Mechanical Simulation Technical Memo

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Borrowing a VS Product License from a

FlexNet Network Server
If your company has a VS product such as CarSim with network license, you can borrow a
license for use without a network connection, such as when using a laptop computer at a remote
location.
These instructions are written for CarSim, but the same process applies for other products,
provided the corresponding program directories are used.
From the client PC (i.e., your computer)
1. Ensure that CarSim (or the corresponding VS product) is closed.
2. Open a Command Prompt window.
a. On Windows 7, click the Start button, then type Command Prompt into the
search window.
b. On Windows 8, press the Win key and X to open the Power User Menu. Then
choose Command Prompt.
3. Use the change directory command (cd) to navigate to the Programs folder for your
product. A typical installation would be C:\Program Files
(x86)\CarSim90_Prog\Programs.
4. Run the following command:
lmborrow MSCLIC dd-mmm-yyyy [hh:mm]
where dd-mmm-yyyy [hh:mm] is the date and time you want the borrowed license to
expire. The time portion is optional. For example,
lmborrow MSCLIC 17-nov-2104 14:32
borrows licenses until November 17, 2014 at 2:32 pm (14:32 in 24-hour time notation). If
the command succeeds, you will see a message indicating that LM_BORROW was set to a
value including the current date, the desired date, and the MSCLIC key.
5. Start CarSim again and choose the desired license features from the license settings
dialog. Click Select to launch CarSim. Then close CarSim.
6. From the command window, you can check that the licenses were successfully borrowed
by typing the command: lmborrow –status into a Command Prompt window in
the CarSim Programs directory.
7. You will now be able to run CarSim without a network connection.
8. If you wish to return the license for a feature early, open the command window to the
same location and type the command: lmborrow –c @server –return

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feature, where server is the name of your license server and feature is the name
of the license feature.

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