TEMS DISCOVERY FLEXNET LICENSING

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Contents

Contents

Chapter 1. Introduction

1.1. FlexNet Terminology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1

Chapter 2. Downloading TEMS Discovery Software 2

Chapter 3. Handling Licenses

3.1. PC Registration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
3.2. Installing TEMS Discovery Licenses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
3.3. Uninstalling/Returning Licenses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
3.4. Creating a PC Alias . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
3.5. Notifications in TEMS Discovery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
3.5.1. License Missing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
3.5.2. License Expiry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

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1.

Introduction

This document describes how FlexNet is used as licensing solution with

TEMS Discovery. If FlexNet is used, both software download and license
management are handled through the FlexNet web interface.
What is described in this document is limited to the tasks a regular TEMS
Discovery user needs to perform. The all-important ones are:

Downloading the TEMS Discovery software.

Installing TEMS Discovery licenses.

For the more extensive tasks to be handled by customers FlexNet admins, a

tutorial is provided in the document Users Guide Global License Server.

1.1.

FlexNet Terminology

FlexNet terminology is in part different from what is used in the TEMS

Discovery documentation. To prevent confusion, some preliminary notes are
in order regarding the language used in the FlexNet user interface:

FlexNet Term

Meaning of Term As Applied to TEMS

Discovery

Entitlement

TEMS Discovery software that you are entitled

to download and license options that you are
entitled to activate.

Add-on

Any TEMS Discovery license feature (which is

added onto your PC): not just optional ones
for optional functions, but also the basic
license required to run the application.

Device

A device on which the TEMS Discovery

software runs, that is, a PC. (It does not refer to
data-collecting devices used with TEMS
products.)

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2.

Downloading TEMS Discovery

Software

To enable download of the purchased TEMS Discovery software, Ascom

sends a welcome email to the person in your organization named as email
contact with a link to a FlexNet web page. That person can then log in to the
web page and download TEMS Discovery software. It is assumed here for
simplicity that you will be doing this yourself; alternatively, it might be done for
you by the FlexNet admin in your organization.

Click the link in the welcome email. It takes you to this login page:

Click the Password Finder link.

Enter your email address and press Submit.

You will now receive another email. In that email, click the text that reads
this link.

Enter your email address and password as instructed on the web page.
Note that the email address must be entered in lowercase.

You are taken to a page titled Download Central Home.

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In the navigation column under Entitlements, click Product List.

In the list of products, select TEMS Discovery.

On the Product Information screen, click the version you want to

download.

On the Product Download screen, click the FTP Download button once
for the appropriate file.

A TEMS Discovery EXE file is now downloaded to your PC. Install this
software.

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3.

Handling Licenses

3.1.

PC Registration

When you start TEMS Discovery for the first time, your PC will automatically
register with FlexNet. In the process, a device ID is created for your machine.
A window titled License Control Center appears, where this device ID is
displayed as Host Identity. (Should License Control Center not launch
automatically, it can be started manually by running the file C:\Program Files
(x86)\Ascom\TEMS Products\TEMS Mediator\Application\
LicenseControlCenter.exe.)
You now need to log in to FlexNet:

Under Username, enter your email address.

Under Password, enter the password you were assigned when

downloading the TEMS Discovery software (see chapter 2).

Click the Register button.

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A message box saying License check failed! will appear at this point. This is
because you have not yet installed any TEMS Discovery licenses on your PC.
This is the topic of section 3.2.

3.2.

Installing TEMS Discovery Licenses

What remains to be done is to install the requisite TEMS Discovery licenses

on your PC. This means the basic license for the TEMS Discovery software
as well as all additional license options that have been purchased. As in case
of the software download, it is assumed here that you will be installing the
licenses yourself, as opposed to your FlexNet admin handling this task.

In the FlexNet web interface, in the navigation column under Device

Management, click Search Devices.

In the list of devices, find the device ID that represents your PC by using
the Device ID search field. It is usually sufficient to enter the last few digits
of the string, preceded by a wild card, like this: *1234. Click the device
ID link once you have located it.

At the bottom of the View Device screen, all licenses (add-ons) that you
have installed on your PC are listed. The first time around, of course, this list
will be empty.

To activate licenses on your PC, you need to map the relevant add-ons to
the machine. Click the Map Add-Ons link.

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The Map Add-Ons screen appears, displaying a comprehensive overview of

the pool of add-ons at your organizations disposal.

The Available Units in Line Item column shows the number of licenses
currently available, out of the total purchased, which is given in the Total
Units in Line Item column.
The Maximum Add-On Units Allowed on Device column tells how many
licenses of a given type can be activated simultaneously on the same PC. For
the basic TEMS Discovery software license, this number is one, since it
would not make sense to have more than one base software package
installed.
What you need to do here is to map the full set of add-ons you are going to
require in using TEMS Discovery.

You must always map the TEMS Discovery base software license.

You also need to map:

Your license options for cellular technologies.

Any additional license options required.

For each add-on, enter the number of add-ons you want to map in the
Units to Configure column, then click the Map Add-Ons button. The
status of each add-on changes to Waiting to add to device.

When you are done mapping add-ons, return to the License Control
Center window and click the Refresh button there. The status of the addons in the FlexNet web interface will then change to In sync, and the

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License Control Center will display all the licenses that are now installed
on your PC.
You are now ready to start using TEMS Discovery with all functions that you
have a license for. (If the License check failed! message still appears,
double-check that all required licenses are present and in sync. If you find
nothing amiss, reboot the PC.)

3.3.

Uninstalling/Returning Licenses

To uninstall a TEMS Discovery license from your PC and return it to the pool
of available licenses, proceed as in section 3.2, but on the View Device
screen, click the Remove Add-Ons link instead. The table from the Map
Add-Ons screen reappears here, and you can remove licenses selectively
exactly as desired.
Alternatively, you can return licenses from the License Control Center
window. In the list of currently mapped add-ons, you can select an add-on
and then click the Return button. Furthermore, you can schedule returning of
licenses to take place at a specified time in the future. Do so by clicking the
Set Auto Return button and entering a date and time, as shown in the
following screenshot:

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3.4.

Creating a PC Alias

It is a good idea to define a plain-language alias for your PC (preferably, your

email address) so that you can identify it more easily in the FlexNet user
interface.

In the navigation column on the left, under Device Management, click the
Search Devices link. Here you will find your PC added to the list of
registered devices.

In the Device ID column of this list, click the link representing your PC.

On the View Device screen, type the alias you want into the Alias field.

Click the Update Alias button.

This alias will now appear on the Search Devices screen.

3.5.

Notifications in TEMS Discovery

FlexNet will pop up a message box in TEMS Discovery in the following

situations:

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3.5.1.

License Missing

If the set of add-ons mapped to the PC at TEMS Discovery start-up is not

viable, TEMS Discovery will shut down with a message License check
failed!, just as happens the first time around when you have not yet mapped
your add-ons (see section 3.2).

3.5.2.

License Expiry

TEMS Discovery will warn you when some FlexNet add-on mapped to your
PC is about to expire. A message box will be displayed in TEMS Discovery a
number of times over the last few days before this happens, detailing the
features affected.

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