#### Step 1: Add “Startup.InitOI: 1” to the ideas_param10.dat file

Adding “Startup.InitOI: 1” to the ideas_param10.dat file causes I-DEAS to create an Orbix server name immediately upon startup. Without this added line, I-DEAS 10 delays the server name creation until an unspecified amount of time after startup. Without a created server name, PC-DMIS cannot connect to I-DEAS.

Note: The name of the .dat file will be slightly different for versions of I-DEAS other than 10. For example, the I-DEAS 11 .dat file would be ideas_param11.dat.

1. On the I-DEAS computer, locate the ideas_param10.dat file. By default this file is located on Windows systems in the c:\Team\Master\Config directory. You can find this file in a similar directory on UNIX systems.

2. Using a text editor, open ideas_param10.dat.

3. Type the following line at the end of the file:

Startup.InitOI: 1

This text may already exist in the file but it may be commented out. Search for Startup.InitOI in the file and if you find it, you don't need to add the line at the end of the file, simply delete the character in front of the text that comments out the line.