{"id":142,"date":"2023-02-20T14:29:53","date_gmt":"2023-02-20T14:29:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/oiv10wp.athena-dev.net\/?page_id=142"},"modified":"2025-10-28T13:44:54","modified_gmt":"2025-10-28T13:44:54","slug":"licensing-activate-open-inventor-licenses","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/developer.openinventor.com\/index.php\/general-documentation\/licensing-activate-open-inventor-licenses\/","title":{"rendered":"Licensing \u2013 Activate Open Inventor Licenses"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"page-content\">\n<p>The Thermo Scientific \u2122 product license you have acquired defines your rights to use Thermo Scientific applications and their modules (extensions) with a specific level of functionality, for a certain version, on designated equipment, and for a specific number of simultaneous users. Additionally, the license can be restricted to a specific period of time or to specific use cases.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>Your product license is protected by a license key. Each time the application is launched, it checks for a valid license key. If a valid license key is found, the application runs. Otherwise, you are requested to get a valid license key. The license key is stored in a Certificate License file.<\/p>\n<p>\nStarting with Open Inventor 10.11, the Thermo Scientific License Manager portal (TLM portal) has been introduced to allow you to manage your Thermo Scientific product licenses at the different steps of your contract life:<\/p>\n<ul style=\"list-style-type: square;\">\n<li>To get your Certificate License file when buying a new license (<span style=\"color: #EE3134;\"><strong>Activate<\/strong><\/span>)<\/li>\n<li>To update your Certificate License file for your licenses under maintenance when a new version of Open Inventor is released (<span style=\"color: #EE3134;\"><strong>Upgrade<\/strong><\/span>)<\/li>\n<li>To update your Certificate License file when your time-limited licenses subscription has been renewed (<span style=\"color: #EE3134;\"><strong>Reactivate<\/strong><\/span>).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>You will find below steps to follow to get or update your Certificate License file according to the type of license you purchased.<\/p>\n<hr>\n<ul style=\"list-style-type: square;\">\n<li><span style=\"color: #EE3134;\"><strong>Node Locked licenses<\/strong><\/span>\n<ul style=\"list-style-type: square;\">\n<li><a href=\"#NodeLockedActivation\">Activate<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#NodeLockedUpgrade\">Upgrade<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#NodeLockedReActivation\">Reactivate<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#NodeLockedTransfer\">Transfer<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #EE3134;\"><strong>Floating licenses<\/strong><\/span>\n<ul style=\"list-style-type: square;\">\n<li><a href=\"#FloatingActivation\">Activate<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#FloatingUpgrade\">Upgrade<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#FloatingReActivation\">Reactivate<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#FloatingTransfer\">Transfer<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr>\n<p><a name=\"NodeLockedActivation\"><\/a><span style=\"color: #EE3134;\"><strong>Activate Node Locked Certificate Licenses<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>In order to get your license certificate you will need:<\/p>\n<ul style=\"list-style-type: square;\">\n<li>Your <span style=\"color: #EE3134;\"><strong>activation codes<\/strong><\/span> : you should have received them in your delivery email. An activation code is a long string delimited by a pair of \u2014 BEGIN  TLM CODE \u2014 and \u2014 END TLM CODE \u2014 tags.<\/li>\n<li>Your machine <span style=\"color: #EE3134;\"><strong>Host ID<\/strong><\/span> that can be found following <a href=\"https:\/\/developer.openinventor.com\/index.php\/general-documentation\/licensing-mechanism\/#NodeLockHostId\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">this documentation<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\nIf you need to activate a version older than <strong>10.11<\/strong> and did not receive activation codes, please go to our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thermofisher.com\/software-em-3d-vis\/customersupport\">customer support portal<\/a> and fill in your details, Open Inventor and extensions license numbers, along with your hostID. Otherwise, you can now proceed to the TLM portal:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Open <span style=\"color: #EE3134;\"><strong>TLM portal Activate<\/strong><\/span> menu by <a href=\"https:\/\/tlm-portal.com\/operations\/activate\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">clicking here<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Paste all the <span style=\"color: #EE3134;\"><strong>activation code(s)<\/strong><\/span> you have received, including the \u2014 BEGIN TLM CODE \u2014 and \u2014 END TLM CODE \u2014 tags, and click on <span style=\"color: #EE3134;\"><strong>Continue<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/developer.openinventor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Activate-step-1.png\"><\/li>\n<li style=\"margin-top: 20px\">\nSelect your machine HostID type:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #EE3134;\"><strong>Ethernet address<\/strong><\/span>: unique identifier derived from your network adapter\u2019s MAC address. It is used to tie licenses to a specific machine for products like <span style=\"color: #EE3134;\"><strong>Amira-Avizo, OpenInventor, and ImageDev<\/strong><\/span>.<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #EE3134;\"><strong>Athena platform ID<\/strong><\/span>: specific platform identifier for Athena platform hosted products.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"margin-top: 20px\">\nEnter your machine <span style=\"color: #EE3134;\"><strong>Host ID, select<\/strong><\/span> the licenses you want to activate and click on <span style=\"color: #EE3134;\"><strong>Activate<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/developer.openinventor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/TLM-Portal-Activate-step-2.jpg\"><\/li>\n<li style=\"margin-top: 20px\">The result of the activation is displayed. Click on <span style=\"color: #EE3134;\"><strong>Download License File<\/strong><\/span>. A license certificate <span style=\"color: #EE3134;\"><strong>license.dat<\/strong><\/span> file is generated<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/developer.openinventor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/TLM-Portal-Activate-step-3.jpg\"><\/li>\n<li style=\"margin-top: 20px\">Rename the file license.dat into <span style=\"color: #EE3134;\"><strong>password.dat<\/strong><\/span>, and install it on the machine where your product is installed following <a href=\"https:\/\/developer.openinventor.com\/index.php\/licensing-mechanism\/#NodeLock\" tagret=\"_blank\">Setting up a node-locked license instructions<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><a name=\"NodeLockedUpgrade\"><\/a><span style=\"color: #EE3134;\"><strong>Upgrade Node Locked Certificate Licenses<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>\nWhen a new version of Open Inventor is released, you will need to upgrade the activated licenses on your node locked machine in order to run this new version.\n<\/p>\n<p>In order to upgrade your Certificate License file  you will need<\/p>\n<ul style=\"list-style-type: square;\">\n<li>Your machine <span style=\"color: #EE3134;\"><strong>Host ID<\/strong><\/span> that can be found by following <a href=\"https:\/\/developer.openinventor.com\/index.php\/general-documentation\/licensing-mechanism\/#NodeLockHostId\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">this documentation<\/a> or by opening your installed certificate license file (your license server Host ID is the string following the <em>HOSTID=<\/em> keywords)\n<\/li>\n<li>One of your licenses Order Line number that can be found in your delivery email, or by opening your installed certificate license file (your Order Line number is the string following the <em>SN=<\/em> keywords)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\nWith these informations you can now proceed to the TLM portal:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Open <span style=\"color: #EE3134;\"><strong>TLM portal Upgrade menu<\/strong><\/span> by <a href=\"https:\/\/tlm-portal.com\/operations\/upgrade\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">clicking here<\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"margin-top: 20px\">\nSelect your machine HostID type:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #EE3134;\"><strong>Ethernet address<\/strong><\/span>: unique identifier derived from your network adapter\u2019s MAC address. It is used to tie licenses to a specific machine for products like <span style=\"color: #EE3134;\"><strong>Amira-Avizo, OpenInventor, and ImageDev<\/strong><\/span>.<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #EE3134;\"><strong>Athena platform ID<\/strong><\/span>: specific platform identifier for Athena platform hosted products.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"margin-top: 20px\">Enter your license <span style=\"color: #EE3134;\"><strong>Host ID<\/strong><\/span> and one of your licenses <span style=\"color: #EE3134;\"><strong>Order Line Number<\/strong><\/span>. Click on Continue<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/developer.openinventor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Upgrade-step-1.jpg\">\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"margin-top: 20px\">Enter the <span style=\"color: #EE3134;\"><strong>version<\/strong><\/span> you want to upgrade and <span style=\"color: #EE3134;\"><strong>select<\/strong><\/span> the licenses you want to upgrade. Click on <span style=\"color: #EE3134;\"><strong>Upgrade<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/developer.openinventor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/UpgradeDialog2.png\">\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"margin-top: 20px\">The result of the upgrade is displayed. Click on <span style=\"color: #EE3134;\"><strong>Download License File<\/strong><\/span> to download your updated license file<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/developer.openinventor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/UpgradeDialog3.png\"><\/li>\n<li style=\"margin-top: 20px\">Rename the file license.dat into <span style=\"color: #EE3134;\"><strong>password.dat<\/strong><\/span>, and install it on the machine where your product is installed following <a href=\"https:\/\/developer.openinventor.com\/index.php\/licensing-mechanism\/#NodeLock\" tagret=\"_blank\">Setting up a node-locked license instructions<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><a name=\"NodeLockedReActivation\"><\/a><span style=\"color: #EE3134;\"><strong>Reactivate Node Locked Certificate Licenses<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Open Inventor software can be sold as yearly renewable subscriptions. In this case, delivered licenses are time-limited and will expire, usually after one year.<br \/>\nUpon license expiration, the application will not be able to run anymore.<br \/>\nAssuming that the subscription has been renewed, you will need to reactivate these licenses to take the updated expiration date into account.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Important<\/strong>: the reactivation steps detailed below cannot be performed earlier than 14 days before your licenses expiration.<\/p>\n<p>\nIn order to reactivate your license certificate, you will need :<\/p>\n<ul style=\"list-style-type: square;\">\n<li>Your machine Host ID, that can be found following <a href=\"https:\/\/developer.openinventor.com\/index.php\/general-documentation\/licensing-mechanism\/#NodeLockHostId\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">this documentation<\/a>, or opening your installed certificate license file (your license server Host ID is the string following the <em>HOSTID=<\/em> keywords)<\/li>\n<li>One of your licenses Order Line number, that can be found in your delivery email, or opening your installed certificate license file (your Order Line number is the string following the <em>SN=<\/em> keywords)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>With this information you can now proceed to the TLM portal:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Open <span style=\"color: #EE3134;\"><strong>TLM portal Reactivate menu<\/strong><\/span> by <a href=\"https:\/\/tlm-portal.com\/operations\/reactivate\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">clicking here<\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"margin-top: 20px\">\nSelect your machine HostID type:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #EE3134;\"><strong>Ethernet address<\/strong><\/span>: unique identifier derived from your network adapter\u2019s MAC address. It is used to tie licenses to a specific machine for products like <span style=\"color: #EE3134;\"><strong>Amira-Avizo, OpenInventor, and ImageDev<\/strong><\/span>.<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #EE3134;\"><strong>Athena platform ID<\/strong><\/span>: specific platform identifier for Athena platform hosted products.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"margin-top: 20px\">Enter your license <span style=\"color: #EE3134;\"><strong>Host ID<\/strong><\/span> and one of your licenses <span style=\"color: #EE3134;\"><strong>Order Line Number<\/strong><\/span>. Click on Continue<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/developer.openinventor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Reactivate-step-1.jpg\"><\/li>\n<li style=\"margin-top: 20px\"><span style=\"color: #EE3134;\"><strong>Select<\/strong><\/span> the licenses you want to reactivate and Click on <span style=\"color: #EE3134;\"><strong>Reactivate<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/developer.openinventor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/ReactivateDialog2.png\">\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"margin-top: 20px\">The result of the reactivation is displayed. Click on <span style=\"color: #EE3134;\"><strong>Download License File<\/strong><\/span> to download your updated license file<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/developer.openinventor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/ReactivateDialog3.png\"><\/li>\n<li style=\"margin-top: 20px\">Rename the file license.dat into <span style=\"color: #EE3134;\"><strong>password.dat<\/strong><\/span>, and install it on the machine where your product is installed following <a href=\"https:\/\/developer.openinventor.com\/index.php\/licensing-mechanism\/#NodeLock\" tagret=\"_blank\">Setting up a node-locked license instructions<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><a name=\"NodeLockedTransfer\"><\/a><span style=\"color: #EE3134;\"><strong>Transfer Node-locked Licenses to a new machine<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Should you want to transfer some or all of your Thermo Scientific Software licenses onto a different machine,  please request a license transfer by signing in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thermofisher.com\/software-em-3d-vis\/customersupport\">customer support portal<\/a> and open a \"License Transfer\" case.<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thermofisher.com\/software-em-3d-vis\/customersupport\"> Thermo Scientific Licensing<\/a> will send you back an updated license file for your new machine. The provided license file must be copied in the &#60;OIVHOME&#62;\/License\/password.dat or &#60;OIVHOME&#62;\/arch*release\/license\/password.dat directory in order to unlock the product, where OIVHOME is the installation path of the Open Inventor package.<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p><a name=\"FloatingActivation\"><\/a><span style=\"color: #EE3134;\"><strong>Activate Floating Certificate Licenses<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>In order to get your license certificate you will need:<\/p>\n<ul style=\"list-style-type: square;\">\n<li>Your <span style=\"color: #EE3134;\"><strong>activation codes<\/strong><\/span> : you should have received them in your delivery email. An activation code is a long string delimited by a pair of \u2014 BEGIN  TLM CODE \u2014 and \u2014 END TLM CODE \u2014 tags.<\/li>\n<li>Your <span style=\"color: #EE3134;\"><strong>FlexNet license server Host ID<\/strong><\/span>, that can be found following <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fei-software-center.com\/support\/flexnet-license-server-management-since-release-2020-3\/#A411\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Get the license server Host ID<\/a> documentation from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fei-software-center.com\/support\/flexnet-license-server-management-since-release-2020-3\">FlexNet License Server For Thermo Scientific Software Applications Installation, Configuration, And Administration Guide<\/a>. <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\nIf you need to activate a version older than 10.11 and did not receive activation codes, please go to our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thermofisher.com\/software-em-3d-vis\/customersupport\">customer support portal<\/a> and fill in your details, Open Inventor and extensions license numbers, along with your hostID.<\/p>\n<p>Otherwise, you can now proceed to the TLM portal and follow <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fei-software-center.com\/support\/flexnet-license-server-management-since-release-2020-3\/#A41\">Add New License(s)<\/a> documentation to activate and install your license(s) on your FlexNet license server.<\/p>\n<p>Make sure your client machines are configured to use the FlexNet license server following <a href=\"https:\/\/developer.openinventor.com\/index.php\/general-documentation\/licensing-mechanism\/#InstallingClientLicenseFiles\">Configuring your Open Inventor Client Applications To Use A FlexNet License Server<\/a> steps.\n<\/p>\n<p><a name=\"FloatingUpgrade\"><\/a><span style=\"color: #EE3134;\"><strong>Upgrade Floating Certificate Licenses<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>When a new version of Open Inventor is released, you will need to <strong>upgrade<\/strong> the activated licenses on your FlexNet license server in order to allow client application users to run this new version.<\/p>\n<p>In order to upgrade your license certificate, follow <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fei-software-center.com\/support\/flexnet-license-server-management-since-release-2020-3\/#A45\">Upgrade licenses<\/a> documentation.<\/p>\n<p><a name=\"FloatingReActivation\"><\/a><span style=\"color: #EE3134;\"><strong>Reactivate Floating Certificate Licenses<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>\nOpen Inventor software can be sold as yearly renewable subscriptions. In this case, delivered licenses are time-limited and will expire, usually after one year.<br \/>\nUpon license expiration, each client application will not be able to run anymore.<\/p>\n<p>Assuming that the subscription has been renewed, you will need to reactivate these licenses to take the updated expiration date into account.<\/p>\n<p>In order to reactivate your license certificate, follow <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fei-software-center.com\/support\/flexnet-license-server-management-since-release-2020-3\/#A46\">Reactivate Renewable Licenses<\/a> documentation.<\/p>\n<p><a name=\"FloatingTransfer\"><\/a><span style=\"color: #EE3134;\"><strong>Transfer Floating Licenses to a new machine<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Should you want to transfer some or all of your Thermo Scientific Software licenses onto a different license server,  please request a license transfer by signing in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thermofisher.com\/software-em-3d-vis\/customersupport\">customer support portal<\/a> and open a \"License Transfer\" case.<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thermofisher.com\/software-em-3d-vis\/customersupport\">Thermo Scientific Licensing<\/a> will send you back an updated license file for your new license server. You can then install this license file on your server following the instructions of section <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fei-software-center.com\/support\/flexnet-license-server-management-since-release-2020-3\/#A452\">Import an updated License Certificate on the License Server.<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Thermo Scientific \u2122 product license you have acquired defines your rights to use Thermo Scientific applications and their modules&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"parent":63,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-142","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/developer.openinventor.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/142","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/developer.openinventor.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/developer.openinventor.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/developer.openinventor.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/developer.openinventor.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=142"}],"version-history":[{"count":13,"href":"https:\/\/developer.openinventor.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/142\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":788,"href":"https:\/\/developer.openinventor.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/142\/revisions\/788"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/developer.openinventor.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/63"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/developer.openinventor.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=142"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}