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Running ETAP with Different License Key

Description: Running ETAP with Different Keys
Category: Installation, Toggling Between Keys
Type: Informative
Keywords: Keys, License Manager, install, installation

ETAP 5.5.0, 5.5.5, and 5.5.6

To run ETAP 5.5.0 with two different keys, namely, a stand alone or a network key, follow the
steps below.
1. Launch ETAP 5.5.0
2.a If ETAP launches the ETAP License Wizard
automatically then specify:
• Stand alone or network key
• If stand alone, select a) USB, b) Parallel, c) Serial
Port: COMx
• If network key, enter server name or IP address
2.b Enter the activation code corresponding to the
appropriate hardware key.
3.a To switch the license key launch the ETAP License
Wizard through Open Project… On ETAP Logon dialog
box click on the “ETAP License Wizard…” button.
3.b repeat step 2.a & b.
For more information, refer to ETAP License Wizard in the ETAP Help File – Chapter 2.

ETAP 5.0.3
The best way to do this is to copy the ETAPS.INI file from C:\Windows or C:\WINNT and paste it
within the ETAP 503 folder. Then, create a shortcut to the ETAPS.INI file and enable the
appropriate ‘ini’ entry as follows:

a. Go to ETAP 503 folder and create a shortcut to ETAPS.INI

b. Drag and drop the shortcut on the Desktop
c. Double click on the shortcut of the etap.ini to open it in Notepad
d. Under [AppVariables] enter “LM Server=” and “LM TCP Server”
e. If the ETAP license is a stand-alone key then set the entries as shown on Image 1.
f. If the ETAP license is a network key then set the entries as shown on Image 2.

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Running ETAP with Different License Key

Image 1 Image 2

Any time ETAP is switched from one key to the other, just double click on the shortcut and edit
the ‘ini’ entries as shown on images 1 or 2.

This document is confidential and proprietary to Operation Technology, Inc. and may not be reproduced, published or disclosed to
others without the written authorization of Operation Technology, Inc., 17 Goodyear, Suite 100, Irvine, CA 92618, USA. © 2010 by
Operation Technology, Inc. All Rights Reserved.

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