Prior to FRED version 19.0, all licenses of FRED were implemented through Thales' SuperPro technology platform. Although this is considered to be a "legacy" product by its vendor, Photon Engineering will continue to maintain support for the SuperPro platform as seamlessly as possible while concurrently supporting the newer Sentinel technology. Although Photon Engineering has no plans to force users to transition from SuperPro to Sentinel licensing, users should be aware that Thales will discontinue support for SuperPro at some future date. When this occurs, SuperPro hardware will not be available for replacement.
The SuperPro licensing implementation provides software protection by enforcing license validation in the following configurations: •Single-user license accessed on the local client PC through the use of a USB hardware dongle •Floating network license (USB dongle) hosted on a license server visible to the client PC over the network
As a legacy product, the SuperPro licensing implementation is naturally less flexible than the Sentinel implementation in terms of supported functionality, installation requirements and license management tools. Inquiries regarding license upgrades to the Sentinel implementation can be sent to fredsales@photonengr.com.
Please refer to the Help topics below for information pertaining to your specific SuperPro license configuration: SuperPro - Single User License
The following help topic describes the license monitoring capability of the SuperPro license technology:
You are responsible for protecting your hardware or software key from theft or loss as described in the FRED Optical Engineering Software EULA. Photon Engineering does not replace lost keys for any reason. Photon Engineering recommends that you insure your keys for the value of the purchased software, as you would for any other asset of similar value.
If you plan to modify the configuration of a physical or virtual workstation with a softkey installed, it is strongly recommended that you re-host the softkey to a different computer while the modifications are made and then return the softkey to the reconfigured machine. This reduces the chance of losing your softkey license as a result of computer failure.
The SuperPro License Authorization Dialog provides the following functionality related to the SuperPro licensing implementation: •Provides a summary of the currently connected SuperPro license in the FRED License Status portion of the dialog •Allows updating of the currently connected SuperPro license using the Authorize Key function •Allows generation of a SuperPro Trial license for prospective FRED customers •Reports the connected SuperPro key serial number
The SuperPro License Authorization dialog (image below) can be accessed in the following ways: •From the License Search Strategy dialog, press the "SuperPro Dialog" button •Navigate to Help > License Authorization Note that when accessing the License Authorization dialog through the Help menu, either a SuperPro specific dialog or a Sentinel specific license dialog will be presented depending on which technology the connected FRED license is using.
The SuperPro License Authorization dialog items are described below.
Updated license authorization codes may be issued by Photon Engineering as the result of a license maintenance contract renewal, upgrade, or upon payment of a new license. In these cases, the license authorization codes are provided electronically in a text file and will need to be applied to the corresponding SuperPro license using the procedure below. The license update only needs to be performed one time from any client PC running FRED that connects to the corresponding license. The procedure for updating the license is the following: 1.Start FRED, configured to connect to the corresponding SuperPro license you wish to update 2.Navigate to Help > License Authorization in order to open the SuperPro License Authorization Dialog 3.From the text license authorization file (or email) received from Photon Engineering, copy the two rows of license authorization codes 4.Paste the copied license authorization codes into the text box portion of the FRED License Authorization Passwords section of the SuperPro License Authorization Dialog 5.Press the Authorize Key button on the SuperPro License Authorization Dialog
If the authorization is successful, you should receive a notification prompt form FRED indicating success. Additionally, the FRED License Status portion of the SuperPro License Authorization Dialog will display the updated license information.
Under certain circumstances, a SuperPro dongle may become only partially authorized (i.e. not all of the expected features will be available) and FRED displays a warning message indicating that certain capabilities are not allowed. This is usually the result of including only a subset of the supplied license authorization codes when updating the license using the procedure described above.
This situation can be resolved by authorizing the SuperPro dongle using all of the supplied license codes from the Windows command line in the following way:
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