For "Sample Logic" "Animation Station 2" the user is able to "lock" the activation to an iLok dongle - what I did. But instead of the usual account login and pointing the authorisation to a device, it just worked after a second.
There is no license or auth listed in the iLok manager and I asked support. They answered quickly with: "The license won't show in the iLok License Manager itself, although it will be on your dongle."
How can they write to the dongle without my credentials? Has anybody experience with this method? Or is support just saying, we use the iLok ID or alike to identify the iLok?
I never had anything like that and I have a lot of iLok protected software andplug ins.
Any thoughts about this?
Of course, I asked support, but don't expect a full explanation. Furthermore I want to make this strange activation method public.
Unusual usage of iLok by "Sample Logic"?
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- KVRian
- 1032 posts since 6 Nov, 2010
Weird. Have you tried using it without the dongle? You might ask iLok and see if they reply.
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- KVRist
- Topic Starter
- 396 posts since 8 Jun, 2009
How do you explain that - if you have an explanation?pekbro wrote: Wed Mar 18, 2026 2:15 am That was weird, i picked iLok too... I have some other products from them, first time I saw that.
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- KVRist
- Topic Starter
- 396 posts since 8 Jun, 2009
Yes - the plug in is in a "waiting" state and as soon as it sees the iLok again it works.Cuauhtli wrote: Wed Mar 18, 2026 2:06 am Weird. Have you tried using it without the dongle? You might ask iLok and see if they reply.
Waiting for a response from "Sample Logic" first - then I will contact iLok support.
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- KVRAF
- 8530 posts since 29 Sep, 2010 from Maui
I absolutely cannot explain anything about it, tho I am now eager to hear the explanation you receive, if any. TBH, i didn't really pay any attention, but I did note the iLok thing, and then
quickly forgot all about it, until I read the title of this thread.
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- KVRist
- Topic Starter
- 396 posts since 8 Jun, 2009
My concern ist, that they did something unusual to the iLok, which in my case holds hundreds of authorisations. I don’t like it when companies meddle with my computers and if they indeed have written something to the iLok without my credentials and using the iLok method they must have done so.
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- KVRAF
- 16752 posts since 13 Oct, 2009
Almost certainly they are reading the device ID which is unique and associating the activation record with that. So, the activation is then associated locally with a check to see if that unique device is present. You don't need to use the Pace SDK for this information. Note, I'm just speculating, I could be wrong.