--- title: "Borrow a network license" canonical: "https://help.vicon.com/space/Nexus220/897712609/Borrow%20a%20network%20license" format: markdown --- After you have licensed Vicon Nexus, if required, 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 (this is also known as commuter licensing). You can check out a seat to either: - A machine on your network (see [Check out to a network machine](https://vicon-help.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/Nexus220/pages/897712609/Borrow+a+network+license#CheckOutNetwork)), so that Nexus 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](https://vicon-help.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/Nexus220/pages/897712609/Borrow+a+network+license#CheckOutRemote)). When a borrowed (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](https://vicon-help.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/Nexus220/pages/897712609/Borrow+a+network+license#CheckInCommuter). > Macro (anchor) > ✅ **Access Vicon Product Licensing** > ✅ In addition to the procedure for accessing Vicon Product Licensing described in the following steps, you can also access the Vicon licensing app in one of these ways, depending on whether Nexus finds a license on the machine you're using: > ✅ > ✅ ▪️ Before you've licensed Nexus, start the software and in the **Vicon Product Licensing** dialog, select **Advanced Licensing**. > ✅ > ✅ ▪️ After you’ve licensed Nexus, start the software and from the **Help** menu, select **Licensing**. > ✅ > ✅ ▪️ To run Vicon Product Licensing independently of Nexus, in Windows **Search**, enter `Vicon Product Licensing` and select the **Vicon Product Licensing** app. > Macro (scroll-pagebreak) ## > Macro (anchor) 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 Nexus 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, in Windows **Search**, enter `Vicon Product Licensing` and select the **Vicon Product Licensing** app (or for alternative ways to do this, see [Access Vicon Product Licensing](https://vicon-help.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/Nexus220/pages/897712609/Borrow+a+network+license#access-product-licensing)). 2. In the **License Server** list in the top part of the dialog, 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, 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 Product Licensing** dialog. ## > Macro (anchor) Check out to a remote machine In addition to checking out a license to a network machine (see [Check out to a network machine](https://vicon-help.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/Nexus220/pages/897712609/Borrow+a+network+license#CheckOutNetwork)), 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](https://vicon-help.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/Nexus220/pages/897712609/Borrow+a+network+license#GenLockCode) and send it to a user of a machine on the license server network. - [On a network machine: Check out a commuter license](https://vicon-help.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/Nexus220/pages/897712609/Borrow+a+network+license#CheckOutCommuterNW) and send it to the remote user. - [On the remote machine: Save and activate the commuter license](https://vicon-help.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/Nexus220/pages/897712609/Borrow+a+network+license#SaveActivate) ### > Macro (anchor) On the remote machine: Generate a locking code On the remote machine on which you want to use Nexus, use Vicon Product Licensing to generate a locking code, which can then be sent to someone on the network that includes the Nexus license server. **To generate a locking code:** 1. To open the advanced **Vicon Product Licensing** dialog, in Windows **Search**, enter `Vicon Product Licensing` and select the **Vicon Product Licensing** app (or for alternative ways to do this, see [Access Vicon Product Licensing](https://vicon-help.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/Nexus220/pages/897712609/Borrow+a+network+license#access-product-licensing)). 2. In the **Vicon Product Licensing** dialog, click **View Remote Locking Code**. 3. In the **Current Machine Locking Code** dialog, type the email address of a person to whom the network license server is available, and click **Send**, or to save it to a string to send later, type or browse to the required location and filename, click **Save to File** and close the dialog. The person with access to the license server can then check out a commuter license for use on the remote machine, as described in [On a network machine: Check out a commuter license](https://vicon-help.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/Nexus220/pages/897712609/Borrow+a+network+license#CheckOutCommuterNW). > Macro (scroll-pagebreak) ### > Macro (anchor) On a network machine: Check out a commuter license When you receive a locking code for a remote machine, you can use the locking code to check out a license for the number of days that you specify. You can then send the license to the user of the remote machine. **To check out a commuter license:** 1. To open the **Vicon Product Licensing** dialog, in Windows **Search**, enter `Vicon Product Licensing` and select the **Vicon Product Licensing** app (or for alternative ways to do this, see [Access Vicon Product Licensing](https://vicon-help.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/Nexus220/pages/897712609/Borrow+a+network+license#access-product-licensing)). 2. In the **License Server** list in the top part of the dialog, right-click on a license that permits commuter licensing for Nexus. If the selected license permits commuter licensing, the context menu displays a **Check Out** option and at the bottom of the dialog, a **Check Out** button is displayed. 3. Click **Check Out** and in the **Check Out License** dialog: 1. Specify the number of days to use the license remotely. 2. Expand the **Advanced Options** by clicking the downward pointing arrow on the right, and click **Remote Check Out**. :ISO_warning: **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, 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](https://vicon-help.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/Nexus220/pages/897712609/Borrow+a+network+license#GenerateLockCode), and click **Check Out**. 5. In the **Save Commuter License** dialog, type or browse to a path and filename for the saved commuter license, click **Save to File** and then close the dialog. 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 [On the remote machine: Save and activate the commuter license](https://vicon-help.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/Nexus220/pages/897712609/Borrow+a+network+license#SaveActivate). > Macro (scroll-pagebreak) ### > Macro (anchor) On the remote machine: Save and activate the commuter license When you receive a license file for a remote machine, you can use Vicon Product Licensing to activate the license for use on the remote machine. 1. Save the file that was sent to you as described in [On a network machine: Check out a commuter license](https://vicon-help.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/Nexus220/pages/897712609/Borrow+a+network+license#CheckOutCommuterNW) to the Windows desktop (or any other suitable location). 2. To open the **Vicon Product Licensing** dialog, in Windows **Search**, enter `Vicon Product Licensing` and select the **Vicon Product Licensing** app (or for alternative ways to do this, see [Access Vicon Product Licensing](https://vicon-help.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/Nexus220/pages/897712609/Borrow+a+network+license#access-product-licensing)). 3. At the bottom of the **Vicon Product Licensing** dialog, click **Activate License.** 4. 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, do one of the following: - 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**. 5. Close the **Activate a License** dialog. In the **License Server** list in the top part of the **Vicon Product Licensing** dialog, checked out licenses are flagged with **Commuter** in the **Type** column. ## > Macro (anchor) 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. > ⚠️ **Important** > ⚠️ This does not 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 **Vicon Product Licensing** dialog, in Windows **Search**, enter `Vicon Product Licensing` and select the **Vicon Product Licensing** app (or for alternative ways to do this, see [Access Vicon Product Licensing](https://vicon-help.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/Nexus220/pages/897712609/Borrow+a+network+license#access-product-licensing)). 2. In the top part of the **Vicon Product Licensing** dialog, click on the license you want to check in and then click **Check In License**. > ⚠️ **Important** > ⚠️ You cannot check in a license that was checked out using **Remote Check Out** before its check-out period has expired. You set the check-out period when you check out a license. To see how many days are left on a commuter license, in the **License Server** list in the top part of the **Vicon Product Licensing** dialog, find the relevant license and look at the date in the **Expiry** column.