Frame Grabber Runtime Licenses for V Series Frame Grabbers

You need a runtime license for your V Series frame grabber if

In all other circumstances, you do not need to get a runtime license for your V Series frame grabber.

What is a Runtime License?

 

A runtime license you write directly into a dedicated memory space on your V Series board. You do this using the tool microDiagnostics (see Licensing a V Series Frame Grabber).

Before running applets that require a runtime license, the system checks if the according runtime license is stored in the dedicated memory space.

The frame grabber can only run those applets if the runtime license is available on the board.

   

To get a specific Runtime License:

  1. Contact the Silicon Software Sales Department or your local sales representative/distributor.
  2. Upon receipt of the license, license your V Series frame grabber as described below.

To license a frame grabber board: 

  1. Select the board you want to license.

  1. From the menu, select Tools->License Board.

In the dialog that opens: 

  1. Enter the license you received for licensing.
  2. Click Load to write the license information into the according memory on the frame grabber board.

Mostly no Runtime License Required

 

In most cases, however, you do not need to get a runtime license.

For example, if you want to use

  • regular Acquisition Applets (*.dll),
  • regular VA Applets (*.hap),
  • VA Applets that have been created with VisualApplets 3.x (or higher) and incorporate operators from the VisualApplets Blob or Compression library,
  • VA Applets that have been created with VisualApplets 2.xand do not incorporate operators from the VisualApplets Blob or Compression library,
  • Smart applets that belong to SmartApplets Base,

no runtime license is required.