Hello kim, well it's 4.2 that is running and version 5.0 that is not
running. I did a recheck and I get a error with COM ports, could it
be COM ports conflicting ???
Christopher
Thursday, May 11, 2006, 5:22:09 AM, you wrote:
> There's only so many permutations here;
> 1. you can't see the license server
> since one version gets a license, this is unlikely
> 2. you don't have the correct licens
> I can't remember if you said 4.2 or 5 wouldn't run but if it's 5
> then you may not have installed the license for 5. if you can run 5 but not
> 4.2 then this can't be the case.
> 3. you've run out of licenses for one version. If this is the case then
> somewhere, somehow, you're running an xsi and you don't know it. Check the
> task manager process list for xsi.exe or xsibatch.exe, kill them if they're
> there. Double check that another machine isn't pulling licenses.
> That should be it.
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: owner-xsi(at)Softimage.COM
>> [mailto:owner-xsi(at)Softimage.COM] On Behalf Of Tim Leydecker
>> Sent: 11-May-2006 09:32
>> To: XSI(at)Softimage.COM
>> Subject: Re: 1 licence for two different versions
>>
>> Hi Chris (Marshall),
>>
>> the confusion (for me) derived from the difference between
>> SPM and FlexLm, e.g. using FLexLm with Maya 6.01 has the
>> advantage of letting you run an older (4.5 here) *.lic file
>> merged with the *upgrade* license file of Maya 6.01, e.g.
>> there is no built in limitation for interactive licenses, if
>> you upgrade, you can run both simultaneously
>> (nodelocked/floating), according to the amount of licenses
>> you have. One 4.5 and one 6.x, nodelocked (to a specific MAC
>> adress) or floating.
>>
>> I had thought this to be the same with XSI/SPM, ignoring the
>> explicit use of *interactive* as a licensing token type...
>>
>> I still can´t test wether I *could* run XSI 4.2/5.1
>> simultaneously from 1 upgraded license as I haven´t upgraded
>> yet. That´s all:-)
>>
>> Cheers
>>
>> tim
>>
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Chris Marshall" <chris(at)eclipsecreative.co.uk>
>> To: <XSI(at)Softimage.COM>
>> Sent: Wednesday, May 10, 2006 1:41 PM
>> Subject: Re: 1 licence for two different versions
>>
>>
>> > If you've payed to upgrade to 5, you've still only got a
>> license to run 1 XSI, no
>> > matter which version that is.
>> > If you bought a brand new copy of 5, then clearly you could
>> still run one 4.2 and
>> > also your new version 5 at the same time.
>> > Personally, I'm not sure where the confusion is?
>> >
>> >
>> > Tim Leydecker wrote:
>> >
>> >> (this isn´t my thread, it´s Chris´)
>> >>
>> >> Thanks for the details about the consequences of the
>> licensing scheme,
>> >> I had assumed SPM and FlexLM to work identical, e.g. I could run
>> >> two 4.5 Maya licenses here using one 4.5 and 6.0 if my
>> licenses wouldn´t
>> >> be nodelocked anyway but floating :-)
>> >>
>> >> Good to know this wouldn´t work with XSI, e.g.you had upgraded
>> >> a licensefile and explicitely get one interactive license
>> granted in that.
>> >> Counting per machine but made to block different builds to run in a
>> >> simultaneous session from one interactive license.
>> >>
>> >> This isn´t ideal as it would obviously be desireable to
>> have both builds
>> >> open when transfering things from old>new for fixing inconveniences
>> >> introduced through new functionality or changed featuresets.
>> >>
>> >> tim
>> >>
>> >> P.S: I´d find it building customer relationship to allow
>> *build up* of
>> >> licenses but I can understand it would be commercially stressing...
>> >>
>> >> ----- Original Message ----- From: "kim aldis" <kim(at)cg-soup.com>
>> >> To: <XSI(at)Softimage.COM>
>> >> Sent: Wednesday, May 10, 2006 12:07 PM
>> >> Subject: RE: 1 licence for two different versions
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>> The rules are that one user/machine combination only
>> takes one token, no
>> >>> matter how many instances of xsi you use. However, it
>> does seem that the
>> >>> rule doesn't cross version boundaries and running 5.1
>> alongside 4.2 won't
>> >>> work if you have a single token. With that caveat, old
>> versions of xsi will
>> >>> run from newer tokens, so 4.2 will run from a 5.1 token
>> provided 5.1 isn't
>> >>> running. Which is annoying.
>> >>>
>> >>> Except on linux where a second xsi will crash the prior
>> version. That's a
>> >>> bug, though.
>> >>>
>> >>>> -----Original Message-----
>> >>>> From: owner-xsi(at)Softimage.COM
>> >>>> [mailto:owner-xsi(at)Softimage.COM] On Behalf Of Sandy E. Sutherland
>> >>>> Sent: 10-May-2006 10:49
>> >>>> To: XSI(at)Softimage.COM
>> >>>> Subject: RE: 1 licence for two different versions
>> >>>>
>> >>>> Don't know about this - If you BOUGHT 4.2 and then BOUGHT
>> >>>> 5.01 - then you can get Softimage to generate you a key with
>> >>>> both in - but if you bought 4.2 and UPGRADED it to 5.01 -
>> >>>> then you can run only 1 seat at a time - unless of course
>> >>>> this is on 1 machine - where you should be able to run 2 or
>> >>>> more XSI at the same time - THIS IS ON THE SAME MACHINE!!!!
>> >>>> I am presuming this, as I do not run 2 XSIs at the same time
>> >>>> - do not work that way!!
>> >>>>
>> >>>> S.
>> >>>
>> >
>> >
>> >
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