Use a commuter license

You can check out (borrow) a seat from a network license so that it can be used for the number of days that you specify, on a machine that is not connected to the license server network. You can check out a seat to:

• A machine on your network (see Check out to a network machine), so that Shogun can subsequently be used when the machine is no longer connected to your network; or
• A machine that is not connected to your network (see Check out to a remote machine)

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

You 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.

To check out a seat to a machine on the license server network:

1. On a network machine that you want to use remotely, open the advanced Vicon Product Licensing dialog box by doing one of the following:

   • Start Shogun. On the Help menu, select About. In the dialog box, click Licensing; or
   • Select the Start button, then All Programs > Vicon > Licensing > Product Licensing .

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 select Check Out.

3. In the Check Out License dialog box, specify the number of days for the license to be used remotely and then select 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 Product Licensing dialog box.

Check out to a remote machine

In 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 Vicon Product Licensing, but is not connected to the network containing the license server. This involves the following procedures:

• On the remote machine: Generate a locking code and send it to a user of a machine on the license server network.
• On a network machine: Check out a commuter license and send it to the remote user.
• On the remote machine: Save and activate the commuter license

On the remote machine: Generate a locking code

1. To open the advanced Vicon Product Licensing dialog box, do one of the following:

   • Start Shogun and in the Vicon Product Licensing dialog box select Advanced Licensing; or
   • Select the Start button, then All Programs > Vicon > Licensing > ProductLicensing .

2. In the Vicon Product Licensing dialog box, select View Remote Locking Code.

3. In the Current Machine Locking Code dialog box, type the email address of a person to whom the network license server is available, and select Send, or to save it to a string to send later, type or browse to the required location and filename, select Save to File and close the dialog box.

   The person with access to the license server can then check out a commuter license for use on the remote machine, as described in the following steps.

On a network machine: Check out a commuter license

1. To open the advanced Vicon Product Licensing dialog box, do one of the following:

   • Start Shogun. On the Help menu, click About. In the dialog box, select Licensing; or
   • Seelct 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 a license that permits commuter licensing for the required product.

   If the selected license permits commuter licensing, the context menu displays a Check Out option and at the bottom of the dialog box, a Check Out button is displayed.

3. Select Check Out and in the Check Out License dialog box:

   1. Specify the number of days for which you want to use the license remotely.
   2. Expand the Advanced Options by clicking the downward pointing arrow on the right, and select Remote Check Out.

   Caution: Do not overestimate the number of days for which the license will remain checked out. After a remote check out, you cannot check the license back in again until the number of days that you specified has expired.

4. In the Remote Commuter License Check Out dialog box, enter the locking code string for the remote machine that was emailed or sent by the user of the remote machine, as described in On the remote machine: Generate a locking code above, and select Check Out.

5. In the Save Commuter License dialog box, type or browse to a path and filename for the saved commuter license, click Save to File and then close the dialog box. The commuter license is saved as a license file (*.lic).

6. Email the saved commuter license file to the remote user.

   The remote user can then save and activate the checked-out commuter license on the remote machine, as described in the following steps.

On the remote machine: Save and activate the commuter license

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 Product Licensing dialog box, either:

   • Start Shogun and in the Vicon Product Licensing dialog box select Activate License; or
   • Select the Start button, then All Programs > Vicon > Licensing > ProductLicensing, and then select 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 select Activate from String.

4. Close the Activate a License dialog box.

   In the License Server list in the top part of the Vicon Product Licensing dialog box, checked out licenses are flagged with Commuter in the Type column.

Check in a commuter license

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

• If the specified check-out period has expired, the license is automatically checked back in.

• If the license is no longer needed for remote use, you can check it back in early.

  Caution: This doesn't apply to licenses that were checked out using Remote Check Out, which remain checked out until their check-out period expires.

To check in a license manually:

1. To open the advanced Vicon Product Licensing dialog box, do one of the following:

   • Start Shogun. On the Help menu, click About. In the dialog box, select Licensing; or
   • Select the Start button, then All Programs > Vicon > Licensing > ProductLicensing.

2. In the top part of the dialog box, click on the license you want to check in and then click Check In License.