How do I upgrade from WATCHOUT 6?

The upgrade from WATCHOUT version 6 to 7 is an electronic upgrade. You must, however, have the physical license keys available to complete the process. Upgrade orders may be placed via your Dataton partner.

To upgrade WATCHOUT version 6 to 7, you need to install version 7 first! All the steps below should be done in WATCHOUT 7 software.

Note: The electronic upgrade described below can only be performed on version 6 micro keys with serial numbers of 3-344xxxx or higher.

HOW TO

To upgrade your license key(s), you need to first make sure they all appear in the license manager in WATCHOUT version 7. Here's how:

1. Connect the keys to your production computer or any online display computer.
2. In WATCHOUT 7, go to the Help menu and select "Watchout Licenses." You should see a list of licenses with license number, version and location.
3. Select your license keys in the list with the checkboxes, then click the “Copy As Text” button to copy the license key information codes to the clipboard. Paste the codes into a text application.
4. Send the codes as a .txt file to Dataton via your local Dataton partner or directly to business@dataton.com
5. Once your order has been processed you will receive an email with your upgrade information.
6. Select and copy all text in the email containing your upgrade information to the clipboard.
7. Connect the license keys to the computer. Open WATCHOUT 7 and choose "Watchout Licenses" on the Help menu again. Select your license keys in the list and click the “Paste Update" button.

When successfully stored in the license key, you wil see number 7 in the “Version” column.

Note: Upgraded license keys can be used with both versions 6 and 7 of WATCHOUT interchangeably