Activating FotoStation for Mac using the Terminal utility
About the FotoWare license tool
When rolling out a number of FotoStation in a network environment it will often be useful to automate the activation of the license on each computer using a logon script. This can be done by creating a logon script that runs on every computer where FotoStation has been installed.
FotoStation includes an executable file that can be run in a logon script with additional parameters to activate and deactivate the software, to repair an activation and to dump activation information to a text file.
This executable file is located in the FotoStation app bundle, located in /Applications/FotoStation Pro.app/Contents/MacOS/fwlicensetool
When scripting installation of FotoStation, the license tool can be run to perform a regular online activation of a volume product key.
The utility can also be used to troubleshoot activation problems, as the parameters below illustrate.
Usage
General syntax
./fwlicensetool [options]
Options
| Flags | Description |
|---|---|
| -?, -h, --help | Displays help text with all possible options |
| -v, --version | Displays the current version of the utility |
| -a, --activate <license> | Activate a license key |
| -l, --list | List all activated licenses |
| -d, --deactivate <Fulfillment ID | License key> | Deactivate a license |
| -r, --remove <Fulfillment ID | License key | "all"> | Remove a license |
| --repair | Repair a BROKEN license. Simply run command without additional options to repair all broken licenses on the system |
| -p, --proxy <proxyserver:port> | Use HTTP proxy server during activation or deactivation |
| -c, --credentials <username:password> | Provide proxy credentials (Currently Mac only) |
| --oa, --offline_activation <License key> | Create an offline activation request file* |
| --or, --offline_response <Filename> | Read and activate the offline activation response file* |
| -i, --installservice | Install FlexNET license service (Windows only) |
| -u, --uninstallservice | Uninstall FlexNET license service (Windows only) |
Offline activation notes
Offline activation is used when the computer where the FotoWare software is activated does not have a working Internet connection.
An offline activation consists of these steps:
- Generating an offline activation request file on the computer that's intended to run the software
- Uploading the activation request file to FotoWare: Go to https://licenses.fotoware.com/offline-activation (requires a FotoWare Customer Portal account) to upload the file
- Using the response file received in the previous step to activate the software on the computer
The command used to create the activation request file in step 2 above and the command to activate the offline response file in step 3 are shown in the table above.