General description

The CHARON-AXP products are protected by licenses issued on a customer basis by STROMASYS. The CHARON-AXP license defines all the specifics of a particular CHARON-AXP distribution and its usage.

The license is implemented in the form of a hardware dongle (a Sentinel HASP key) or a software license. Please be careful with your license key, in case of loss or damage, the CHARON-AXP instances will not run or start until the license key is replaced. For redundancy, STROMASYS recommends to use a backup license key (purchased separately) that can replace the main license key for a restricted period of time. It is possible to specify the backup license in the CHARON-AXP configuration file to prevent CHARON-AXP from stopping in case the main license dongle is no longer available.

The CHARON-AXP license being checked upon the start of each instance of CHARON-AXP and at a specified interval (defined by the license) during the emulated system execution (default is 1 hour). If CHARON-AXP detects the absence (or malfunction) of the license key or software license, CHARON-AXP will try to use a backup license (if specified in the configuration file). If the license is not available or not specified, CHARON-AXP displays a warning message in the log file requesting the license key reconnection or software license reactivation. If the license is not reconnected or reactivated within a given period of time (the check interval), CHARON-AXP exits.

The CHARON-AXP main license is time restricted or unlimited, the backup license is limited by the number of executions (1 execution = 1 interval check)

Note that if the time-restricted license is used and it expires, CHARON-AXP tries to find its replacement automatically and, if found, CHARON-AXP proceeds using the replacement license.

The present CHARON-AXP implementation requires that the expired license be removed to allow the running CHARON-AXP instance to switch to a valid one.

The CHARON-AXP software license is not distributed for Proof-of-Concept and evaluation installations. Only hardware dongles could be used.

It is important to keep the HASP license keys connected to a computer powered on, even if CHARON-AXP is not running, because the keys contain a built-in battery that needs to be charged. If the battery is completely discharged, the license key can be irreparably damaged.

Update of the CHARON-AXP license can be performed on the fly without stopping CHARON-AXP. The expiration date and execution counter can be updated, however the CHARON-AXP virtual hardware configuration should remain unchanged. At the next license check, CHARON-AXP will use the updated license.

The following sections list all the main parameters of the CHARON-AXP licensing mechanism.

Table of Contents

General description

Parameters defined by CHARON-AXP license

CHARON-AXP technical licensing models

Regular Sentinel HASP keys

Network Sentinel HASP keys

Software licenses

Multiple licenses configuration and backup license

License installation

Installation from scratch

Replacement of currently installed Sentinel run-time

Installation and update of CHARON-AXP Software License or HASP dongle License

License management

Sentinel Admin Control Center

General Description

Disable remote keys access

License management utility

Transferring and removing CHARON-AXP software licenses

Software Licenses Transfer

Software License Removal

Cloned Software License Removal

License Deinstallation

Special "backup" license keys

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