Configure Protection Manager to get a license

Configure the Protection Manager to get a license from a license server on your network.

Prerequisites:

• A properly configured license server available on your network. For more information, see Configure CodeMeter Runtime to serve licenses. Note the host name or IP address of that license server.

• Administrator privileges on the computer in order to run Protection Manager.

This task applies to every installation that will get its license from the license server.

To configure Protection Manager:

1. If the software is running, stop and save the open project, if applicable, then exit the software.

   The Protection Manager cannot make changes if the software is running.

2. Run Protection Manager: from the Start menu, select AVEVA Edge 2026, then select AVEVA Edge 2026 Register.

   The Protection Manager program window is displayed.

   

3. Select Enable Server.

4. In the Mode list, select one of the following options:

   Option	Description
   Local License	Only check for a locally installed hardkey license. This is the default mode when Enable Server is not selected. For more information, see Hardkey Licenses.
   Local/Network	First, check for a locally installed hardkey license, and if one is found, use it. Otherwise, check the network for a license server.
   Network/Local	First, check the network for a license server, and if one is found, use it. Otherwise, check for a locally installed hardkey license.
   Network	Only check the network for a license server.

   This check is performed continuously while AVEVA Edge is running, which allows you some flexibility in how and when you use different types of licenses.

   For example, a particular installation of AVEVA Edge operates as runtime-only, no development, for most of the time, and it get its Runtime-only license from the license server. However, if you want to log on occasionally and make changes to the project, you can connect your personal hardkey that contains an Engineering + Runtime license.

   In this case, you would select Local/Network: if your personal hardkey is connected, AVEVA Edge will use it, otherwise it will get its license from the license server.

5. If you want to specify a license server, rather than automatically use the first license server found on the network, do the following:

   1. Clear the Automatic check box.

   2. In the Host box, type the host name or IP address of the license server.

      You do not need to include the port number unless you have changed it from the default port 22350.

   Note: When Automatic is selected, CodeMeter Runtime first scans its locally configured Server Search List, and if it cannot find one of those servers, it does a UDP broadcast to look for any license server on the network. (UDP broadcasts are restricted to the local area network.) For more information about configuring the Server Search List, see the CodeMeter Runtime software documentation.

6. Click Test.

   If Protection Manager can get a valid license using the given settings, a confirmation message is displayed.

7. Click OK to accept the settings and close the License Server Configuration dialog box, and then click Close to close Protection Manager.

8. Run AVEVA Edge and check the execution mode that is displayed in the status bar at the bottom of the application window.

If you correctly enabled the License Server feature in Protection Manager, AVEVA Edge should now be getting its license from the license server.

If you cannot access the license server from this computer, make sure that port 22350 is open in your network firewall.

AVEVA Edge has been validated to work only with CodeMeter Runtime for Windows, and AVEVA does not directly support any version of CodeMeter Runtime. If you need help with CodeMeter Runtime — especially with CodeMeter Runtime for Mac or Linux — please contact Wibu Systems at: www.wibu.com/support-downloads.html