Commuter Licenses

Commuter licensing allows you to temporarily use a license on a machine or application that is not connected to the network. This is sometimes referred to as borrowing.

For example, if you are using a laptop outside of your company network to work from home, you can check out a commuter license to keep using the application.

Your Entitlement determines if this facility is available to you and the maximum amount of time allowed for a commuter license.

The following tools are provided for checking out a license:

  • lcommute—command line utility located in \common\bin of your Uniface installation
  • WCommute—Windows-only tool located in \common\bin of your Uniface installation
  • rcommute—command line utility available in \common\bin of your Uniface installation, and in the RMS download package
  • WRCommute—Windows-only tool available in \common\bin of your Uniface installation, and in the RMS download package

On Windows, you can also use the WlmAdmin utility (located in \common\bin) to get an overview of all available licenses before checking out a commuter license.

Obtaining a Commuter License

You can obtain a commuter license:

  • Directly, if you are connected to the network and the RMS License Manager. Also known as local commuting, this is used when you want to check out a license before going offline. For detailed steps, consult the Sentinel documentation: Directly Obtaining Commuter Licenses.
  • Remotely, if you have no access to the network and RMS License Manager. You will need a local user with a network connection to the RMS Licenses Manager to perform the commuter authorization. For detailed steps, consult the Sentinel documentation: Remotely Obtaining Commuter Licenses.

A commuter license is valid until it expires. If you no longer need to use the license, and the time on the license has not yet expired, you can check the license back into the RMS server. This frees up the license features for another user. This is only possible using direct commuting.

Note: A commuter license is bound to the terms of your main license. A commuter license cannot be used if your Uniface license expires.

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