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Getting Started with The

GD&T Hierarchy Coach

A Guide to Installing and

Using this Training Software

Table of Contents

Installation Instructions 1

Authorizing Your Software 4

Using Your Software 9

Final Exam and Certificate 11

Network Instructions 12

TBK Tracker Admin 14

TBK Tracker Reporter 17

Trouble Shooting 18

Uninstalling Software 19

Ordering Information 20

Revised November, 2016

Installation Instructions Turn off all antivirus software before installing. The ActMan.exe file that installs is not recognized

by some antivirus software packages. These software packages will cause issues with the

installation process.

• Run the “setup.exe” file from the CD or Flash Drive you received. For Network Installs you MUST load the software from a remote workstation onto a network drive. Do not load using a server PC.

• Insert the CD or drive into your computer.

• From the Start menu choose “Run”.

• Type F:\setup.exe (substitute the letter for “f” that corresponds to your drive).

• Click “OK”.

• The screen to the left will appear.

• Click “Next”.

• Read the License Agreement.

• Check “I accept the agreement”.


• Choose the location where you

would like to save the program.

• Note: For Network Installs you

MUST map a drive, you cannot

use a UNC. If you need help

mapping a drive, see Windows

Help or the Network Section of

this booklet.

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Installation Continued

• Select the “Start Menu” Folder.


• If you would like a desktop icon,

check the box. If not, leave it

unchecked.


• Review the information.

• If correct, click “Install”.

• If not correct, click “Back” and fix

anything that is wrong.

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Installation Continued

• Review the information in the

“Thank you” screen.


• Note: It is recommended that you

view The GD&T Hierarchy Coach

at a resolution higher than 1024 x

768.

• Leave “Authorize Your Copy of The GD&T Hierarchy Coach” checked.

• Click “Finish”.

• Now it is time to Authorize your Software. Follow the

instructions in the Authorization Section of this Guide.

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Authorization Instructions • Actman.exe will open

automatically. This is your authorization software. If it does not open automatically, open it manually. Open Actman.exe from “The GD&T Hierarchy Coach” Folder if it did not open automatically for you.

• You will be prompted to perform

the task in automatic mode. If you

have a firewall or high security on

your system, you may want to

choose “No”. Instructions for both

methods follow.

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Automatic Mode • You will be reminded that you

must provide a valid Product Code. The Product Code is located on the “Quick Start” card that accompanied your software.

• Find the Product Code and Click “OK”.

• Enter your Product Code and click

“OK”. The Product Code is Case

Sensitive.

• You will receive a successful

activation screen.

• Close the activation window.

• If it was not successful, see the

Trouble Shooting section of this

booklet.

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Manual Mode • You will be reminded that you

must provide a valid Product Code and a Valid User Code. The Product Code is located on the “Quick Start” card that came with your software. The User Code will be provided to you when you click “OK”.


• This screen will appear with your

User Code. To get your Activation

Code follow the instructions below.

• Go to:

www.w3admiral.com/tecease.

• Click on the “Activate a product”

button.

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Manual Mode Continued

• Enter the Product Code from the

Quick Start Card and the User

Code provided by Actman.

• Click “Submit”.

• You will be provided with an

Activation Code.

• Type the Activation Code or Copy

and Paste the Activation Code into

the Activation Code field on the

Activation Code Entry Screen.

• Click “OK”.

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activation screen.




booklet.

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Using the Software • Run “GDTCoach.exe” from The

GD&T Hierarchy Coach directory (or the directory where the software was loaded). If you have a Network install, see the “Using the Software – Network Installs” for more details.

• Type in your last name and first name or choose your name from the list.

• Click “OK”.

• Choose the version of the course

you would like to take. A

description of each is below.

• Note: For Network versions only,

if you choose the Class version,

you will be prompted to create a

password. You will need this

password to log back into your

files each time you enter the class.

Class version: This version includes video lessons with student

interactions & a quiz at end of each lesson. A grade of 80%

correct is required on the quiz to move to the next lesson.

This pass rate can be changed by the administrator. See the

Administrator section of this booklet.

Seminar version: This version includes video lessons with

student interactions and no quizzes. You may skip around to

any lesson.

Video Only version: This version contains videos only with no

student interaction or quizzes. It is a quick way to look

something up. Page: 9

Using the Software

• Click on the Chapter you would

like to enter. The Class Version

screen is displayed.

• To Begin the Chapter, click

on the “Start Lesson” button.

• If you do not have the

accompanying textbook or

workbook, click on the “Buy

Book” button to go to the

Tec-Ease store to purchase

your book. Make sure you

use the coupon code to

receive a discount.

•To exit the lesson, click on the “X” in the upper right hand corner, or

the Quit Button on the last page of the lesson.

•Your current location will be saved so you can easily return to

where you left off. Page: 10

Using the software (cont.)

• Once you have completed all 10 lessons

and 10 quizzes, you may take the on-

line final. If you pass the final with an

80% of higher, you can print out a

certificate of completion.

• Each copy of the software includes a

textbook with final exam login

information.

• If you do not have a textbook, you can

purchase a textbook or final exam

access by contacting Tec-Ease, Inc.

either through our website: www.tec-

ease.com or via telephone: 888-832-

3273.

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http://www.tec-ease.com/



Using the Software

– Network Installs Only • Each individual must map the network drive where the software is

located.

– If not mapped, use “My Computer”, “Tools”, “Map Network

Drive” per picture:

Drive letter can be whatever

you want as long as it is not

already in use on your PC.

The correct network address

should be obtained from your

network administrator.

Don’t forget to activate this

check box.

IT LOOKS

LIKE THIS

Note: If the software gives you an error. Change the Target parameter in the shortcut

to read: “x:\The GD&T Hierarchy Coach\tb115run.exe” “x:\The GD&T Hierarchy

Coach\GDTCoach.exe”

Where “x” is the drive letter the software is loaded on and “The GD&T Hierarchy Coach”

is the complete path to the location where the software is located. It is extremely

important that there be quotes around both items and that there is one space between

the quotes.

• Place GDTCoach start icon on your desktop. Get it by following the steps

below:

– Find the shortcut in the shared drive directory:

You may need to get the location from your system

administrator.

– Copy shortcut icon, paste onto your desktop.

– Click on shortcut icon on your desktop anytime you want to do a lesson,

run a video, or look something GD&T up.

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Administration

Network Installs Only • There are two software packages used by the Administrator:

TBKTracker Administrator and TBKTracker Reporter. To load these two software packages, run the following files located in The GD&T Hierarchy Coach folder on the network:

– TBKTrackerAdministrator4Installation.exe

– TBKTrackerReporter4Installation.exe

• When you install the Administrator and Reporter software, install it on the local drive, NOT on the server.

• Once the software is installed you need to modify the config files created. The two config files are TBKTrackerAdministrator.exe and TBKTrackerReporter.exe. You need to change the database line to point to the tbksettg4.ini file. To do this:

– Open each cong file in notepad. Make sure you have permission to change the file. Depending on your version of Windows, you may need to open this in Notpad and run as administrator. (Instead of just clicking on the file and choosing open with Notepad, you should go to your Notepad application and right click on it. Choose “Run as Administrator”. Once Notepad is open, choose File..Open and open the two config files listed above).

– Change:

<setting name="DbFilePath" serializeAs="String">

<value />

</setting>

To

<setting name="DbFilePath" serializeAs="String">

<value>Y:\The GDT Hierarchy Coach\tbksettg4.ini</value>

</setting>

(Replace “Y:\The GDT Hierarchy Coach” with the directory on the server where the tbksettg4.ini file is located. This should be the same location that GDTCoach.exe is located).

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Administration

Network Installs Only - Continued

• The default password is “tbk”. You may change this password once you log in. Please write it down, we cannot reset it for you.

• You can use the Administrator to modify the passing grade for each Chapter quiz, register students and modify lesson order.

• You can use the Reporter software to view the progress of each student.

• There are Help files that accompany each software package.

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TBKTracker Administrator Once you have installed the Administrator, you can change settings for the

course.

• To change Global settings such

as requiring a password or

setting a time out feature, click

on the “Global Settings” menu

option under the “Modify” menu.

• By checking the “Password

Required” box, if your courses

are set up to use Global

Settings, each student will be

required to enter a password in

order to register. The password

will also be required each time

the student returns to the

course.

• If you would like the students to

automatically go back to the last

page they were on and not

have the choice to start over,

check this box.

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course.

• To set the program to

automatically log the person out

after a certain amount of

inactivity. Check this box and

enter the number of minutes

you would like the person to

have to be inactive.

• Next Check the “Exit User

When Inactivity Timeout

Reached”. This will log the user

out and save their progress.

• Note, if you do this, you can run

a report in TBK Reporter to see

who has logged in and out on

any date range. This allows

you to contact people that are

logged in.

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course.

• To change settings for a specific

course, choose this menu

option.

• On the left side you can set a course to require a password. This

allows you to set some courses with password required and

others without a password required.

• You can choose to have the course follow the Global Settings.

• You can set the course to be open enrollment, etc.

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• To View Reports on Students.

Choose the “Students…” menu

choice.

TBKTracker Reporter Once you have installed the Administrator, you can run reports on Students

training history using this module.

• There are many helpful reports. One of the most helpful is

“Student Training History”. You can limit the date range and the

students that you wish to look at from this screen.

• Another helpful report is the “Student Login History”. This report

will tell you if anyone is currently logged into the system.

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Trouble Shooting

• If you receive an error RES:0 when activating your software, navigate

to the folder where The GD&T Hierarchy Coach is loaded. Run

Actman.exe from this folder – DO NOT USE the shortcut created in

the Start menu. Follow the activation instructions for automatic (if you

have internet access) or manual if you do not have internet access.

• If you receive an error 251 or 248, there is a problem with the

communication between your computer and our web server. This can

be caused by a firewall. Simply follow the instructions for manual

installation found in this booklet.

• If you receive a RES:1 when activating, you do not have permission to

make the changes to the computer. Please log in as the

administrator.

• If you receive an error 229 when activating there is a problem

verifying the activation. Try to install the software from another

workstation.

• If you get an error 190, try to run the installation software as

Administrator. To do this, right click on the install and choose “Run as

Administrator.”

• If you receive an error 19, please ensure that you are not using a

DFS(Distributed File System).

• If you did not turn off your antivirus software and the files Actman.exe,

SCPBW32.dll, SCPW32.dll and SCPWIN32.dll did not load, please

follow these instructions. In the folder on the DVD named “Additional

Files” , you will find these 4 items. Please move the 4 files from the

DVD to the folder where you installed The GD&T Hierarchy Coach.

Once these files are in that folder, please open ActMan.exe and

continue to follow the instructions for manual activation found in this

booklet.

• If you have any other problems, give us a call at 888-832-3273 or

716-785-6015.

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Uninstalling your software • It is critical that you follow these instructions. If

you uninstall the software incorrectly, you will loose your activation. If you do lose your activation, please call.

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• Go to the folder where your software is loaded and run Actman.exe. This is your authorization software. Note: Depending on your priviledges, you may need to right click on this and choose “Run as Administrator”.

• Click on the “Deactivate” Button

• You will be prompted to perform

the task in automatic mode. If you

have a firewall or high security on

your system, you may want to

choose “No”. Instructions for both

methods follow.

Automatic Mode • You will be reminded that you

must provide a valid Product Code. The Product Code is located on the “Quick Start” card that accompanied your software.


• Enter your Product Code and click

“OK”. The Product Code is Case

Sensitive.


deactivation screen.




booklet or try it again in Manual

Mode.

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Automatic Mode (Cont)

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• To finish uninstalling the

software, simply delete the folder

where it is on the computer.

There are no residual files, so

deleting the Coach folder will

remove everything. If you are

going to use the software again,

you can leave it on your

computer and reactivate it at a

later time.

• NOTE: If you are moving a

network version and you want

to keep your users information,

you need to copy the database

before you delete the folder.

You will then replace the blank

database loaded in the new

location with the database that

contains all your student

records.

Manual Mode • You will need a valid Product

Code and a Valid Remove Code. The Product Code is located on the “Quick Start” card that came with your software. The Remove Code will be provided to you when you click “OK”.


• This screen will appear with your

Remove Code. You will need this

in the next step

• Go to:

www.w3admiral.com/tecease.

• Click on the “Deactivate a product”

button.

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• Enter the Product Code from the

Quick Start Card and the

Remove Code provided by

Actman.

• Click “Submit”.

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• You will receive this screen that

shows the activation has been

put back so you can load it again

on another computer

• To finish uninstalling the

software, simply delete the folder

where it is on the computer.

There are no residual files, so

deleting the Coach folder will

remove everything. If you are

going to use the software again,

you can leave it on your

computer and reactivate it at a

later time.

• NOTE: If you are moving a

network version and you want

to keep your users information,

you need to copy the database

before you delete the folder.

You will then replace the blank

database loaded in the new

location with the database that

contains all your student

records.

Order Additional Materials

• You can order additional GD&T

Hierarchy textbooks and

workbooks, by visiting www.tec-

ease.com. Click on the link for the

on-line catalog. Once you have

placed your order enter the coupon

code : IOWNIT to receive a

discount off additional textbooks

and workbooks.

• Call us at 888-tec-ease (888-832-

3273)

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