License check out
To prevent the loss of a network license, the license may be checked out to a workstation, and then checked back in once analysis is complete and results have been reviewed. Please note that other users will not have access to the license which has been checked out until it has been checked back in. The network-license check-out procedure, described in the Word file named Remote Commuter Licensing.doc, is summarized as follows:
- Run the WCommute.exe utility which is also found in the SAP2000 program directory.
- Use the file menu, or the command button at the bottom of the screen, to locate the server, then choose Search Subnet.
- Enter the number of days for check out.
- Highlight the check-out feature, then select Check Out.
NOTE: Please leave the Check Out Authorization for Remote User box blank unless the check out is for a user who is unable to connect to the LAN, has run WRCommute, and has sent you the computer locking code.
IMPORTANT: The environment variable LSFORCEHOST typically needs to be set on the workstation as: LSFORCEHOST = no-net.
This process is as follows:
- Run Wlmadmin.exe, which is found in SAP2000\ETABS\SAFE > Program Folder.
- Record the IP address of the program server.
- For Windows NT, 2000, and XP, open Control Panel > Systems > Advanced (tab) > Environment Variable > System Variable, then enter the information which follows:
When connecting to the network, LSFORCEHOST = IP address of the program server
When disconnecting from the network, LSFORCEHOST = no-net
- Reboot the workstation.
