Difference between revisions of "Network License Manager"

The Network License Manager is software designed to allow licensing of our software to be controlled over a network. With NLM, a license can float (be allocated) to any workstation that needs it as long as there are still licenses available in the NLM software. When the software closes on the workstation, the license is freed to be used by others.

Only one hardware key is necessary for controlling all of your licenses on the network.

NLM allows for the programming of any number of programs, and any number of purchased licenses for each of those programs.

NLM has been tested on Windows 2000, Windows XP (32-bit), Windows Vista (32-bit), and Windows 7 and Windows 8 (32 and 64 bit).

The Network License Manager displays which users are logged at any given time.
When a client program checks for the existence of a license at the NLM, NLM will allocate a license for use by that program for limited time. The allocation is shown in the Users Online menu.

As long as the program on the workstation continues to check-in through the network with NLM on a regular basis, the workstation keeps the license for itself.

The administrator can choose to stop all incoming communications or logout individual users.

A unique encrypted "netkey.lmc" file is used to control the NLM license setup. This file is placed in the "config" folder under the NLM application folder. The file contains unique information for each customer and couples with a single hardware key that is delivered to the customer.

If a customer purchases more licenses of software that need to be added to their implementation of NLM at a later date, then the encrypted file can be sent by the internet directly to the customer for installation on the NLM server computer.

See this video on how NLM works:

• Video of KEYCHECK and NLM remotely connecting (using two different computers connected on a network).

If a customer purchases more licenses of software that need to be added to their implementation of NLM at a later date, then the encrypted file can be sent by the internet directly to the customer for installation on the NLM server computer.

To run NLM as a service that can run even when users log off Windows, we recommend that you use FireDaemon Pro.

• FireDaemon web site.

After you install both NLM and FireDaemon, run FireDaemon and Create a new service:

We recommend that you enter values like those shown in the boxes. The short name cannot have spaces.

Press the ellipses button to find and select the attnlm.exe file.

Press the OK button.

The NLM will be running as a service now.

The Task Manager Process list will show attnlm.exe running - even though it is not running in your Windows as a regular application.

An optional step is to save the FireDaemon setup to an XML file using the File Save feature at the top of FireDaemon.

You can safely close the FireDaemon program. It will continue to run in the background - even if you logoff.

FireDaemon always remembers its last setup - even if the computer is shutdown.