InfoWorks WS Pro (model builder) Thales licensing setup & configuration

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Contents Introduction .................................................................................................................................................................................................................................. 2

Fixed Thales ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................ 2

Floating Thales ........................................................................................................................................................................................................................ 6

Additonal Product Features ....................................................................................................................................................................................... 9

Offline use (commute/check out) ..................................................................................................................................................................... 10

Commute (check out) floating licence .................................................................................................................................................... 10

Configure InfoWorks WS Pro to use commuted licence .................................................................................................... 12

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Introduction This guide will explain how to configure InfoWorks WS Pro (model builder) to use Thales Fixed or Floating licences. Both types of product licences are managed by an application called the Innovyze Licence Administrator (ILA). This application is installed either alongside WS Pro (Fixed) or on a server (Floating).

If you are attempting to apply newly issued product EIDs, please refer to the Fixed or Floating Licensing Setup documents for detailed instructions on how to activate the licences, before following these instructions to access them.

Please note you might see other product features listed in the ILA such as BalanceNet, DemandWatch etc. They are additional product features that may have been included in your purchase. Please check your purchase order confirmation email that all the product features that you have purchased are listed on the ILA.

Fixed Thales Please note these licences can only be used on physical machines only e.g., desktop PCs and laptops. They cannot be used remotely via any third-party tools e.g., RDP, Citrix etc and / or in virtualised environments.

Open the Innovyze Licence Administrator (ILA) and select local to confirm the presence of fixed WS Pro product features present on your PC. Check the information is correct and matches to your software purchase order confirmation.

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Once you confirm the correct product features are present. Open the InfoWorks WS Pro Licence Key Setup Wizard from the start menu.

Select the first option and click Next.

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Select either option. The latter of the two will require the user to possess full admin rights and apply the settings to the entire PC irrespective which user logs into to the PC..

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Select Thales licence type in the dropdown list and specify NO-NET as the computer name or IP Address. NO-NET sets the setkey to use a fixed soft licence only that residing on the same PC. Also specify the UI, Engine and TS sizes. This must match what is listed on the ILA. Finally apply the licence settings and attempt to open InfoWorks WS Pro (model builder)

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Floating Thales Open the Innovyze Licence Administrator (ILA) and select hostname or IP Address of the server hosting your network floating licences, to confirm the presence and availability of network floating InfoWorks WS Pro product features. Check the information is correct and matches to your software purchase order email confirmation.

If the hostname is not present in the list of servers, simply add it by entering either the hostname or IP Address of the server in the text box below the table of available servers.

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Once you confirm the correct product features are present. Open the InfoAsset Manager Licence Key Setup Wizard from the start menu

Select the first option and click Next.

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Select either option. The latter of the two will require the user to possess full admin rights and apply the settings to the entire PC irrespective which user logs into to the PC..

Select Thales as the licence type in the drop down list. The specify the machine hostanme or IP Address of server acting as your floating licence server. Also specify the UI, Engine and TS sizes. This must to match what is available on the licence server. Finally apply the licence settings and attempt to open InfoWorks WS Pro

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Additional Product Features As explained earlier your purchase might include additional product features e.g., BalanceNet, InfoWorks WS Pro Viewer etc. By default, those product features will be used when the InfoWorks WS Pro is opened (if they are available). Please contact Innovyze support if you wish to prevent those features being used by default.

Please note, InfoWorks WS Pro Exchange shares the same licence settings to open the InfoWorks WS Pro UI. We recommend those settings are applied for the PC only. As InfoWorks WS Pro Exchange runs as a Windows service under the local system account only.

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Offline use (commute/check out) Floating licences can be commuted (checked out) to the end user physical PC for offline use. This is useful in situations where the user will require use of the product licences in areas where there is little or no network connectivity. The commuted floating licence will remain on the PC and can only be checked out for a maximum of 30 days. When the commute time reaches its expiry, it will automatically return it to the original pool of floating licences that resides on the server.

Please note that commuted licences cannot be used on virtual machines.

To use a commuted licence. This a two-stage process

1. Check out the floating licences from the server via the ILA

2. Configure InfoAsset Manager to use a commuted licence

Commute (check out) floating licence 1. As shown below, open the Innovyze Licence Administrator as an administrator and select

the option to view the current status of your network floating licences. Select the hostname or IP Address belonging to the server where your floating licences resides.

Select the product feature, set the commute expiry date, and finally click on commute. Do the same for any other product features you wish to commute. Such as any simulation engine licences that you require to perform local simulations.

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2. Select local to confirm the presence of the commuted network floating licences. It will also display other details such as the commuted expiry date and the IP Address of the licence server where the licence was commuted from

You can also return the commuted licence back to the licence server early, by simply clicking on the return button.

Configure InfoWorks WS Pro to use commuted licence A commuted network floating licence has now become a fixed local licence. Simply follow the steps detailed earlier under Fixed Thales to configure WS Pro to use a commuted licence.