Hello kim, well i'm going to recheck everything today. I even botched
up a project I was workin on now only to have to redo it again. So
you say that it should work if 4.2 is working, what sorta things
should I look for in the setenv files of the two?
Christopher
Friday, May 12, 2006, 2:33:13 AM, you wrote:
> I doubt it. You can get a license for 4.2 so the licensing is working. Did
> you compare spm variables in both setenv files?
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: owner-xsi(at)Softimage.COM
>> [mailto:owner-xsi(at)Softimage.COM] On Behalf Of Chris
>> Sent: 12-May-2006 00:37
>> To: kim aldis
>> Subject: Re[2]: 1 licence for two different versions
>>
>> 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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