Lawo licenses are managed by the CodeMeter Runtime licensing system from WIBU systems.

  • For software-based products, the license can be installed into a local container (on your PC), a remote container (on a networked server), or onto a USB dongle (for portability).
  • For hardware products, the license must be installed onto the USB dongle supplied with the device.


About the Dongles

All dongles are specially-configured USB memory sticks that must be purchased from either Lawo or WIBU systems.

The dongles supplied for software and hardware products ship with different file systems, so it is important not to mix up the dongle types.

If you have purchased a dongle for a Lawo software application such as VisTool, then this will have a metal "LAWO logo" tag attached as shown below. Multiple software products can be licensed from a single dongle. 

USB dongle for Lawo software

The dongle supplied for hardware products such as Power Core are stand-alone (with no metal tag).

Preparing for Activation

To activate a license, you will need:

  • A PC with an internet connection (and USB port if using a dongle). If your PC does not have an internet connection, then the offline activation method can be used. The PC must be installed with CodeMeter Runtime (as described below).
  • The WIBU systems USB memory stick (if using a dongle).
  • The license code. This can be found on the delivery note shipped with the system.


Installing CodeMeter Runtime

To activate a license, your PC must be installed with CodeMeter Runtime (from WIBU systems). The correct version is installed automatically with the setup software for your product. You can check the installation by looking in the Windows taskbar where you should see the following icon.


This shows that a Cm container (for local license storage) has been installed.