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Purchasing, licensing, and activation

SignalVu-PC and its applications are available for download at www.tektronix.com/downloads. SignalVu-PCEDU is a bundle version of SignalVu-PC that includes all analysis

applications for educational institutions.

A variety of optional, licensed applications are available for purchase for SignalVu-PC. These licenses can be associated with and stored on either your PC or any RSA300

series, RSA500 series, RSA600 series, and RSA7100A spectrum analyzers. Licenses can be purchased as an option to your hardware or separately as a Node-locked or a

Floating license.

Contact your local Tektronix Account Manager to purchase a license. If your purchased license is not ordered as an option to your instrument, you will receive an email with a

list of the applications purchased and the URL to the Tektronix Product License Web page, where you will create an account and can then manage your licenses using the

Tektronix Asset Management System (AMS): http://www.tek.com/products/product-license.

AMS provides an inventory of the license(s) in your account. It enables you to check out or check in a license and view the history of licenses.

Optional applications are enabled by one of the following license types.

License type

Description

Node locked license (NL) purchased as an option to your instrument

This license is initially assigned to a specific host id, which can be either a PC or an

instrument. It can be reassociated to either a PC or another spectrum analyzer two

times using Tek AMS.

When associated with an instrument, this license is factory-installed on that

instrument at the time of manufacture. It will be recognized by any PC operating

with SignalVu-PC when the instrument is connected. However, the licensed

application is deactivated from the PC if the licensed instrument is disconnected.

This is the most common form of licensing, as it simplifies management of your

applications.

Node locked license (NL) purchased separately

This license is initially assigned to a specific host id, which can be either a PC or an

instrument. It can be reassociated to either a PC or instrument two times using Tek

AMS.

This license is delivered via email and is associated with either your PC or with an

instrument when you install the license.

This license should be purchased when you want your license to stay on your PC,

or if you have an existing USB instrument on which you would like to install a

license.

Floating license(FL) purchased separately

This license can be moved between different host ids, which can be either PCs or

instruments. It can be reassociated to different PCs or instruments an unlimited

number of times using Tek AMS.

This license is delivered via email and is associated with either your PC or with an

instrument when you install the license.

This is the most flexible license and is recommended in applications where the

license needs to be moved frequently.

In December 2015, the license policy and nomenclature was changed for SignalVu-PC and its options. This will be a gradual change with systems running in parallel for both

ordering new capabilities and accessing trial versions of optional licenses.

The legacy system, with SignalVu-PC and its associated options, will continue to be supported in the software, so there is no need to change your current licenses. You will

also be able to use the trial options present in the legacy system for several months after the transition.

The new license structure and the old options are shown below.

Legacy SignalVu-PC

option

New application

license

License type

Description

SVA

SVANL-SVPC

NL

AM/FM/PM/Direct Audio analysis

SVAFL-SVPC

FL

SVT

SVTNL-SVPC

NL

Settling Time (frequency and phase) measurements

SVTFL-SVPC

FL

SVM

SVMNL-SVPC

NL

General Purpose Modulation analysis to work with analyzer of acquisition bandwidth

≤40 MHz and MDO4000B/C

SVMFL-SVPC

FL

SignalVu-PC-SVE Vector Signal Analysis Software

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