Licensing embedded solutions

Installing or upgrading a license

MVP enables license installation for an embedded solution for single or multiple devices. Licensing is restricted to devices that support the Embedded Solutions Framework, or have the embedded solution installed.

  1. From the MarkVision Professional Home screen, select Embedded Solutions - Solutions Management from the All Tasks list.

  2. Select the device(s).

    All installed solutions appear.

  3. Select the solution that requires a license.

  4. Click Update License.

  5. Select Use a local license file from the Update License dialog.

  6. Browse for the appropriate file, and then click Add.

    Note: Licensing is solution-specific; some solutions may not require licenses.
  7. Click Update License to update or Cancel. A status message appears.

Obtaining host IDs

Obtain a host ID from the device(s), and then place them in a specified file for use in licensing your eSF applications. The content and format of host IDs are determined by eSF-enabled devices. The Get Host ID task is restricted to devices that support any version of the Embedded Solution Framework.

  1. From the MarkVision Professional Home screen, select Embedded Solutions - Get Host ID from the All Tasks list.

  2. Select the device(s).

  3. Click Browse from the Save Host IDs to File box.

  4. Select a file in the Save Host ID dialog, give it a .txt file extension if necessary, and then click Open.

    Note: If an existing file is selected, specify whether to overwrite the file.
  5. Click Open.

  6. Note: The Host ID file can be viewed with Notepad.