Licence Classes
For Surpac, GEMS, Minex, MineSched, or Whittle, you can set up different licence classes. A licence class is the name for a grouping of options or modules for a program. Program users request a particular licence class from Licence Manager when they use Surpac, Minex, MineSched, or Whittle. By requesting a specific licence class, the users ensure that the licence they get includes the modules, that is the commands or functions, needed to do their job.
When a tokens file is first installed in Licence Manager, all licences are assigned the default class. In GEMS, the default class is the seat number of each licence. In Surpac, Minex, MineSched, and Whittle, the default class is named default.
The person who administers Licence Manager can define the class names using any combination of alphanumeric characters. If a site uses licence classes, the administrator determines the class to which a licence token belongs.
For example, if you have three licences for Surpac, you might have three licence classes, one for each licence. One class could include all modules and have the class name all. A second class could include modules that relate specifically to surveying functions and have the class name survey. And the third class could include modules that relate specifically to geology functions and have the class name geology. A surveyor using Surpac can specifically request the licence class named survey, which is the licence that includes all the modules needed perform their job.
Requesting a Licence Class
The procedure to request a licence class differs for each GEOVIA program:
- For Surpac or Minex to use a specific licence class, add the -class <classname>
command-line option to the desktop shortcut, otherwise the default licence
class is used.
Note: If you renamed all instances of the default class when you set up the classes, you must add the -class <classname> option to use a specific licence. If you do not add the -class <classname> option, you will not get a licence. - For Whittle to use a specific licence class, choose File > Licence Validation and select the licence class you want to use.
- For GEMS to use a specific licence class, choose File > Switch Seat and select the seat you want to use.
- For MineSched to use a specific licence class, choose Scenario > Licensing... and select the licence class you want to use.
Caution: If the tokens give you access to different modules, GEOVIA recommends that you put only one token into a licence class. If more than one token is put in a licence class, users can never be certain which modules they are licensed to use.
Note: If you have more than one token for a single version of a program, you must put the tokens into separate licence classes, for Licence Manager to correctly distribute licences.
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