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Getting Started Guide
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Test Set Operating System
Agilent X-Series Licensing Options
The Agilent X-Series test sets use three licensing types: Fixed Perpetual, Transportable
Perpetual, and Trial. These licensing types are available on all existing measurement
applications except the Sequence Analyzer Measurement Application (U9065A), which
requires a fixed perpetual license. Fixed Perpetual licenses are also required to enable
hardware options.
Fixed Perpetual
Fixed Perpetual licenses are the traditional license type (Fixed) with the same duration
(Perpetual) that have been available for all features since the X-Series introductions.
Fixed Perpetual licenses are identified by the “F” in the second character and “P” in the
third character of the option designator:
Example: U9080A-1FP
A license key is instrument model and serial number dependent. You can only install the
license key on the specific instrument for which it was created.
Transportable Perpetual
Transportable Perpetual licenses
are an optional license type offering deployment
duration which is not fixed to a specific instrument model and serial number
.
Transportable Perpetual licenses are identified in the product structure by a “T” in the
second character and “P” in the third character of the option designator:
Example: U9080A-1TP
Transportable Perpetual licenses require a connection to the Agilent server only for
managing the check-in/out of the license. The Agilent licensing server also provides for
storage of unused licenses which have been transported off instruments but are awaiting
assignment to new instruments. The server will limit the number of transports per 30 day
period per application license to 10.
Unlike Fixed Perpetual licenses which are pre-installed at the factory with new
instrument purchases, Transportable Perpetual licenses require redemption and
installation of the license before the first use. This allows the user to determine on which
instrument to initially install the application license.
Agilent recommends that instruments be at the same instrument software release to
ensure the latest code is available on each instrument so that the user experience is
identical between instruments. This is particularly important when transporting the
license for a newly-released application which may only be available in the latest latest
software release.
