If miscommunications occur regularly, the client/server communication should to be adjusted. User to attempt to try to regain the license. The prompt also has an option allowing the
#FLEXLM TIMEOUT LICENSE#
Window and to the trail file which indicates that the license may be lost. A message is generated in the Pro/ENGINEER message
"miscommunication" and Pro/ENGINEER pauses.
If the reply to this communication does not return within one minute the client considers this a
#FLEXLM TIMEOUT SOFTWARE#
The client software regularly sends a communication to the license server reporting that the license is actively in Miscommunication - If PTC software detects that it has lost regular contact with the license server it will pause a Another validation check for licenses exceeding the timeout finds that there is still no activity. The ptcstatus command is executed by any user which will force the FLEXnet server to reclaim the licenseįrom any client which has not communicated with the server for more than the TIMEOUT setting for that feature or the TIMEOUTALL setting.ģ.
#FLEXLM TIMEOUT FREE#
Another user requests a license and there are no free licenses of the feature in question.2. When timeout is exceeded the floating license can be taken away from a client application if:ġ. The following activities will not register as actively using the software:ĬPU intensive operations such as the creation of plot files or finite element meshing of a model, The communication to the server is triggered by menu Tell the server that the license is still actively in use. When a floating license is obtained by a client, the client will send information to the FLEXnet License Manager to Inactivity - If a session of PTC software is left inactive for a long period of time its license may be reclaimed by the What would cause a PTC client to lose its floating license? So that the license can be used by another client machine. This parameter prevents a license from remaining idle. The application has a minimum of 1 minute to validate the license.ģ None If a machine cannot validate its license the user interface will "freeze" and the customer is given the Warning dialog box with options:Ĭhoose Retry to request a license from an active licenseĬhoose Exit to close the application without saving the Validation 3 minutes 1 minute After each one-minute interval, the next time the user makes a menu selection, the client machine communicates with the license server asking whether the license is still available. Startup 10 seconds 10 seconds Upon starting a session, the client machine requests a license and has 10 seconds in which to have the request validated. As of Release 2000i2, the FLEXnet timeouts were modified as follows: Again this requires having the proper permissions.ĭoes the version of Pro/ENGINEER or FLEXnet affect inactivity timeout settings?
#FLEXLM TIMEOUT WINDOWS#
Run the command "ptcstartserver" in the \bin directoryįrom a command prompt in Windows or a Unix terminal session. Enter the text as a new line within the ptc.opt file3. This requires having the same permissions under which the FLEXnet server was installed.Ģ. Run the command "ptcshutdown" in the \bin directory from a command prompt in Windows or a Unix terminal session.
To set a timeout value, perform the following:ġ. of 4TS Suggested Techniques: FLEXnet License Timeout Functionality - PTC.comĮxample: To set the timeout for feature f1 to one hour (3600 seconds) the following line would be added to the Same as TIMEOUT, but applies to all features. Where featurename is the name of the license feature and seconds is the number of seconds after which inactive The DAEMON line in the license.dat file contains the path The TIMEOUT or TIMEOUTALL option is set in the FLEXnet options file which by default is called ptc.opt, and is If Timeout value of less than the minimum of 20 minutes is set the value of the minimum will be used. The default FLEXnet server Timeout value is 120 minutes (7200 seconds). If the report is not returned to the FLEXnet server before the set time elapses, the floating license may be returned to the server.Įxpressed as a value of seconds, the FLEXnet Timeout value can be set from 20 minutes (1200 seconds) to unlimited. PTC software will periodically communicate with the FLEXnet server and report that the floating license is still actively in use. Once a floating license is lost, is Pro/ENGINEER data lost?įLEXnet contains a timeout mechanism which reclaims a client's license in the event that the client application remains inactive for longer than a set period of time. What values can the inactivity timeout be set to?ĭoes the version of Pro/ENGINEER or FLEXlm affect inactivity timeout settings What would cause a PTC client to Product:Pro/ENGINEER and Creo Elements/ProRelease:Wildfire 5.0Technical Area:INSTALLATION