Remote Commuter Licensing

Previous versions of SentinelLM required that the laptop computer that will
use a commuter authorization be physically connected to the network at
some point to check out the commuter authorization. In some cases this is
not practical (for example if a traveler is delayed on a trip and needs a new
license).

WCommute (the Windows-interface utility) now allows a network client to check out
a commuter authorization and send it to a remote user.

A new utility, WRCommute (the Windows-interface utility) is now provided to allow

the remote user to generate a commuter locking code to send to the local
user checking out the commuter authorization from the SentinelLM license
server, and also to install the commuter authorization received from the network
user.

Here is an overview of how to obtain and install a remote commuter

authorization:

1. A remote user runs WRCommute to generate a commuter

locking code for the remote computer, and sends the commuter
locking code to the local user who has access to the SentinelLM license
server.

2. The local user runs WCommute (entering the remote

user’s commuter locking code) to check out a remote commuter
authorization, and sends it to the remote user.

3. The remote user runs WRCommute to install the

remote commuter authorization.

Notes: Run the Standalone installation on your laptop. WRCommute.exe and WCommute.exe
will be installed to the program folder.

To save the locking code string, use the icon buttons to either "Copy to Clipboard" or "Save lock
code string to file". Do NOT Copy/Paste as the string is longer than shown.

You should define a System environment variable LSFORCEHOST (case sensitive) and set it to
‘no-net’ on the laptop.

Please note that you cannot check a remote commute license back in. It will automatically
check back in after the number of days the license was checked out for has expired.

Also note that there is a defect in the software for both WCommute.exe and WRCommute.exe so
that you can’t email directly from the program windows when using Outlook. Use the Save to
File feature instead and then email the saved file.
Step #1: Getting a Remote Commuter Locking Code

The remote user must generate a commuter locking code for his or her
remote computer and send it to the network user.

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Note: The commuter locking code used to lock a commuter authorization is not the same as the
locking code displayed by echoid—you must use WRCommute to obtain it.
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Getting a Commuter Locking Code with WRCommute

Run WRCommute and click the Get Locking Code tab. You see the commuter locking
code for the current computer.

To copy the commuter locking code to the computer clipboard,

click the Copy to Clipboard button.

To save the commuter locking code to a file, click the Save to

file button.

To display the commuter locking code in a separate window,

click the Display button.

• To send the commuter locking code as an e-mail message, type an

e-mail address in the E-mail address text box and click Send.

Step #2: Checking Out a Remote Commuter

Authorization

The next step is to use WCommute on a computer connected to the

Network containing the SentinelLM license server to check out a
Commuter authorization for the remote user.

Checking out a Remote Authorization with WCommute

1. Run WCommute and select the commuter authorization you want to

use from the network as you normally would.

2. Select the Check out authorization for remote machine check

box and click Check Out. Now WCommute displays the Locking
Code for Remote Machine dialog box.

Entering the Remote Computer’s Commuter Locking Code

• To type the commuter locking code received from the remote user,
select Enter the locking code for remote machine and type it
in the text box.

To paste the commuter locking code from the computer clipboard,

click the Paste from Clipboard button.

• To choose the commuter locking code from a file, select Get

locking code for remote machine from file and type the file
name in the text box or use the Browse button to find it.

3. Click OK. Next you see the Remote Commuter Licensing dialog
box.

Saving the Remote Commuter Authorization

To save the commuter authorization to a file, click the Save to

File button.

• To send the commuter authorization as an e-mail message, type an

e-mail address in the E-mail address text box and click Send.

Step #3: Installing a Remote Commuter Authorization

Once the commuter authorization has been checked out for the remote user
and sent to him or her, the remote user needs to install it. Note that a remote
commuter authorization cannot be checked back into the license server, but
will simply expire on the remote computer.

Installing a Remote Commuter Authorization with

WRCommute
1. Run WRCommute and click the Install Remote Authorization
Code tab.

• To type the authorization code received from a network user, select

Enter remote authorization code and type it in the text box.

• To install the authorization code from a file, select Get remote

authorization code(s) from file and type the file name in the text
box or use the Browse button to find it.

To paste the authorization code from the computer clipboard

into the text box, click the Paste from Clipboard button.

2. Click Install.