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Zeland Software, Inc.

Specialist in Electromagnetic Simulation and Design Automation
48834 Kato Road. 103A, Fremont, CA 94538, U.S.A. Tel: (510)-623-7162 Fax: (510)623-7135, Web: www.zeland.com


Installation Guide for the Stand-Alone Version or the Application Part
of Network Version of Zeland Products

Before you install the software, please first read the accompanying license or evaluation agreement for the terms of using the
software. This is the installation guide for the stand-alone version. If you are installing IE3D/FIDELITY/MDSPICE/COCAFIL
network version, you need to follow special installation guide for the network version.
Requirements:

A computer with Intel i386 compatible CPU is required. Intel Core 2 Duo or AMD Athlon or later CPU is strongly recommended;
MS-Windows 95, 98, ME, NT, 2000, XP or Vista is required; 16M RAM or whatever necessary for the OS is required. More is
strongly recommended. Video mode at least 1024 by 768 resolution and 32K color is required for FIDELITY.

Installation Procedures:

(1). If you are running Windows NT/2000/XP/Vista, please login as administrator. It is required for installation of the security
driver. If you are running Windows 95, 98 or ME, you dont need to login. If you are using the stand-alone products, you
need to plug in the key (or dongle) coming with the software. If you are using the network license, you need to make sure you
have installed Zeland Security Server and make sure the ZSS is licensing on the network.
(2). Insert the CD into your CD-ROM drive. The dialog Zeland Software, Inc will come up. Please select Products Setup-
>Application Setup on Windows to start the setup process. It is corresponding to running the SETUP.EXE in the
ZelandApplicationsInstallation directory in the CD. Please select NEXT and follow the on-screen instructions to continue.
(3). In case you have installed Zeland Products Release 12 before, the installer may prompt you whether you want to modify,
repair or remove the installation. You should choose to remove the older installation and re-install it again. Modify and repair
may not be able to update your executables with the ones in the current CD. If you are installing into Windows Vista, please
try to install Zeland Products into other than c:\Program Files directory. Windows Vista prevent non-administrators to access
the c:\Program Files directory. It may cause problem for users without administrative previledge. Future Zeland Products
Setup will address this potential problem. You are suggested to use other than the default c:\program files\zeland directory on
Windows Vista.
(4). The CD includes IE3D, FIDELITY, MDSPICE, COCAFIL, LINEGAUGE, FILTERSYN, MTRAN and ADIX. You will be
entitled for the licenses you purchased. They are specified by the Zeland Program Manager (ZPM) for the stand-alone license
or by the Zeland Security Server (ZSS) for the network license. The ZPM (and/or ZSS) may not come with the downloaded
installation program. You are required to copy them from your existing installations or require them from us
(support@zeland.com). Each individual serial number of license requires an individual ZPM (and ZSS) while the
downloaded installation program is for all the users.
(5). The driver is installed automatically for you. It is necessary for the stand-alone license only. In case you can not start the
ZELAND license from ZPM on the stand-alone license, you should take the following steps to check the driver installation:
(a) On Windows NT, please select START\SETTINGS\ CONTROL PANEL\MULTIMEDIA\DEVICES\OTHER
MULTIMEDIA DEVICES. (b) On Windows 2000, please select START\ SETTINGS\CONTROL
PANEL\ADMINISTRATIVE TOOLS\COMPUTER MANAGEMENT\SYSTEM TOOLS\ SYSTEM
INFORMATION\SOFTWARE ENVIRONMENT\DRIVERS. (c) On Windows XP, please select CONTROL
PANEL\ADMINISTRATIVE TOOLS\COMPUTER MANAGEMENT\SYSTEM TOOLS\DEVICE MANAGER. Then,
select VIEW\SHOW HIDDEN DEVICES. Check the list of NON-PLUG AND PLAY DRIVERS. Please make sure you see
the Sentinel in the list. If you do not see it, it means that the driver may not be installed properly. Please make sure its status
on Windows NT/XP is Started or its state on Windows 2000 is Running, and its STARTUP is AUTOMATIC. In case you
want to re-install the driver, please run ZPM (ZELAND.EXE). Then, select File->Install Driver to install the driver. For
network license, ZPM does not detect the key and it does not use the driver. You are required to connect the ZPM to the ZSS
server. The procedure is discussed in the network installation guide and it is not repeated here
(6). After you start ZPM and you see Zeland License Started (see Figure 1), you can run Zeland application programs. You can
start them from the ZPM menu or the short cuts in Zeland Folder on your desktop. When you run them from the ZPM menu,
ZPM will try run them from the same directory as where the ZPM is located. For example, when you run IE3Ds layout
editor MGRID.EXE, ZPM will try find it in its local directory. In case you cant invoke it, it may mean that the executable is

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not in the same directory as ZPM (Zeland.exe). It is not necessary to put them into the same directory. You just need to run
the application on the Zeland Folder or from the Program Manager of Windows in case they are not.
(7). This step is special for Windows Vista. Due to tightened security on Windows Vista, you may have problem to run Zeland
application the 1
st
time on Windows Vista. To avoid problem, you are required to run the ZPM (or Zeland.exe) the 1
st
time
with Administrators privilege. Please open Zeland Folder from the desktop. Please select Zeland Program Manger (ZPM)
from the list (see Figure 2). Right click on it to bring up a pop-up menu (see Figure 2). Please select Run as Administrator
to start the ZPM. If you have stand-lone license, ZPM will check the key and you will see the Zeland License Started in
Figure 1. If you have network license, you will see the License Option dialog. Please select some license(s) and select OK to
check out the license(s) from the ZSS server. Then, you will see Zeland Network License Started (similar to Figure 1), the
installation is completed successfully. Future installation may avoid this final manual work on Windows Vista.


Figure 1. The ZPM window after the license is started successfully.


Figure 2. Click right mouse button on ZPM to bring up the pop-up menu.

Please read the README.TXT for the latest information on the IE3D. If you have questions on installing or using the software,
please contact the distributor or ZELAND SOFTWARE, INC. directly (support@zeland.com).