Activate your dongle
Follow the instructions below to complete your dongle installation

Select the instructions related to your license
Mobile license
- Remove any USB dongles you may have plugged in.
- Plug in the license dongle directly into your computer (we recommend not using a USB hub or similar).
- Start the IAR License Manager for your product from the Windows Start menu.
- In the License menu, choose Activate License, enter your license number, and follow the instructions.
Note: If the “Dongle drivers” feature is not selected during your product installation, you need manually run Sentinel System Driver Installer 7.x.x.exe, located at …\common\drivers\dongle\ directory under your product installation. The latest version of dongle drivers can be downloaded here.
Network license
- Remove any USB dongles you may have plugged in.
- Plug in the license dongle directly into your server computer (we recommend not using a USB hub or similar).
- Start the IAR License Manager for License Server 2.xx from the Windows Start menu.
- In the License menu, choose Activate License, enter your license number, and follow the instructions.
Note: The dongle drivers are automatically installed by the default (complete) installation of the IAR License Server Tools.
Operating systems installation guide
The Installation and Licensing Quick Reference guide is available from the Help menu of IAR License Manager or here:
Installation and Licensing Quick Reference Guide (for Windows)
For activation on Linux, please see the chapter Installing products with network licenses and the section Activate your network license in the following guide: Installation and Licensing Command Line User Guide (for Linux)
Activating a legacy version
If you are using a legacy version of one of our IAR products, you will be required to add a Host ID in order to activate your license.
Please see the following guide on how to create a Host ID to get your license key.