Sorry jimW. I am abandoning the Mac and installing on to a windows 7 PC. I have the original installation disc and the dongle lights up fine.
From the desktop icon vectorworks loads and gets as far as user preferences and a error pop up states, "No valid serial numbers have been found please enter one now. In order to run correctly Vectorworks must have one or more valid serial numbers registered. Please consult the records of your purchase to find your serial number". Ok.
Next pop up "Serial numbers. Vectorworks requires at least one valid serial number to run". Add.
Next pop up "Add new serial number." There's a space to enter the serial number below the text continues "There was an error in communicating with a local dongle. The letters o and i are not used in a serial number enter zeros and ones." Enter the serial no press Add.
The next pop up "The entered serial number is invalid. Please carefully re-enter the number."
Next pop up after 2 more attempts of entering the serial no, "Vectorworks has been unable to verify your serial number and will now quit. Please contact Nemetchek Vectorworks Incs technical support for assistance."
Thanks
