--- title: Transoft Solutions description: Configure OpenLM Broker in OpenLM Version 26 to read the reports of the Transoft License Server Administration Utility, monitor Transoft Solutions network license usage, and approve it in EasyAdmin. product: OpenLM Version 26 (legacy) --- > **OpenLM Version 26 (legacy).** This page documents the legacy product, not OpenLM Platform. Follow these steps to monitor Transoft Solutions licenses with OpenLM. The Transoft Solutions network license server offers no interface that Broker can query for live usage. OpenLM Broker therefore has the vendor's License Server Administration Utility, `LicenseServerAdminTool.exe`, write its Active Users and License reports, reads the license totals and the users who hold them from those reports, and reports them to OpenLM SLM. ## Requirements Before starting, make sure you have: - OpenLM SLM installed on a machine in your organization, or a [Software License Management Cloud (SLMC)](https://www.openlm.com/documentation/legacy/slmc/index) account. - OpenLM Broker v26.4.30.958 or higher, installed on the Windows machine that runs the Transoft Solutions network license server and reporting to OpenLM SLM. Earlier Broker versions do not list **Transoft Solutions** as a license manager type, and Broker runs the Transoft command only on Windows. - The License Server Administration Utility, which the Transoft Solutions server installation puts in `C:\Program Files (x86)\Transoft Solutions\License Server\LicenseServerAdminTool.exe`. - AutoIt v3 installed on the same machine, with its folder in the system `Path`. See [Install AutoIt](#install-autoit). ## Monitoring capabilities The current monitoring capabilities for Transoft Solutions through OpenLM Broker are: | LM Type in the Broker | Commands | Logs | Quantity | Expiration date | Denied | Borrowing | Allocations | Report resolution | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Transoft Solutions | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | Seconds | From the License report, Broker reports for each license: - **Feature name**: the product in **Product 1**, for example `KeyLINES 10.5`. - **Total**: the value of **Max. Num Users**. - **Expiration date**: the value of **Rental Expiry**, for licenses that have one. - **Vendor**: the first vendor on the **Vendors** tab in Broker, or `Transoft Solutions` when the tab is empty. Broker keeps each **License Number** apart, so 2 licenses for the same product arrive as 2 features with the same name. From the Active Users report, Broker reports the users who hold each license: - **Username**: the **User ID** column. - **Workstation**: the **Computer Name** column. The reports hold no check-out times. Broker reports who holds each license at each data inquiry, not when the license was checked out. Denied requests, borrowed licenses, and license allocations are not available. ## How OpenLM interfaces with Transoft Solutions Broker runs on the license server machine and sends the license data to OpenLM SLM. Every 55 seconds by default, its Data Inquiry command does the following: 1. Broker runs the AutoIt script `transoft_trigger.au3`, which ships with Broker in its `lmsettings` folder, with `AutoIt3.exe`. 2. The script closes any open License Server Administration Utility, starts it again with its windows hidden, and enters the **Host** and the port of the license manager in the **Specify License Server** dialog. 3. In the **Select Product** window, the script generates the Active Users report and the License report. The utility writes them as `ActiveUsers.htm` and `LicenseReport.htm` to the `Reports` folder next to `LicenseServerAdminTool.exe`. 4. Broker checks that both files changed, reads them, and sends the licenses and their users to OpenLM SLM. ## Install AutoIt Broker starts the script with the command `AutoIt3.exe`, so Windows must find `AutoIt3.exe` through the system `Path`. Broker does not install AutoIt. 1. On the license server machine, open the [AutoIt downloads page](https://www.autoitscript.com/site/autoit/downloads/), select **Installer** under **AutoIt Full Installation**, and run the installer. 2. Add the AutoIt folder, for example `C:\Program Files (x86)\AutoIt3`, to the system `Path`: 1. Open **Edit the system environment variables** and select **Environment Variables**. 2. Under **System variables**, select **Path**, then select **Edit**. 3. Select **New**, enter the AutoIt folder, and select **OK** in each dialog. 3. In a new command prompt, run `where AutoIt3.exe`. The command prints the full path of `AutoIt3.exe`. If it prints an error, the folder is not in the `Path`. ## OpenLM Broker configuration :::note Install OpenLM Broker on the license server machine and confirm that it reports to OpenLM SLM before starting these steps. ::: 1. Open a browser on the license server machine and go to the Broker web UI at [http://localhost:5090/](http://localhost:5090/). 2. On the **License Managers** page, check **Host**. OpenLM lists the license server under this host name, and the script enters it in the **Specify License Server** dialog of the License Server Administration Utility. Use the name or IP address that you would enter in that dialog yourself. The field holds the host for every license manager on the page, not for Transoft Solutions alone. If the field is empty, enter the host and select the save icon next to the field. 3. Go to **License Managers** → **Add License Manager**. 4. From **LM Type**, select **Transoft Solutions**. 5. In **Port**, enter the port of the license server, and select **Add**. The Transoft Solutions default is `27099`. Broker refuses a port that another license manager on this Broker already uses. *Add Transoft Solutions as a license manager* 6. On the **Commands** tab, select **Data Inquiry**, and enter the full path of `LicenseServerAdminTool.exe` as the command, for example: ```text C:\Program Files (x86)\Transoft Solutions\License Server\LicenseServerAdminTool.exe ``` The command box is empty for a new Transoft Solutions license manager. Broker reads the reports from the `Reports` folder next to this file. *Point the Data Inquiry command at the License Server Administration Utility* 7. Select **Save**. ## OpenLM SLM configuration ### Automatic configuration through EasyAdmin If the preceding steps are complete, Broker runs the Data Inquiry command and reports Transoft Solutions to OpenLM SLM. Approve the license server in EasyAdmin: 1. Open EasyAdmin (`http://:5015`) and go to **Start → Widgets → License Manager - Servers**. 2. Select the **There are N servers pending approval** link at the top of the widget. The **Administration - License Manager Servers** window opens, with the pending entries at the top of the list. 3. Find the pending Transoft Solutions entry, with the host name and the port that you configured in Broker, and select the edit icon at the end of its row. Broker reports Transoft Solutions with the OpenLM Generic protocol, so its **Type** is **OpenLM Generic**. 4. Optionally rename the connection in **Display name**, confirm the **Host Name** and **Port**, and select **APPROVE**. ### Manual configuration through EasyAdmin If automatic configuration fails: 1. Go to **Start → Administration → License Manager Servers**. 2. Select **Add LM**. 3. In **Display name**, enter a name for the connection, for example `Transoft Solutions`. 4. From **Type**, select **OpenLM Generic**. **Use Broker** turns on. 5. In the row under **Host Name**, **Port**, and **Time Zone**, enter the host name and the port exactly as configured in Broker for Transoft Solutions, and select a time zone. 6. Select **SAVE**. ## Verify your configuration 1. Open EasyAdmin in your browser. 2. Go to **Start → Widgets → License Manager - Servers**. 3. Confirm that the Transoft Solutions license server shows the **Status** **Up to date**. 4. Go to **Start → Widgets → Feature Usage Status** and confirm that each license appears with the product name and its total in **Quantity**. 5. Go to **Start → Reports → License Activity**, select **Include Current Activity**, and select **Apply**. Confirm that the users who hold each license appear. ## Troubleshooting If Transoft Solutions never appears as pending in EasyAdmin, confirm that the Broker reports to OpenLM SLM: other license managers on the same Broker update in EasyAdmin. If the license server shows no licenses, the Broker log, in the `logs` folder of the Broker installation, names the reason: - `Report file was not updated by the script` or `Cannot read report file timestamp`: the script did not produce new reports. Check that `where AutoIt3.exe` finds AutoIt, as described in [Install AutoIt](#install-autoit), and that the **Host** and **Port** in Broker let the License Server Administration Utility connect to the license server. - `commandLine must be a full path to the exe`: the Data Inquiry command is not the full path of `LicenseServerAdminTool.exe`. - `AutoIT script not found`: `transoft_trigger.au3` is missing from the `lmsettings` folder of the Broker installation. ## Known limitations - At each data inquiry, the script closes any open License Server Administration Utility on the machine, including a window that an administrator is using. - Broker runs the Transoft Solutions command only on Windows. - The reports hold no check-out times. OpenLM sees who holds each license at each data inquiry, so sessions shorter than the watch interval can be missed. - Broker reports an expiration date only for licenses that have a **Rental Expiry** value. - Broker does not report denied requests, borrowed licenses, or license allocations, and does not upload usage history. Usage in OpenLM starts when you configure the license manager.