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User Guide

Licensing

Enter your license keys, choose your test modules, and review what your license permits.

Overview

The Licensing page is where you enter your MyConnection Server (MCS) license keys, choose which test modules to enable, and review the edition, limits, and capabilities your license grants. Open it from Admin → Licensing in the MCS interface.

Licensing item in the MCS Admin menu
Admin → Licensing

To buy or upgrade a license, contact sales. Once you have a key, enter it on this page and click Update.

License keys

MCS accepts up to three keys. Paste a key into the matching field and click Update to apply it. Each key type has a distinct prefix, which is a quick way to confirm you are pasting a key into the right field.

License keys section with main, secondary, and cloud AP key fields
License keys
Key Prefix Description
Main license key MCS- Your primary product license. It sets the edition, the number of test modules, the CAT allowance, and the capabilities available to the server.
Secondary key MCSO- An optional additional key that supplements the main license.
Cloud AP key ICC- Licenses Quality Assessment Cloud access points (APs).

Activating your license

When you update the main license key with a valid key, MCS activates it and, if your license covers a choice of test modules, prompts you to select which ones to enable.

Activation prompt

A confirmation appears once the key is accepted, stating how many test types the license allows. Click Choose Plugins to continue to module selection.

License key activation popup with a Choose Plugins button
License key activation

Choosing modules

The Choose modules screen lists every available network-test module. Your license permits a set number of modules, shown as Permitted, and the running total you have enabled is shown as Selected. Tick the modules you want up to your permitted number, then click Save module choices.

Choose modules screen with selectable network-test module cards
Choose modules

Each module card carries a short description and a Learn more link. The available modules are:

Module Description
MyCapacity Accurately measures maximum connection capacity between your end-users and your server using UDP packets.
MyDHCP Issues a DHCP request.
MyFirewall Tests client connections to determine if specific ports are blocked or available.
PLC Detects problems on the local ring main network.
MyRoute Diagnoses connectivity problems with detailed network routing discovery and analysis, giving visibility into poor performing networks and devices.
MySpeed Accurately tests and measures connection throughput and data flow quality.
MyVoIP Simulates voice traffic over a network connection and determines the supported levels of video quality and audio quality.
Monitoring Continuously tests IP services, application ports, and devices, providing real-time and historical reports of availability and response time.

License status

Below the key fields, MCS displays the current state of your license across several panels.

License summary, mobility and satellite servers, quality APs, and capabilities panels
License status

License summary

Field Description
Status Whether the license key has been successfully activated.
Edition The licensed MCS edition, for example MyConnection Server Connect Manager Edition.
Expires How long until the license expires.
Test types The number of test modules the license permits. The link opens the list of licensed modules.
CATs The number of Concurrent Assessment Tests (CATs) the license allows to run at the same time.

Mobility & Satellite Servers

Field Description
Clients used The number of client licenses in use out of the total the license provides.
Servers used The number of server licenses in use out of the total the license provides.

Quality APs

Field Description
Licensed How many cloud Quality APs are licensed and used, along with their status.
AP usage How many APs are currently in use.

Capabilities

Field Description
Permitted domains The number of domains the license allows you to permit.
Permitted servers The number of servers the license permits.
Results database Whether use of the results database is permitted.
SQL exports Whether exporting results to SQL is permitted.
Events Whether events (alerts) are permitted.
Publication manager Whether the publication manager is permitted.
Publication aliases The number of publication aliases in use out of the total the license provides.