Updating LabVIEW without SSP

[metzler]

The company I just started working for has an older version of LabVIEW, I think it is version 8.6.  They have not kept the SSP up to date.  

Is updating to the current revision just a matter of purchasing the SSP membership?

[Gregory · Accepted solution]

Yes, the SSP allows you to get the latest version of LabVIEW. You can go to their renewal page and see how much it would cost to renew the SSP, if possible.

http://www.ni.com/software-renewal/#/

[billko]

The renewed SSP also licenses you for ALL previous versions of LV!

[metzler]

Although the update link you gave me can determine the software is version 8.6 and the full development system, it does not give me a price:

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[matt.baker]

I wouldn't go sharing the serial number with everyone.

[JÞB]

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@matt.baker wrote:

I wouldn't go sharing the serial number with everyone.

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I would not worry too much about that.... Its a bad serial number!

You can't really update a license key that has no SSP.  You need to by a new license.  Sometimes you can get away with purchasing an upgrade if the SSP expiration was recent.  This one wasn't!  In fact that message (specifically indicates that it is likely far more expensive to renew the SSP retroactively to current versioning that to just buy new.)   Keep your SSP up to date unless you know that you won't upgrade for over a decade!

[metzler]

Do you mean that if I buy the new version but not the SSP license, I will be able to download and install all the previous versions of LV?  

Or is that only true with a SSP license?

If I don't have a valid SSP license, am I prevented from installing the (old revision) lv software on any additional computer?

Thanks.

[Mark_Yedinak]

A single serial number does not allow you to legally install it on as many machines as you like. You can install it on several computers provided it is only used on one computer at a time and not used on multiple computers simultaneously. If you need several people to use it at the same time you need multiple licenses.

If you purchase a license one year of the SSP is included. You can use that key for prior versions of LabVIEW. 

[metzler]

Thanks.  I am the only one that would be using the full development version, all other installations would be applications, not using the development copy.

[JÞB]

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@Mark_Yedinak wrote:

A single serial number does not allow you to legally install it on as many machines as you like. You can install it on several computers provided it is only used on one computer at a time and not used on multiple computers simultaneously. If you need several people to use it at the same time you need multiple licenses.

If you purchase a license one year of the SSP is included. You can use that key for prior versions of LabVIEW. 

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Not quite.   See your ni sales rep but my understanding is...

Named user license.... installed on up to 3 machines plus HUL only the named user can use it and on only 1 machine at a time.

Computer based license.. installed on only one machine multiple users can access it one at a time no HUL key.

This is not intended as legal advice in interperating your EULA with NI but consistant with my experience.