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  • Visit MyIT and install the UNSW VPN app.

    It is required to connect ra.vpn.unsw.edu.au to obtain network licenses for Leica Infinity and Quick Terrain Modeler.

  • MO has been installed on lab computers. You can obtain a copy to install on your home computer if needed.

    2.1 Obtain MO installation file

    Option 1:

    Obtain a MO copy from Team cven-sage-ug in MS Teams. Mo installation file is in Software channel (folder).

    Option 2:  

    • login to a lab computer
    • Browse S:\SAGE\Magnet_Office_installation folder
    • Copy the MO installation file

    Option 3: 

    Download from the link on Moodle course website supplied by your lecturer if available.

    Option 4: 

    Copy MO from a lab computer remotely via myAccess (see section 3 below)

    2.2 Install MO on home computers

    Double click MO installation file on your computer.

    Follow the onscreen instruction to install Magnet Office.

    Activate your MO (see section 2.3).

    2.3 Activate MO on lab or home computers

    MO licensing mechanism has been changed to "Check In" & "Check Out" (CICO) from network licensing since Jan 2023 at UNSW.

    "Check Out" means obtaining a license from Topcon license server. "Check In" is to return the license back to Topcon license server for others to use.

    We have a pool of MO licenses for use in UNSW for surveying related courses and enrolled students. Students can obtain license access details from lecturers for using MO on lab computers or home computers. 

    Start MO / Select Next (if display license file not found) / Select Online / Next / entre the license login details (username: xxx; pwd: ###) / Select Keep logged in / Next / Select an available license / Next / Accept the agreement / Finish (Don't select Check in). Your MO is licensed and ready to use.

    Please NOTE: Every Term, all licenses will be checked in. Users’ need to check out again in the next Term.
    • Login to MyAccess
    • Select menu - Access My App
    • Login with your zID and zPass
    • Select Desktops in the menu
    • Select Civil-LABPC-H20-Rm611Open Citrix Workspace if promotted.

      A new window will open and logging in. Now you are working on a lab computer via myAccess. It is the same as you are sitting at the computer.

      To transfer files between the lab computer and you computer, open File Explorer on the lab computer window. Select This PC and Read/Write Access - you will be able to copy and paste files from/to the lab PC to/from your computer remotely. For example, copy S:\SAGE\Magnet_Office_installation\v8 packaged\MAGNET_Office_v80_Win64.exe and paste it to your computer. It will take sometime to copy across depending on your Internet speed. 

     

  • Download installation file:

    Leica Infinity is currently installed on all lab computers. 

    Obtain Infinity from Team cven-sage-ug in MS Teams. Infinity installation file is in Software channel (folder). 

    Alternatively, it can be copied from S: drive (S:\SAGE\Leica Geosystems\Leica Infinity) from a lab computer or remotely. 

    Obtain license for personal computers:

    On campus: To be able to obtain Leica Infinity network license on your own computers, you computers must be connected to Uniwide wireless or cable network and point to license server ENGPWLICCVE580.

    Off campus: Connect vpn.unsw.edu.au to obtain Infinity license. License server ENGPWLICCVE580 or ENGPWLICCVE580.ad.unsw.edu.au.

  • WayPoint Inertial Explorer has been installed and activated on Computer #2 in SAGE Lab. SAGE staff may use the software on their own computers temporarily with prearrangement.

    License type: floating
    License end date: Permanent
    Number of installations: no limit
    Number of license: 1
    Maintenance end date: 7/3/2020
    Download "Installation and License Activation Guide"

    Please note that it is not a network license. "Local License Manager" will be part of the package when the software is successfully installed. Local activation using "Local License Manager" is required. For other users' information and easy locating the license, Activator Info is required when activate the license on your computer. This could be your email address or your name. This string is passed to the NovAtel license server and accessible through the FlexNet customer portal and by NovAtel Waypoint support agents. If nothing is entered in the text box, then no additional information is passed to the NovAtel license server. A forced license return may interrupt your use of 
    the software.

    Once activated, your computer occupies the license until it is returned. So, please return the license once you have finished your data processing.

     

  • 6.1. Use ArcGIS Pro on CVEN lab computers

    1.  Users request their own ArcGIS.COM login account (https://www.arcgis.com or https://unsw-au.maps.arcgis.com) through their lecturers or supervisors.
    2. Once a login account created by ArcGIS administrators for UNSW, the user receives an email from "ArcGIS Notifications <notifications@arcgis.com>" with a link (valid for 14 days) to activate and reset password. Please note that your account/login name is not your email address. The format is john.smith_unsw_au or j.smith_unsw_au).
    3. Start ArcGIS Pro from its desktop icon or menu. Click OK when ArcGIS Pro complains that it cannot access the license server (might need 2 OKs).
    4. Change the license type from Concurrent to Named User. Click OK.
    5. It will then prompt for a login with your activated account. Make sure you use your arcgis.com account. Some users may have their My Esri accounts which do not work for ArcGIS Pro.

     
    6.2. Use ArcGIS Pro via MyAccess

    The steps are the same as in section 5.1. The only difference is you can access lab computers from a non-lab computer e.g. from home or off campus. Go to https://aaa-access.unsw.edu.au/. 

    1. Entre zID and zPass, accept the T&Cs
    2. click Log On.  OK. If the system asks you to download or update Citrix, please do so. 
    3. On the top of the window, click on DESKTOPS.
    4. Click CIVIL-LABPC-H20-Rm611. You may need to manually open the downloaded “*.ica” file if it does not automatically open the remote desktop interface.
    5. Login using zID and zPass. This is the same as you work in front of the lab computers. ArcGIS Pro are installed on all lab computers.

     
    6.3. Download and install ArcGIS Pro

    6.3.1 Download ArcGIS Pro

    1. Login your ArcGIS.COM account via https://www. arcgis.com or https://unsw-au.maps.arcgis.com.
    2. At the top right corner of the page, click your username, select My settings.
    3. On My settings page, click the Licenses tab.
    4. Next to ArcGIS Pro, click Download.
    5. In the Download window, review the Language setting. If you want to download a localized version of ArcGIS Pro, change the setting to the language you want.
    6. Click Download. An executable file (.exe, 2.4GB) is downloaded to your computer.

     6.3.2 Install ArcGIS Pro

    Make sure you have an ArcGIS login account. your account must be activated through the notification link sent from ArcGIS.com. If you don't have one, contact your lectures or supervisors.

    Install ArcGIS Pro from the downloaded file. While approaching the end of the installation, it asks for your ArcGIS.com account details (username and password). Entre you username and password, your ArcGIS Pro should start in seconds.

     
    6.4. Use ArcGIS Desktop on lab computers

    ArcMap or ArcCatalog icon and menus are available on all lab computers.

     
    6.5. ArcGIS Desktop (Remote to a computer in CVEN computer lab)

    See section 6.2. 

  • License path: 27000@cvepwlic001.ad.unsw.edu.au

  • GeoSLAM Desktop comes with the Zeb REVO handheld lidar scanner had been replaced with GeoSLAM Hun a few tears back. The Hub was GeoSLAM’s primary processing platform up until September 2021 when Connect was launched. We as a customer received both a Hub and Connect license. GeoSLAM recommends using Connect for all of the new features and faster processing.

    Licence codes:

    GeoSLAM Connect: by request
    GeoSLAM Hub: by request

    Download the current versions of GeoSLAM Connect (v2.2.0) and/or GeoSLAM Hub (v6.2.1) and associated documents.

    Install the Connect and/or Hub. While installing the Connect, it asks to install GeoSLAM license manager v1.3.5 to manage (activate and deactivate) licenses. You can activate both licenses or one of the two. The license manager requires a login. Details as below:

    Username: by request; Pwd: by request
    Once the licenses are activated in the license manager, the Connect and/or Hub should work on the same computer.
    Please remember to deactivate the licenses when you finish the processing for others to use.
    Download the PDF on how to re-activate your new licence.

     

  • Request through supervisors.

     

  • Autodesk Civil3D has been packaged for network installation in background to your UNSW's SOE computers. Either to install it on to a SOE computer or personal computer, users need to make a request to UNSW IT Service Desk by email with the following details.

    For SOE computers    : Name, zID, computer name, location (building number and room number), contact number.
    For personal computers: Name, zID, contact number.