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Milestone XProtect ® Express 1.1Administrator's ManualLicensesAbout licensesWhen you purchase XProtect Express, you also purchase a certain number of licenses for device channels.Device channels are typically cameras but could also be dedicated input/output boxes. One device channellicense enables you to run one camera or one dedicated input/output box. You can use and define an unlimitednumber of microphones, inputs, and outputs.When you have installed the various XProtect Express components, configured the system, and added recordingservers and cameras through the Management Application, the surveillance system initially runs on temporarylicenses that need to be activated before a certain period ends. This is called the grace period.If grace periods have expired on one or more of your devices and no licenses have been activated, recordingservers and cameras do not send data to the surveillance system. We therefore recommend that you activateyour licenses (see "About activating licenses" on page 39) before you make final adjustments to your system andits devices.If you want to add—or have already added—more device channels than you currently have licenses for, you mustbuy additional licenses before the cameras can send data to your XProtect Express system.To get additional licenses for XProtect Express, contact your vendor, or visit www.milestonesys.com to log intothe software registration service center. When your license file (.lic) is updated, you can activate your licenses.See Manage licenses for more information on activating.Tip: If short of licenses—until you get additional ones—you can disable some less important cameras to allowsome of the new cameras to run instead. To disable or enable a camera, expand Hardware Devices in theManagement Application's navigation pane. Then select the required hardware device, right-click the requiredcamera, and then select Enable or Disable.Which devices require a license?About replacing camerasYou can replace a camera that is licensed in XProtect Express and have the new camera activated and licensedinstead. The total number of purchased device channels corresponds to the total number of cameras that can runon the surveillance system simultaneously. If you remove a camera from a recording server, you also free alicense.When you replace a camera, you must use the Management Application Replace Hardware Device wizard (see"About the Replace Hardware Device wizard" on page 69) to map all relevant databases of cameras,microphones, inputs, outputs, etc. Remember to activate the license once you are finished.Overview of license informationYou get an excellent overview of your XProtect Express licenses from the Management Application's navigationpane. Expand Advanced Configuration and select Hardware Devices. This presents you with the HardwareDevice Summary table.www.milestonesys.com 38 Licenses
Milestone XProtect ® Express 1.1Administrator's ManualNameDescriptionHardware Device NameLicenseVideo ChannelsLicensed ChannelsMicrophone ChannelsAddressWWWPortDevice DriverHardware devices (typically cameras but could also be dedicatedinput/output boxes).Licensing status of your hardware devices.Can be either Licensed, [number of] day(s) grace, Trial, or Expired.Number of available video channels on your hardware devices.Number of video channels on each of your hardware devices for which youhave a license.Number of available microphone channels on your hardware devices.http addresses of your hardware devices.Links to http addresses of your hardware devices.Port used by your hardware devices.Names of device drivers associated with your hardware devices.You can activate licenses online or offline. On the Management Application's toolbar, click File and eitherActivate License Online or Manage License Offline.Cameras (or dedicated input/output boxes) for which you are missing a license will not send data to thesurveillance system. Cameras added after all available licenses are used are unavailable.About getting additional licensesIf you want to add—or have already added—more device channels than you currently have licenses for, you mustbuy additional licenses before the cameras can send data to your XProtect Express system.To get additional licenses for XProtect Express, contact your vendor, or visit www.milestonesys.com to log intothe software registration service center. When your license file (.lic) is updated, you can activate your licenses.See Manage licenses for more information on activating.About activating licensesWhen you purchase XProtect Express, you receive a temporary license file (.lic) including a Software LicenseCode (SLC). You must use this temporary license file when you install your system. Also, in order to get yourpermanent license, you should register your SLC before you activate licenses.When you have registered your SLC, you can activate your licenses in two ways: online or offline.Tip: If the computer that runs the Management Application has internet access, use online activation.You cannot activate more licenses than you have bought. If you have added more cameras than you havelicenses for, you must buy additional licenses before you can activate them.Tip: To get an overview of your licenses, go to the Management Application's navigation pane, expandAdvanced Configuration, select Hardware Devices and view your Hardware Device Summary table.In the following examples, it is assumed that XProtect Express is installed with a temporary license (.lic) file.www.milestonesys.com 39 Licenses
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