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  • Upgrading to this Charon-PAR from an older version requires a license update (independent of license type used). Please contact your VAR or Stromasys representative to plan the update.
  • Applicable to HASP licenses only: Charon-PAR version 3.0 and higher is incompatible with licenses of earlier versions. Earlier product versions are incompatible with licenses for Charon-PAR 3.0 and higher. Charon-PAR/PA3 licenses for version 3.0 are not backward compatible for emulators running with version 2.x.

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PackageDescription
Sentinel runtime environment. Required for licensing the Charon-PAR software using Sentinel HASP licenses.
aksusbd-7.63-1.i386.rpm32-bit package for CentOS/RHEL/Oracle Linux 7.x; requires 32-bit glibc package
aksusbd-8.13-1.x86_64.rpm64-bit package for RHEL 7.7 and higher; RHEL/CentOS/Oracle/Rocky LInux 8. (see also https://docs.sentinel.thalesgroup.com/ldk/LDKdocs/rte/linux-rh-suse-centos.html)
Charon-PAR emulator
charon-par-<version>.el7.x86_64.rpmCharon-PAR emulator executable, template configuration files for the different supported hardware models, PuTTY configurations, etc. for Linux 7.x systems.
charon-par-<version>.el8.x86_64.rpmCharon-PAR emulator executable, template configuration files for the different supported hardware models, PuTTY configurations, etc. for Linux 8.x systems.
Charon-PAR utilities
charon-mtd-<version>.el7.x86_64.rpmCharon-PAR tape utility for Linux 7.x
charon-mtd-<version>.el8.x86_64.rpmCharon-PAR tape utility for Linux 8.x
xhpterm-free-<version>.el7.x86_64.rpmTerminal emulation for block mode applications (Linux 7.x)
xhpterm-free-<version>.el7.x86_64.rpmTerminal emulation for block mode applications (Linux 8.x)

Please note: the VE license server RPM package is not part of the Charon-PAR set of RPM packages. Stromasys or your Stromasys VAR will provide you with the software or a download link. Prepackaged cloud marketplace images include the VE license server RPM (in /charon/storage).

Important if there is more than one emulator product installed on the same Charon host system: the Charon-PAR version 3.0 and higher emulator kits contain the haspvlib library and the hasp_srm_view and hasp_update utilities. This means that there may be installation conflicts with other Charon emulator products on the same host systems. Such conflicts can be overcome either by not installing the conflicting modules of the other products (if possible), or by forcing the installation of the Charon-PAR kit. Please refer to the documentation of your host system (man rpm) in such cases and ensure that this will not negatively influence any other installed products. If you use the --force option for an installation, please uninstall older packages of the same product before.

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The software can be downloaded from the Stromasys fileserver. If required, please contact your Stromasys representative or your VAR partner. They will provide the download information or the software packages to you.

Charon-PAR cloud marketplace images can be obtained from the respective cloud marketplaces.

Additional requirements for a successful installation:

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  • For the installation of a Charon-PAR/PA3 emulated system, a preinstalled MPE/iX 7.5 disk image (mpe75a.dsk.bz2) is required. This will be provided by Stromasys.
  • For the installation of a Charon-PAR/PA9 emulated system, a HP-UX ISO is required. It must be provided by the customer.

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This package is a prerequisite for the older Charon-PAR emulator package. So it must be installed. versions. However, the runtime software installed is only needed for HASP licensing. It is not relevant for VE licensing. For later versions the installation is optional.

Important points:

  • The aksusbd package version 7.63 requires the 32-bit glibc-library. On supported Linux distributions, this library is available through the standard repositories. The relevant package is glibc.i686 on Red Hat Enterprise Linux and CentOS. Unless version 7.63 is needed to solve a specific problem, aksusbd version 8.13 which does not have this limitation should be used.
  • Normally, the aksusbd package installation with yum or dnf installs the 32-bit glibc and other dependency automatically (provided package repositories are available). Red Hat Enterprise must be registered to access the Red Hat repositories, or the installation CD must be mounted. Should the Charon host system not have access to the Internet, please refer to How to install the glibc.i686 package without an Internet connection for further information.
  • When installing the aksusbd package version 8.13 in some CentOS 7.x environments it was observed that the aksusbd service did not start automatically after a new installation or an upgrade. The following error was displayed during the installation: Failed to restart aksusbd.service: Access denied. If this happens, uninstall the aksusbd package and reboot the system. After rebooting the system, re-install the package. The cause of this sporadic problem has not yet been identified.

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