Installation Instructions

• Download FF3SETUP.EXE, and either physically at your server, or connecting via Remote Desktop Connection (or similar software), run the installation application.

• When installing FluidFlow on your network server, select Yes when prompted “Are you installing on a NETWORK server?” This will create a PSFF.INI (text) file, with a NetworkAccessFolder entry that points to the location of the license file on your server.

See NOTE 1 for information about configuring your FluidFlow network installation.

• Activate FluidFlow on your network server to create the license file in the folder pointed to by PSFF.INI | NetworkAccessFolder.

Note: You will need to do this either physically directly at the server machine, or via Terminal Services/RDC.

To “activate”:

• Start the FluidFlow License Manager (FluidFlow3LM.EXE) located in the same folder as PSFF.EXE on your server.

• Go to the ‘Activate’ page.

• Enter:

- Username: ******

- Password: ******

• Click the ‘Activate FluidFlow3’ button.

See NOTE 2 for information about activating your FluidFlow network installation.

• Start FluidFlow on your server – username: Administrator; password: PSFF

• Select the ‘Database | Configure Users…’ menu item and add your FluidFlow users.

• Provide your users with a link to PSFF.EXE on your server.

See NOTE 3 for information about sharing your FluidFlow application folder and creating a shortcut link.

NOTE 1: Configuring your Network Installation (Sharing Folders and Setting Permissions)

When you install FluidFlow the setup program creates a configuration text file - PSFF.INI - in the same folder as the application (PSFF.EXE), typically in “C:\Program Files (x86)\Flite\FluidFlow3”.

This file will contain three entries: the location of the equipment data (DataFolder); the location of the user preferences (PreferencesFolder), and the location of the license file (NetworkAccessFolder). These are the only folders in FluidFlow that users need to have read-write access to for the application to function correctly. The FluidFlow application folder requires only read access.

FYI: The DataFolder needs to be read-write so that you can edit Line Equipment items such as Valves and Boosters via the ‘Databases’ menu items. The PreferencesFolder is where FluidFlow stores user-specific settings, e.g., ‘Options | Calculation’. The NetworkAccessFolder is where the application tracks who is logged on against what is valid for the license.

The PSFF.INI entries default to folders under “[Public Documents]\Flite”. The “Public Documents” folder is typically “C:\Users\Public\Documents”. You can determine where it is on your machine by putting %PUBLIC% into the address bar of Windows Explorer.

When you do a network installation– by answering Yes to the “Are you installing on a NETWORK server?” prompt - your PSFF.INI will look like:

[Options]

DataFolder=\\YourServer\C$\Users\Public\Documents\Flite\FluidFlow3\Data

PreferencesFolder=\\YourServer\C$\Users\Public\Documents\Flite\FluidFlow3\Preferences

NetworkAccessFolder=\\YourServer\C$\Users\Public\Documents\Flite\FluidFlow3

Note: YourServer will be replaced by the name of your server machine.

IMPORTANT: This is where an issue might arise as FluidFlow assumes the C drive will be shared when you perform a network installation. We would recommend that you do not share the C drive itself, but share the “[Public Documents]\Flite\FluidFlow” folder instead.

To do this: right-mouse click the “[Public Documents]\Flite\FluidFlow” folder name in Windows Explorer. Select ‘Properties | Sharing | Advanced Sharing’ and check the ‘Share this folder’ option:

Click the ‘Permissions’ button and give full control to the ‘Everyone’ group:

If you share the FluidFlow folder (as described above), you need to modify PSFF.INI to reflect that. For example:

[Options]

DataFolder=\\YourServer\FluidFlow3\Data

PreferencesFolder=\\YourServer\FluidFlow3\Preferences

NetworkAccessFolder=\\YourServer\FluidFlow3