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CCS5 DONGLE VS FLOATING LICENSE

WhiteHorse
Genius 4430 points

We have a customer asking if CCS can be licensed with a dongle rather than a MAC address.  THe customer wants to use CCS on different computers, but not simultaneously.  Everything I have read indicates that dongles are not supported.  I want to confirm this before getting back to the customer.

Regards,

John Wiemeyer

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    TI__Guru*** 130875 points

    Hi John,

    that I am aware of that is not supported.  Some options might be

    - the node locked license can be registered to 2 MAC addresses

    - note that it is actual debug requiring a license.  In other words editing and writing can be done without a license

    - note that depending on the hardware, they may be able to use one of the two free license types (ie ccs is free to use with the xds100 for example)

    - if it is an option for them and they have connectivity ... another option although not the easiest perhaps would be a singe seat floating license

    Please let us know whether these help

    Best Regards,
    Lisa

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    TI__Guru**** 170244 points

    John,

    Maybe someone else had done it, but I personally don't know if this is possible. However, would be a possibility to use a Wi-Fi USB adapter and use its MAC address to license CCS? I recall that some even allowed disabling the radio but still kept the MAC address visible to the Operating system (if radio waves are a problem at the lab).

    Hope this helps,

    Rafael

  • 0 in reply to Lisa TI
    Genius 4430 points

    Hi Lisa,

    Thanks for the options.  It is helpful to have full functionality at the site one is working.  This way you are not limited in developing more code or debugging a problem.

    John

     

  • 0 in reply to desouza
    Genius 4430 points

    Hi Rafael,

    The USB WiFi adapter seems like a good idea.  It would be great if we knew it worked.

    Regards,

    John

     

  • 0 in reply to desouza
    TI__Intellectual 2790 points

    Hi Rafael

     

    Do we have any documentation to support this for the customer?


    Thank you

    Elush Shirazpour

  • 0 in reply to desouza
    Prodigy 110 points

    Have there been any reports of success using the MAC address from a USB connected device? 

    R. Harkins