Using the CodeMeter settings window

You can edit the lists of license servers and license containers in the CodeMeter settings window. Open the window from the product or the standalone tool PTV License Manager.

1. Open the License Management window (Managing licenses with the PTV License Manager) or (Opening the license management in the product).

2. Click the Edit CodeMeter settings symbol.

3. Make the desired changes:

Element

Description

License server section

List of the license servers that you can access. You can edit the list.

A symbol indicates the status of the license server:

displays an automatically found license server You can neither remove this license server from the search list nor edit it.
displays a registered accessible license server
displays a registered unavailable license server.

Update list: Updates the list of registered license servers.

Add license server: Add license servers to the search list (Adding license servers to the list of all searchable servers).

Remove license server: Delete marked license servers from the list (Removing a license server from the search list)

Edit license server: Edit marked license servers (Editing a license server in the search list)

Automatic server search

If the option is selected, the product automatically scans the network for license servers.

Note: The search process will take longer when the option is selected. Additionally, the start of the product is delayed.

License container section

List of license containers that you can access. You can edit the list.

Start search for new license containers on the registered license servers and the cloud license servers (Finding licenses).

Import credentials for cloud container Set up access to the cloud license container by importing the credentials file (Setting up access to cloud license containers)

Generate soft container: To activate license keys for soft containers on a license server, it may be necessary to generate a new soft container on the desired license server.

Remove soft container/credentials: Permanently deletes the selected soft container or the selected credentials for a cloud container from your computer.

Warning: When you delete a soft container, the licenses stored in it are also deleted. This action cannot be undone.

Generate license request/receipt (file-based): Generates a license request file or receipt file for the selected license container on this computer as part of the license update process (Updating a license on a license server without an Internet connection) and (Generating and transferring the receipt file on the license server)

Import license update (file-based): Updates the license on the selected license container file-based. This procedure is applied when the license container is located on this computer, which is not connected to the Internet(Transferring the license activation file from the computer with Internet access to the license server).

Superordinate topic:

License handling for PTV Vision users