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EPLAN Electric P8 [Download + Setup Guide]

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EPLAN Electric P8 2.9 is one of EPLAN’s important software, helping to solve design problems of electrical panel cabinets, PLC cabinets, and power cabinets. Equipped with smart features such as automatic Macros creation, Cross-Reference (cross-linking), automatic numbering…, the software helps increase design speed. EPLAN Electric P8 communicates with many other popular software such as AutoCad, pdf, MS Offices,… The software also supports disassembling project materials (cables, loads, motors, protective equipment…). In addition, with EPLAN Electric P8, users can preliminary design cabinet layouts and 2D electrical panels, plctop.com will guide you to install it completely free.

Prepare for Installation:

We need to turn off Windows Defender Firewall and Virus & Threat protection & Internet (LAN + WIFI)

+ To turn off Windows Defender Firewall Go to Windows search and type Firewall to display Windows Defender Firewall and select

Then the screen displays and continues to select “Change notification settings”

Then the screen displays continue to select “Turn off Windows….”

+ To turn off the Virus & Threat protection Wall, go to the Windows search box and type Virus to display Virus & Threat protection and select it

Then the screen displays and continues to select “Manage settings”

Then the screen displays continue to select OFF all the “red positions”. Continue to click on the “green position”.

The screen displays select OFF all toolbars

Instructions for Installing EPLAN Electric P8

+ Step 1: Setup EPLAN Electric software until completed. (Password Software: plctop.com)

+ Step 2: Active Software

  • Copy hosts file in path:  C:\Windows\System32\drivers\etc

+ Step 3:

  • Paste into the “EPLAN_Active” folder.
  • Double click on the hosts file, select Notepad, click OK to open it.

+ Step 4: Copy these two lines to the position as shown in the image.

  • 0.0.0.0 eplan.prod.sentinelcloud.com
  • 0.0.0.0 licensingservice.epulse.cloud

+ Step 5: Save the hosts file and copy it back to the path C:\Windows\System32\drivers\etc

select “Replace the file in the destination” to continue

+ Step 6: Copy file vcruntime140.dlll and Paste folow path:

e.g. C:\Program Files\EPLAN\Platform\2.9.3\Bin
e.g. C:\Program Files\EPLAN\Platform\2.9.4\Bin

+ Step 7: Run the EPlanKeygen.exe file in the EPAN_Active folder and follow the procedure below.

+ Step 8: After clicking Create, save the activation key in the folder according to the path

  • C:\Users\Public\EPLAN\Common

+ Step 9: Open the EPlan software and follow the procedure below.

Enjoy

Note: You can also download the video below to easily install the software

Download Link (Google Drive)

Software & Active: Download EPLAN Electric P8 Full Active
Video Setup Tutorial: EPAN Electric P8 Setup Video

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