TestStand Semiconductor Module Licensing Options

After you install TSM, you must use the NI Activation Wizard to activate the software or initiate the evaluation period for the software. When you activate TSM, you need the serial number and the name of the software kit. You can find both of these items on the Certificate of Ownership card included in your software kit.

NI offers a variety of licenses for the different ways you can use TSM in development and deployment applications. You can select from the following types of licenses: TestStand Semiconductor Module Development License and TestStand Semiconductor Module Debug Deployment Environment License.

Use the following descriptions only as a reference for the licensing options. Refer to ni.com/activate for more information about activating TestStand licenses. Contact a local NI representative for more information or for questions about specific licensing needs.

Note This document does not replace the NI Software License Agreement installed in the <National Instruments>\Shared\MDF\Legal\license\NIReleased directory.

TestStand Semiconductor Module Evaluation Package

When you run TSM in Evaluation Mode, the software expires after 7 days. The software runs as a fully functional Development System during the evaluation period.

You can use an ni.com User Profile to extend the evaluation period for an additional 45 days. You can activate a license at any point during or after the evaluation period.

TestStand Semiconductor Module Development License (783522-35)

Activate the TestStand Semiconductor Module Development System License to develop and edit test programs within the TestStand Sequence Editor. You must have an ni.com User Profile to activate an TestStand Semiconductor Module Development System License.

TestStand Semiconductor Module Debug Deployment Environment License (779991-35)

The TestStand Semiconductor Module Debug Deployment Environment License offers the most flexibility for deploying TestStand, LabVIEW-based, Measurement Studio-based systems.

Activate this license to install the development versions of TestStand, LabVIEW, Measurement Studio, Switch Executive, TSM, and any corresponding add-on toolkits on a single test station so you can debug deployed test applications on the test station. This license grants the ability to make minor edits to fix bugs in deployed test applications but does not grant the ability to perform any development tasks using TestStand, LabVIEW, or Measurement Studio on the test station.

You cannot activate and deactivate the TestStand Semiconductor Module Debug Deployment Environment License and reuse it on multiple computers. If you need to use a single debug license across multiple computers, contact NI for more information about the Concurrent TestStand Semiconductor Module Debug Deployment Environment License.

TestStand Semiconductor Module Base Deployment License (784608-35)

The TestStand Semiconductor Module Base Deployment License is the minimum license required for all deployed TSM-based applications. Activate this license to deploy the TSM Runtime, the TestStand Runtime, and the Switch Executive Runtime. The Base Deployment License enables you to run a TSM operator interface and test programs on the single test station to which the license applies. This license does not grant the ability to perform any development tasks using the TestStand Sequence Editor, a TestStand custom sequence editor, or the TestStand API.