Overview
AWE Designer uses an online, account-based licensing system. This system gives developers the flexibility to use AWE Designer on multiple machines and allows features to be enabled over time.
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Finally, for those rare circumstances where an IT department cannot modify the firewall, node-locked offline-licenses are available to support fully offline access.
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License Administration
When seats of AWE Designer are purchased, they are granted to a designated account on DSPConcepts.com. This account-holder serves as the License Administrator for the licenses, assigning them to individual developers' accounts. (The License Administrator may also be a developer and assign themselves a license.)
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Login and go to their My Account page
Scroll down to the License Administration section
Add email address of the assignee's DSPConcepts.com account
Click the [ Update ] button at the bottom of the page.
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Assigned Licenses
Developers can see all licenses assigned to them in the "Assigned Licenses" section of the My Account page.
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Firewall Whitelisting
Each time Designer runs, it contacts the DSP Concepts Licensing Server to verify licensing status. For some users, this may require your IT department to add a firewall exception.
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*.dspconcepts.comPort
80Port
443
Offline Licensing
To support temporary offline use, there is a short grace-period where Designer can operate without contacting the licensing server.
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