Deploying Inventor HSM 2017

[Anonymous]

Hi, I've created a deployment version of Inventor HSM 2017.   Setup.exe failed to ask for serial number and product key.  After googling, I enter parameters into Setup.ini and recreated deployment with correct serial number and product key.  

Inventor HSM installs and fails at invalid serial number, my serial number is correct, the product key entered during creation was C13I1, default key being pushed during installation is 970I1.  Why?

Help and thanks

[Mark.Lancaster]

@Anonymous

When the 2017 product line was released, the prompt for serial # and product key is no longer required under installation.  It is required when the product is first launched.   What type of license do you have?

[Anonymous]

Hi, thanks for the reply, I'm using the Standalone version, packaging it for SCCM Software Centre.   I can't ask the students to enter serial number and product code on first launch, I need to provide seamless install.   Thanks again.

[Anonymous]

I've also tried to edit the .mst file and modify the 970I1 to C13I1.   File doesn't work after modification.

[Mark.Lancaster]

@Anonymous

If you're school why didn't you request network version of your license?  That way your students do not need to activate the software on each machine since its gets its activation for the license manager.  In addition the network version doesn't require a serial # or product at all.  My advice go back and request the network version and make your life a lot easier.

[Anonymous]

Hi Mark, actually I did a network version using 2014, creating a virtual licensing server.  

The Multiseat StandAlone 2017 has worked great for packaging.    I've already package AutoCAD, Inventor, Revit, StingRay, Fusion over a year ago ... everything works great.   Just pushed out add-on Raster, no problem.   If I can't get HSM working, it'll have to be removed from our Software Center.  

Any ideas on fixing the Product Code would be great .... and thanks for replying 😄

[Anonymous · Accepted solution]

My Solution: 

1.  After entering parameters into Setup.ini and recreated deployment with correct serial number and product key.  

 ...  Product Code still wrong

2. Next I install InventorHSM manually on workstation.   Copy ProductInformation.pit file to Deployment Folder.

3. Then created a batch file, with the following:

         ".\Img\Setup.exe /W /q /I Img\InventorHSM.ini /language en-us /c InventorHSM: PRODUCTEDITION=INHSMP          ACADSERIALPREFIX=### ACADSERIALNUMBER=######## ADLM_PRODKEY=C13I1 InstallLevel=5"
          "xcopy /y ProductInformation.pit "C:\ProgramData\Autodesk\AdLM\*.*"

It works with a little glitch, it asks to serial number, but once you click the button to key info in ... serial and code are injected automatically