Established Products Configuration (EPC) file

After licensing is validated during installation, the installer creates the Established Products Configuration (EPC) file and writes the licensing configuration to the file. The file is located in the installation directory at SMA\site\EstablishedProductsConfig.ini.

You can manually update the file with a new configuration any time after installation. Tosca, fe-safe, and Abaqus can all use the licensing configuration in the file.

The EPC file is an .ini file that contains key/value pairs of configuration data. The values conform to the following standards:

  • Single backslashes for Windows path-separators
  • No quotes surrounding paths
  • Paths with spaces are allowed

The EPC file can include the following licensing key/value pairs:

   LICENSE_SERVER_TYPE=dsls|flex
   DSLS_LICENSE_CONFIG=[complete_path_to_]\DSLicSrv.txt
   FLEX_LICENSE_CONFIG=@flexServer1
   ACADEMIC_TYPE=teaching|research|none
   COMPUTER_LOCATION=CityStateCountry
   FLEX_TYPE=auto|concurrent|token

The EPC file can include the following sections:

   [EstablishedProducts]
   [Tosca]
   [fe-safe]
   [Abaqus]

Tosca, fe-safe, and Abaqus can all use the configuration from the generic [EstablishedProducts] section. Each product can also use the configuration from its own section. Entries in the individual product section take precedence over entries in the generic section.

Example 1: The EPC file contains only the generic configuration section. All products use flexServer1 because there is no product-specific configuration.

   [EstablishedProducts]
   LICENSE_SERVER_TYPE=flex
   FLEX_LICENSE_CONFIG=@flexServer1

Example 2: In a later release, a new license server for Tosca is added. You can update the EPC file from Example 1 as shown below. fe-safe, and Abaqus continue to use flexServer1 because there is no product-specific configuration for them, but Tosca now uses flexServer2.

   [EstablishedProducts]
   LICENSE_SERVER_TYPE=flex
   FLEX_LICENSE_CONFIG=@flexServer1
   
   [Tosca]
   FLEX_LICENSE_CONFIG=@flexServer2

You can override the values in the EPC file. For more information about other licensing / configuration options, see:

for Abaqus:

Installation, Licensing & Configuration | Abaqus Configuration | Customizing the Abaqus environment | Using the Abaqus environment files | License management parameters

for Tosca:

Tosca Structure | Tosca Structure User Guide | Overview of Tosca Structure | SIMULIA Tosca Structure Licensing Configuration

for fe-safe:

the Program Directory. (See http://media.3ds.com/support/progdir).