I need help finding a license type that fits our needs.

We have a computer in our lab that we would like to be able to have multiple different users login and run MATLAB, but only one person at a time. This MATLAB is used to run signal processing software on logfiles that are collected periodically. There is 1 designated user that will be running the software 99% of the time, but for occasions when that person is unavailable, we need the capability for another user to login and run the software. The Designated Computer License would work perfectly, except for the restriction on remote logging in. The remoteness of the lab makes it a significant burden on the alternates to essentially hike to the lab, spend 2 minutes kicking off a process, and hiking back.

Is there a license format that would meet our needs? It sounds like what we need is basically a Designated Computer License, without the prohibition on using remote login. However, there might be another way to think about it that I'm not understanding.

[Walter Roberson]

I think that you missed an important point in our previous discussion, where I said that restrictions against remote access were in place historically but that the restrictions were changed a small number of releases ago.

[Guillaume]

In any case, the best people to ask are Mathworks themselve, which you can contact with the telephone icon at the top right of this page. Only they can tell you officially what you can do with which license.

[Andrew Janke]

Walter: I'm very interested in this change! Is there somewhere that it, or the current remote-access restrictions, are documented?

[Walter Roberson]

Unfortunately I am not finding anything in the release notes.

The remote access restrictions are described in the license txt file inside matlabroot().

[Andrew Janke]

Works for me. Thanks!

Answer 1

[Steven Lord]

Guillaume is correct. Please contact the Sales department using the telephone icon in the upper-right corner of the page. Describe to the Sales staff the circumstances under which you're planning to use the software (basically copying and pasting what you've written in your original question to start off with, they may have some clarification questions above and beyond what you've written) and work with them to determine the type of license that will best satisfy your needs.

If you're wondering why I don't just answer, even though I am a staff member my training in licensing questions was ... quite some time ago at this point. The Sales staff has more up-to-date knowledge on the various license options than I do.