The license file AnTherm.HID
All functions of the application have to be activated by applying the license activation procedure. As long as the license has not been applied and licensing procedure not fully executed, AnTherm will immediately change to demonstrational mode. In this mode many of applications' functions are not available to the user.
To fully activate all licensed program functions the customer specific license file AnTherm.HID has to be copied into the installation folder.
If the license file is missing, or if the license term has expired, the way the program works will be strongly restricted and many elements will become not usable.
Information about the currently installed license and its validity can be checked in the About window which can be reached from the menu Help->About... .
License activation procedure
If the activation of the end user license has not been executed yet, one has to apply explicitly for such activation. The vendor shall contact you by e-Mail shortly after the purchase of the installation package.
The license of the program is made non-transferable and bound to the physical MAC address of a physical Ethernet LAN network adapter card (or dedicated hardware dongle).
From the data contained in
- four lines of customer header (heading all reports) and
- the MAC address of a LAN board or data on the hardware dongle
a license key is being derived.
Customer specific data of four text lines are printed in the heading of all reports.
In accordance with license terms and conditions of use the licensee is not allowed to hide, remove or change any of vendor and user data shown in result reports.
Exact content of four available lines of text can be defined by the customer. This allows placing of company name, address and other information on heading of all reports. One shall only keep these lines short to allow enough space for the optional customers' logo placed in the middle of each heading - 50 to 60 characters on each line shall be sufficient in most cases.
The physical MAC address of one (or even many) Ethernet network adapters installed in the computer are listed in the mid part of the About window, shown just after the licensing information and the list of active active license features:
The data, prepared in the way shown below, shall be made available by e-Mail to the vendor:
Customer data (maximum of 4 lines, each by max of 60 characters long): Line 1: .............................................. Line 2: .............................................. Line 3: .............................................. Line 4: .............................................. Hardware identification: MAC of the LAN-Card: ...............................
Data provided shall identify the licensee truthfully and comprehensibly. The end user agrees that these data will be displayed in informational windows of the application and on all outputs produced by using this software. In accordance with license terms and conditions of use the licensee is not allowed to hide, remove or change any of vendor and user data shown in result reports.
Afterwards you will receive your personalized license file AnTherm.HID sent to you by e-Mail. Please copy that file (without any changes) into the installation folder of AnTherm or to the location specified within application setting "Alternative license file AnTherm.HID".
Important: We advise you to create a backup copy of your personalized license file AnTherm.HID to be able to restore it when required later.
Note: To readout the MAC address one can also use a helper application adaptersAddresses.exe. You will find adaptersAddresses.exe in the installation folder of AnTherm.
Note: To readout the MAC address the system command "ipconfig /all" can be used also. Listing of MAC addresses shown with this command can contain virtual network adapters however which are not suitable as license identification of the machine. Therefore please use the output shown in the About window or with the tool adaptersAddresses.exe.
Activating the license with a Hardware-Dongle
As an alternative of binding the license to the computer by its network adapter (i.e. via the MAC address) there is an activation option with a hardware dongle. It adds mobility of the license between multiple computers - please verify the license terms on regulation of the ownership and the usage rights on one computer only.
Remark: Hardware dongle activation is an additional option which shall be purchased in extension to the license.
The activation of the license is combined with the data of the hardware dongle and stored in the license file. The application is able to execute only if the applicable hardware dongle, which is specified in the personalized license file, is plugged into the USB port of the computer.
Before you execute the application please plug the hardware dongle into any USB port of the computer on which the software and the associated license file are installed. There is no need to install any additional software (e.g. device drivers) to use the hardware dongle with AnTherm.
If you'd like to move the hardware dongle to some other computer please save your application data at first, then close the application and, after this, unplug the hardware dongle from the computer finally.
Remark: Never unplug the hardware dongle while the application is running. This might lead to unpredictable behaviour of the application or of the whole system or even damage the hardware dongle itself.
Remark: Protect the hardware dongle against loss or damage to avoid eventual blocking fine and repair or replacement costs.
Demonstrational mode
During execution of AnTherm in its Demo-Mode several application functions are not available. This demonstrational behaviour can be turned off by purchasing a permanent or a time limited license.
The license file controlling the demonstrational mode is located in subfolder "DemoLicense" of the installation folder.
Properties of typical demonstrational license are restricted to following application features: RESULTS, SOLVER, 3DIM, 30000CELLS. Furthermore, a demonstrational license can be restricted to expire after some date.
- While in Demo-Mode the About window will periodically pop up. Each time the user must click it away manually.
- The precision of results will always be worse then requested while in demonstrational mode. The configuration of demonstrational mode targets short computational times at the expense of precision loss! The Demo-Mode's termination condition (the Delta) is set to 10-4 (0.0001); higher precision (required for conformity with valid norms) will be reached with terminal condition starting at and below 10-7 (0.0000001).
For that reason physical interpretation of results produced with demonstrational version is not reasonable! The software will show a warning message if the user tries to create more precise results by reducing the termination condition:
The termination delta of the Solver-Engine has been reset to 0.0001. The demonstration license targets towards short computational time. The results are being computed faster but the precision might suffer. You shall upgrade your license if you wish to obtain more precise results. Please contact the manufacturer or reseller of this application to acquire full featured license.
- In Demo-Mode all pictures copied to the clipboard or saved to file will be watermarked with a text „Demonstration“.
- In Demo-Mode all result reports are watermarked with a text „Demonstration“.
- In Demo-Mode all 3D pictures will be overlapped transparently with a text „Demonstration“; The license information is shown at the upper-left corner of the image also.
- In Demo-Mode all save and export functions of reports are not available.
Note: If the license is invalid (for example it has expired) intervals of About-window popup will become shorter and after 5 minutes the application will exit.
Features
Which application functions are covered and active within your license is defined within the license file by following feature entries:
- 3DIM – calculation of 3-dimensional constructions (multi-Layered or 3D)
- RESULTS – executing the menu Results…
- EDURESULTS – executing the menu Results… with a watermark "Educational"
- DEMORESULTS – executing the menu Results… with a watermark "Demonstration"
- SOLVER – executing the Solver
- 10000CELLS – executing the Solver up to 10.000 cells
- 30000CELLS – executing the Solver up to 30.000 cells
- 50000CELLS – executing the Solver up to 50.000 cells
- 100000CELLS – executing the Solver up to 100.000 cells
- 300000CELLS – executing the Solver up to 300.000 cells
- 1000000CELLS – executing the Solver up to 1.000.000 cells
- ANYCELLS – executing the Solver without cell limit
- FULL – all above features
- VERSION201009 – required for execution from Version 6.89 on
- NODEMOPOPUP – suppress periodic popup of About windows when in Demo-Mode.
VAPOUR-Option specific features:
- DAMPF2DIM - solving two dimensional vapour diffusion
- DAMPF3DIM - solving three dimensional vapour diffusion
TRANSIENT-Option specific features:
- INSTATIONARY - solving of the harmonic, periodic, transient heat transfer (e.g. phase shift, harmonic coupling coefficients, etc.)
Additional Features:
- STEREO3DVIEW - allows choice of binocular 3D views on supported devices
- MULTICORE - allows executing solver distributed on multiple processors or processor cores
Vapour diffusion solution (VAPOUR-Option)
| VAPOUR-option: Analysis of multidimensional vapour diffusion is only possible with an active VAPOUR-Option of the program.. |
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See also: Installation of the program, License terms and conditions of use, System requirements, License order form