Article - CS282364

Publish failure message "catia5_pv Error:2: Licensing Error" in Theorem adapter

Modified: 19-Jan-2026   


Applies To

  • Windchill PDMLink 10.2 to 13.0
  • Creo View Adapters 1.0 to 12.0
  • CATIA V5
  • Theorem CADVerter

Description

  • Failed jobs show the following error in Worker_#.log
    catia5_pv MONITOR:: TS: catia5_pv : Summary code [-2] = [Licensing Error]
    catia5_pv Error:2: Licensing Error
    catia5_pv MONITOR:: TS: TS_CREOVIEW_RESTART_CONFIG env var not set - restart ignored
    catia5_pv MONITOR:: TS: catia5_pv_main <<<< end pv exit [1] return [-1]
  • ​Flexlm Server.log
    (theorem) DENIED: "Catia5_ProductView" <User@hostID>  (Licensed number of users already reached. (-4,342:10054 ""))
  • All publishing jobs for CATIA V5 objects failed with the error in worker logs:
    Recipe file: <workersetup>/catia5_pv.rcp
    Source file: <SharedWorker>/###/<filename of CATIA V5 objects>
    Output file: <SharedWorker>/###/###.pvs
    Current Locale: English_United States.1252
    Chord Height uses default
    catia5_pv Error:2: Licensing Error

     

  • Testing in batch mode with a local CATIA V5 file on the worker machine fails with the following error in command prompt window:
    Catia5_Access ...
    Catia5_Access COMPLETE
    Cannot connect to license server system.
    The license server manager (lmgrd) has not been started yet,
    the wrong port@host or license file is being used, or the
    port or hostname in the license file has been changed.
    Feature:       Catia5_ProductView
    Server name:   ###
    License path:  ###\###_###_License.lic;c:/flexlm/license.dat;
    FlexNet Licensing error:-15,10.  System Error: 10061 "WinSock: Connection refused"
    ************************************************
    *       NOTE: License Validation Error         *
    *             Program terminating              *
    *                                              *
    ************************************************
    Licence validation failure - program terminating
    
      System Information   : Windows
    
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