In case of laptop replacement, Windows reinstallation etc the Activation Code can be used again. Activation Code provided for paid licenses is valid during the whole license validity period.
There is no need for manual license key generation, downloading, installation etc. Paid license has activation process instead of registration, thus it is much easier.
Advantages of the paid Extended License against free 2 month trial are: In March 2018 we introduced paid Extended Licenses for 1 or 3 years. When licenses expired, users were able to generate new one in the same way. Users had to generate License Key manually, account on our forum was required. When Extended License functionality was introducted in 2015, only free 2 month trial licenses were available. Other functions do not require Extended License.
Service -> TCM Adaptive Learning for vehicles with Powershift transmission 6DCT250 (DPS6)Ĭonfiguration and Programming -> All functions Please either check for your car support in Change Log on the Products page, or check for the function presence in the functions' list when FORScan is connected to the vehicle, Note: the functions may be implemented not for all models. List of functions that require Extended license: If it is your case, please do not try to inquire for Extended License unless you see the following message: If you need an access to a function that is available under Extended license. If you want to help to the FORScan project financially, as we have no donation.Ģ. So in other words, if you are a FORScan user, you will have only 2 cases when you need the Extended license:ġ. Take payment for functions that are most time/resource consuming in impementation. Limit access to critical or dangerous functions.Ģ. Extended license is not provided by default and has to be obtained as described below.ġ. FORScan under Standard license is fully functional, except some functions that are available under Extended license only.
Anyone who has downloaded and installed FORScan version for Windows already has Standard license, so no need to install it separately. Standard license is the default one distributed with FORScan. You can however use the standard version without the licence which does everything but programming.In the 2.2.* branch we introduced new terms: Standard License and Extended License for Windows versions of FORScan. It also prevents the unscrupulous people from giving out incorrect email address thinking they can't then be identified, result no licence! The idea behind this is so Forscan know exactly who is getting their extended versions, because of what it can do, add/delete keys etc after all its provided and developed free. There has been numerous posts about this as i understand it once a licence has been generated it cannot be altered or sent to a different email address until it expires, if you accidentally sent it to an incorrect or wrong email address then its lost( unfortunately more care needed when inputting email). You do need a different Forscan version if updating firmware, only available by request. The main difference between them apart from the cost is on the paid version it allows access to Forcans own server which allows downloading of updated firmware files, not available on Fords website.
Paid extended licence which can be purchased in several versions each giving different timscales ie 1 year, 3 years etc. 1.The trial its called trial but it is the same as extended and allows access to programming functions within Forscan, its valid for 2 months and is free.Ģ.