible with the version of FLEXnet provided
with Mathcad 14. Additionally, multiple versions of FLEXnet can exist on the same
server or network. This allows you to use the current version of FLEXnet to manage
Mathcad 14 licenses, and an existing installation of FLEXlm to manage licenses for
earlier versions of Mathcad.