Licensing
SYSTEM ADMIN
To work with Assistant you are required to obtain and use a product licence.
There are two types of Assistant licences:
- Full license - Allows to run Assistant without time limit or restrictions
- Trial license - Allows to run Assistant for a defined period.
The licence can be inspected via Front End > Preferences > License. Read the chapter below for instructions. More info about this on the "License Expiration" below.
Upload a License
To upload a (new) license, perform the following steps:
- Log in to Front End as administrator
- Open Assistant Preferences > License → a "License" pop-up opens.
- Select the "Change" tab
- Select a new license and upload it, clicking the "Select" button
Uploading of a new license will overwrite the old one. You can also manually remove a previous license by clicking the "Remove" button. - After the upload - if your licence is valid - the popup should disappear after a Frontend reload.
- Close the "License" pop-up.
Good to know
The Assistant licenses have a validation during the upload process:
- Files must be of ".lic" file format.
- The license must match to the Luware product (e.g. TM or LUCS product licenses cannot be used or replaced with Assistant licences).
- The "Valid Until" date is not checked during the upload process, but if an expired trial license is uploaded, the application will have the same behavior as if the license is expired.
If any of the above cases applies, an "Invalid Licence File" error is shown. 
Check the file uploaded. If further problems occur, get in contact with Luware support.
License Information
To inspect the current applied licence information:
- Log in to Assistant front end as administrator
Open Assistant Front End > Preferences > License
License Information on Assistant Front End
The "License Information" view contains the following details:
Section | Description |
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'General' Section | |
Instance | The name of the system where Assistant is installed on. |
Company | The name of the company using using the license. |
Primary SIP Domain | The primary SIP domain of the company that is using the license. |
Telephony | The SfB Server version of the company that is using the license. |
Person | The name of the contact person within the company. |
Address | The location of the company that is using the license. |
License Type | 'Full' or 'Trial' license type. |
Valid until | The date until that the trial license allows to use the Assistant system. |
'Components' Section | |
Components | The section contains the list of the Assistant system components and their quantity allowed by the license. |
'Support' Section | |
Contract | The field contains the details of the contract. |
Valid until | The date when the support contract will end. |
'User' Section | |
User | The quantity of users that the license allows for the Assistant system. |
License Limitations
The usage of the Assistant system not according to the contract and license is prohibited. If such usage is detected, the Assistant system informs about it. You can either purchase additional licenses or decrease the usage of the product.
A common example of this case is the exceeded-limits-message:
Characteristic | Description |
|---|---|
Message Text | You're exceeding the limits of the license for Assistant. |
Calculations | #User: Count of Person who have either Assistant or MA enabled |
Who sees the message | System Administrator: as soon as the license value (#User) has been exceeded.
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After uploading of a new license file, the Assistant system rechecks all the conditions immediately.
License Expiration
| Full Licence | Trial Licence |
|---|---|
The full license allows running Assistant without time limit and does not expire.
| The trial license allows running Assistant for a defined period. The trial license expires the next day after the "Valid until" date. To see the "Valid until" date, open the Assistant Configurator > "Home" tab > "License Information" and click the "Show Information" Button Example: Assistant works until 07.07.2016 according to the licence information. On 08.07.2016 at 00:00:01 local server time the licence expires with the following effects:
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