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This guide is for Node - Locked licenses ONLY which includes:

  • Maxwell Render Suite Node - locked
  • Maxwell Learning Edition
  • Maxwell Student
  • Maxwell for SketchUp

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Please see the system requirements on this page.

 

Before installing: should you install also the RLM License Server or not?

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  • If you have already installed the license server on another computer on your network. Only one RLM License Server should be installed on your entire network.
  • If you already had an application installed which also uses an RLM License Server. See at the bottom of the page on how to make Maxwell Render work with it.

DO install

  • If you want this computer to act as a license server for your network, and you have not installed the RLM License Server on any other computer previously. After installing Maxwell and prior to launching it, for full RLM License Server install instructions on Linux, click here.

Step 1 - Installing Maxwell Render

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Choose this option if you have a license key (node locked or floating) and have not already installed the RLM server on another computer. In the next window there are two options:

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  • I want to activate the license on this computer now (needs internet connection). Use this option to activate the license on this particular computer. 
    • Enter your email/password you use for the Customer Portal, then the license key which you should have gotten in an email from Sales. If you can't find that email please check your spam folder. If you still can't find it please contact Sales through the "Contact Sales" form in the customer portal and request that they resend your license key. If you are connecting your computer through a proxy, you may also enter that proxy here. It is important that any firewalls you may have do not block the license activator from reaching our servers, or the license key can't be validated.
    • The license activator will connect to our servers and validate your license, after which it will store a license file in $HOME/Maxwell. Maxwell Render, Maxwell Studio, and all the plugins will check this location for that .lic file to see if Maxwell Render is licensed or not.
    • Please restart Maxwell to make sure that it is properly licensed (check the Console panel for any red error messages).
    • Enjoy Maxwell Render!

 

  • I want to activate the license on another computer not connected to the internet. Please note that the computer where the activator is running still needs an internet connection. This option simply allows you to license a different computer which doesn't have an internet connection.
    • Host ID. You must specify that computers Host ID, also known as MAC adress. To find it, launch Maxwell Render on that computer, and check in the Console panel for the Host ID:

    • Enter your email/password you use for the Customer Portal, then the license key which you should have gotten in an email from Sales. If you can't find that email please check your spam folder. If you still can't find it please contact Sales through the "Contact Sales" form in the customer portal and request that they resend your license key. If you are connecting your computer through a proxy, you may also enter that proxy here. It is important that any firewalls you may have do not block the license activator from reaching our servers, or the license key can't be validated.
    • The license activator will connect to our servers and validate your license, after which it will pop up a Save dialog asking you to save the "maxwell_suite_floatingnodelocked.lic" file. Save this file somewhere on your computer, then move it to the computer you entered the Host ID for, and place it in the folder: $HOME/Maxwell on that computer. Maxwell Render, Maxwell Studio, and all the plugins will check this location for that .lic file to see if Maxwell Render is licensed or not.
    • Please restart Maxwell to make sure that it is properly licensed (check the Console panel for any red error messages).
    • Enjoy Maxwell Render!

I have installed the RLM server on a different computer and wish to access it from this computer

Choose this option only if you have a floating license key, and you've already installed the RLM server on another computer in your network. If you have a floating license and have never installed the RLM server on any computer, please choose instead the first option - "I have a license key".

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  • Name or IP, and Port. Enter the computer name, or the IP, of the computer where the RLM server is running. For the Port, you can leave the default port of 5053 or enter a different port number. Usually you need to change the port if there is an application on the RLM computer that already uses this port. Please see this page for more details on how to change the port number that the RLM server will use to serve licenses to your computers.
  • The license activator will try to connect to the RLM server that is running on the computer you specified. Please make sure any firewalls running on either this computer or the RLM one is set to allow connections to and from Maxwell Render, and the license activator.

  • Whether the license activator can connect or not to the RLM computer, it will save a "maxwell_license.lic" file in $HOME/Maxwell. This license file is a simple text file which contains only a single line of text:

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HOST computernameorIP ANY portnr

This lic file tells Maxwell Render on this computer where the RLM license server is running, and what port it should use to connect to it. You can in fact license any other computers by creating this text file yourself with the same line of text, save it as "maxwell_license.lic" and placing it in the folder mentioned above. There is no need to go through the license activator.

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I want to try the demo

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Simply choose Next for all the subsequent windows that appear, and finally click Activate. This will create a demo "maxwell_license.lic" file in $HOME/Maxwell. If you later purchase a license, please make sure to first delete this demo license file before running the license activator.

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