hi brad,
i believe you've misunderstood. protel allows you to load the
software upon more machines than you have licenses for IF its
on an intranet where it can go out and check if you have exceeded
your number of licenses. chris is not advocating illegal use of
of the software.
miker
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jaurique, Brad [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Thursday, May 24, 2001 2:23 PM
> To: 'Protel EDA Forum'
> Subject: Re: [PEDA] 99SE setup advice wanted
>
> You shouldn't be promoting illegal use of Protel. You should always only
> use what you pay for. That's why Software is so expensive. As well as
> frustrating to people trying to make a living from writing it.
>
> Anyways that's my 1/2 cent in to it.
>
>
>
> You should contact Protel in regards to help on that issue.
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Chris Hower [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Thursday, May 24, 2001 11:37 AM
> To: Protel EDA Forum
> Subject: Re: [PEDA] 99SE setup advice wanted
>
>
> sounds like you got it under control. we have 4 machines running protel
>
> 99se and two licenses. (no fancy setup, just straight install) if two
>
> licenses are used at the same time, a pop up window tells you you are
>
> exceeding maximum users. if you only run selected servers on selected
>
> machines (e.g. sch on one pcb on the other) 1 license is good enough.
>
>
>
> Chris Hower
>
> DPS Telecom CAD
>
> (559)455-1600 Ext. 136
>
> www.dpstele.com
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>
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
>
> From: Bagotronix Tech Support [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
>
> Sent: Thursday, May 24, 2001 11:11 AM
>
> To: Protel EDA Forum
>
> Subject: [PEDA] 99SE setup advice wanted
>
>
>
>
>
> Hello, all:
>
>
>
> I finally (!) got the new PC I have been seeking for 3 months now. It's a
>
> dual 1 GHz Pentium-III with 512MB SDRAM-133 and 60GB UDMA/100 HDD, Matrox
>
> G450 dual-head video. Awesome hardware! AMD Athlon and DDR lost out
>
> because there aren't any dual-CPU DDR chipsets yet, as far as I know. The
>
> new PC has W2K - running good so far!
>
>
>
> Anyways, I finally have the machine I need to upgrade to Protel 99SE. I
> am
>
> ready to install it, but I have some questions which are not answered by
> the
>
> manual (yes, I did RTFB).
>
>
>
> I need to set up Protel on 2 workstations, but I have only one license. I
>
> know that some other CAD software has done this with "floating" licenses
>
> that enable the CAD to be used on only one workstation at a time.
>
>
>
> 1) Does Protel do this?
>
> 2) If so, how do I set it up to do it? Is it as simple as loading a copy
>
> of 99SE on each machine, and the program automatically sends a broadcast
>
> onto the LAN to see if another copy is already in use? I seem to remember
>
> some Protel users having grief about floating licenses some time back.
>
> 3) If there is a license manager server program, where does it have to
>
> reside? In our office we use a Linux Samba server, not an NT box. So if
>
> the license manager has to run on a NT server, we can't do that. (For
> those
>
> who don't know about Linux, a Linux Samba server acts just like a Windows
>
> SMB server; Networking Neighborhood, it's really cool).
>
> 4) Where do I put the CAD libraries (SCH, PCB, etc.) so that they can be
>
> shared by both users? Can I just put them in a shared directory on our
>
> Samba server? We put other files there OK.
>
>
>
> Thanks in advance for your help.
>
>
>
> Best regards,
>
> Ivan Baggett
>
> Bagotronix Inc.
>
> website: www.bagotronix.com
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>
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