There are three types of ATE licensing:
| • | A system license indicates that the ATE license is for the same number of nodes that are licensed for A-Shell, such as when a 40-node A-Shell system is licensed for 40 ATE nodes. In this case there is no separate license for ATE; ATE is simply an option on the A-Shell license. To install the ATE license on such a system, run LICENS.LIT like you would for any other A-Shell license update. When asked which license you are updating, select “A-Shell.” Obviously, since the ATE license is the A-Shell license, the serial number remains the same. |
| • | A server license is used to mean the case when the number of ATE nodes licensed is less than the number of A-Shell nodes, but the license is still (a) based on some number of nodes, and (b) resident on the A-Shell host. In this case there is a separate license for ATE and the serial number is NOT the same as for A-Shell. When changing the license, run A-Shell's server-based LICENS program but select "ATE" (option "2") when asked which license you are updating. You can recognize that this is an ATE license by the "Platform" being shown as Auxiliary. Caution: the same company name and file (CONAME.DAT) is used for both ATE and A-Shell, so be careful of changing the company name. |
| • | A single license that resides on the PC (i.e., is not dependent on a connected A-Shell host computer for its licensing) is available for special circumstances. To license the PC you do not run the (server-based) LICENS program, but instead use the Update PC-based License function on the File menu in ATE. You must also run this before obtaining the license, as the procedure will supply you with the MAC address you need when requesting a license. This licensing option is rarely used and is mentioned here mostly for historical purposes. |
