Multiple PRO/5 Executions on Same UNIX TTY

PRO/5 has improved multiple session license management by enabling users to invoke multiple sessions on UNIX machines while using only one license seat. If multiple PRO/5 sessions are active on a single terminal, only one license seat will be utilized by all the sessions.

Note: Except in PRO/5 2.0x, the BBWINTYPE environmental variable is no longer necessary and is ignored.

Non-FacetTerm System Directions

For non-FacetTerm UNIX systems, users can SCALL out of PRO/5 and execute another PRO/5 session and still only consume one license seat.

FacetTerm System Directions

FacetTerm terminal description files are normally stored in the /usr/facetterm/term directory. To enable the enhancement, do the following:

  1. Either ensure that a /usr/facetterm/localterm directory exists or create it with the same owner and mode as the base directory. Modified copies of the terminal description files will be stored in the new directory.

  2. For each utilized terminal type, copy the terminal description file from the /usr/facetterm/term directory to the /usr/facetterm/localterm directory and then modify the file. The following is an example of a typical terminal file name for FacetTerm: ansi.sco.fc

  3. Add the following three lines exactly as shown:

    ## BASIS license management requires these lines
    fct_info_answer=%s1\n
    fct_info_question=\E\E%s1\E

BBWINTYPE Setting – PRO/5 2.0x Only

For non-FacetTerm UNIX systems, set the value of BBWINTYPE to tty.

For FacetTerm UNIX systems (after entering the three lines as shown above in step 3), set the value of BBWINTYPE to facet.

BBWINTYPE Example

BBWINTYPE=facet ; export BBWINTYPE