Installation: Omniscope silent activation (2.8+)

mustafa — Tue, 14 May 2013 10:52:08 -0400

Omniscope installer already comes with the option to silently install Omniscope by passing in the "/S" argument to the installer. This allows Administrators to roll out Omniscope throughout the organisation.

Starting from Omniscope 2.8, we have added the ability to activate/deactivate/refresh Omniscope silently, meaning you don't need to physically start the application on the machine to activate/deactivate/refresh your license.

This is designed to let Network Administrators activate/refresh/deactivate Omniscope by sending some commands to the Omniscope launcher.

How to silently install Omniscope:

Start Command prompt
Navigate to the directory that contains OmniscopeInstaller.exe
Run the following command:

"\OmniscopeInstaller.exe /S"

This will Omniscope install Omniscope silently.

How to silently activate Omniscope:

Start Command prompt
Navigate to the Omniscope installation directory. This is a directory where you find the Omniscope.exe and is located typically in:

C:\Program Files (x86)\Visokio Omniscope
OR
C:\Users\[username]\AppData\Local\Visokio Omniscope app
Run the following command:

"\Omniscope_console.exe -activate xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx"

Replace the xxxx with the actual license key you are trying to activate. On running the command above, Omniscope will attempt to activate Omniscope silently and any confirmation or errors will be displayed on the console.

How to silently refresh Omniscope:

It is the same as the above process of trying to activate Omniscope, with the only difference being the command that you run:

"\Omniscope_console.exe -reactivate"

All confirmation and errors will be displayed on the console.

How to silently deactivate Omniscope:

It is the same as the above process of trying to activate Omniscope, with the only difference being the command that you run:

"\Omniscope_console.exe -deactivate"

All confirmation and errors will be displayed on the console.

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