Two types of licensing are available with PSCAD: Certificate Licencing and Lock-Based Licensing.
With lock-based licensing, the license is hosted by the customer, either directly on the PSCAD machine, or on a server and shared with client machines over the network. With certificate licensing, the license is hosted by MHI servers, and shared with client machines over the internet.
Three installers are available to install PSCAD and associated products, the InstallShield Wizard, MyUpdater, and the Installer Utility. The installers are specified according to PSCAD edition, and available to authorized users as downloads in MyCentre.
Component licensing is available to component designers, to restrict the use of their custom components. Component licensing is provided to authorized users as a feature within certificate licensing.