This topic explains how to switch from using your current corporate license, wether it be a
portable (USB key) or a network license, to the license type being used in the course.
Some courses are taught with network licenses and some with temporary nodelocked
licenses keyed to your computer's MAC address.
SIMPLIS uses two different kinds of licenses:
- Network, where the license is located on a server.
- Portable/Stand Alone, which uses a USB key to connect to the license (Portable) or the
license is tied to a specific MAC address (Stand Alone).
In the next section you will determine which license type you are currently using.
Training Course License
Installation
If the course will be taught using NodeLocked
licenses, your course instructors will email you a license file keyed to your
computer's MAC address the week before the course. If you have received this file,
proceed to the Installing a Temporary NodeLocked License section. Otherwise, proceed to
the Installing the Network License section.
Installing a Temporary NodeLocked License
You will now install the temporary nodelocked license for the training course. To install
the license, follow these steps:
- From the SIMetrix/SIMPLIS menu bar, select the menu item.
Result: A message
box opens warning you that your license information will be
deleted.
![](../../library/images/ast_00/lic_reinstall_1.png)
- Click OK, then close and reopen SIMetrix/SIMPLIS.
Result: When you reopen SIMetrix/SIMPLIS, the Select License
Type dialog opens:
![](../../library/images/ast_00/lic_select_license_type.png)
- Select the Stand Alone or Portable radio button, and click the
Ok button.
Result: The License File
Required dialog opens:
![](../../library/images/ast_00/lic_license_file_req.png)
- Click the Install License... button.
Result: A file browser window opens for you to find the
license file.
- Select the license file you received via email and click Ok.
Result: SIMetrix/SIMPLIS will start using the temporary
nodelocked license. It may take a few seconds to start SIMetrix/SIMPLIS.
The command shell will have the normal start
message:
License expires 21-nov-2014
Welcome to SIMetrix/SIMPLIS Pro with DVM Version 8.40
Installing the Network License
You will now install the network license for the training course. To install the
license, follow these steps:
- From the SIMetrix/SIMPLIS menu bar, select the menu item.
Result: A message
box opens warning you that your license information will be
deleted.
![](../../library/images/ast_00/lic_reinstall_1.png)
- Click OK, then close and reopen SIMetrix/SIMPLIS.
Result: When you reopen SIMetrix/SIMPLIS, the Select License
Type dialog opens:
![](../../library/images/ast_00/lic_select_license_type.png)
- Select the Network radio button, and click the Ok button.
Result: The Get License Server dialog
opens:
![](../../library/images/ast_00/lic_get_license_server.png)
- Enter 27000@192.168.91.100 in the box, and click the Ok
button.
Result: SIMetrix/SIMPLIS will start
using the training course network license. It may take a few seconds to
start SIMetrix/SIMPLIS. The command shell will have the normal start
message:
License expires 21-nov-2014
Welcome to SIMetrix/SIMPLIS Pro with DVM Version 8.40
What Can
Go Wrong?
If after entering
the license server information on the Get License Server dialog and clicking
Ok you get the following message:
![](../../library/images/ast_00/lic_license_check_out_failed.png)
This means the program couldn't reach
the license server to checkout a license. There are several reasons this could
occur:
- Your computer is not connected to the local Intranet for the course. If you are
connected to the hotel Wi-Fi, then you will not be able to reach our license
server. To resolve this problem, please follow the instructions provided to you
in the email to connect to our local Intranet Wi-Fi.
- The server name listed has a typographical error. Check the exact spelling and
try again.
Reinstalling Your Corporate
License After The Course
If you have a Network
license:
- From the SIMetrix/SIMPLIS menu bar, select the menu item.
Result: A message box
opens warning you that your license information will be deleted.
![](../../library/images/ast_00/lic_reinstall_1.png)
- Click Ok on the Reinstall License dialog.
- Press and hold the Ctrl key while dragging the
reinstall_corporate_license.sxscr from your Desktop to the
SIMetrix/SIMPLIS Main Window. This is the script you created in the Determine Your Existing Corporate License Information
section. If you don't have this script you will have to contact your corporate
network administrator to determine the port and server location.
Result: Your corporate network license information
is restored. A message box opens showing your port and server.
- Close and restart SIMetrix/SIMPLIS to use your corporate network license.
If you have a NodeLocked/Portable
license:
- From the SIMetrix/SIMPLIS menu bar, select the menu item.
Result: A message box
opens warning you that your license information will be deleted.
![](../../library/images/ast_00/lic_reinstall_1.png)
- Click OK on the Reinstall License dialog and close and restart
SIMetrix/SIMPLIS.
- You will be presented with the Select License Type dialog:
![](../../library/images/ast_00/lic_select_license_type.png)
- Click Ok.
Result: The program opens a file browser for
you to select the backup copy of your corporate license. You created these
in the
Determine Your Existing Corporate License Information
section.
- Navigate to your Desktop and select the license you backed up in the earlier
step.
If you have lost your backup copy, don't
worry. When you selected the menu item, the program created a backup copy. There should be a
backup sub-directory in your C:\ProgramData\SIMetrix
Technologies\License directory. The program copies your current license
file(s) to this directory. If a name conflict exists, the program appends an decimal
and an integer to each backup copy's filename. To restore these licenses, you will
have to manually rename the file to a .lic extension. The file with the highest
integer extension will be the last backup copy.