The Control Architect installation requires a license once installed. Contact support@autosofttech.com to obtain purchase information and trial licenses.
When a purchase has been made, AST will email a license key that needs to be installed and authenticated.
Choose Help-Application License menu item from the ribbon main menu.
A licensing dialog window will appear that allows installing, removing and saving license keys.
Enter the license key obtained from AST and click the Install button.
The application will connect with the AST Authentication Web Service to authenticate the license key. This can take several seconds during which the status flashes "Authenticating".
If Authentication Web Service fails to connect or authenticate, then click the button to save the license to a file and send this file to support@autosofttech.com for manual authentication.
If manual authentication was required, you will load the returned authenticated license using the Load License button.
Once a license has been installed it can be saved to an external file using the Save License button. This enables you to backup licenses to enable re-installation (i.e. after an OS reinstall) without having to re-authenticate the license.
Unloading a License Key
If you choose to unload an authenticated license, the license key will automatically be deauthenticated and become invalid. You will have to contact AST to obtain another license key for loading.
