Preparing the remote access host computer

The remote access host computers must be configured to display the Offline mode commands in the PowerUser client application. They should synchronize changed documents on every Offline command, but use the remote client computers’ Local Workspace for storage. And for best performance, documents should be viewed using AutoVue in a client/server deployment as described in About AutoVue.

If a pool of remote access host computers will be used, the Local Workspace lock ID, which normally identifies the computer where the client is run, must be set to a common value for all of the remote access host computers.

To prepare the remote access host computers for remote access:

1. If documents that include external references will be edited by remote access client computers, install the documents’ native application on the remote access host computer, which is required to resolve the external references of documents downloaded to the remote access client computers.
2. Install the Meridian client applications that will be used by the remote access client computers, the appropriate application links, and Application Integration components as described in Installing the client components.

3. Create the following values if they do not already exist and set them as described in HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Cyco\AutoManager Meridian\CurrentVersion\Client

   • OfflineMode
   • RunRemoteApp
   • UseCICO
   • WorkSpaceDB
   • WorkSpaceLocation
   • WorkSpaceLockID

   If both the 32-bit and the 64-bit versions of Application Integration will be used, set the same values in the Wow6432Node branch as described in HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Wow6432Node. AMHookTray.exe may need to be restarted for the changes to take effect.

Notes

• To switch the user interface language of Meridian Enterprise to accommodate remote access users in different locales, see Installing second language support.

• If AutoCAD will be run over the remote connection and title blocks will be synchronized from the PowerUser client, set the registry keys accordingly that are described in HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Cyco\AutoManager Meridian\CurrentVersion\AutocadLink.