Licence activation with a hardware dongle (V16+)

NB: This article applies only to version V16 and after.

Context 

Hardware dongle licensing allows you to run an application on a workstation using a Sentinel SuperPro hardware dongle.

The license received is locked to a dongle identifier.

Prerequisites

• You have received your personal Sentinel Superpro Hardware dongle
• You have downloaded the Sentinel System Driver.
  Sentinel System Driver can be downloaded from this page
  
• You have the Romans CAD installation package.
• You have received your licenses as a .LIC file

Procedure

Install Sentinel System Driver Connect your personal Sentinel Superpro hardware dongle to your workstation. It should be correctly detected by your workstation.
Install Romans CAD, specifying "Hardware dongle" as licensing mode. Start RCS
Check your "Licensing mode" options:  "Standalone / Dongle" should be selected Your dongle ID should appear in the "Preferred dongle ID" list. NB: The text field can be left blank if there is only one dongle "ALL*ALL mode" should be unselected.
Click on "Import license(s)...", select the file you have received, and validate.
A message will confirm import was OK
You will have to restart RCS
On the next start, licenses that match your dongle id will be highlighted. Select them, and validate

Sharing a license file on a server

As an alternative, instead of importing a license file in its default location, you can 

1. Save the license file received in a shared folder.
2. Change RCS license file location