An Overview of MonitorWare Console 2.0 License structure

Article created 2004-04-23 by Tamsila-Q-Siddique.
Updated 2004-07-05 by Tamsila-Q-Siddique.

MonitorWare Console now comes with a different licensing structure. MonitorWare Console license structure has been splitted into two essential parts that is:

1. Base Product Key and,
2. Your Required Module Key

The modules which are shipped with MonitorWare Console are:

1). Device Module
2). Knowledge Base Module
3). Windows Reporting Module. Click here to take a look at the Windows' Reports Page.
4). Pix Reporting Module. Click here to take a look at the PIX's Reports Page.
5). Views Module
6). Network Scanning Tools

The base product and every module calls for an individual license. This approach has been adopted keeping in mind the customer's ease. Another reason for adopting this approach is for reducing the total cost of the product for the end user.

For example a customer might be interested in the Windows Reporting Module only and the other modules of the MonitorWare Console are of no use for him. So why should he pay a high cost for the modules in which he isn't interested? With the convention that we have adopted the customer wouldn't pay for the modules that he is not interested in. In the quoted example the customer would need the Base Product plus the Windows Reporting Module only.

Note 1: You have to buy the Base Product Key (that is a must), as without it you will not be able to use the MonitorWare Console application.

Note 2: All modules are shipped with MonitorWare Console but these are available only when the license for a specific module is entered.

MonitorWare Console either runs in:

1). Licensed mode or,
2). Trial mode

Download MonitorWare Console from the following URL: www.mwconsole.com/en/Download/

Once you have downloaded and installed MonitorWare Console, the base product and all the supported modules will run in a trial mode (i.e. for 30 days).

Once the trial period is over you can't use the application any more. You have to buy the license key for the base product plus the license key for the modules in which you are interested.

Note: Please bear in mind that if for some reason the Base Product has expired (trial period is over, or the license has expired), you will not be able to use the other modules or features of MonitorWare Console (even if the modules are licensed). MonitorWare Console Base Product should be running in licensed or trial mode for accessing these modules and features.

Note: Trial keys follow the same set of rules as defined for the license i.e. the base product and all modules calls in for an individual trial key.

In the main Form there is a "Request Trail" Button as shown in the figure 1. The following example will help you to better understand how the request trail button works.

Figure 1: License options Dialogue Box

We assume that you have downloaded and installed MonitorWare Console on 1st/Jan (to be more specific). Since the application is running in a trial mode it will expire after 30th/Jan. Once your copy of MonitorWare Console is expired, you can't access the application as the Base Product has expired. A dialog as shown below will be displayed:

Figure 2: MonitorWare Console main dialog – showing trial period is over

As you can see that the "OK" button is disabled i.e. you can't enter the MonitorWare Console application. If you press the License Option a dialog similar to the one shown in figure 2 will open up.

Now if you select any module from the list (displayed in the bottom of the form), and press "Request Trial" a dialog is displayed that says: "You can only request trials for other modules if your base product is in trial or is licensed."

So, This will call for a license key for the Base Product. Assume that you had bought the product key and entered the key. If you now press the request trial button after entering the license key for the base product, it will not switch the desired module to trial version. A dialog is displayed that says: "You cannot request trial for this module for another 30 days".

This is because the user will get at most a 30 day trial period followed by a 30 day disabled period. In the above quoted example your MonitorWare Console application worked through the month of January. In February the application expired. Now if you press the request trial button during March for a specified module, it will switch to the trial version.

Note: The user can press the "Request Trial" Button, maximum 4 times i.e. 30 day trial period followed by a 30 day disabled period and so on. After 4 times the MonitorWare Console will not go into the trial version anymore.

If the "Request Trial" is pressed for the Fifth time, a dialog appears that says: "You cannot request trial for this module any more".

Note: Please bear in mind that you can't "Request Trial" for the base product.

If you have got further queries you can drop a word at support@adiscon.com.