Requesting a license
This topic applies to Grass Valley SabreTooth licenses. For the system you are licensing, you must provide a generated unique ID to Grass Valley. Grass Valley uses the ID to create your unique license.
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Log on to the device
that you want to license.
You must log in as a Windows administrator with a local account, not a domain account.
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Open the License Request
Wizard.
Find the License Request shortcut on the Windows desktop or in the Grass Valley License Requests folder.
- Read the on-screen instructions, then click Next.
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Enter the information
requested on this page then click
Next.
You must provide a valid email address to receive your license file.
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Enter the Sales Order
Number in the field then click
Next.
Typically the Sales Order Number is found on the Software License sheet that you received from Grass Valley.
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Review the License
Request information and click
Finish.
A License Request text file, License_Request_<SalesNumber>.txt, is generated and saved to the Windows Desktop.
- If a K2 Summit/Solo system at a K2 software version lower than 9.0 and the write filter is currently enabled, be aware that files on the desktop are lost on restart. Therefore do one of the following:
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Do one of the following:
You might want to keep a copy of the message for your records.
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Send the email as
instructed by the License Request Wizard.
An email will be sent from Grass Valley to the return email address you specified; your SabreTooth software license will be provided as a text file.
- Save this email in case you ever need to re-image this machine.