Software access for current students

  1. How to access UNSW VPN
  2. Magnet Office on Lab and home computers
  3. How to access lab computers remotely via MyAccess
  4. Leica Infinity
  5. WayPoint Inertial Explorer
  6. ArcGIS
  7. Quick Terrain Modeler
  8. GeoSLAM
  9. LAStools and ENVI (request through supervisor)
  10. Autodesk Civil3D

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1. How to access UNSW VPN for software licensing

  • Open webpage https://www.myit.unsw.edu.au/services/students/remote-access-vpn, expend +Windows or +Mac to see details on how to download Cisco Anyconnect for Windows or Mac. 
  • Execute Cisco AnyConnect. Connect to vpn.unsw.edu.au. zID and zPass are required.
  • It is required to connect vpn.unsw.edu.au to obtain some surveying software network licenses, e.g. Leica Infinity. 

2 Magnet Office (MO) and UNSW's educational MO license pool

MO has been installed on lab computers. You need to obtain a copy to install on your home computer if you want to.

2.1 Activate MO on lab or home computers

  • MO licensing mechanism has been changed to "Check In" & "Check Out" (CICO) from network licensing since Jan 2023 at UNSW.
  • "Check Out" means obtaining a license from Topcon license server. "Check In" is to return the license back to Topcon license server for others to use.
  • We have a pool of MO licenses for use in UNSW for surveying related courses and enrolled students. Students can obtain license access details from lecturers for using MO on lab computers or home computers.  
  • Start MO / Select Next (if display license file not found) / Select Online / Next / entre the license login details obtained from your lecturer / Select Keep logged in / Next / Select an available license / Next / Accept the agreement / Finish (Don't select Check in). Your MO is licensed and ready to use.

2.2 Obtain MO7 installation file for home use

  • Option1: login to a lab computer, copy MO installation file MAGNET_Office_v70_Win64.exe in directory S:\SAGE\Magnet_Office_installation\v7.0 packaged to your USB drive. Copy the file from the USB drive to your home computers.
  • Option2: download from the link on Moodle course website supplied by your lecturer.
  • Option3: copy MAGNET_Office_v70_Win64.exe from a lab computer remotely via myAccess (see section 3 below)

 

2.3 Install MO on home computers

  • Double click the copied or downloaded MO installation file on your computer.
  • Follow the onscreen instruction to install Magnet Office 7.
  • Activate your MO (see section 2.1 above).

3. How to access lab computers remotely via MyAccess

  • Login to MyAccess via https://www.myaccess.unsw.edu.au/
  • Select menu - Access My App
  • Login with your zID and zPass
  • Select Desktops in the menu
  • Select Civil-LABPC-H20-Rm611
  • Open Citrix Workspace if promotted. 
  • A new window will open and logging in. Now you are working on a lab computer via myAccess. It is the same as you are sitting at the computer.
  • To transfer files between the lab computer and you computer, open File Explorer on the lab computer window. Select This PC and Read/Write Access - you will be able to copy and paste files from/to the lab PC to/from your computer remotely. For example, copy S:\SAGE\Magnet_Office_installation\v7.0 packaged\MAGNET_Office_v70_Win64.exe and paste it to your computer. It will take sometime to copy across depending on your Internet speed. 

.4. Leica Infinity

Download installation file:

  • Leica Infinity v3.6.1 is currently installed on all lab computers. Here is the link to download Leica Infinity v3.6.1 installation file:  Leica_Infinity_Setup_3.6.1.35335_en.exe. Your zID and zPass are required to access this link.
  • Alternatively it can be copied from S: drive (S:\SAGE\Leica Geosystems\Leica Infinity\3.6.1) from a lab computer or remotely (see section 3 steps on webpage: https://www.sage.unsw.edu.au/software-licenses)

Obtain license for personal computers:

  • On campus: To be able to obtain Leica Infinity network license on your own computers, you computers must be connected to Uniwide wireless or cable network and point to license server ENGPWLICCVE580.
  • Off campus: Connect vpn.unsw.edu.au to obtain Infinity license. License server ENGPWLICCVE580 or ENGPWLICCVE580.ad.unsw.edu.au

Use Infinity on Lab computers remotely:

  • Login to MyAccess via https://www.myaccess.unsw.edu.au/. zID and zPass are required.
  • Select menu - Access My App
  • Login with your zID and zPass
  • Select Desktops in the menu
  • Select Civil-LABPC-H20-Rm611
  • Open Citrix Workspace if promotted. 
  • A new window will open and logging in. Now you are working on a lab computer via myAccess. It is the same as you are sitting at the computer.
  • To transfer files between the lab computer and your computer, open File Explorer on the lab computer window. Select This PC and Read/Write Access - you will be able to copy and paste files from/to the lab PC to/from your computer remotely. It will take sometime to copy across depending on your Internet speed. 

5. WayPoint Inertial Explorer

WayPoint Inertial Explorer has been installed and activated on Computer #2 in SAGE Lab. SAGE staff may use the software on their own computers temporarily with prearrangement.

Please note that it is not a network license. "Local License Manager" will be part of the package when the software is successfully installed. Local activation using "Local License Manager" is required. For other users' information and easy locating the license, Activator Info is required when activate the license on your computer. This could be your email address or your name. This string is passed to the NovAtel license server and accessible through the FlexNet customer portal and by NovAtel Waypoint support agents. If nothing is entered in the text box, then no additional information is passed to the NovAtel license server. A forced license return may interrupt your use of the software.  

 

Once activated, your computer occupies the license until it is returned. So, please return the license once you have finished your data processing.

6 ArcGIS

6.1. ArcGIS Pro (on CVEN lab computers)

  • Users are required to request their own arcgis.com login accounts (not myesri.com) through their lecturers or supervisors.
  • Once an arcgis.com login account is created, the user receives an email from "ArcGIS Notifications <notifications@arcgis.com>" with a link to activate and reset password. This account must be activated and the password must be reset before using ArcGIS Pro or ArcGIS Online. Please not that your account/login name is not your email address (e.g. it is similar to john.smith_unsw_au)
  • To use ArcGIS Pro on a lab computer, start ArcGIS Pro.
  • Click OK when ArcGIS Pro complains it cannot access the license server (might need two OKs).
  • Change the license type from Concurrent to Named User, and click OK.
  • It will then prompt for a login which is where the arcgis.com account details can be entered (your login name and password).
  • Make sure you use the arcgis.com account. Some users may have their my.esri.com accounts which do not work for ArcGIS Pro.

6.2. ArcGIS Pro (Remote desktop to a CVEN lab computer via MyAccess)

The steps are same as in 5.1. The only difference is you can access lab computers from a non lab computer e.g. from home or off campus. Go to https://aaa-access.unsw.edu.au/. Entre zID and zPass, accept the T&Cs and click Log On.  Click OK. If the system asks you to download or update Citrix, please do so.  On the top of the window, click on DESKTOPS. Click CIVIL-LABPC-H20-Rm611. You may need to manually open the downloaded “*.ica” file if it not automatically open the remote desktop interface. Login using zID and zPass. This is the same as you work in front of the lab computers. ArcGIS Pro are installed on all lab computers.

6.3. ArcGIS Pro (download and installation)

6.3.1 Download ArcGIS Pro from ArcGIS Online

Follow these steps to download ArcGIS Pro from ArcGIS Online. 

  1. Sign in to your ArcGIS Online organization account from the link https://unsw-au.maps.arcgis.com.
  2. At the top of the page, click your user name and click My settings.
  3. On the My settings page, click the Licenses tab.
  4. Next to ArcGIS Pro, click Download.
  5. In the Download window, review the Language setting. If you want to download a localized version of ArcGIS Pro, change the setting to the language you want.
  6. Click Download.
  7. An executable file (.exe, 2.4GB) is downloaded to your computer.
6.3.2 Install ArcGIS Pro
  1. Make sure you have a ArcGIS Online account. your account must be activated through the notification link sent from arcGIS online. If you don't have one, contact your lectures or supervisors.
  2. Install ArcGIS Pro from the downloaded file.
  3. While approaching the end of the installation, it asks for your arcGIS Online account details (user name and password). Entre you correct user name and password, your ArcGIS Pro should start in seconds.

6.4. ArcGIS Desktop

https://aaa-access.unsw.edu.au/. Entre zID and zPass, accept the T&Cs and click Log On.  Click OK. If the system asks you to download or update Citrix, please do so.  On the top of the window, click on Apps. Navigate to ArcGIS apps to start. No VPN or License is needed. Works on MacOS and Windows. 

6.5. ArcGIS Desktop (Remote to a computer in CVEN computer lab)

https://aaa-access.unsw.edu.au/. Entre zID and zPass, accept the T&Cs and click Log On.  Click OK. If the system asks you to download or update Citrix, please do so.  On the top of the window, click on DESKTOPS. Click CIVIL-LABPC-H20-Rm611. You may need to manually open the downloaded “*.ica” file if it not automatically open the remote desktop interface. Login using zID and zPass. This is the same as you work in front of the lab computers.

Quick Terrain Modeler

License path: 27000@cvepwlic001.ad.unsw.edu.au

8 GeoSLAM

GeoSLAM Desktop comes with the Zeb REVO handheld lidar scanner had been replaced with GeoSLAM Hun a few tears back. The Hub was GeoSLAM’s primary processing platform up until September 2021 when Connect was launched. We as a customer received both a Hub and Connect license. GeoSLAM recommends using Connect for all of the new features and faster processing.

Licence codes:

GeoSLAM Connect: by request
GeoSLAM Hub: by request

  • Go to https://geoslam.com/us/support/#software-downloads to download the current versions GeoSLAM Connect (v2.2.0) and/or GeoSLAM Hub (v6.2.1) and associated documents.
  • Install the Connect and/or Hub. While installing the Connect, it asks to install GeoSLAM license manager v1.3.5 to manage (activate and deactivate) licenses. You can activate both licenses or one of the two. The license manager requires a login. Details as below:
  • User name: by request; Pwd: by request
  • Once the licenses are activated in the license manager, the Connect and/or Hub should work on the same computer.
  • Please remember to deactivate the licenses when you finish the processing for others to use.
  • How to re-activate your new licence: https://3893356.fs1.hubspotusercontent-na1.net/hubfs/3893356/New%20Licence%20instructions%20for%20users.pdf

 9 LAS tools and ENVI 

Request through supervisors.

10 Autodesk Civil3D

Autodesk Civil3D has been packaged for network installation in background to your UNSW's SOE computers. Either to install it on to a SOE computer or personal computer, users need to make a request to UNSW IT Service Desk by email (itservicecentre@unsw.edu.au) with the following details.

  • For SOE computers: Name, zID, computer name, location (building number and room number), contact number.
  • For personal computers: Name, zID, contact number.