Milestone XProtect Go 2014 - Manual (Page 25)

Milestone XProtect ® Go 2014 Administrator's Manual
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Licenses
About licenses
There are different types of licenses available for your XProtect system:

Base license. This license is for the XProtect software. You need this to use your system
beyond the initial 30-day trial period.
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Hardware license. Every device you add to the software requires a license.
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Add-on license. Add-on licenses are licenses for use if you purchase optional add-on
products such as XProtect LPR or XProtect <Access Control Module 2014>.
All Milestone licenses related to a fully licenses system are contained in a single file, a .lic file which
represents your license for the software (base license) and allows you to add a number of cameras to
your system (device licenses). This means that you only need to make sure that you add this file to the
system in order for your system to be fully working. In the following, see additional information about
base licenses and device licenses. Add-on licenses are separate licenses that you purchase along
with the add-on software.
Base license
When you install the system, you can add a license file to the system right away to license your
software and use the full version of the system.
If you install the system in Trial mode instead, you run on a temporary license which is valid for 30
days. When the 30 days have passed, you must purchase a license for the system in order to keep
using the system and access its recordings.
Hardware licenses
When you purchase the system, you also purchase a certain number of licenses for the number of
hardware devices, for example video encoders or cameras, that you want to run on the system. One
hardware device license enables you to run as many camera, speaker, microphone, input and output
devices that the hardware device consists of. It also enables you to run the hardware device multiple
times on one site or multiple times on multiple sites. Note that speakers are only supported by some
XProtect Professional VMS products*.
Once you have installed the various system components, configured the system, and added cameras
as well as additional recording servers for a master/slave setup, your added devices initially run on
temporary licenses that you must activate before a certain period of time ends. This is called the grace
period. If grace periods expire on one or more of your devices and you have not activated any
licenses, recording servers and cameras do not send data to the surveillance system. Milestone
recommends that you activate your licenses before you make final adjustments to your system and its
devices.
If you add more device channels than you currently have licenses for, you must buy additional licenses
before the cameras can send data to your system. If you are short of licenses, you can disable less
important cameras to allow new cameras to run instead. To disable or enable a camera, expand
Hardware Devices. Select the relevant hardware device, right-click the relevant camera, and select
Enable or Disable.