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dscho0091-Visitor
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January 27, 2018
Question

Creo 4.0 Floating License keeps dropping out

  • January 27, 2018
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I downloaded the Academic Creo 4.0 Educational Edition.  It seems like my floating license is dropping out or timing out like every minute if I don't perform an action.

If I step away from my computer and come back, it will let me pan/zoom in and out in the 3d model space, but as soon as I do a command..it says I lost my license and retry, then it regains instantly.

 

I do a lot of online gaming so I would know if my internet was going in-and-out.

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MartinHanak24-Ruby III
24-Ruby III
January 28, 2018

Hi,

 

what computer is a license server for your Creo installation ?

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dscho0091-VisitorAuthor
1-Visitor
January 29, 2018

Just a good ol fashion Windows 7 desktop, the same computer that I am using the Creo Parametric on.

 

I am not trying to do anything fancy, I just installed the Creo Parametric 4.0 on my home computer and loaded the application after using the student edition license.

 

I just literally worked for about 6 hours straight and regained my license about every 2 minutes.

 

It seems to happen on actions.

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MartinHanak24-Ruby III
24-Ruby III
January 29, 2018

Hi,

 

some notes ...

 

1.]

Student license is locked license, it cannot float. Look into its license file - you will not find SERVER and DAMEMON lines.

 

2.]

It looks like you use Commercial and Student license on the same computer. Maybe psf file used to launch Student license contains info related to Commercial license ... and this fact is the root of your problem.

 

3.]

Maybe your network card is disconnecting/connecting every 2 minutes...

 

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alouw11-Garnet
11-Garnet
January 30, 2018

If you are using  a floating license, it might be a server setting.

We actually drop licenses every few minutes on purpose.

 

If we don't do that some users will never let go of licenses.

It becomes a real problem when you have various types of licenses.

 

I'd also definitely check if your network card doesn't go in to sleep mode after a few minutes. Creo doesn't connect to your server all the time like a lot of games and websites does, as you've noticed, it only pings the server once you activate a command.

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