To get a free PEMPro V3 license you will need your original Astro-Physics 15-letter license registration string included with your mount. The older 25-letter PEMPro V2 and PEMPro AP SE license registration strings are not eligible for this upgrade.
If you lost the 15-letter license registration key included with your mount, you might be able to obtain it from Astro-Physics. NOTE: a license cannot be created without the 15-letter license registration key and we cannot issue a new key.
To request a license you must own the Astro-Physics mount for which the license will be created.
Use of this license will require an Astro-Physics mount with GTOCP4/5 controller. If you have a GTOCP1/2/3 controller you can purchase a GTOCP4 control box from Astro-Physics.
Full functionality will be activated by connecting to your Astro-Physics mount one time on each computer on which the license is used.
If you are an individual user, you are granted use of PEMPro V3 on up to 5 (five) of your own personal computers for as long as you own the mount.
If you are an individual user, no other user is licensed to use PEMPro V3 unless permission is granted from Sirius Imaging LLC. Please email apv3 (AT) siriusimaging (DOT) com to request permission.
If the mount was purchased by a small business, corporation or university, installation of PEMPro V3 is authorized on one main computer and one backup computer. To install on more computers additional licenses may be purchased from CCDWare at a discount.
If you sell the Astro-Physics mount to which an A-P license applies then you agree to discontinue use of any installations of PEMPro V3 using the license generated for that A-P license. The license can be transferred to the new owner for a modest fee.
This constitutes a partial list of licensing information, some of which may change. The full license agreement is included in the PEMPro V3 Installer.
If you are not the original owner of your mount then please contact Astro-Physics to make sure they have the correct name assigned to your mount and its serial number. If this has not been done it may delay issuing of your V3 license.
Depending on how long it takes for validation, licenses will usually be generated and emailed to you within one business day, and often within a few hours.
Licenses issued include free updates to PEMPro V3 for at least one year.
Once you recieve your 13-line PEMPro V3 license and enter it into PEMPro's startup screen it will operate as normal except:
You won't be able to connect to any other mount until you validate that you have the appropriate Astro-Physics mount (i.e., the mount must have a GTOCP4 or GTOCP5 controller.)
To validate, no internet connection is required, but PEMPro will need to send a few commands to confirm the mount is an Astro-Physics mount.
To do this you will need to create an Astro-Physics mount instance in PEMPro V3 using PEMPro's Mount Wizard, and connect to your mount. Once done, your license is validated on that computer forever and you will be able to connect to any other mount, including older Astro-Physics mounts. You will need to do this once on every computer on which you install PEMPro V3 and use the 13-line PEMPro V3 license key that you will receive.
If you agree to the above please click the button below to download the installer: