Every device that you use with Tungsten Automation software requires a valid license. This version of ShareScan uses a digitally signed license file, which contains a unique license key generated by Manufacturing. The license key is a unique ID that is associated with the hardware ID (HID) of the computer where the ShareScan database is installed.

When you install a license key, you can activate the device’s license immediately after you add it to the local license database (recommended), or you can activate it later. You have 30 days to activate the license after the first device is added to the system. During activation, a license is associated the SQL server name where the ShareScan database is installed.

It is also possible to designate a computer as a failover server that can be used in case of the failure of the computer that runs the database server used for the ShareScan system.

You need to activate a license only once. If you try to add more devices than the total number specified in the license file, the system displays an error. You need to purchase additional licenses for the additional devices.

In case you need to reinstall the ShareScan system including the creation of the configuration database, import the licenses you have activated previously on the same database server, and after the add/import, perform the activation for these licenses. Until the HID of the database server is the same, activate the licenses in case of a reinstall.

Site licenses, valid for activation with a predefined number of devices, are also available. After a license file is created for the specified number of devices, it cannot be modified to increase the number of devices; if you purchase additional devices, you need to purchase additional licenses, and those licenses will be delivered as separate license files. When you load the new license file, the Administration Console can merge the original license file with the new file.

After adding a license, you can add one or more embedded or integrated devices to the Manager. (You can add these devices at any time. However, if you add them before activating the license, a 30-day grace period starts for the license).

For ScanStation systems, the local device is automatically added; then, when the administrator selects the driver, the system verifies the validity of the license file.

This ShareScan version includes a Licensing Wizard, which handles the following license-related tasks:

• Loading licenses
• Activating licenses
• Loading activated licenses
• Removing licenses
• Generating license reports
• Allocated devices

The following options can also be accessed in the Wizard:

• License Key: Displays all the available license keys.
• Feature Name: Displays all the available features.
• Refresh: Refreshes the license grid from database.

Licenses needed:

• Devices: the number of devices for which license is not available.
• Users: the number of users for whom license is not available (Business Connect).