Installation & activation
Overview
SystemView is available as a SEGGER Software Tool under SEGGER's Friendly License for non-commercial use and SEGGER's Commercial-use License. Licenses for SystemView are perpetual for as long as you want to use it. No annual subscription is required.
Support and updates
SystemView can be downloaded to update the software without restriction. A purchased commercial license entitles you to install and use all SystemView versions which will have been released within the Support and Update period for an unlimited usage period. To use one of that versions of SystemView after the Support and Update period no license renewal is required. To update SystemView to a newer version after the Support and Update period an extended Update and Support period license needs to be purchased.
Flexible license offering
License options are designed to match customer's usually preferred setups. For a single-user license, the dongle-like approach is offered to maximize portability (see portable licenses below). A multi-user license requirement can be satisfied with the floating license option or with a company wide buyout license, depending on the budget and the required level of freedom. For a single-user license, please purchase through our web shop. For a multi-user license, please contact us.
Portable licenses
Licenses are for a single user but are not limited to a single PC. The license can be stored on a J-Link which then acts like a USB dongle.
Simply plugging in a J-Link with a stored license allows full use of SystemView on any computer, such as the PC at work, the notebook at home, etc.
Whenever a J-Link with a stored license is connected to the computer, any J-Trace or J-Link program, including options such as a J-Link OB on an eval-board , can record the event traces for SystemView.
Floating licenses
A floating license entitles a defined number of people to work in parallel, with the number of associated seats determining the number of people.
A SEGGER license server is installed on network of the company licensing the software. The floating license is installed on this server and concurrent licenses are released for the number of seats included.
Buyout licenses
The buyout option for company-wide licenses allows an unlimited number of users to work simultaneously, without copy protection. This makes it very easy to install and use the software anywhere: In the office, on the road, at customer's site or at home.
No license server, no hardware dongle, just activate SystemView on any workstation.
The developers can fully concentrate on what they do and like best and what they are paid for: Develop software rather than deal with copy protection issues.
Commercial-use license activation
Download the SystemView package for your operating system and execute it as usual. The graphical setup will guide you through the installation. Or download the portable SystemView package and unzip it.
On start of SystemView, a popup window notifies about no commercial-use license being found. Click on "License Manager", or later go to Tools -> License Manager in the menu.
The SystemView License Manager shows the details of all installed licenses and allows adding and removing licenses.
For a J-Link locked license, connect the J-Link via USB to the computer.
Click "Add License" and enter your license key.
A SystemView license can be locked to a J-Link and stored on it. This provides easy portability as the J-Link can be plugged into any computer to use SystemView for commercial purposes. When a J-Link with a valid commercial-use license is plugged in, SystemView is activated and does not show the notification on start.
Buyout licenses
SEGGER offers the option to license SystemView for redistribution to company customers on a company's own terms. A free commercial license may be used to develop applications for certain devices from a silicon vendor. Free licenses can be activated easily through the license-request dialog, which takes less than a minute.
Silicon vendors
Free licenses are currently available for:
Free non-commercial use
SystemView can freely be used for non-commercial and non-profit educational purposes under SEGGER's Friendly License without any limitation. Simply download and install it and start development of your new projects. No registration or activation process is required.
If no license for commercial use is found, SystemView will show a license popup window on start. When you accept the license conditions, you can use SystemView without limitation.