Software licenses and subscriptions

To install Trimble Access 2026.10 onto a supported controller that has a perpetual license, the controller must have a Trimble Access Software Maintenance Agreement valid up to 1 June 2026. To extend your Trimble Access Software Maintenance Agreement, contact your Trimble Distributor.

A valid Trimble Access Software Maintenance Agreement allows a user that has a perpetual license to install new versions of the software. It also provides access to features that use web services when connected to the internet, including:

• Cloud data synchronization

• Trimble Maps

• IBSS

Relinquishing software licenses from a controller you no longer want to use

The Trimble Access License Relinquish & Transfer program is designed for customers who wish to retire their existing controllers and transition to new hardware by leveraging their investment in existing software.

Run Trimble Installation Manager on the controller you want to relinquish the license from, and select Trimble Access in the product bar. (For older controllers you will need to run Trimble Installation Manager on the computer connected to the controller you want to relinquish the license from.) If the Relinquish licenses tab is available in Trimble Installation Manager, you can remove the software licenses from the connected device so that they can be transferred to a new device.

Select the Relinquish licenses tab and tap Relinquish to return the licenses to Trimble. Contact your distributor providing the serial number of the controller you relinquished the licenses from and the serial number of the controller you would like the licenses assigned to. Once your distributor has reassigned the licenses to your new controller, you can install Trimble Access to the new controller using Trimble Installation Manager.

Trimble controllers you can relinquish licenses from include:

• Trimble TSC3, TSC5, or TSC7 controller
• Trimble TDC6 or TDC600 handheld data collector
• Trimble TCU3 or CU5 controller
• Trimble T7, T10, T10x, or T100 tablet

If you are using a Trimble Access subscription rather than a perpetual license, you can install Trimble Access 2026.10 onto any supported controller. A valid subscription provides access to features that use web services when connected to the internet.

To use the software subscription:

1. The License Administrator in your organization must assign a subscription to you using the Trimble License Manager webapp. For more information, see the Trimble License Manager Help.

2. The first time you start the Trimble Access software, you must sign in using your Trimble ID to download your Trimble Access subscription license to the controller. Otherwise you are prompted to sign in only if you have previously signed out.

   Subscriptions are locked to that controller until you sign out. Once signed out, you can run Trimble Access on a different controller and sign in to lock the subscription to that controller and use the software.

   TIP – Trimble Access provides options to help manage your subscription. For example, if you always use the same controller you can keep your subscription locked to the controller. Alternatively, you can choose to release the subscription if you typically do not always use the same controller and want to be able to sign in on another one. For more information, see Options for releasing your subscription in Signing in and signing out.

To use some features of the Trimble Access software, additional subscription licenses are required, whether you are using a Trimble Access subscription or perpetual license.

Trimble Catalyst subscription licenses

To use a Trimble DA2 receiver, the signed in user must have a Trimble Access subscription and a Trimble Catalyst subscription.

To assign subscriptions to users in your organization, sign in to the Trimble License Manager web app as a License Administrator. For more information, see the Trimble License Manager Help.

The first time you start a survey using the DA2 receiver you must sign in to download the Trimble Catalyst subscription license. For subsequent surveys you are prompted to sign in only if you have previously signed out.

Trimble Connect Business subscription licenses

To synchronize Trimble Access field data with the cloud, the signed in user must have a Trimble Connect license. If you are using a controller with a perpetual license, then the controller must have a current Trimble Access Software Maintenance Agreement.

To synchronize data, Trimble recommends that all users have a Trimble Connect Business subscription because it allows users to create more projects and synchronize data with more projects than a Trimble Connect Personal subscription. Trimble Access users can obtain a Trimble Connect Business subscription at no cost in the following ways:

• Trimble Connect Business subscriptions are automatically included with Trimble Access subscriptions. For those users no further action is needed.

• For Trimble Access perpetual license users, a Trimble Connect Business subscription is available with each current Software Maintenance Agreement. However, your organization's License Administrator must assign the Trimble Connect Business subscription to the specific user using the Trimble License Manager web app. Until the Trimble Connect Business subscription is assigned to the user, then that user will have a Trimble Connect Personal subscription and can create or synchronize data only to a limited number of projects.

  To assign Trimble Connect Business subscription licenses to users in your organization, sign in to the Trimble License Manager web app as a License Administrator. For more information, see the Trimble License Manager Help.

For more information about the different types of Trimble Connect licenses, see Connect Licensing in the Trimble Connect Help.