Installing the Connector for Altium Designer Client

Install the Connector for Altium Designer client on each computer that will run Altium Designer.

System requirements:

  • Operating System
  • Altium Environment: Altium 17.1.6
  • Java Environment: Java JRE 1.8 64-bit

Before you begin: The Visual C++ 2008 and Visual C++ 2010 Redistributable Package must already be installed on the client computer. If not, download it from the Microsoft product site and install it.
Note: For 64-bit operation, the 32-bit Visual C++ Redistributable Pages must be installed.
  1. Log in as a user with administrative privileges.
  2. Execute this file: AltimDesignerConnector.exe.
  3. After reviewing the guidelines, click Next.
  4. Specify the location of the Altium Designer software. For example: C:\Program Files (x86)\Altium\AD17.
  5. Specify where to install the Connector for Altium Designer client software.
  6. Click Next.
    The software is installed and a summary displays.
  7. Click Done.
  8. Restart the computer. If you are also installing the Connector Altium Designer Database Library, you can wait until installing that app before restarting.