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Licensing

In order to fully use VADAAR products, you'll need an activated license. One VADAAR license provides access to the full capabilities of Server, Sender, and Viewer. First install the software, then activate your license. There are two ways to license your software:

  • Online Activation
  • Offline Activation

Licensing Overview​

A VADAAR license has several components to it. The following terms and descriptions will help you better understand how licensing works.

  • License - In VADAAR, this describes the name of a license.

  • License Key - Use the license key to differentiate VADAAR licenses from each other.

  • Max Active Streams - The number of max active streams indicates the number of recordings and the number of live streams you may play at once.

    Example

    Your Max Active Streams is set to 10. This means you can record up to 10 recordings and play up to 10 live streams or files at once.

  • Current Active Streams - The number of streams currently active for a license.

    note

    On the Licensing page, this field may take several minutes to update.

  • Type - This describes the type of VADAAR license. Available types include:

    • Trial - These licenses have an expiration date.
    • Perpetual - These licenses do not expire.

  • License Expiry - If your license expires, you will not be able to record or stream anymore. Everything else in the VADAAR software will still be available to you. Once set, the license expiry date cannot be changed.

  • Maintenance Expiry - The maintenance expiry indicates the date you will stop receiving software version updates. If you would like to renew your maintenance expiry, please send us an email at sales@immersaview.com.

Online Activation​

Prerequisite

You'll need an ImmersaView portal account. If you do not have one and need an portal account, please send us an email at sales@immersaview.com.

To activate your VADAAR license online:

  1. Open VADAAR and navigate to Settings > Licensing.
  2. In the Licensing ribbon, select Online Activation.
  3. In the Online Activation pop up, log in using your ImmersaView Portal credentials.
  4. Select a license in the License list, then press Activate.
  5. Confirm activation in the confirmation dialog.

Result: The license is activated and displays in the License table.

Offline Activation​

To activate your VADAAR license offline:

  1. Open VADAAR and navigate to Settings > Licensing.
  2. In the Licensing ribbon, select Offline Activation.
  3. In the Offline Activation dialog, select Download Activation Request.
    Result: An activation request file downloads. You will need to transfer this file to an internet-enabled device in future steps.
  4. Using an internet-enabled device, visit https://www.portal.immersaview.com/ and sign in with your ImmersaView Portal credentials.
  5. In the Portal, navigate to the Licenses page.
  6. In the Licenses list, select the license you wish to activate.
  7. On the License page, select Activate Offline.
  8. In the Activate Offline dialog, select Choose File and upload the activation request you downloaded in a previous step. Then select Activate Offline.
    Result: A license file automatically starts downloading.
  9. Transfer the downloaded license file to a device that can access the VADAAR instance that generated the activation request.
  10. If not open, open VADAAR and navigate to Settings > Licensing, then select Offline Activation.
  11. In the Offline Activation dialog, select Import License, then select the license file from the File Explorer and press Open.

Result: The license is activated and displays in the License table.

Create an Activation Request​

  1. In the Licensing ribbon, select Instance Identifiers.
  2. Copy the information in each field.
  3. In a text editor, create an Activation Request (.req) file using the below template:
{
    "Hostname": "HOSTNAME", // Hostname
    "HardwareIds": [
        {
            "Hash": "IDENTIFIER1", // Instance Identifier 1
            "Salt": ""
        },
        {
            "Hash": "IDENTIFIER2", // Instance Identifier 2
            "Salt": ""
        }
    ],
    "Algorithms": {
        "Alg": "PS256",
        "KeyGen": "PBKDF2\u002BHS256\u002B2E14"
    }
}
  1. Using an internet-enabled device, visit https://www.portal.immersaview.com/ and sign in with your ImmersaView Portal credentials.
  2. In the Portal, navigate to the Licenses page.
  3. In the Licenses list, select the license you wish to activate.
  4. On the License page, select Activate Offline.
  5. In the Activate Offline dialog, select Choose File and upload the activation request you downloaded in a previous step. Then select Activate Offline.
    Result: A license file automatically starts downloading.
  6. Transfer the downloaded license file to a device that can access the VADAAR instance that generated the activation request.
  7. If not open, open VADAAR and navigate to Settings > Licensing, then select Offline Activation.
  8. In the Offline Activation dialog, select Import License, then select the license file from the File Explorer and press Open.

Result: The license is activated and displays in the License table.