Activate your dongle

Follow the instructions below to complete your dongle installation

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Select the instructions related to your license

Mobile license

  1. Remove any USB dongles you may have plugged in.
  2. Plug in the license dongle directly into your computer (we recommend not using a USB hub or similar).
  3. Start the IAR License Manager for your product from the Windows Start menu.
  4. 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

  1. Remove any USB dongles you may have plugged in.
  2. Plug in the license dongle directly into your server computer (we recommend not using a USB hub or similar).
  3. Start the IAR License Manager for License Server 2.xx from the Windows Start menu.
  4. 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.

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.