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Free trial mode despite registration

 

Hello,

My VARA HF application popped up a message saying it was running in free trial mode, and I had to click the button to extend. I purchased a license last year, and the key is entered in the setup. There are no errors associated with the key, i.e. there's nothing indicating the key is not valid. How do I get the application out of free trial mode? I'm on version 4.8.6.

Thanks,
Lee K5DAT
 

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Reenter your call and registration back into VARA HF.

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Larry KF5MLP

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From: [email protected] <[email protected]> On Behalf Of Lee Bengston
Sent: Sunday, April 28, 2024 9:03 AM
To: [email protected]
Subject: [VARA-MODEM] Free trial mode despite registration

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Hello,

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My VARA HF application popped up a message saying it was running in free trial mode, and I had to click the button to extend. I purchased a license last year, and the key is entered in the setup. There are no errors associated with the key, i.e. there's nothing indicating the key is not valid. How do I get the application out of free trial mode? I'm on version 4.8.6.

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Thanks,

Lee K5DAT


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Marvin L. Penepent
KF5MLP
 

I have found that you have to cut and paste it into the box to make it work!

Tyler Griffiths
N7UWX





On Sun, Apr 28, 2024 at 8:10?AM Marvin Penepent via <pilot-1=[email protected]> wrote:

Reenter your call and registration back into VARA HF.

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Larry KF5MLP

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From: [email protected] <[email protected]> On Behalf Of Lee Bengston
Sent: Sunday, April 28, 2024 9:03 AM
To: [email protected]
Subject: [VARA-MODEM] Free trial mode despite registration

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Hello,

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My VARA HF application popped up a message saying it was running in free trial mode, and I had to click the button to extend. I purchased a license last year, and the key is entered in the setup. There are no errors associated with the key, i.e. there's nothing indicating the key is not valid. How do I get the application out of free trial mode? I'm on version 4.8.6.

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Thanks,

Lee K5DAT


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Marvin L. Penepent
KF5MLP
 

Lee;

Did you change your call sign after you registered VARA? If yes, you'll need to pay a $10 fee to update the VARA key to use the new call.

Mark - AD7EF
 

Mark,

Negative - no change to my call sign.

If I restart VARA and monitor the VARA port in the G8BPQ software I get this:

01:07:16R ENCRYPTION DISABLED<cr> Port=7

01:07:21R REGISTERED K5DAT-7 K5DAT-1 K5DAT-11 K5DAT<cr> Port=7


I was seeing the above, however, before I got the pop-up about being in free trial mode. I'm not sure if "registered" in the context of the message above means it's a registered copy of VARA or if it means something else. When I originally purchased VARA I installed it on a different computer, then later moved it to the current one - not sure if that made any difference.

Thanks,
Lee K5DAT

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Do you have the original email with your registration? Even on your old computer.

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Larry KF5MLP

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From: [email protected] <[email protected]> On Behalf Of Lee Bengston
Sent: Sunday, April 28, 2024 8:15 PM
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: [VARA-MODEM] Free trial mode despite registration

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Mark,

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Negative - no change to my call sign.

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If I restart VARA and monitor the VARA port in the G8BPQ software I get this:

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01:07:16R ENCRYPTION DISABLED<cr> Port=7

01:07:21R REGISTERED K5DAT-7 K5DAT-1 K5DAT-11 K5DAT<cr> Port=7

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I was seeing the above, however, before I got the pop-up about being in free trial mode. I'm not sure if "registered" in the context of the message above means it's a registered copy of VARA or if it means something else. When I originally purchased VARA I installed it on a different computer, then later moved it to the current one - not sure if that made any difference.

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Thanks,

Lee K5DAT


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Marvin L. Penepent
KF5MLP
 

Yes, it's still on Gmail. This isn't the first time I've received the pop-up about free trial mode. The previous time I went back to the original email and copy/pasted it from there.?

Lee K5DAT?


On Sun, Apr 28, 2024, 8:26 PM Marvin Penepent via <pilot-1=[email protected]> wrote:

Do you have the original email with your registration? Even on your old computer.

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Larry KF5MLP

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From: [email protected] <[email protected]> On Behalf Of Lee Bengston
Sent: Sunday, April 28, 2024 8:15 PM
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: [VARA-MODEM] Free trial mode despite registration

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Mark,

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Negative - no change to my call sign.

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If I restart VARA and monitor the VARA port in the G8BPQ software I get this:

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01:07:16R ENCRYPTION DISABLED<cr> Port=7

01:07:21R REGISTERED K5DAT-7 K5DAT-1 K5DAT-11 K5DAT<cr> Port=7

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I was seeing the above, however, before I got the pop-up about being in free trial mode. I'm not sure if "registered" in the context of the message above means it's a registered copy of VARA or if it means something else. When I originally purchased VARA I installed it on a different computer, then later moved it to the current one - not sure if that made any difference.

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Thanks,

Lee K5DAT


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Marvin L. Penepent
KF5MLP
 

On Sun, Apr 28, 2024 at 06:15 PM, Lee Bengston wrote:
When I originally purchased VARA I installed it on a different computer, then later moved it to the current one - not sure if that made any difference.

Lee;

You definitely can have registered VARA HF / VARA FM (with the same license key) on multiple computers, so previously having it installed on another computer shouldn't make any difference.

Is the call-sign you have entered in the "Settings -> VARA Setup" window -exactly- the call you submitted for the VARA registration?

Mark - AD7EF

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On Sun, Apr 28, 2024 at 9:58?PM Mark Davis via <markad7ef=[email protected]> wrote:
On Sun, Apr 28, 2024 at 06:15 PM, Lee Bengston wrote:
When I originally purchased VARA I installed it on a different computer, then later moved it to the current one - not sure if that made any difference.

Lee;

You definitely can have registered VARA HF / VARA FM (with the same license key) on multiple computers, so previously having it installed on another computer shouldn't make any difference.

Is the call-sign you have entered in the "Settings -> VARA Setup" window -exactly- the call you submitted for the VARA registration?

Mark - AD7EF


Yes,

From the original email:

The Registration Code for?K5DAT:? <removed>? (copy and paste)


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Lee K5DAT
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Lee;

If you haven't already done so (as others have recommended), copy and paste the call-sign and Registration Key from the email to the corresponding fields on the VARA Setup screen.

You possibly have a corrupted VARA.ini file, with garbage characters in the Registration Key record. Pasting in the Registration code from your registration email should fix that.

Mark - AD7EF
 


On Sun, Apr 28, 2024 at 10:46?PM Mark Davis via <markad7ef=[email protected]> wrote:
Lee;

If you haven't already done so (as others have recommended), copy and paste the call-sign and Registration Key from the email to the corresponding fields on the VARA Setup screen.

You possibly have a corrupted VARA.ini file, with garbage characters in the Registration Key record. Pasting in the Registration code from your registration email should fix that.

Mark - AD7EF

I did that multiple times. The issue turned out to be the result of a fellow operator connecting to my node via a different port, then making connections outbound from there on the VARA port. His call sign was not registered in my VARA software, so the pop-up came up in that scenario.

73,
Lee K5DAT

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