Option 3.1. Select Network Options

  1. Select the Startup Options tab in the CIMPLICITY Options dialog box.

  2. Do one of the following:

Check Accept connections.

The local computer can connect to all other projects in the enterprise. Other computers can connect to running projects on the local computer.

Important: Accept connections is disabled when the license configuration for your current CIMPLICITY version is invalid. Check your license configuration to correct this; if you are upgrading this includes making sure that you added the upgrade license number to your configuration.

If Accept connections is disabled the Allow Compression check boxes do not save their information.

Check Accept connections and Use secure sockets.

The local computer can connect to only other secure projects in the enterprise. Only secure computers can connect to running projects on the local computer.

Leave both Accept connections and Use secure sockets unchecked.

The local computer will not connect to other projects in the enterprise. Other computers in cannot connect to projects running on the local computer.

  1. Do one of the following.

Check Allow compressed connections.

Compressed connections reduce the bytes that travel from one server to another. This can help speed up communication for some types of networks.

However, compression also increases CPU usage both for the sender and receiver. See the Compression value explanation below.

Check Allow uncompressed connections.

Communication occurs over the network according to its normal configuration.

Check Allow uncompressed connections and Prefer compressed connections.

Communication will attempt to form a compressed transmission before an uncompressed transmission.

If you are considering compression you can balance speed vs. CPU use by setting the Compression value.

0

No compression

1

Least compression and least CPU usage 

9

The highest compression and highest CPU usage. 

The default is 6.

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Step 3. Set startup options.