How to set up my licence?

About licences

EFFECTS and RISKCURVES version 11 and higher use the following licensing systems:

Cloud licence

• Default licencing system.

• Can be used by connecting to the Cloud Licensing server cloud-license.gexcon.com

• No set-up costs involved.

• No need to host an on-premise server holding the licence key received from Gexcon.

• Gexcon takes care of hosting the licence server, including installing licence entitlement, upgrading the licence manager whenever needed, etc.

• Requires a permanent internet connection.

Network licences

• Special license only available upon request.

• A network licence is stored on a single licence server/PC in your company network.

• A client PC should be able to connect to this network to use the licence.

• Utilised with Soft-lock (SL key) or Dongle (HL key).

• The number of concurrent users associated with a network licence determines how many times a licenced product can be used simultaneously.

Stand-alone licence

• Special license only available upon request.

• Software locked to 1 computer.

• Utilised with Soft-lock (SL key) or Dongle (HL key).

Soft-lock (SL key)

• Installed on the Network licence server hosted by the customer (physical machine) or user’s laptop.

• The computer holding the key needs to be a physical machine, not virtual machine.

Dongle (HL key)

• Available at additional cost.

• Connected to the Network licence server (physical machine or virtual machine).

• The computer holding the key can be a physical machine or a virtual machine (using USB hub to connect the dongle to the virtual machine).

Before setting up the licence

• Install EFFECTS/ RISKCURVES

• Access licence tools: Dedicated licence tools are installed with the software and can be found in C:\Program Files (x86)\Gexcon\LicenseUtils. A shortcut to the “License Configuration Wizard” will be added to the Gexcon programme group.

After installing the software, the licence must be set up before it can be used.

Setting up the licence by type

Cloud licence

Network licence

Stand-alone licence