Error using RTI Connext Professional free or Express license with older versions of Connext
In some cases, you may receive the wrong version of an RTI Connext Professional free trial or Connext Express license. If you do, you will receive the following error:
RTI Connext DDS feature license not found: RTI_LICENSE_FILE = /home/my_user/rti_license57814.dat. Please contact support@rti.com with any questions or comments. Exception in run_publisher_application(): Failed to create DomainParticipant
This error occurs when you are using a Connext Professional 7.5.0 free trial or Express license with an older version of Connext.
Identify Connext 7.5.0 Express licenses
To check if your license is an Express license for Connext Professional 7.5.0, open the license file in a text editor and look for the feature CONNEXTPRO or the TrialEndLimits attribute. If these are present, the license is for version 7.5.0 or later.
RTI Connext version
To find your RTI Connext version, examine your installation folder (NDDSHOME). The Connext version is included in the installation path. For example:
/home/my_user/rti_connext_dds-7.3.0
This output confirms that you are using Connext Professional 7.3.0, which causes the license error described above.
If you encounter this situation and require a license to evaluate Connext Professional 7.3.0 or earlier, a suitable license file will need to be issued to you. Contact evaluations@rti.com for an updated license file.