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Overview

 

MCL Technologies provides a range of MCL products that require a license (see MCL Licensed Products below).

 

 

There are 2 types of licensing for MCL products:

 

•(perpetual) License - this type of license only needs to be registered/activated once in MCL-License Manager. After the license package is registered, you will be able to manage the corresponding license units, meaning, you can attribute a license unit to a specific device (ex: MCL-Client license unit), to a PC (ex: MCL-Designer license unit) or to a server (ex: MCL-Net license unit) and activate it.

There are two types of MCL (perpetual) license products available - a "standard" MCL license (MCL-Client Std) and a "professional" MCL license (MCL-Client Pro), each one with its own services.

 

•Subscription - the use/availability of MCL-Client/MCL-Net/MCL-Designer is associated to an MCL-Mobility Platform subscription and the management of the corresponding license units is performed within an MCL-Mobility Platform account.

Subscription type licenses are NOT managed by MCL-License Manager.

If you want more information about this cloud-based management platform provided by MCL Technologies, feel free to contact MCL Support.

 

 

MCL-License Manager is a cloud-based platform where you manage your (perpetual) licenses and the corresponding license units.

This platform allows you to:

 

•check the status of your MCL licenses (ex: if a license is active or has been canceled),

•view information on the MCL license itself (ex: part name/number, version number),

•check how many license units of a particular MCL license are still free (ex: the number of used MCL-Client license units),

•view information on the device/server/PC with an active MCL license unit (ex: the serial number and model of the computer with an activated MCL-Designer license unit).

•add add-ons to the intended MCL license (ex: add an add-on to your MCL-Net perpetual license with more license units to be distributed by more servers).

•activate MCL-Client license units in target devices using a QR Code or a Configuration file (this operation is ONLY available for MCL-Client licenses).

 

When you purchase an MCL (perpetual) license for the first time, you MUST create an MCL-License Manager account where you will register that license. See Create an MCL-License Manager Account.

 

Each time an MCL (perpetual) license is acquired, you receive an email with license details and a direct link to MCL-License Manager so you can register that license.

 

Once you have an account, you can decide to register any future license(s) in the same MCL-License Manager account (just access the platform and log in) OR  create a different account for specific licenses (choose to create a new account in the platform's login page instead of logging in). For instance, you may want to group the licenses used for a specific site in one MCL-License Manager account and have another account to register/manage the licenses that have been activated in devices of another site/facility.

See Register an MCL License in MCL-License Manager.

 

 

MCL-License Manager Access

 

To access MCL-License Manager, enter the URL https://license.mcl4e.com/mclls/licensing/login.html into your Internet browser.

 

As an alternative, click the "Registration Link" included in the email you receive after purchasing an MCL license (subject: "License Delivery Notification") OR  the link provided by the email that validates the registration of an MCL license in your MCL-License Manager account (subject: "License Activation").

 

 

User Guide

 

The MCL-License Manager User Guide describes the platform's interface and the available options/operations for the management of your MCL (perpetual) licenses.

The chapters have been grouped into general information/operations that can be executed regardless of the acquired MCL product license and the operations that apply to specific MCL products: