Use a Catalyst On Demand subscription

Catalyst On Demand is an hour-by-hour license option for the Catalyst service. It enables best-available accuracy using Trimble Catalyst with the ability to draw down hour-length licenses from a pool of time that can be shared with an unlimited number of team members.

The On Demand tile appears in the Licenses screen if you have selected Catalyst as your Position source, and your account has been allocated a seat in a Catalyst On Demand pool.

If you already have a Catalyst license associated with your account you will not see any Catalyst On Demand pools.

The tile displays the following information:

  • The current Catalyst On Demand pool account owner whose pool you are assigned to.
  • The total number of hours available in the shared On Demand pool.
  • The number of minutes remaining in the current on-demand session.

The On Demand tile also displays a button to let you start a new Catalyst On Demand session (one-hour duration) or to add 1 hour to an existing on-demand session. See To start a Catalyst On Demand session.

You can start a new on-demand session at any time for immediate access to the Catalyst Precision service from the field.

  1. Make sure your device has an active internet connection. You must be working online to be able to view your Catalyst On Demand account status, or to start or extend a Catalyst On Demand session.

  2. From the On Demand tile in the Licenses screen, select the number of hours you require and tap Start.

    Your selected hours from the active Catalyst On Demand pool are assigned to your device, and a new Catalyst Precision license file is automatically downloaded for the duration of the time you requested.

    The license expiry time and a minute‑by‑minute license countdown timer are displayed. Your session begins immediately, and the countdown timer will run until the session ends (unless you extend it before the license time ends).

    You do not need to be attached or connected to Catalyst to begin an On Demand session. If you anticipate that you will be working offline, you can start your session and download an On Demand license for the required number of hours you will need before you go into the field. Note that the On Demand session timer will start as soon as you start the session.

    If you are starting or extending your On Demand license and are using Esri ArcGIS Field Maps, you will need to disconnect and reconnect to the Catalyst DA2 to ensure the On Demand license is synchronized.

You can extend an active Catalyst On Demand session at any time by adding time to the current session.

Tap Start in the On demand tile of the Home screen.

  1. Make sure your device has an active internet connection. You must be working online to be able to view your on demand account status, or to start or extend an on-demand session.

  2. From the On Demand tile in the Licenses screen, tap Extend and then tap Yes to confirm.

    If you are in the middle of a Catalyst On Demand session, but Trimble Mobile Manager is not currently in focus, Trimble Mobile Manager will display a system notification when your current session has 5 minutes remaining. To extend the On Demand session tap Extend in the Catalyst on Demand session expiry notification.

Catalyst On Demand subscriptions allow multiple on-demand accounts to be associated with the same user. Use Trimble Mobile Manager to switch between accounts so that you are using hours from the correct Catalyst On Demand pool for the different projects or jobs you are working on.

  1. Make sure your device has an active internet connection. You must be working online to be able to view or switch between Catalyst On Demand pools associated with your user account.
  2. Tap and select Licenses.
  3. In the Licenses screen, select the required Catalyst On Demand pool from the On Demand tile.
  4. The software now shows the available hours from the selected On Demand pool. The next time you start or extend an On Demand session, the time will be used from the currently selected pool. See To extend a Catalyst On Demand session.