Preparing the borrowing of licenses

You can use an activated floating network license that supports borrowing licenses as a standard floating network license without any further action.

Note: However, the use as a standard floating network license in combination with the following product versions is only possible with a set password (see steps 3 to 6).

PTV Visum 18 and 2020
PTV Vissim 18 and 2020
PTV Viswalk 11 and 2020
PTV Vistro 7 and 2020

To be able to borrow from this license and, if necessary, create activation keys for borrowing, you must prepare the license for this.

Prerequisites are:

You have the password that was sent together with the license key.
You have an Internet connection.

1. From the Windows Start menu, choose PTV License Manager (Server) (Managing licenses with the PTV License Manager).

2. Select the desired product and click the Start button.

The License Management window opens.

3. Click the Manage button.

If required, a message is displayed prompting you to first change the password received from PTV. Otherwise, enter the password already changed and proceed with step 6.

4. Confirm with OK.

The Change password window opens.

5. Enter a new password.

6. Confirm with OK.

The Manage license window opens.

7. Make the desired changes:

Element	Description
Use activation key	If this option is selected, an activation key is required to borrow a license. If this option is not selected, a license may also be borrowed without an activation key.
Key length	Enter the number of characters for activation keys in the field. The number of characters entered limits the number of activation keys you can generate. The possible number is displayed next to Key. For example, 0/24 means that none of the 24 activation keys possible have been created so far. You can set a different key length for each new activation key. The number of the keys that you can still generate is recalculated.
Allow borrowing only	If this option is selected, the license may only be used for borrowing. If the option is not selected, the license can be used for borrowing and as a regular floating network license.

Element

Description

Use activation key

If this option is selected, an activation key is required to borrow a license.

If this option is not selected, a license may also be borrowed without an activation key.

Key length

Enter the number of characters for activation keys in the field. The number of characters entered limits the number of activation keys you can generate. The possible number is displayed next to Key. For example, 0/24 means that none of the 24 activation keys possible have been created so far. You can set a different key length for each new activation key. The number of the keys that you can still generate is recalculated.

Allow borrowing only

If this option is selected, the license may only be used for borrowing.

If the option is not selected, the license can be used for borrowing and as a regular floating network license.

8. Confirm with OK.

The license is prepared for borrowing.