License activation

You will receive the license key after purchase. When you start your software for the first time, the Activation dialog opens. Please enter your product key there. If your 30-day demo license has already expired, you can find the activation dialog under:

Start->All Programs->pCon Tools->License Management->Activate

Transfer of licenses

If you want to transfer your license from one device to another, for example after buying a new computer, you can do this via the EasternGraphics license manager. You open this via the Windows Start menu. Follow this path:

Start->All Programs->pCon Tools->License Management

You can see whether a license is transferable by the icon highlighted in red in the figure above. The Transfer button in the upper right area of the dialog will take you to the License Transfer Wizard. Here you will be guided through the steps necessary to transfer your license from one device to another. Here's how to proceed: For a transfer, the source system must still be functional.

Start on the computer on which you want to work with the application in the future.

1. 1. 1. 1. Start the license manager. You can reach it via the Windows Start menu (Start -> All Programs -> pCon Tools->License Manager).
         2. Click the Transfer button to open the License Transfer Wizard dialog.
         3. The Save information file entry creates a file with information about the target system.
         4. In the next step you have to transfer this file to your source system, i.e. the computer used so far. You can send the file by e-mail, for example.
            Now continue working on the computer on which the license has been installed so far.
         5. After clicking Load information file, open the file that was created in the 3rd step.
         6. Select the license you want to transfer from the list under Select license for transfer.
         7. A click on Save license file creates a file that you can send - e.g. by e-mail - to your target system.
         8. Call the license file created in the 7th step after clicking the Update License button.

The transfer of your license is now complete. You can continue working on your new system with your old product key. Please make sure that the license is not used by an active EasternGraphics application. If the license is in use, please close the application before generating the file via Save License File. Attention: On the source system the license is no longer available after step 7.

Transferring the license to the same system

It may happen that you have to reinstall your license file on the same computer, for example when you replace hardware components or install a new operating system. In these cases, the license must be temporarily stored on another system.

License management

In the lower area of the license manager , various options are available:

• The Update license item allows you to update your license after a change in the license terms.
• Via Collect license information you can save a file with the current license information, for example to send it to the support.
• The Administration button takes you to advanced license settings.
• The Settings section allows you to activate via a proxy.

Collect license information

1. 1. 1. 1. Open the license manager under Start->pCon Tools->License Management
         2. In the license manager, select the license whose license information you need by clicking it with the mouse
         3. In the lower area, select the Collect license information item
         4. Save the file with the extension .c2v

Lending licenses

Network licenses basically offer the possibility to borrow individual licenses from the network pool for a limited period of time. This outsourcing is done online or offline with the help of the Admin Control Center. The outsourced licenses can be used outside the network. They behave on the respective systems like time-limited single-user licenses, which are automatically available again in the network pool after the loan period has expired. Use here for the ACC. The Admin Control Center (ACC) is the administration tool of the license management system and is automatically available after the installation of pCon.planner PRO or the server installation package. The Admin Control Center can also be started without using the Safenet License Manager. To do this, simply enter the destination address http://localhost:1947 in the browser. Alternatively, you can call it up via License Manager → Administration.

Configuration Server (One Time)

On the server, the first thing to do is to allow access from external client computers. This is done by selecting the Allow Access from Remote Clients option:

Afterwards, the borrowing must be allowed via Enable Detaching of Licenses. In addition, the maximum borrowing period and the number of reserve licenses that cannot be removed from storage can be defined:

Online borrowing requires a connection to the network license server, and the process can be controlled entirely from the client. The server is listed in the Admin Control Center of each client computer under Products and the borrowing process is started by the Detach button.

Configuration of the clients (one-time)

On the individual clients, access to the server and the network license must be enabled:

The borrowing or outsourcing of licenses can be done online or offline. In the first method, borrowing is initiated on the client computer by online access to the network license pool on the server. The borrowing process is fully automated. Offline borrowing is done by manually exchanging swap files (*.R2H / *.H2R).

Note: Online checkout is convenient because the license is automatically obtained from the server and set up on the client. However, it requires that there is a connection between the server and the client at the time of checkout.

Borrow online

Note: The red arrow at the product name at the server implies that outsourcing of licenses is possible. Furthermore, the Available column displays the licenses available for loan.

In the following dialog, the client can specify the retrieval method (online) and the duration of the loan period. The Detach & Attach button then starts the fully automatic loan process.

After successful completion, a corresponding message is displayed and the license is additionally listed in the Products section of the client's ACC.

Borrow offline

Offline swapping is used when it is not possible to establish a direct connection between the client and the server. The swapping process is based on the exchange of special files. It is initiated directly at the network license server, unlike the online variant:

Offline swapping is again started in the Admin Control Center of the server by the Detach button on the network license in the product list. When offloading offline, a recipient client must always be selected from a list of client IDs. If the client is not listed with the recipient machines, an ID file must first be created in the Admin Control Center (menu item: Diagnostics ->Create ID File) of the client and read in on the server under Update / Attach. Afterwards the client is available in the selection field of the server. An H2R file (Host-to-Recipient) can be created.