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Managing Licenses with CHARON-SSP Manager

Owned by Tim Sneddon (Unlicensed)
Last updated: Apr 10, 2015
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The CHARON-SSP Manager provides a friendly graphical interface for the management of licenses.  The following sections describe how to use these tools:

Viewing the License Details

To view the license details of the attached USB HASP click the menu path Tools > License Viewer...  This will load a License Viewer window, similar to the following.

CHARON-SSP Manager License Viewer

If the license detail does not display and the USB HASP has recently been disconnected or exchanged, it may be necessary to click the button labelled Refresh.

To exit the window, click the button labelled Close.

Gathering Customer to Vendor (C2V) Detail 

The following steps describe the process of gathering the customer to vendor (C2V) data file.  This information is used by Stromasys to generate a license data file

Instructions for Gathering Customer to Vendor (C2V) Data
Step
Description
1.

Open the License Update window, click the menu path Tools > License Update.

2.

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Click the tab labelled Export C2V File.

Select the type of license in License type drop-down box. There are two options to choose from:

  • Hardware License – ensure that the USB HASP key has been connected to the host system.
  • Software License – ensure that no USB HASP key has been attached.
3.
  • Provide a file name in the C2V file field.
  • Specify where the C2V file should be saved on the local system (where the manager is running) by clicking the path adjacent to the Location label.
  • Click the button labelled Apply.
4.

After a few moments the utility will response with the following dialogue box:

Click the button labelled OK to proceed.

4.Locate the *.c2v file saved above and send it via email to Stromasys Orders Administration at orders@stromasys.com.

Applying Vendor to Customer (V2C) License Update

After sending the C2V (customer to vendor) file to Stromasys Orders Administration (see Gathering Customer to Vendor (C2V) Detail) a response will be generated and returned.  Depending on certain factors there may be one or two files attached to the response.  Once the response from Stromasys Orders Administration has been received, follow the instructions below to apply the V2C (vendor to customer) files and license the software.

Instructions for Applying Vendor to Customer (V2C) Data
StepDescription
1.

Save the V2C (vendor to customer) files received from Stromasys Orders Administration. Depending on the license type, this may be one or two files:

  1. A license file to format the key (optional, for hardware licenses only). The file name is of the format *_fmt.v2c.

  2. The license key file. The file name is of the format *.v2c.

Steps 2. and 3. must be performed for each of the license keys files, starting with the format key file.

2.

Open the License Update window, click the menu path Tools > License Update.

3.Locate the saved V2C (vendor to customer) files by clicking the button labelled ...
4.Apply the license file by clickingthe button labelled Apply.
5.If a second license key file was supplied, repeat from step 2. using the second file.

All V2C (vendor to customer) files are sequentially numbered and can only be applied once and in order. After the V2C license data files has been applied it is not possible to reuse them.

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