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Managing Your Automation License

When either the Automation or Enterprise Automation edition of BarTender is running, the application must be able to communicate with Seagull License Server (SLS) to monitor printer licensing. Each time a user prints an item, BarTender scans the network, trying to connect to SLS on the specified port.

One copy of SLS must be installed on your network to monitor printer usage and enforce licensing. From SLS, you can track the number of printers in use and trends in printer usage. In addition, SLS can email notifications or create a message log when your printer license is reached.

BarTender's connection to SLS is configured by using the Licensing Setup dialog. If BarTender cannot locate SLS on the network, verify the connection settings and then test the connection by using this dialog.

ClosedTo manage Seagull License Server connection options

  1. On the Administer menu, click Licensing Setup to open the corresponding dialog.

  2. To use the default connection settings, click to select Automatically Find Seagull License Server. Otherwise, click to clear this option, and then manually enter the Server name or address where SLS is installed.

  3. In the Preferred section, modify the Port, Timeout, and Attempts settings.

  4. Click Test to verify that the connection is working properly.

  5. Click OK to close the dialog.

If SLS is running behind a network router or if you have a firewall enabled, the Automatically Find Seagull License Server option might not locate the server. If the connection test fails, manually enter the network address into the Server field.

If BarTender cannot connect to the preferred SLS, you can specify the network location of another installed instance of SLS. The alternate SLS must be installed and activated independently of the preferred one, which requires the purchase of an additional software license.