HWID Generation Tool

The HWID Generation Tool is a utility provided by IDScan.net to generate a hardware ID (HWID) for a device. The generated HWID can then be used to bind a Per Seat license to that device through the my.idscan.net portal.

The HWID Generation Tool applies to the following SDKs:

  • .NET SDK
  • Java SDK

Download

Download HWID Generation Tool

Generating the HWID

  1. Download and transfer the tool to the target device.
  2. Run the following command from the command line:
HwInfo.exe hwinfo

Example output:

IDScanNet HwInfo
Machine name: My-Computer
Hardware Fingerprint: 1a2b3c4d5e6f7g8h9i0j1k2l3m=
  1. Copy the Hardware Fingerprint value and use it to bind a Per Seat license through the my.idscan.net portal.

Bulk Management of HWIDs

For Bulk Management of HWIDs, IDScan.net reccomends to use the HWID Generation Tool in conjunction with the App Manager CLI.

  1. Push HWInfo to all target devices.
  2. Generate a HID file on each device: HWInfo --json --name <device_name> >device_name.json
  3. Collect all .json files into a single directory on the management host.
  4. Bind all devices to a license in one command: AppManagerCli license attachFile <serial_number> *.json