Imaging License Server Release Notes

Stop-press Documentation

It is not possible to downgrade from License Server 2.0 to earlier versions as the format of the “Users and Groups.mk” data file has changed. Users may wish to make a backup of their “Improvision License Server” folder before upgrading. The location of this folder is:

Windows:

C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\Improvision License Server

Mac OS X:

/Library/Application Support/Improvision License Server

License Server versions 1.3 and above for Macintosh require Mac OS X 10.5 or above to function correctly.

Known Problems

None.

Version History

Version 2.1 (13 September 2011)

Renamed to PerkinElmer Imaging License Server (FB18143)

Windows: Fixed problem that occurred when installing License Server while it was running (FB14553)

Windows: Fixed problem where License Server could not start automatically on Windows 7 (FB17724)

Windows: License Server will now add itself as an exception to the Firewall (FB17625)

Version 2.0.2 (22 December 2008)

Mac: Fixed problem with installer where ILS would not start (FB13811)

Version 2.0.1 (12 December 2008)

Added support for Ratio Acquisition (FB13247)

Fixed crash if the ILS was accessed using Firefox 3.0.1 (FB12830)

Version 2.0 (11 August 2008)

Added clickable e-mail addresses for users (FB12363)

Added default user, group and configuration to make the License Server work "out of the box" (FB12362)

Added phone number and e-mail address to user information (FB12365)

Added support for filtering reports (FB12361)

Group membership is now shown in the License Server status (FB12501)

Improved behaviour so it is no longer possible to add packages to a configuration where there is no license on the dongle for that package (FB9540)

License Server can now be administrated using any web browser through a web interface (FB11367)

Mac: License Server now runs as a daemon, this means that no user needs to be logged in (FB9325)

Windows: License Server will now keep trying to find the dongle if none is plugged in rather than just stopping the service (FB12041)

Windows: License Server will now run properly on Windows Vista (FB10828)

Version 1.4 (13 March 2008)

Added ability to reserve licenses for use by particular groups (FB12002)

Added option to expire an ILS account on a chosen date (FB10768)

Fixed discrepancy in displaying dates between Windows and Mac OS X (FB12038)

Fixed problem where a usage report generated with a date of today would use the current time rather than 00:01 that morning (FB11971)

Fixed problem where oversubscription report would not work. The user is now told if a configuration is oversubscribed rather than the configuration just not being available in the menu (FB11243)

Fixed problem where the ILS could fail to recognise the dongle for some time after being restarted (FB11785)

Mac: Fixed problem where menu items could be incorrectly greyed out (FB12030)

Version 1.3.1 (21 November 2007)

Mac: Fixed crash when creating a report (FB11319)

Mac: Fixed problem where IP address would not be displayed correctly if server computer did not have a DNS entry (FB11344)

Mac: Fixed problem where licenses would not be released if a client died abnormally (e.g. because of a network failure). This problem was made worse by keep alive packets not being sent which could cause clients to appear to die when connected through a NAT router. Keep alive packets are now sent and dead clients should be detected within about 20 minutes (FB11600)

Version 1.3 (13 August 2007)

Added client IP address to ILS log (TT9193)

Added support for Volocity FRAP (TT10918)

Renamed “Volocity Classification” to “Volocity Quantitation” (TT11293)

Mac: Added tooltips to buttons in the “Session Log” window

Version 1.2.1 (10 June 2005)

Added logging of license information and server address to session log – this allows the helpdesk to see what licenses the server has (TT7784)

ILS now greys out configurations that are not fully available. This requires the latest versions of Openlab and Volocity to work (TT7525)

Mac: ILS installer now installs latest dongle drivers (TT7309, TT7060, TT7723)

Windows: Fixed problem where ILS administration tool would not correctly reflect the number of packages in the server status window (TT7500, IS07477)

Windows: Improved error message if server cannot start due to insufficient privileges (TT8073)

Windows: Increased dead client timeout from 1 minute to 10 minutes (TT7597)

Version 1.2

First release of ILS for Windows. ILS for Windows runs as a service and can integrate into a Windows domain. It is administrated by a separate administration application.

Mac: ILS now requires Mac OS X 10.2 or higher.

Mac: Improved error message for the situation where the ILS is unable to write to the “Improvision License Server” folder (TT6227)

Mac: Added timeouts for “dead” clients. The timeout is set to 2 hours (this is a Mac OS X feature and it is not possible to change this interval) (TT6237)

Added support for changing passwords remotely (TT6339)

Added recording of configuration used by each user in session log (TT6341)

Mac: Changed “Preferences…” to “TCP/IP Port…” (TT6593)

Added support for expiring passwords so the user is forced to change their password (TT6831)

Version 1.1

Added support for Openlab clients (requires Openlab 3.1.6 or higher)

Added support for Software Maintenance Agreements (6033)

Fixed problem that could cause occasional crashes

Fixed problem where adding a user, group or configuration with no name would prevent the addition of more users (5963)

Fixed problem where cancelling the duplicate user, group or configuration dialog would still produce a duplicate (5954)

Fixed problem where deleted groups or configurations could cause errors for users logging in (5956)

Fixed problem where the default password for new users under Mac OS 9.2.2 was not blank (5952)

Fixed problem where the server would allow two users with the same user ID to be created (5953)

Fixed problem where the session log was not displayed properly (5955)

Server status window now shows which configuration each connected user is using (5958)

Version 1.0

First public release