{"id":129424,"date":"2025-03-04T17:08:44","date_gmt":"2025-03-04T16:08:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.velasolaris.com\/?post_type=faq&#038;p=129424"},"modified":"2026-02-17T13:57:50","modified_gmt":"2026-02-17T12:57:50","slug":"setting-up-the-network-license-manager","status":"publish","type":"faq","link":"https:\/\/www.velasolaris.com\/en\/faq\/setting-up-the-network-license-manager\/","title":{"rendered":"Setting up the network license manager"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Install Polysun on the server. You can download Polysun here: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.velasolaris.com\/en\/downloads\/\">https:\/\/www.velasolaris.com\/downloads\/<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Unpack the archive \u2018PolysunNetworkLicenseManager.zip\u2019 (the path of the zip file is the directory of the Polysun installation) and install the appropriate licence manager depending on the operating system.\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Windows server: Please use setup.exe for installation<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Linux\/Mac server: use lserv64 (64 bit) or lserv (32 bit) (must be started from a terminal environment). Note: On Linux\/Mac, the license manager is not automatically set up as an autostart program and therefore has to be set up manually (e.g. via crontab).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Start Polysun, click on \u2018Activate automatically with EID\/PKID\u2019 and enter your license key (PKID, alternatively EID). Afterwards, enter \u2018localhost\u2019 when Polysun asks for a contact server address.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Close Polysun on the server. Start Polysun on a client. Click on \u2018Connect to a network license manager\u2019 and enter the network IP address of the server.\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>If it is not possible to connect a client to the server, you may need to enable the UDP ports 5093 and 5099 in the firewall.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>If the online activation process is not possible or desired, you will find a README file in the ZIP file (PolysunNetworkLicenseManager.zip) with another variant for setting up (offline activation).<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Further details on the license manager (Sentinel from Thales Group) can be found here: <a href=\"https:\/\/docs.sentinel.thalesgroup.com\/softwareandservices\/rms\/RMSDocumentation\/Vendor\/Content\/DevGuide\/Chapter%202_Components\/License%20Manager.htm\">Link<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br>If you have any questions or queries, please contact us at i&#110;&#102;o&#64;&#118;el&#97;&#115;&#111;&#108;&#97;&#114;i&#115;.&#99;o&#109; or +41 55 220 71 00.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":72431,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","bereich":[536],"software":[902],"class_list":["post-129424","faq","type-faq","status-publish","hentry","bereich-installation-en","software-polysun-energy-modeling"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v28.0 (Yoast SEO v28.0) - 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