MicroStation Connect Edition doesn't start without network connection. It closes without further notice after showing the splash screen. Connection Client opens with 'Connection Issues' error.Is this expected behavior?MicroStation Connect Edition 10.12.00.40Connection Client 10.00.16.10
Hello again Joerg,
MicroStation CONNECT Edition is licensed through Connection Client and requires a network connection:
https://communities.bentley.com/products/licensing/w/licensing__wiki/41029/how-products-are-licensed-under-subscription-entitlement-service
Subscription Entitlement Service however provides the capability to reserve or check out licenses. Computers with Internet access can reserve a license from the Bentley Licensing Tool. For computers without Internet access, license files can be generated from the Entitlement Management website by an administrator from an Internet-connected computer.: https://communities.bentley.com/products/licensing/w/licensing__wiki/41085/how-to-check-out-licenses-from-entitlement-management
Regards,Anu
That's pretty inflexible...So you're saying that I couldn't take my laptop to the park, or to the job site? That I couldn't take my laptop home with me to do some work in the evenings?
You're saying that CONNECT will have to connected to the internet 100% of the time to be usable?That kind of defeats the purpose of having a laptop at all.
Yes, I saw that the "administrator" can generate a license file...Can they do that once per machine ever, or do they need to do that every time the computer is to be disconnected from the internet? (IT is going to love that...)
This is a step backward from previous licensing.
MaryB
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the best of two worlds: online/login enforcement AND expensive overuses...
In my opinion this is crazy. Its going back to days of pre dial up.
So Bentley are now saying that if you want to open your laptop on a train to view something, you have to have requested a checked out License first. Gone are the days of 30 days usage before you time out.
Who in their right mind, knows if they will need to view a file at any moment in time and have an internet connection in their pocket to do so.
THERE HAS TO BE A SOLUTION FOR THIS..WE NEED to be able to open MS and view data without an internet connection and a checked out license
I believe Bentley View is also the same, which is totally mind blowing stupid.
Try working in remote locations in WA. No wifi, no mobile reception, nothing.
Seems to be another in a long list of bad ideas.
Very disappointing.