Please follow the download and installation instructions on the Oracle web site. You should, if possible, accept the default installation location.

If you wish to do some Java Programming

With 64-bit Windows, the Java 3D installer does not correctly copy the required files to the correct location. When you try to start Jim, you may see an error message stating that Java 3D is not correctly installed. This next step corrects this problem.

Using the Windows Explorer, open the folder: "C:\Program Files\Java\Java3D\1.5.X\bin\"

Also using Windows Explorer, open the folder: "C:\Program Files\Java\jre6\bin\", as shown in the screen shot below (taken using Windows 7).

Copy and paste the file j3dcore-ogl.dll from "C:\Program Files\Java\Java3D\1.5.X\bin\" to "C:\Program Files\Java\jre6\bin\".

Next, navigate to the folders "C:\Program Files\Java\Java3D\1.5.X\lib\ext" and "C:\Program Files\Java\jre6\lib\ext"

Copy and paste the files j3dcode.jar, j3dutils.jar and vecmath.jar from C:\Program Files\Java\Java3D\1.5.X\lib\ext" to "C:\Program Files\Java\jre6\lib\ext"

1. Save install.jar in a temporary folder (or the Desktop) on your system.
2. Double-click on the downloaded copy of install.jar to install Jim. This will launch the installer.
3. In the installer, when you come to choose the "Installation directory", you can do either:
   • A system-wide installation - you must be logged in as a user with Administrator rights. Select the installation folder "C:\Program Files\Xinapse\Jim6".
   • A personal installation (for your own use). Select the installation folder "C:\Users\Username\Xinapse\Jim6", where Username is your own user name.

• This computer's Host ID is: "000123456789"
  Please send this string of digits/letters to .
• This computer's hostids are: "000123456789" "000F1E2D3C4B5"
  If this happens, you have more than one ethernet adapter. Please follow the instructions in the error message to decide which of these to send to .

Note: this is not an automated service, and there will be a delay before you receive your license file.

Please be careful when copying the hostid: if you send the incorrect hostid, Jim will not work. Each hostid is 12 characters long, and consists of the digits 0..9 and the letters A..F.

If in doubt, you can always send us full details about your network adapters by doing the following.

• Go to the Start button, and select All Programs, Accessories, Command Prompt (as seen below, using Windows XP).

  

• When the DOS command prompt window comes up, type in the command: ipconfig /all > C:\ip.txt
  This command will create a file called ip.txt in the C: folder.
• e-mail the file ip.txt to . We will then be able to choose the appropriate MAC address for your PC.

Note: this is not an automated service, and there will be a delay before you receive your license file.

If you believe that you have received and correctly installed your license file, then you can get Jim to print out more detailed messages about why licensing has failed. Press the button. This will pop up a further dialog containing detailed license debugging messages. You can use these to diagnose the problem, or e-mail the messages shown in this window to , to help us to diagnose the problem.

If you have purchased network (floating) licenses, you can set up the connection to your license server by clicking on the . See the instructions for setting up a connection to a license server.