IDS will work without a license, but Vehicle Communications will not.

When There is No License

When you do not have a license IDS screen prompts will notify you that you do not have one and give you the option to get one by taking you to the following screen: In Step 1, obtain an IDS Activation Code by following the instructions on the screen that are applicable to your market or proceed directly to Step 2 if you already have an Activation Code. Return to the above screen to complete Step 2. Select the Activate Production License button and enter the Activation Code in the screen below. IDS will communicate with the License Server if you are online to complete the activation process. Follow any instructions on IDS, if prompted to do so. Otherwise, you will see the following message that your license activated successfully. If there was a problem, for example the wrong code was entered, you would see a message like the one below. This screen allows you to re-enter a different Activation Code and select the Retry button to try again.

Alternate System Utilities Method

The activation of a license can be done at any time by going to the System Utilities Page and selecting License Management and then Activate a License as shown below.

Offline Activation

When you are unable to work online you can use the offline option to activate a license. This process requires the manual transfer of files between IDS and the License Server via PTS. Begin the process by going to the IDS Software Activate a License screen using either of the two methods discussed above and enter your Activation Code, at which point you will receive the following screen: Select the Off-line Activation button and read through the steps on the resulting screen shown below. Proceed to begin the steps by selecting the Continue button. Select the Generate Off-line Request File button. The next screen pop-up asks for the location on your PC where you want to save the Off-line Request File that you will generate in Step 1. You will need to take this file to a PC that has access to PTS, so a USB drive is preferred. Follow the instructions provided in the screen below: Select the Generate Offline Response File button from the IDS Software Licensing page as shown below. Browse to the Offline Request File you saved on your USB drive and then save the Offline Response File you generate to your USB drive. Return to your computer and select the Next button. Complete the offline activation by selecting the Import Offline Response File button from the screen below.