Nortel IP softphone 2050 License 3

[foneman1]

I purchased an IP softphone 2050 for BCM 450 5.0. The CD that I got from Nortel has 2.3 software version. I checked Nortel web site and I found that 3.4 is the latest software version. I installed the 3.4 software and it worked, but I keep getting notifications that this is "AN EVALUATION SOFTWARE LICENSE WICH WILL EXPIRE IN ONE MONTH". How do I make it permanent, and it does not ask me for Keycods or anything. When I installed the 2.3 software it did not give me the notifications, but I’d rather run the latest software. Thanks.

 

[foneman1]

I guess 3.4 is not supported on BCMs. Thanks.

 

[dulfo666]

From Rls 3.0 of the softphone you have needed to purchase an additional licence to use it. The licences are controlled via a licence server.

 

[Alex51650]

What you have probably is considered a try and buy license it is only a temporary license not permanent. You may have purchase permanent license for the system from a Nortel vendor after purchaseing it go Nortels key code retrieval download key code file install it into the BCM under licenseing which will make it permanent.

 

[gwebster]

There are two different "licences" in play here. You need a licence on the BCM in order to progam an IP Phone (including the 2050). That is the licence that Alex51560 is referring to.

With 2050 v1/v2, you needed to purchase a CD for each installed client. With 2050 v3, you can download the software for free from

http://www.nortel.com/support,

but then need a separate activation licence after 60 days to keep it running. This is the licence that dulfo666 is referring to.

2050v3 is only supported on CS 1000 and CS 2100. There is supposedly a 2050v4 underway which will be supported on BCM as a replacement for the v2 version.

 

[foneman1]

Thank you all.