Remote Commuter Licensing

Previous versions of SentinelLM required that the laptop computer that will use a commuter authorization be physically connected to the network at some point to check out the commuter authorization. In some cases this is not practical (for example if a traveler is delayed on a trip and needs a new license). WCommute (the Windows-interface utility), version 7.2.0, now allows a network Client to check out a commuter authorization and send it to a remote user. A new utility, WRCommute (the Windows-interface utility) is now provided to allow the remote user to generate a commuter locking code to send to the local user checking out the commuter authorization from the SentinelLM license server, and also to install the commuter authorization received from the network user. Here is an overview of how to obtain and install a remote commuter authorization: 1. A remote user runs WRCommute to generate a commuter locking code for the remote computer, and sends the commuter locking code to the local user who has access to the SentinelLM license server. 2. The local user runs WCommute (entering the remote users commuter locking code) to check out a remote commuter authorization, and sends it to the remote user. 3. The remote user runs WRCommute to install the remote commuter authorization.

Step #1: Getting a Remote Commuter Locking Code

The remote user must generate a commuter locking code for his or her remote computer and send it to the network user. ____________________________________________________________________________ Note: The commuter locking code used to lock a commuter authorization is not the same as the locking code displayed by echoidyou must use WRCommute to obtain it. ____________________________________________________________________________

Getting a Commuter Locking Code with WRCommute

Run WRCommute and click the Get Locking Code tab. You see the commuter locking code for the current computer. To copy the commuter locking code to the computer clipboard, click the Copy to Clipboard button. To save the commuter locking code to a file, click the Save to file button. To display the commuter locking code in a separate window, click the Display button. To send the commuter locking code as an e-mail message, type an e-mail address in the E-mail address text box and click Send.

Step #2: Checking Out a Remote Commuter Authorization

The next step is to use WCommute on a computer connected to the Network containing the SentinelLM license server to check out a Commuter authorization for the remote user.

Checking out a Remote Authorization with WCommute

1. Run WCommute and select the commuter authorization you want to use from the network as you normally would. 2. Select the Check out authorization for remote machine check box and click Check Out. Now WCommute displays the Locking Code for Remote Machine dialog box.
Entering the Remote Computers Commuter Locking Code

To type the commuter locking code received from the remote user,

select Enter the locking code for remote machine and type it in the text box. To paste the commuter locking code from the computer clipboard, click the Paste from Clipboard button. To choose the commuter locking code from a file, select Get locking code for remote machine from file and type the file name in the text box or use the Browse button to find it. 3. Click OK. Next you see the Remote Commuter Licensing dialog box.
Saving the Remote Commuter Authorization

To save the commuter authorization to a file, click the Save to File button. To send the commuter authorization as an e-mail message, type an e-mail address in the E-mail address text box and click Send.

Step #3: Installing a Remote Commuter Authorization

Once the commuter authorization has been checked out for the remote user and sent to him or her, the remote user needs to install it. Note that a remote commuter authorization cannot be checked back into the license server, but will simply expire on the remote computer.

Installing a Remote Commuter Authorization with WRCommute

1. Run WRCommute and click the Install Remote Authorization Code tab. To type the authorization code received from a network user, select Enter remote authorization code and type it in the text box. To install the authorization code from a file, select Get remote authorization code(s) from file and type the file name in the text box or use the Browse button to find it. To paste the authorization code from the computer clipboard into the text box, click the Paste from Clipboard button. 2. Click Install.