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KNOW-HOW
your software is running in Normal Mode. If all
100 licenses are in use, the software tries to
allocate Product Code 2 and it is now running in
“Overfl ow Mode”. You can optionally ”cripple”
your software artifi cially or display a message
box “Please order more licenses!”; then reduce
the Unit Counter one time per start or every
running minute – just use your creativity to
defi ne the Overfl ow Mode.
Product Code = 1
License Qty = 100
Product Code = 2
License Qty = 50
Unit Counter = 16.000.000
And you do not have to give up the high security
offered by AxProtector: Simply create the
protection envelope for Product Code 1 and
select the NoUserLimit mode.
Leasing Licenes
To limit the available time on a license, add an
Expiration Time option. Here the CmStick has
much higher security than CodeMeterAct because
it can check the time against the pseudo
real-time clock in the CmStick, which can also be
further validated with a certifi ed time server.
The same mechanism can also be used to create
a time-limited demonstration version. It is easy
to extend a license lease or a demonstration
version automatically:
Prepare a license online with Cm-
Talk: You can activate the new license
in your eCommerce solution, ready to be
transferred to your customer.
Then, via the Field Activation Service:
You create, after receiving payment,
an update fi le for your customer and add
this to the next software update, may be
done on a CD or by an Internet download.
Licenses at the Terminal Server
Do you want to avoid license violations at the
terminal server? CodeMeter does this automatically
for you: Each session will be tracked as
a separate PC, including all modes. The same
mechanism also prohibits license violations
when in the multi user mode of Windows XP
or Windows Vista.
Limiting Licenses on Virtual PCs
Comparable to the Expiration Time, the Code-
Meter hardware has a much higher security
on a virtual PC than a software-based license
solution: Only one virtual machine can physically
address the CmStick directly. All other virtual
machines need to address their licenses via
TCP/IP – if there are enough available for a
multi-user solution.
Licensing Different Program
Modules
Do you have different program modules which
you want to control individually? No problem
with CodeMeter: For each of these modules
you assign a unique Product Code and you
can handle more than 1000 different modules
at the same time, each with individual license
options like Expiration Time or Network License
Control.
Version Management
Do you want your customers be able to use
the current as well as preceding versions of
your software; but not both at same time? For
this scenario simply use the Feature Map: Each
bit in the Feature Map represents for a specifi c
version which can be individually activated or
deactivated. With a Network Quantity of 1, the
user can only start one of the activated versions
at a time. And in a network environment, you
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Version 1
Version 2
Version 3
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can use similar version management to control
more than one license.
Specially Attached Licenses
Sometimes a software developer needs to bind
a dongle to a PC, a machine or a specifi c user. In
this case you could write a custom ID into the
Protected Data option of the Product Item.
Standby Licenses
Is your solution mission critical? Then implement
CodeMeter with a Cold-Standby or Hot-Standby
“Emergency Dongle” providing your customer
with an “always available” security solution:
Hot-Standby
Similar to “Overfl ow Licenses” a Product Item
will be created with a high Unit Counter value.
Unlike Overfl ow Licenses, the two different
Product Items are created in two different
CmSticks.
The end user attaches the CmStick without
Unit Counter to the standard license server.
Then he or she attaches the CmStick with the
Unit Counter to the backup license server. The
server search list controls the order that license
servers are searched, ensuring that the standard
license server is found fi rst, and then the
backup server.
License Server
Product Code = 1
License Qty = 100
Backup Server
Product Code = 1
License Qty = 100
Unit Counter = 16.000.000
Cold-Standby
You provide your customer with a second (Emergency)
CmStick containing a Usage Period option
of a couple of days. With fi rst usage, this
period will begin the countdown: The license is
available immediately and is locked automatically
after expiration.
License Server
Product Code = 1
License Qty = 100
Backup CmStick
Product Code = 1
License Qty = 100
Usage Period = 10 Days
The license can be used temporarily but not
permanently as a full second copy. Also the time
of the Usage Period is checked by the pseudo
real-time clock in the CmStick. The emergency
CmStick can be replaced or converted as your
business policies dictate.
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