Activating Corona Renderer on rendernodes

[Light&Bit]

Hello chaps,

I have a doubt about the licensing of the render nodes for 3ds max. I have just followed the instructions I found on the followng link: https://coronarenderer.freshdesk.com/support/solutions/articles/5000618549-activating-corona-renderer-on-renderfarms-and-computers-without-3ds-max-gui  but I am not quite sure the license  has been activated. how can I check it? furthermore when I have to create the .bat file exactley where do I have to save it? there is no location specified.. and one more thing, do i have to run the bat file everytime or just once and then I can remove the file?

Thanks for your help.

Best,

Dan

[nauticus25]

I am not quite sure the license  has been activated. how can I check it?

If the node renders when you send it a job, it's activated.  :)  The devs probably have a better answer, but I don't think Corona is technically activated until it tries to render and looks for a license.  The batch file you run just tells it where to look for the license when it asks for it.  So it won't be active until you render with it once.

furthermore when I have to create the .bat file exactley where do I have to save it? there is no location specified..

I just keep the .bat file on our network next to the installer file.  I don't have an automatic deployment set up yet, so to install Corona I remote in to the render node, run the installer, then run the batch file.

and one more thing, do i have to run the bat file everytime or just once and then I can remove the file?

You just run the batch file once.  The activation instructions remain even if you upgrade Corona to a new version.

[maru]

Hi and sorry for the delayed response!

The render nodes are activated exactly the same as workstations. The easiest way, which I would always recommend is using our licensing server - https://coronarenderer.freshdesk.com/support/solutions/articles/5000618553-corona-licensing-server

If you would like to use the .bat activation, you can place the .bat file anywhere.

To check if a computer is licensed, you can go to C:\Users\_username_\AppData\Local\CoronaRenderer and see if there is a "token" file in there. There should be also a LicensingLog file in there, which you can open to see if the license was successfully accepted.