They return to the central location when the software closes.

Floating licences are held at a central location (the licence server), and handed out to a machine when InfoWorks starts up on the device. Floating licences are not tied to any one PC, instead they are consumed ‘on demand’ when the end-user attempts to start up InfoWorks on his/her chosen PC.

Floating licences are either a hardware lock (network dongle) or a floating software key.

Fixed licences are tied to a specific PC, so restrict the end-user to running the software on just one nominated computer.

Fixed licences are either a hardware lock (local dongle) or a fixed software key.

The choice of authentication method can be summarised as ‘fixed’ or ‘floating’. is it a stand-alone application, or is it running as part of a Workgroup of PCs all running ICM). The ICM Coordinator and ICM Agent Manager are used to configure how the software runs once it has started up (i.e. The dongle or soft licence just determines whether the software can start up on the desktop and a whether a simulation can be run on the machine. This is not the case the choice of authentication (Local Dongle, Network Dongle, Fixed soft licence or Floating soft licence) has no impact, at all, on whether you choose to run ICM standalone or as part of a Workgroup. Many people believe that InfoWorks ICM can only be configured to run as a Workgroup product if you authenticate by a Network Dongle or Floating Soft Licence.

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