Activating and renewing the software on OS X operating system software

OS X operating system software only

Note 

SMART has recently redesigned its licensing model to focus on subscriptions and users rather than product keys and activated computers. This simplified subscription model is available for Notebook 17 and later (17.1 recommended) through SMART’s new software portal.

If you are activating version 17 or 17.1, consult the new software portal help to learn how to eliminate the need for product keys by adding users to the portal.

If you want to activate SMART Notebook software during deployment, you can use either of the following practices, depending on your deployment method:

  • System imaging: If you use system imaging, do not activate the software before you freeze the image. You can use the Delayed Activation feature to register your product key on the system before freezing it. After the image is deployed, SMART Notebook software, will prompt you to activate the registered product key. (see Delay Activation procedure in the table under SMART Install Manager controls).

  • Network deployment: If you use a network deployment tool such as Apple Remote Desktop, you can specify your product key normally in Install Manager or by using command-line parameters. Activation will occur during installation on each individual computer.

There are two situations in which the software doesn’t activate completely:

  • Imaging a computer: Activation is linked to the hardware identifier of the computer on which the software is installed and activated. If you clone a hard drive image with installed and activated software, you must activate the software on each cloned computer.

  • Reverting a computer to an earlier state: If you use system recovery or protection software that periodically restores the computer to an earlier state, you might need to activate the software before locking the computer so that the activation record is not cleared each time the computer is restored.

Run the activation wizard while the computer is connected to the network, or complete the following procedure to activate the software on each computer.

Note 

SMART Product Drivers and SMART Ink don't require activation.

Flag

Purpose

--a

Activate the product key automatically.
Specify if it’s an auto renew or not:

--no-auto-renew

or

--auto-renew

--pks="Product keys"

Specify the product keys. When there are one or more product keys use commas to separate.

--pk

Specify the product key.

--v=4

Activation version for this release.

--puid <Product ID>

Specify the Product ID, where Product ID is notebook_14

--monitor=Number

Specify the monitor to display the activation wizard.

--proxy=Host:Port

Specify the proxy host and port number to use for activation.

--proxyuser=User

Specify the proxy user name to use for activation.

--proxypassword=Password

Specify the proxy password to use for activation.

--locale=Code

Display the activation wizard user interface in a specific language, where Code is your language code.

To activate SMART software after installation

  1. In Finder, browse to /Applications/Utilities, and then double-click Terminal.

    The Terminal window appears.

  2. Type the following command:

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    /Library/Application\ Support/SMART\ Technologies/Activation\ Wizard.app/Contents/MacOS/Activation\ Wizard --puid notebook_14 --uipack notebook_10 --m=4 --v=4 --pks "[Product keys]" --a <RENEW_OPTION>

    • Optional flags are optional flags you can include to configure the activation wizard.

    • Where Product keys are one or more software product keys separated by commas.

    • Where <RENEW_OPTION> is --no-auto-renew or --auto-renew.

  3. Click RETURN.

  4. Type your administrator password, and then click RETURN.

If your school has purchased maintenance or subscription licenses, SMART software attempts to renew the keys automatically on a scheduled basis before and after the keys’ expiry dates. However, you can choose to explicitly renew the keys at a specified time. You can also choose to disable automatic renewal in situations where you don’t want the keys on a computer to be renewed (because, for example, you’re planning to retire the computer).

Tip 

The activation wizard user interface distinguishes between maintenance and subscription licenses:

  • Maintenance licenses are labeled with “Premium features will expire on Date without an active subscription”.

  • Subscription licenses are labeled with “Expires on [Date]”.

To renew all keys

  1. Run the following command:

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    /Library/Application\ Support/SMART\ Technologies/Activation\ Wizard.app/Contents/MacOS/Activation\ Wizard --m=15 --v=4--renewal-mode all

To renew all keys associated with a single product

  1. Run the following command:

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    /Library/Application\ Support/SMART\ Technologies/Activation\ Wizard.app/Contents/MacOS/Activation\ Wizard --m=15 --v=4--renewal-mode product --puid=[Product]

    Where Product is notebook_14.

    Note 

    This command renews all keys associated with the specified product.

To renew specific keys

  1. Run the following command:

    Copy
    /Library/Application\ Support/SMART\ Technologies/Activation\ Wizard.app/Contents/MacOS/Activation\ Wizard --m=15 --v=4--renewal-mode product --puid=[Product] --pks="[Product keys]"

    Where

    • Product is notebook_14.

    • Where Product keys are one or more software product keys separated by commas.

To renew all keys associated with a single product

  1. Run the following command:

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    /Library/Application\ Support/SMART\ Technologies/Activation\ Wizard.app/Contents/MacOS/Activation\ Wizard --m=16 --v=4--renewal-mode product --puid=[Product] --uipack=[UI pack]

    Where

    • Product is notebook_14.

    • UI pack is the corresponding UI pack for the selected product (notebook_10).

    Note 

    This command renews all keys associated with the specified product.

To renew specific keys

  1. Run the following command:

    Copy
    /Library/Application\ Support/SMART\ Technologies/Activation\ Wizard.app/Contents/MacOS/Activation\ Wizard --m=16 --v=4--renewal-mode product --puid=[Product] --uipack=[UI pack] --pks="[Product keys]"

    Where

    • Product is notebook_14.

    • UI pack is the corresponding UI pack for the selected product (notebook_10).

    • Where Product keys are one or more software product keys separated by commas.

To enable automatic renewal of specific keys

  1. Run the following command:

    Copy
    /Library/Application\ Support/SMART\ Technologies/Activation\ Wizard.app/Contents/MacOS/Activation\ Wizard --m=17--puid=[Product] --v=4 --auto-renew --pks="[Product keys]"

    Where

    • Product is notebook_14.

    • Where Product key is the software product key.

To disable automatic renewal of specific keys

  1. Run the following command:

    Copy
    /Library/Application\ Support/SMART\ Technologies/Activation\ Wizard.app/Contents/MacOS/Activation\ Wizard --m=17--puid=[Product] --v=4 --no-auto-renew --pks="[Product keys]"

    Where

    • Product is notebook_14.

    • Where Product keys are one or more software product keys separated by commas.

To disable automatic renewal on a computer

  1. Run the following command:

    Copy
    /Library/Application\ Support/SMART\ Technologies/Activation\ Wizard.app/Contents/MacOS/Activation\ Wizard --m=18 --v=4--no-auto-renew

To enable automatic renewal on a computer

  1. Run the following command:

    Copy
    /Library/Application\ Support/SMART\ Technologies/Activation\ Wizard.app/Contents/MacOS/Activation\ Wizard --m=18 --v=4--auto-renew

You can use SMART Product Update (SPU) from the command line to retrieve information on SPU settings and activation status. You could use this in scripts with industry standard execution tools to retrieve information on your network’s computers.

To use SPU to retrieve activation status

  1. Run the following command:

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    "/Application/SMART Technologies/SMART Tools/SMART Product Update.app/Contents/MacOS/SMART Product Update" --query [Options] > OutputFile.txt 2> /dev/null

    Notes 

    • OutputFile.txt is the file in which you record the results. The path to this file can be absolute or relative. When specifying a path to a folder, make sure you have write permissions to that folder.

    • The 2> /dev/null command suppresses any messages that appear on the Standard Error output stream.

    • Options is used for the following optional parameters:

      • --format Format

        Valid values for Format are csv, json or xml. The json and xml format provides full details, and csv formats provide basic information.

      • --key Key

        This parameter is used to narrow down the returned results. The appropriate format for this parameter is json or xml.

    • The 64-bit version of this command uses the same options and parameters as the 32-bit version.

As of version 17.0, SMART Notebook supports the return of a product key activation with a command-line script. An Activation Wizard.app command can be deployed across the network to return the activation from several computers, making the product key available for use on other computers.

You can specify multiple keys in one command by using the command format below.

To return product keys

  1. Run the following command:

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    /Library/Application\ Support/SMART\ Technologies/Activation\ Wizard.app/Contents/MacOS/Activation\ Wizard --puid notebook_16 --m=4 --v=4 --return --pks=[Product key],[Product key]

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