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Installation.
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Install on Windows
Install on Linux
Licensing MaSSHandra

Requirements and Supported Platforms

Currently, MaSSHandra is supported on Windows (XP/Vista/7/8) and Linux (i386 and x86_64 architectures).
MaSSHandra uses OpenGL to render 3D graphics. A minimum of version 1.1 is required. Nowadays, almost every computer supports this version.
To get the best performance in 3D graphics acceleration, it is recommended to install/update the graphics card driver. This action can have a significant improvement in the quality of the diagrams generated.

Install on Windows
To install MaSSHandra on Windows, follow these steps:
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Download the Windows version from the web page and run the installer.
Follow the instructions on the installer.
Click "Next" on the Welcome Screen.
Accept the terms of the license agreement and click next.
Select the directory where the application is to be installed and click next.
Click on Install.

Once installed, the application will be found in the Programs list under "MaSSHandra" folder. MaSSHandra will associate two extensions to this
program:
m2d files. These files are MaSSHandra diagrams.
m2m files. These files are MaSSHandra Mesh Groups (colection of objects you can use on diagrams).
Once finished, we will have the base version installed. The only limitation on this version is regarding the number of devices/networks/elements
you can have on a network diagram. It is limited to 20 elements.
To unlock the professional version, you have to adquire a license on the download section of the web.

Install On Linux
To install MaSSHandra on Linux:
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Download the corresponding file for your architecture.

Open a terminal as user root.
Create a temporary folder and copy the downloaded file in it. Move to that directory.
Extract the files:
tar -xvzf <downloaded file>
Copy the folder MaSSHandra into the directory /opt
cp -r MaSSHandra /opt
(Optional) Add CAP_NET_RAW capabilities to the executable (needed for MaSSHandra to ping devices):
setcap cap_net_raw+ep /opt/MaSSHandra/bin/MaSSHandra
(Optional) Create Desktop Entry and Icons (needs xdg-utils package):
cp MaSSHandra.desktop /usr/share/applications
cp MaSSHandra.xpm /usr/share/pixmaps
cp MaSSHandraMesh.xpm /usr/share/pixmaps
xdg-icon-resource install --context mimetypes --size 48 /usr/share/pixmaps/MaSSHandra.xpm application-x-MaSSHandra
xdg-icon-resource install --context mimetypes --size 48 /usr/share/pixmaps/MaSSHandraMesh.xpm application-x-MaSSHandraMesh
(Optional) Create Mime Types (for opening MaSSHandra files directly clicking on them) (needs xdg-utils package):
cp mime-MaSSHandra.xml /usr/share/mime/application
xdg-mime install --mode system /usr/share/mime/application/mime-MaSSHandra.xml
To run MaSSHandra:
/opt/MaSSHandra/bin/MaSSHandra
... or on the desktop on the Graphics section of the menu.

Once finished, we will have the base version installed. The only limitation on this version is regarding the number of devices/networks/elements you can have on a network diagram. It is limited to 20 elements.
To unlock the professional version, you have to adquire a license on the download section of the web.

Licensing MaSSHandra
Once we have adquired a license, we have to follow these steps:
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Open MaSSHandra and go to menu "Help" -> License. The window that appears will allow us to generate the license request and to load the license and signature files.
Type the name of the license. This info is used just as a reference for you to identify the license later on the web page.
A license request file will be generated. The window will tell you where this file has been generated.
Go to http://www.masshandra.com and log in with the credentials you received.
Access the "Profile and Licenses" tab.
Upload your license request file.
Download the license and the signature files.
There are two ways to load these two files into MaSSHandra:
By clicking in the "Load License" and "Load Signature" buttons.
In some cases, these buttons don't work. In that case, we can manually load the two files by just copying then to these directories and restarting MaSSHandra:
Windows Vista/7/8: c:/Users/<username>/masshandra
Windows XP: c:/Documents and Settings/<username>/masshandra
Linux: ~/.config/MaSSHandra

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