Initial License Installation

Each Charon emulator product requires a valid license to run. To access the license, the emulator needs the Sentinel runtime software. This software is part of the Charon-PAR for Linux installation kits. Refer to the software installation section for software installation instructions.

Please note: Charon-PAR version 3.0.0 and higher is incompatible with licenses of earlier versions. Earlier product versions are incompatible with licenses for Charon-PAR 3.0.0 and higher. Charon-PAR licenses with version 2.1.0 are not compatible with emulators running Charon-PAR version 2.0.0

If you have a hardware USB license dongle, simply connect it to the system after the Charon-PAR software has been installed and verify that the license can be read correctly by entering the following command:

Please note that the above command must be run from a local connection. If you are connected over a remote connection (e.g., ssh), you will receive an error. As a workaround, you can display the license contents with the following command (adapt the path of the command if your installation location is different):

Verify that the license contains the correct product, the correct number of emulator instances, and the correct expiration date (if applicable).

Example of a Charon-PAR/PA9-64 license:

If you purchased a software license, or if you need more information about licensing in general and how to handle licenses in Charon-PAR, please refer to the section License Management Overview for Charon-PAR and in the License Handbook. The license chapter contains important information about security and more complicated use cases (for example, multiple license keys, software licenses, and network licenses).