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Specific Licensing for the SDL Suite


Licensing by Feature

Licensing is done by "features", which are individual components of the tool set, such as the SDL Simulator or the TTCN Suite's TTCN to C compiler.

A license key specifies the number of "seats" (simultaneously available licenses) for each feature of the tool set listed in the license key. FlexNet (floating) licenses allow the number of licenses available to be specified on a feature-by-feature basis.

Standard/Package license model (SDL Suite)

SDL Suite has two license types - the Standard license and the Package license.

The Standard license follows the conventional license model used in SDL Suite and TTCN Suite. It is based on the principle that each tool feature is connected to a unique license feature. It is possible for a user to use any tool feature as long as there is an available license feature for the specific tool to allocate.

The Package license is a license model created to simplify the administration and the dimensioning of license configurations. The content of the Package license is tailored to the needs of specific user roles. The specific license feature is used to license all tool features within a specific package license. Optional features can be used together with a Package license (as long as they are not part of any Package license). It is not possible to combine the license model for standard licensing and the package based model.

Description of packages

This table defines which components each package contains.

Name Included components

SDL Suite Author

Organizer

SDL Framework

MSC Editor

C/C++ Access

SDL Suite Model Builder

Organizer

SDL Framework

MSC Editor

C/C++ Access

SDL Simulator

SDL Suite Code Builder
(C-advanced)

Organizer

SDL Framework

MSC Editor

C/C++ Access

SDL Simulator

SDL to C compiler, advanced

SDL Suite Code Builder
(C-micro)

Organizer

SDL Framework

MSC Editor

C/C++ Access

SDL Simulator

SDL to C compiler, micro

Set up and change a Package license

To be able to use package based licenses the SDL Suite needs to be tuned.

On Unix

There are two ways of setting up a package based license on UNIX:

Start up command parameter

To start using a specific package just add the package name as the first parameter when issuing the command to start the tool. For example:

$ /opt/telelogic/bin/sdlsuite author

The packages to be selected in this way are:

When the package is added to the issued command the package based mechanism is used.

Environment variable

Another way to setup a specific package is to set the environment variable SDLSUITE_ROLE to one of the above values before issuing the tool.

Note:

This value will be overridden if the package parameter is used.

In Windows

On Windows the packages can be set up during runtime:

  1. On the Help menu select License Information.
  2. Press the button Configure License.
  3. Select the wanted package.

Note:

When changing between the different packages during runtime you might end up using licenses for several different packages. To avoid this it is recommended that you restart the tools when changing from one package to another.

Display your package setup

To see which package you have selected do the following:

  1. On the Help menu select License Information.
  2. Press the button Configure License. The selected package is displayed.


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