What to Do In Case of CodeMeter USB Bus Failure
Scope
It is very unlikely for a CodeMeter dongle to die in the field. We have not seen one die across hundreds of installs and many products. Furthermore, if unplugging/plugging the dongle back into the machine allows licenses to be seen, we can remove a broken dongle as a variable. If the dongle were faulty, it would not appear in CodeMeter Control Center when plugged in, and licenses would not be available at any time.
This is most likely a power allocation issue of the USB bus of the machine on location (It could be a setting, the power supply, or the USB bus itself), but let’s start by configuring the CodeMeter Service to restart under negative circumstances.
Requirements, Steps, Etc.
- Go: C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Administrative Tools and launch Services.
- Locate CodeMeter Runtime Server, and right-click to select Properties in the appearing menu.
- Under the Recovery tab, set the First, Second and Subsequent failures to Restart the Service.
Next, optimize your power options:
- Go: Control Panel > All Control Panel Items > Power Options.
- Tick the High performance option, and click Apply/Save.
- Click Change plan settings for High performance.
- Click Change advanced power settings.
- Under USB settings > USB selective suspend setting set the option to Disabled.
- Click Apply/Save.
Finally, Configure your Universal Serial Bus controllers.
- Go: Control Panel > All Control Panel Items > Device Manager.
- Next to Universal Serial Bus controllers, click on the drop-down arrow to reveal each surrogate Hub/Device.
- For each entry, right-click to select Properties in the appearing menu.
- Under the Power Management tab, un-tick Allow the computer to turn off this device to save power and click OK (Note: Some of the entries may not have a Power Management tab. In this case, close the dialog, and move on to the next entry).
- Restart your computer.
If the problem persists after observing these troubleshooting steps, we recommend sandboxing the configuration, and testing on another machine (there could be a problem with the internal power supply or universal serial bus of the machine on location).
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