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62 Getting Started Guide
3 Test Set Operating System
4 Start the License 
Manager on the Source 
Instrument
• On the source instrument, press System, 
More, Licensing… It may take a minute 
for the Agilent License Manager screen to 
be fully populated with all the installed 
licenses.
5 Transport the 
Transportable License 
from Source Instrument
a On the source instrument, locate the 
desired license to be transported and 
highlight it. Its option designator should 
include the letters "TP".
b .Right-click on the mouse and select 
Delete.
c Click Yes in the License Deletion 
Confirmation dialog box.
d After a few seconds, a Transport License 
dialog box will appear. Click OK and 
save the *.url files on the USB flash drive, 
with a name such as 
"PhaseNoise_License.url"
Be sure you are selecting a transportable 
license and not a fixed perpetual license.
Although you are "deleting" the 
transportable license, the ultimate action 
will be to transport it.
The information in this dialog box will 
be used to issue a new license for the 
target instrument.
6 Get New License from 
ASM Transportation 
Web page
a Insert USB flash drive into PC that is 
connected to the internet 
b On the PC, locate the *.url file on the 
USB flash drive that was saved in the 
previous step and click on it.
c After a few seconds, the ASM 
Transportation Web page will appear. One 
field, the New Host ID will be empty.
d Enter the Host ID of the target instrument 
(step 3 above) into the field marked New 
Host ID.
e Click Submit.
The PC must have an internet connection 
and an available USB port. 
Most of the fields have been populated 
from the information in the *.url file. 
Be very careful when entering the New 
Host ID. A mistake made in entering the 
New Host ID will result in an invalid 
license being issued. Be sure there is a 
comma between the model number and 
serial number. There should be no spaces 
in the Host ID.
7 Save License File to 
USB Flash Drive
a The ASM Transportation Web page will 
indicate that a license file is available and 
display two links to the license file. 
Right-click on the license file and select 
Save Target As…
b Save the license file to the root level of 
the USB flash drive, keeping the ".lic" file 
extension.
c Close the Save dialog and exit the ASM 
Transportation Web page.
Either link can be used to either display 
or save the license file. 
The license file must be saved to the root 
level of the USB flash drive for it to be 
recognized by the target instrument.
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