Understanding Timeout Parameters
Timeout parameters enable the license client and the license server to communicate with one another so that licenses are released and available upon request.
You can reconfigure the TIMEOUTALL parameter within a specified range, as described in the next section, Changing the Inactivity Timeout Parameter.
Timeout Parameter
Value
Description
Inactivity timeout (TIMEOUTALL)
120 minutes (default)
This parameter prevents a license from remaining idle. If the license client is inactive for a specific period, the license can be reclaimed by the license server and used by another license client. For the Creo applications, the inactivity timeout default is 120 minutes.
Activity is measured as active menu selections.
You can change the default of 120 minutes so that the parameter ranges from 20 minutes (minimum value) to infinity (maximum value).
License refresh
1 minute
A license refresh occurs at intervals of 1 minute. When you select a command after such an interval, the license client communicates with the license server. The license client and the license server both must be working. If the license server is not found, the license client loses its license to run. If the license client is not found, the server reclaims the license for use by another license client.
Validation retries
None
The first time a license client cannot validate its license the application's graphical user interface will freeze. You are immediately given the following three options:
Click Retry to request a license from an active license server.
Click Save File(s).
Click Exit to close the application without saving the file or files.
Startup
10 seconds
Upon starting a session, the license client requests a license and has 10 seconds in which to have the request validated.