This page guides users who are connecting remotely to a Premium Chaos License or a Chaos Enscape 4.1 Floating license.
What are Premium and Floating Licenses
Premium and Floating Licenses can be shared between multiple users and devices, or they can be used locally - similar to the Solo and Fixed Licenses.
When doing a shared setup for a Premium/Floating license, the license holder needs to install the license locally on at least one machine in the network. Installing the license happens automatically when you perform a default Chaos product installation. If you only need to install the License Server application separately, see the Installation page. This machine can use the license, but it also serves as a connection point for others to connect to the license.
- The license holder can give out their IP address to others in the local network, and they can connect using the remote license setup.
- The license holder can assign licenses through the my.chaos portal. This method allows the license holder to manage the licenses centrally; no other user can adjust the license settings.
Using a Premium/Floating license locally requires installing your Chaos product with the "Local License" setting in the installer and logging in with your Chaos account credentials when prompted.
- If you are the license holder, you can install the license locally on your machine. In this case, follow the Solo and Fixed Licenses workflow.
- If you are not the license holder, ask an Administrator to assign a license to you via the my.chaos portal. You can see how on the My Chaos Portal Guide.
Keep in mind that a single license can be used by a single user at a time. You need to add more licenses if you wish multiple users to work at the same time.
To create a setup for sharing Premium/Floating licenses, please see the Admin Workflow page.
If you don’t own a Chaos license yet, click this button and scroll down to select from the available software catalog.
Corona Activation
If you are activating a Chaos License for Corona, please see the Activating Corona for 3ds Max or Activating Corona for Cinema 4D pages, depending on your integration.
Enscape Activation
When connecting remotely to a Floating License for Enscape 4.1, follow the step-by-step guide specifically for Enscape in the Enscape First Steps article. If you are using Enscape 4.0 or older, see the Enscape License Activation article.
Activating the License
If you are activating an Enscape Floating license, see the How to set up Floating Licenses in Enscape 4.1 and onwards article for a more detailed guide.
If you are connecting to a Premium/Floating License, which is not located on your machine, you are using a Remote Licensing setup. The remote license server is typically managed by your IT administrator or license holder and activated with the Chaos account that holds the Premium/Floating licenses.
- Ask your license holder for their machine's IP address.
- Download your Chaos product(s) and run the installation wizard. After accepting the End User License Agreement, you need to select the Advanced installation option.
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- At the Licensing step, select Remote. In the Primary License Server field, type the server IP address that your license holder gave you. At the end, add the :30304 port.
- Continue to finish the installation.
Example screenshot