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Installing Data Cartridges

The standard edition of GeoExpress requires a data cartridge to create new compressed images. The data cartridge represents a specific purchased amount of data that you can use to create these images. Data cartridges are generated by LizardTech and emailed to you as an attached file. You add data cartridges in the License and Cartridge Management dialog. You can either install a data cartridge on your local machine or you can use a data cartridge from an Express Cartridge Manager Server.

For more information on configuring the Express Cartridge Manager and how to calculate data usage, see Data Cartridges.

Requesting a Data Cartridge

1. Visit https://www.lizardtech.com/sales/ and contact the sales representative for your region or industry.
2. Your sales rep will work with you to generate a quote for your data cartridge needs, then will place your order.
3. LizardTech Customer Support will send your data cartridge file via email.

If LizardTech Sales or Customer Support needs additional information to process your order, they will contact you via email.

Installing a Data Cartridge

Method 1

1. Save the email attachment that you received from LizardTech Customer Support on your local drive.
2. Double-click the saved data cartridge file.

This installs the data cartridge.

Method 2

1. Save the data cartridge that you received in an email from LizardTech Customer Support to your computer.

2. Run GeoExpress by double-clicking the desktop icon or:

   • On Windows 7, click the Start button and choose Programs > LizardTech > GeoExpress > GeoExpress 9.5.
   • On Windows 8, 8.1, or 10, go to the Apps screen; under LizardTech, click GeoExpress 9.5.

   GeoExpress starts.

3. Choose Options > Licensing.
4. In the Cartridges panel, click Import.
5. Navigate to the directory where you saved the email attachment.
6. Select the email attachment and click Open.

   GeoExpress installs the data cartridge. The bottom of the panel shows how much data remains on your cartridge.

Connecting to an Express Cartridge Manager Server

1. Run GeoExpress by double-clicking the desktop icon or:

   • On Windows 7, click the Start button and choose Programs > LizardTech > GeoExpress > GeoExpress 9.5.
   • On Windows 8, 8.1, or 10, go to the Apps screen; under LizardTech, click GeoExpress 9.5.

   GeoExpress starts.

2. Choose Options > Licensing.
3. In the Cartridges panel, enter the name or IP address of the computer hosting the Express Cartridge Manager Server, followed by the port number, then click OK

The default port number is 9002.