Borrowing a license

There are several use cases for borrowing a license:

• You can borrow a license from a floating network license to your computer if the floating network license supports borrowing and is prepared for it by the license administrator (Preparing the borrowing of licenses). To borrow a license, you require access to the license server. However, once borrowed, you can seamlessly work offline with the license.
• You have the option to borrow a sub-license from an academic license provided by a university, facilitating students to utilize a PTV Vision product throughout their studies. You will also need access to the appropriate university license server to borrow an academic license. While working with a PTV Vision product, a connection to the license server is no longer necessary. However, a continuous Internet connection is still required for academic licenses, as PTV collects usage data for these licenses. Only anonymized, non-user-specific data is collected https://www.ptvgroup.com/en/terms-privacy/.

Borrowing a license

1.  Open the License Management window from within the product (Opening the license management in the product).

2.  Select the ...(with borrowing) license or the academic license from which you want to borrow a sublicense.

3.  Then click the Borrow license button.

If the license administrator has made the use of activation keys mandatory for borrowing, the Enter activation key window will open, where you must enter the activation key you received. Otherwise, the License borrowing options window opens directly.

4.  Select whether to borrow to your own computer or to a USB dongle.

Note: For academic licenses, the borrowing period is limited to a maximum of 180 days. However, it may be shorter in your case if the license administrator has set a shorter borrowing period for your activation key.

5.  If necessary, shorten the borrowing duration.

6.  Confirm with OK.

The license is displayed in the list of licenses. The entry Borrowed is displayed in the Type column.

7.  In the list of licenses, in the Use license column, activate the new license.

8.  Close the License Management window.

9.  Start the PTV Vision product.