= Imaris First Time Setup =
When launching Imaris for the first time, you need to make some initial adjustments
== Define the License Server if there is none ==
1. Click on the {nav icon=key, name=Key} icon (written Administrate)
2. Select **Define Floating License Server**
|Servername | ptbioplicense.epfl.ch |
| Port | 2700 |
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2. Provide the amount of **Texture Cache Limit** which depends on the GPU of the machine
| PC | GPU |RAM|Suggested|
|----------------|-----------------|-----|----------|
|Peacock Spider | RTX 2080 Ti | 11GB | 9600 |
|Pink Panther | RTX 2080 Ti | 11GB | 9600 |
|Mantis Shrimp| RTX 2080 Ti | 11GB | 9600 |
|Squared Cell | Quadro 620 | 2GB | 1750 |
|Red Panda | GTX 580 | 2GB | 1750 |
3. Set The SWAP Folder Somewhere other than C:/
1. Press {key CTRL P} to access the **Properties Menu**
2. Navigate to {nav Calculation} and change the **Cache File Path** to something like `D:\Swap`
4. Make sure that the XTensions folder points to the Matlab files
1. From the ** Properties Menu**, navigate to {nav Custom Tools}
2. Change **rtmatlab** to **matlab**
= Imaris Remote License Manager (RLM) =
At the BIOP, we opted for a floating license approach to Imaris, as we have two full licenses and two basic licenses (Up to Imaris 7.6.1) and over 10 computers that could benefit from using Imaris.
== ptbioplicense.epfl.ch ==
We requested a static IP address as well as an alias 'ptbioplicense.epfl.ch' to make connection to the license server as simple as possible.
=== Update 2019 ===
Our Intel NUC passed away and we requested a virtual machine through SV-IT and Oli installed everything. The machine is still accessible via 'ptbioplicense.epfl.ch'
Issues with the machine should be adressed to [[mailto:paul.schalbetter@epfl.ch| Paul Schalbetter]]
== In Case Of License Problems ==
Connect to **ptbioplicense.epfl.ch** using Remote Desktop Connection (You can use your BIOP credentials)
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Then open **Windows Services** by clicking on the Desktop shortcut and locate **Imaris Remote License Manager**
{nav Right Click > **Restart**}
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Eventually, you may have to start the `Task Manager` and `end task` of `bitplane`.
== Changing the `bitplane.lic` and `bitplane.opt` Files ==
If we get new `bitplane.lic` and `bitplane.opt` these are the steps to change them
1. Remotely login to `ptbioplicense.epfl.ch`
2. Go to **Services** and stop the **BitplaneRLM** Service
3. Go to C:\rlm and copy the old `bitplane.lic` and `bitplane.opt` files somewhere safe, rename them.
4. Copy the new `bitplane.lic` and `bitplane.opt` files into the rlm folder.
5. Restart the **BitplaneRLM** Service