Users who wish to have a license of EEMS without requiring a connection to the internet can do so with an offline license. DSI will provide the user with a USB dongle that can be plugged into their computer to provide the license file required for operation. Offline licenses can be provided for both subscription licenses as well as perpetual licenses. The steps for activation using a dongle are described below.
Figure 1. Activation Versions.
Figure 2. EEMS Activation Wizard form for the dongle.
4. Select the Browse button to browse to license file ( *.lic) in on the USB dongle drive as shown in Activating with Dongle#Figure 3 and select Open.
Figure 3. License key selection.
5. Select the Activate button in Activating with Dongle#Figure 2. The EFDC_Explorer main form will then be opened as shown in Activating with Dongle#Figure 4.
6. If the user unplugs the USB dongle during use of EFDC_Explorer, a warning form will appear as shown in Activating with Dongle#Figure 5. EE will count the time up to 5 minutes then close automatically. So the user should save the current work within five minutes. In case, the user open EE and forgets to plug the USB dongle, a warning message will be prompted as shown in Activating with Dongle#Figure 6.
7. The dongle license can be deactiviated by selecting Ctrl-R from the license manager. This is required when wanting to activate license with updated maintenance period.
Figure 5. USB dongle license removed warning.
Figure 6. Warning message when open EE without USB dongle.