Upgrading Licences the New way!

This guide decribes the procedure for upgrading the new style NEC licenses on an NEC 2000 IPS or Philips Sopho IPS. This was written in the UK, where the licence model changed upon the release of the R10 processor. In other countries this may be different.

The older style used KeyFD – floppy disks which were written with the serial of the NEC CPU when applied to a the processor, meaning they can only ever be re-applied to the original processor. This was replaced, as I’ve said with a new method where the licences either came in a ZIP file, or on floppy disk.

License Loading Procedure

This first step in the procedure will guide you through the relevant steps to import your new licences onto the CPU. The file that will be delivered may be sent to you by email, or may come on floppy disk. If you’re using the licence install program which comes with MATWorX R10, then the IVS2_opt.exe files must be loaded into the root of the floppy drive . If you manage to get MATWorX R11+ then you can simply navigate the program to the directories on your computer which contains the licence files.

You will also have received a text file with what licenses will be added. An example below indicates that the file will add an 8 IP port license and a 4 port SP30 license.

NATION:GB

CARDTYPE:

SYSTEM_ID:

MP_BARCODE:

CPU_NO:

JOB_NO:065857

STOCK_NO:960052150497 960052150641 960052150680

IPS_LIC:8

SP20_LIC:0

RPIM_LIC:1

SP30_LIC:4

LT64_LIC:0

GEN_KEY:

OPT_KEY:0909953779140

PO:419590065857

CUST_NAME:200 IPS TEST

To display the licenses in the CPU using the MOC in MatWorX, type the following command:

CM>F88:01:

This will display the first license. Press return to display each license in turn as below. Note: in this example below, there are no SP30 or IP Port licenses.

Applying The Licences

1. Run the program ‘IPS Registration wizard’. This can be found under program files / MatWorx (dependant on which version of MatWorx you are using) IPS Registration Wizard.
2. Begin the IPS Registration Wizard and when you reach the installation/Activation screen below, select install software.

3. After you press the Next button, the Keykeeper load screen will appear as below. Please insert your License disks. Once the disk has been loaded it should look like the picture below. (note this image is from MATWorX V10, so it doesn’t offer you to browse to a folder on your machine).

4. The next screen will have a start button on it to load the option disks please press the start button.

5. Once the option disks are loaded press the next button and a screen will appear that will ask if you want to activate now or later. Please select activate later and check the box as below:

6. After clicking next the wizard will ask you for a location and name to save the device activation profile. Once the folder has been chosen, press the Create button. This will create you a file in your chosen location called ‘Name ( the name you called this file ).dpf’.
7. Once the file is created, click next. You will be asked to finish the Wizard .

This is the first step completed. You have loaded new MP software and loaded Keykeeper disks and created a profile that can be authenticated with an NEC server via an analogue modem.

Creating an activation profile

1. Run the program IPS Registration. This can be found under program files MatWorx IPS Registration Wizard.
2. Begin the IPS Registration wizard and when you reach the installation/Activation screen below, select Activate Software as below:

3. Click the next button and this will take you to a screen that ask ‘s if you would like permanent activation or Temporary activation. Please select permanent activation. If there are no PSTN lines available on site, temporary activation will activate the processor for 5 day’s .You need to activate the processor permanently before this 5-day period expires.
4. After you select permanent activation the next 2 screens will ask you to fill in customer and engineer details. The fields denoted by an asterisk are mandatory but we recommend you fill in all the fields . Please see the examples below:

5. After filling in the details, click the next button a screen will appear with 3 options please select “Register from device profile” then press the next button.
6. The next screen will confirm the modem on your laptop/PC and the number that needs to be dialed.
7. After selecting next a screen will appear that will ask you for the location of you’re your .dpf file you created earlier. It will also ask you for a name and location for the Activation profile file (.apf). This is the file that is created by the registration server in Holland and needs to be registered in the CPU.
8. Once you have entered the names and locations above you have to press the Activate button and this will then dial our registration server in Holland. When finished, the wizard will display a screen that will say that the device was successfully activated and create you a file that will look like this
9. Once completed press the next button and finish the wizard.
You have now successfully created a activation profile to register on the CPU.

Activating CPU from a profile.

1. Please follow steps 1 – 4 in creating an activation profile. The site info will already be completed when you run it this time.

N.B. you have to have the port on the CPU set at 9600 and there must be NO password enabled on the system.
2. After completing above a screen will appear with 3 options will appear please select “Activate device from Activation profile file (.apf)” then press the next button.

3. After clicking next a screen will appear that will ask for the location of the Activation profile file.
4. Once you have found the location of the file, please press the Activate button. Once the system has been activated a screen will appear saying that it has been successfully activated.
5. After pressing the next button the following screen will appear reminding you to reset the CPU.

6. Click next to finish the Wizard. You should then connect via MatWorx and check if the licenses have been registered as below.

You have now successfully upgraded your licenses on the CPU and will now have and additional 8 x IP ports and 4 x SP30 licenses.