Configuring Licensing on a Client Workstation on Windows

You can configure your mobile compute (node-locked uncounted) or your floating/node-locked counted licensing with MIP.

Prerequisites

You have an existing license file or the port number and host name of the license servers.

Procedure

From Account Center, download the most recent version of PCLS: https://account.mentor.com/licenses/download.
Save the Windows .zip file to a location on your system.
Extract the files.
Open the extracted folder.
For example:
```
pcls_v9.13.5.2
```
Double-click the setup.bat file. This opens the Install Mentor Licensing window.
Click the button in the lower right corner of the window, either Next, Upgrade, or Install.
If you click Upgrade or Install, a dialog box opens asking if you would like to configure licensing. Click Yes.
To configure your mobile compute (node-locked uncounted) licensing, follow these steps. If you do not need to configure mobile compute licensing, skip to Step 8.
1. In the Configure Licensing window, select “Import license file” and click Next.
2. In the Import License File window, type the pathname in the “Import licenses from” field or click Browse to navigate to the license file.
3. Click Next.
  If MIP detects authorization codes locked to hardware keys in the license file, the Select Hardware Key window opens. Select the drivers you want to install. Select Skip or Install. For more information, refer to “Selecting the Hardware Key Driver” in the Installing Mentor Software Online Help manual.
  
  If MIP detects node-locked licenses in the license file and they match the current machine’s host ID, MIP automatically creates the common file (C:\MentorGraphics\License_Files\server_<hostid>.txt). If the licenses do not match the current machine’s host ID, the Common License File window opens. Select either:
  - Licenses for Matching HostIDs ONLY — Imports licenses only for the machine you are using.
  - Licensing for ALL HostIDs in license file — Imports all licenses. This is useful if hardware keys are not currently attached.
4. Click Next.
  Note:
  If you are prompted to configure a license, follow the procedure in “Installing and Configuring a License Server on Windows”.
5. If you are configuring other licenses, a dialog box confirms that the configuration is complete and asks if you have more licenses to set up.
  - Click Yes to return to the Configure Licensing window.
  - Click No to restart MIP using the updated licensing information.
To configure your floating/node-locked counted licensing and enable license consumption from the license server, follow these steps. If you do not need to configure floating/node-locked counted licensing, skip Step 8.
1. In the Configure Licensing window, select “Point to a license server” and click Next.
2. In the Add Server window, specify the port number and host name. The default port number is 1717. You can set this number to any port number that is currently not in use.
  Click Test to verify that the license manager is running on the designated host name and port number.
3. Click Next. A dialog box confirms that the configuration is complete and asks if you have more licenses to set up.
  - Click Yes to return to the Configure Licensing window.
  - Click No if you are finished.