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When a commuter license is no longer needed, it is checked back in again, so that it can be used from the license server network as usual. Licenses are automatically checked in at the end of a specified check-out period, or can be manually checked in early (not applicable to remotely checked-out licenses). For more information, see Check in a commuter license.

Check out to a network machine

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CheckOutNetworkYou can check out a seat from an existing license for use on a machine on your license server network, so that Shogun can subsequently be used on the machine when it is no longer connected to your network.

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1. On a network machine that you want to use remotely, open the advanced Vicon Automated Unified Licensing Tool dialog box by doing one of the following:
   
   • Start Shogun. On the Help menu, click About. In the dialog box, click Licensing; or
   • Click the Start button, then All Programs > Vicon > Licensing > ProductLicensing.
2. In the License Server list in the top part of the dialog box, right-click on the license that contains the seat that you want to check out and click Check Out.
3. In the Check Out License dialog box, specify the number of days for the license to be used remotely and then click Check Out.
   Checked out licenses are flagged with Commuter in the Type column in the License Server list in the top part of the Vicon Automated Unified Licensing Tool dialog box.

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Check out to a remote machine

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CheckOutRemoteCheckOutRemoteIn addition to checking out a license to a network machine (see Check out to a network machine), you can also check out a license to a machine that is running the Vicon Automated Unified Licensing Tool (VAULT), but is not connected to the network containing the license server. This involves the following procedures:

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1. Save the file that was sent to you as described in On a network machine: Check out a commuter license above to the Windows desktop (or any other suitable location).
2. To open the advanced Vicon Automated Unified Licensing Tool dialog box, either:
   
   • Start Shogun and in the Vicon Automated Unified Licensing Tool dialog box click Activate License; or
   • Click the Start button, then All Programs > Vicon > Licensing > ProductLicensing, and then click Activate License.
3. Depending on whether you are using the file as it was received from the license network user or a text string copied from the file, either:
   
   • In the License File Activation field, type or browse to the location of the license file (.lic) and click Activate from File; or
   • Copy the text to the License Activation string field and click Activate from String.
4. Close the Activate a License dialog box.
   In the License Server list in the top part of the Vicon Automated Unified Licensing Tool dialog box, checked out licenses are flagged with Commuter in the Type column.

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Check in a commuter license

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Licenses that have been checked out are checked back in and made available for use from the network in either of the following ways:

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