Dongles FAQ

[davision]

Non related to this, how do you resolve the problem of USB hungry devices. I have a 4xUSB port on my computer and i don't know were to plug Vray dongle because all 4 are already used: digital camera, video camera, tablet and scanner. I know it's not expensive to add new ones but it's just a chore to do it.

Zoran -- this problem is simple. If you don't have any more ports on the front or rear of your computer (and not on your monitor) you can use a cheap USB hub. These connect to one port via a USB a/b cable and give you 4 or 8 more ports. I think I have one laying around which I could send to you for the cost of shipping.

[zoranm]

Instinct:

As for the second statement i´d say plug it into any machine on the net (the server ? the rendermanager ?) and grab the license via the network.

Continuing on Instinct's comment, would it be possible for licence manager to, if we plug all our dongles into one machine, resolve dongle's ID and correctly aquire licences? The reason I'm asking this is to have dongles secured into the servers room which have a very controled access. I suspect the answer is No since it is tied to IP adress but you never know....

Da_elf:

(just a minor question, what kinda video camera are you using that usb and not firewire?)

It's Hitachi MV-DZ780.

Davision:

I think I have one laying around which I could send to you for the cost of shipping.

Thanks, mate. That's vary generous of you. I'm buying a new machine soon and I'll install at list 10 USBs

Regards

Zoran

[instinct]

If you read the FAQ you will notice that you can have multiple licenses on one usb-dongle. So you can have all your licenses on one dongle, plug that into the server room somewhere and grab the licenses via network (this is even possible via http, so it´s also possible in very restrictive network environments (tho you should have access to a license-server anyways ?))

Regards,
Thorsten

[BlueShift]

Will you be bundling the VRay 1.5 installer on the dongle? That would be a nice feature. You might want to spruce up the dongle a bit, put the chaos/vray logo on it - looks a little plain to me, can become easy to misplace.

This would make life easier for licensing in the long run, as a security feature this is no good. All you will end up doing is costing customers more and putting them through the hassle of ordering and waiting for the USB key to arrive. Those in the business of bypassing software protection schemes will just emulate the key - and btw, emulation is not a hard anymore. I note that you said this was not an anti-piracy solution, but to make VRay more portable - I am with you there.

I also agree with cpnic, 30USD + shipping is like peanuts compared to what the guys at pixar are charging yearly for RAT auth/licensing. I have faith in you guys that you'll make it work.


/BlueShift

[BlueShift]

Forgot, what payment methods are we looking at?


/BlueShift

[Da_elf]

can i pay by chickens? i have a nice fat one here.. hehe kidding we are not that primative here

[DaForce]

LOL... im sure they would take a cow tho

Or dont you have one... man

[cpnichols]

can i pay by chickens? i have a nice fat one here.. hehe kidding we are not that primative here

Stop... don't destroy my image of you having a quad AMD machine inside your grass hut on the beach.

[cpnichols]

All you will end up doing is costing customers more and putting them through the hassle of ordering and waiting for the USB key to arrive.

Keep in mind that Vlado said that if you already have a dongle, you can add more licenses to it without having to order a new one. So once you have a USB key it is just like the old way, keep ordering more and more licenses, and get new auth codes.

[Da_elf]

to be practical you might want to have 2 dongles and split the liscences up.

dont know about the grass hut but i do know im the only person with a boxx on the island. and i wear my tee-shirt prowdly

[sephcor9]

When I first read about this on cgarchitect, I about had a cow. The FAQ link there didn't explain that it was to be used with the 1.5 upgrade so I thought it applied to 1.47. As long as everyone is in the same boat, and they don't give out dongles for free to new customers, I see no problem here.

As far as questioning Chaos Group's support goes, Autodesk may (and I say "may" with extreme caution) have more immediate access for people in the US and Canada but anything beyond simple installation and authorization requires extra dough before they'll help you out (couple of hundred dollars for a support contract). So far I've rec'd good support from Chaos and they didn't ask for a nickel in return.

Happy Holidays Chaos!

[percydaman]

ya the chaos support is nice, but the real shining gem is......us! this vray community. if people only came here to ask questions and never help answer them, I dont know how well chaos would do.

[gilicom]

I At first was very against that dongle , and i still think that the majority of users would vote against it but...
from my expiriance with chaos i know that there will be no problem and any problem with dongle failore will be addressed shortly.

Vlado said

Your rendering will be finished successfully. A license is requested only at the start of the rendering.

what about if my render farm is working on the weeknend(usualy do) and it preform several jobs , will each job require auth through the internet?
best regards
Gili

[vlado]

ya the chaos support is nice, but the real shining gem is......us! this vray community. if people only came here to ask questions and never help answer them, I dont know how well chaos would do.

This is very true We do realize that this forum and its users form an integral part of what V-Ray is now and that without it, there would be a lot more typing to do

Best regards,
Vlado

[Ryan_Chiong]

hi,

can i now request for a dongle? weekend is over but still i get no request form. So, where can i find this form?

/Ryan