Setting Up USB Portable Licenses (short)

A USB portable license is tied to a USB key (dongle) rather than to a computer. The host ID FLEXID=10- 0b3bf1c2 identifies the USB key to which this license is tied. You can use this license on any computer by installing the license file and a dongle driver on that computer and plugging the corresponding USB key in to that computer.

Setting Up USB Portable Licenses

To set up USB portable licenses (Windows and RHEL only), perform the following steps:

Step 1: Install the licensed Keysight software and the licensing software
Your Keysight product may install the necessary licensing tool(s). If not, see https://www.keysight.com/find/licensingtools for free, downloadable licensing tools. Install the software on each machine on which you plan to use the Keysight product and the USB portable license

Step 2: Install dongle drivers
Repeat these steps on each machine on which you plan to use the USB portable license:
a. If installing the driver onto a Keysight instrument, make sure you are logged in as Administrator.
b. Download the FLEXID10 USB Dongle Driver package for your platform from https://www.keysight.com/find/LicensingUsbDriver .
c. The driver files are provided in an archived format (.zip for Windows and .rpm for RHEL). Extract the files to a convenient location on the machine.
d. Execute the extracted Setup64.exe (on 64-bit Windows) or Setup32.exe (on 32-bit Windows).
e. Follow the installer prompts, accepting the default values.

For more information and detailed instructions, see the FlexNet Publisher Driver Installation Guide for FlexNet ID Dongles, available from https://flexeracommunity.force.com/customer/CCDocumentation (login required).

Step 3: Obtain a license file
Do this on any machine with an internet connection:
a. If you have ordered a licensed Keysight product with a USB portable license, you'll receive a license certificate (paper or email) and you will have the option of ordering a USB hardware key (dongle). If you don't order a new dongle, you will use one you already have to perform the following steps. Note the order number and certificate number from the paper or emailed certificate.
b. To determine your dongle ID, either read the dongle ID directly from the key or, with the dongle connected to your computer, execute lmutil lmhostid -flexid.
This dongle's ID is 10-0RESF13B:



c. Go to https://www.keysight.com/find/softwaremanager to obtain your license file.
Follow the instructions on screen to enter your order number, certificate number, and dongle ID.

d. Follow additional instructions to request a license file, which will subsequently be emailed to you.

Step 5: Save the license file
Make a copy of the license file on each machine on which you plan to use the USB portable license, in a location that is readable by all users (for example, C:\Users\Public).

Step 6: Add your license(s)
Perform the following steps on each machine on which you plan to use the USB portable license:

a. Connect the dongle to a USB port.
b. See the Help for your license management tool for instructions to add/install the license file. If the dongle is not connected to the machine where you are adding the license file, you may see a warning indicating that the host ID of the license is not valid. That's okay--proceed with the installation. You must connect the dongle in order to use the license, and when connected, the host ID will be valid.
c. You will not be able to add a license if it specifies a different port number from Keysight licenses already installed on this machine. You will need to edit your license file(s) to specify the same port number.

How USB portable license looks like (uncounted, subscription):