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| University of Cambridge > Engineering Department > computing help |
The additional concurrent licenses cannot be used on their own as it does not have the Basic MATLAB.
The TAH license forms the basis of the MATLAB usage and should be installed first on any computer. Then optionally if the Toolboxes available on the additional Departmental concurrent license are required these can be installed to supplement the TAH License.
This excludes undergraduates laptops.
Members of staff and postgraduates can also use the TAH license in standalone mode ie not connected to the network in their personal computers (laptops).
Undergraduates can only use it on computers which form the Deaprtment's Teaching System. They can also use it on any PWF which may be available as part of the College Computing System. However they are not allowed to have MATLAB licensed by the department installed in their personal computers.
Alternatively remote login to the departmental computers and run MATLAB on the cluster servers.
If you feel that your project work could be affected adversely you should talk to your project supervisor in the first instance.
You should also talk to your Director of Studies at College about having MATLAB on a PWF system in the college.
There is also a student edition of MATLAB that can be purchased from the following Mathworks website : Student's Version of MATLAB.
To start with the computer has to be connected to the departmental network to enable the licensing. Once this is done it can be used in stand-alone mode.
The steps involved are as follows :
Once this is done MATLAB can be used either connected to the network or in standalone mode.
Note that the concurrent licenses for additional TLBXs can only be used while the computer is connected to the departmental network.
You need to purchase from Mathworks and additional TLBX license to use it in standalone mode.
Give details of the computer (select the platform/OS from the following options)
Also include the location of the computer and when it is convenient to install it.
From the PC, Start -----> Run and in the dialogue box marked Open enter : \\diva-appserv\windows and click on the OK button to start the process.
SERVER matlab-lmserv 0 1711
USE_SERVER
Follow the instructions given below :
Instructions for Installing MATLAB and accessing the Departmental License server from Offsite (on Windows XP, Vista).
Instructions for Installing MATLAB and accessing the Departmental License server from Offsite (on MAC OS and Linux).
However the the departmental concurrent license are only available to computers
connected to the departmental/university network.
If the TLBX is not listed then contact pc-support@eng.cam.ac.uk to obtain a trial
version of this new TLBX.
However if you need a TLBX to use with R 2009b then you may have to provide the following information about the computer in which you want to
run the trial TLBX :
Alternatively type : vol C: on the command line and note down the 8 alphanumeric characters (2 pairs of 4 characters separated by a hyphen : xxxx-xxxx).
Include this information when requesting the trial version of any TLBX.
There are 2 categories in the pricing : Individual and Concurrent
for purchasing TLBXs which are not covered by either the TAH License or the
departental networked concurrent licenses.
The price for CONCURRENT licenses would apply if it is to be added to the departmental networked license. Otherwise the price for Individual license would apply. There is no provision in the central computing funds of the department to pay for stand alone licenses on personal computers (laptops) of users.
The cost of individual licenses has to be met by the individual user concerned.
Again the licenses for Toolbox to be used in research by a group or a researcher has to be paid
for by the respective user/group. Research Students should discuss this with their supervisors.
However there is provision for paying for Toolboxs to be used in Teaching from Central computing funds.
For example a license for a single copy of REAL-TIME Workshop is 600 pounds + VAT (the concurrent price). However if the department already has 4 licenses for the
REAL-Time workshop this brings the total to 5 and the renewal cost will be based on 5.
Real-Time Workshop is a Tier-1 product and the unit price is 281 for a group of 5.
The maintenance cost for each license = 0.2 * 281 = 56 pounds + VAT compared to
the renewal of a single copy = 0.2 * 600 = 120 pounds + VAT.
However it might be worth asking the contact persons for the various groups
To illustrate buying a copy of Real-Time Workshop is unchanged by the 4 licenses we already have for Real-Time Workshop.
Any benefit is on the maintenance costs.
The prices in the column marked Concurrent would apply.
Email the details of the purchase to amb2@eng.cam.ac.uk for checking.
It might be worth checking with the contact persons (listed below) for the various research groups to see whether any purchase of
TLBXs is being planned in the near future, so that order could be placed together, to reduce costs:
See the answer to the next question if you want access to the particular license your research group has paid for.
If you are a member of staff or a post-graduate student of the department you can have basic
MATLAB, SIMULINK and the TLBXs covered by the TAH License installed in your
computer
free-of-charge.
For others the price in the column marked Individual would apply.
The cost of BASIC MATLAB = Pounds 375
The cost of MATLAB, SIMULINK & Symbolic Math TLBX = GBP 900 + VAT
= GBP 1056-50
Staff and postgraduates can have stand-alone verion of MATLAB under the TAH
license scheme free-of-charge.
Others should end an email to sales@mathworks.co.uk giving the name of the user and the details of the type of computer and O/S and mentioning what toolboxes if any is to be added to the basic matlab. Do not forget to mention that it is a stand-alone license.
A quote will be send back by email. Use this to raise a departamental order with Job Number using
the on-line iprocurement system.
Also include the version of MATLAB for which you require the trial TLBX. The trial licenses are only valid for 15 Days.
The Mathworks Ltd, Matrix House, Cambridge Busines Park, Cambridge CB4 0HH.
The cost of Symbolic math TLBX = Pounds 150
Total = Pounds 525 + VAT = GBP 626-87
| User Category |
Computers connected to the Dept's network ** |
Personal Laptops connected to the Dept's network |
Computers connected to the University network in college rooms |
PWF computers in colleges |
Laptops in standalone mode |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All | Yes | - | - | - | - |
| Undergraduates (Excluding 4th years) |
Yes | No | No | Yes | No |
| 4th year Project students | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes (++) |
| Postgraduates | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Members of Staff | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Visitors | Yes | No | No | No | No |
++ - Mathworks are giving the 4th year project students a temporary license for running MATLAB in standalone mode in their personal laptops (valid untill 25th of March 2011).
| Purchase & Maintenance Costs | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total No. of Processors in Cluster | 8 | 16 | 32 | 64 | 96 | 128 |
| Purchase Cost - First Year (GBP) Add VAT | 1,500 | 2,750 | 5,000 | 8,750 | 11,500 | 15,000 |
| Maintenance Costs - Subsequent Years (GBP) Add VAT | 300 | 550 | 1,000 | 1,750 | 2,300 | 3,000 |
MATLAB Distributed Computing Server Academic Price List (January 2010)
However a stand-alone installation of matlab (after being installed using the installation key) will require the license to be activated. This needs to be done only once and will require a Activation key.
How to uninstall a MATLAB TLBX
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