Verisurf hardware and software license confusion.
With the advent of the software license, some confusion may exist with regards to using a hardware (hasp) license and a sofware (haspless) license.
Verisurf Licensing
- Verisurf software products requires a Mastercam License.
- Mastercam (MC) requires a Software or Hardware License to run.
- MC Software License requires an Activation code to run for the first time on a PC.
- Verisurf requires an access code (verisurf.acc) tired to the MC License serial number, this enable which Verisurf products are licensed to use.
- Quick Surface requires a Token Code that locks QS License to a single PC system ID in order to use.
- Moldplus requires XLM file to lock to a system ID or license number, this enable which products are licensed to use.
Please use this terminology when asking which type of License to use for new customer orders.
- Software License (no dongle)
Or
- Hardware License (HASP USB dongle)
We need to get away from asking “SIM or License”, who besides us knows what a SIM is?
Answer: SIM stands for Subscriber Identity Module, inside the USB HASP dongle includes a small SIM integrated circuit holding a unique serial number in memory, which can be fetched using API's like hasp_get_info.
We still use in many places the term SIM# for the serial number of the License.
Software and Hardware Licenses both have a serial numbers that Verisurf uses for product access codes.
Serial numbers that start with N is a Network License and W is a Software License.
Verisurf Product access codes
Verisurf access codes assign which products are licensed to use, an Expiration Date and if it’s on Maintenance (all versions) or up to a specific version number (off- maintenance).
Verisurf products codes are; CAD (Tools), Measure, Build, Analysis, Reverse, Automate, etc.
A Verisurf access code looks something like this. w/ycNT65rb++0Ys8wjfpoQRnpfocsotw4NPQf+QpABaCkfEHgw=
It gets stored in a versisurf.acc file copied here: C:\Users\Public\Documents\Shared Mastercam 2020\Verisurf.
You can use the Code Checker in the Employee portal to check a Verisurf access codes.
https://classic.verisurf.com/portal/employee/decode
Note: Verisurf Device Interface (VDI) no longer needs access codes.