Account and license

Settings → Account shows account sign-in, available licenses and the current activation state.

First activation

1. Register or sign in to your osoTEC account and request a beta license on the Protohaund page. Signing in does not create a license. An existing license is not automatically replaced by a beta license.
2. In Protohaund, open Settings → Account, click Sign in and complete sign-in in the browser.
3. Use Refresh license if needed, then click Activate for the selected license.
4. Check the available modules and install the required packages.

Cancel cancels a pending sign-in; Sign out signs the application out of the account.

Standard beta license terms

Term	Value
Modules	Modbus RTU, CANopen, Automotive VAG
Tools	Tracer and Monitor
Period	14 days from the license request
Autonomous use	Up to 7 days after a confirmed server check, limited by the overall license expiry
Activation	One computer
Renewal	After expiry, request another 14-day period in your account

Updating autonomous access does not extend the overall license term. After renewing in your account, refresh the license in the application. Self-service renewal may be unavailable if an administrator changed the terms.

License, packages and access

A module requires a valid license with the appropriate entitlements and installed packages. Installing a package does not add license rights: its contents may exceed the available functionality. For example, VAG requires the Automotive tools dependency, but that does not unlock the separate Generic module.

Adapter packages provide connectivity and do not require a separate transport entitlement. Starting DriverBridge or McpBridge does not expand the license either. MCP operations also require local permissions for the current instance.

If a module is unavailable, check the profile menu message and installed components.

Checking status

Check Valid until, Modules, Server check and Autonomous use. Refresh license retrieves account license information; Update autonomous use checks the license and refreshes the permitted offline period.

Access ends when either the license or autonomous-use period expires, including access to tools already open. Connect to the server for verification, or renew an expired beta license in your account.

If the computer limit is reached, open Manage activated devices. The server checks activations and removal restrictions; renaming a computer does not create another activation slot.