How to Determine your License Type (Certificate or Lock-based) - PSCAD
When you are ready to set up your PSCAD software, your PSCAD download package might
include setup instructions for both certificate and lock-based licensing.
If you are unsure what type of licensing you have, here are some tips to help determine this, so that you can use the right set of instructions:
- Lock-based Licensing:
- Applicable only for PSCAD (not for any other MHI products)
- Licensing is hosted by the customer, either directly on the PSCAD machine, or on a server to be shared with client machines over the customer's Network.
- Licensing is authorized using a physical USB lock that gets plugged in on a USB port, and an installed license file.
- Further information on this licensing type is availabe in this article. - Certificate Licensing:
- Applicable for all MHI Released Products (PSCAD, Initializer, Enerplot, PRSIM, FACE).
- Licensing is hosted on MHI servers, and shared with client machines over the Internet.
- Licensing is authorized when a customer checks out a license certificate from our server.
- User requires a MyCentre user account to be able to use the certificate licensing.
-- Further information on this licensing type is availabe in this article.
If you still are unsure about what type of license you have, please feel free to contact sales@pscad.com or support@mhi.ca. Please ensure to include the name of your organization in your request, as well as any other related information.