--- title: "Examples of using network licenses" canonical: "https://help.vicon.com/space/Nexus220/897712635/Examples%20of%20using%20network%20licenses" format: markdown --- The following examples describe the ways in which you can use network licenses for Vicon Nexus. For details of the following procedures, see also [Borrow a network license](https://vicon-help.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/Nexus220/pages/897712609). > Macro (toc) ## Use a license seat when connected to the server This method of using a Vicon network license takes a seat from the network license every time you open an instance of Vicon Nexus and is automatically returned when you close it. > ⚠️ **Important** > ⚠️ For this method to work, you must maintain connection to the server/host machine. 1. On the machine on which you want to use Nexus, open **Vicon Product Licensing** and ensure that the server/host name is displayed at the top of the window. 2. Right-click the network license for Nexus and select **Use this License for Nexus.** > Macro (scroll-pagebreak) ## Use a commuter license This method of using a Vicon network license takes a seat from the network license and activates it on the client machine for a designated amount of time. You can return this license before the expiration date. A continuous connection to the server/host machine is not required. ### Check out a commuter license 1. To check out a commuter license, the client machine must be connected to the server/host. 2. On the client machine, open **Vicon Product Licensing**, in the top part of the dialog, right-click the name of the desired software and select **Check Out.** 3. Set the number of **Desired Commuter Days** and then click **Check Out**. 4. Right-click the new commuter license and select **Use this license for Nexus**. You can now disconnect from the server/host machine and continue to use the license. ### Check in a commuter license When you want to return the commuter license, which can be before the expiration date, check it back in as follows: 1. On the client machine, open **Vicon Product Licensing** and in the top part of the dialog, right-click the commuter license you would like to check in and select **Check In.** 2. In the **Check In License** dialog, select **Check In.** 3. Ensure that the license is no longer displayed in the list and that the **Seats** column for the network license now show all seats as available, for example, Seats: 10/10. > Macro (scroll-pagebreak) ## Use a remote commuter license This method of using a network license takes a seat from the license and activates it on the client machine for a designated amount of time. > ⚠️ **Important** > ⚠️ You **CANNOT** return this type of license before the expiration date. A connection to the server/host machine is not required but you (or someone else) must have access to the server/host machine's Vicon Product Licensing app. ### On the client/remote machine: Generate the remote locking code 1. On the client machine, open **Vicon Product Licensing.** 2. In Vicon Product Licensing, select **Check Out License.** 3. In the **Check Out License** dialog, select **View Remote Locking Code**. 4. In the **Current Machine Locking Code** dialog, enter the email address of a person to whom the network license server/host machine is available, and select **Send**, or to save it to a file to send later, enter or browse to the required location and filename, select **Save to File** and close the dialog. The person with access to the license server/host machine can now check out a commuter license for use on the client/remote machine, as described in the following steps. ### On the server/host machine: Check out a remote commuter license 1. On the server/host machine, open **Vicon Product Licensing.** 2. In the **License Server** list in the top part of the dialog, right-click the desired network license. If the selected license permits commuter licensing, the context menu displays a **Check Out** option. (Alternatively, you can select **Check Out License** at the bottom of the dialog.) 3. Select **Check Out**. 4. In the **Check Out License** dialog, specify the number of **Desired Commuter Days** for which you want to use the license remotely. :ISO_warning: 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. 5. Select **Remote Check Out.** 6. In the **Remote Commuter License Check Out **dialog, enter the locking code string that was emailed or load the file that was sent by the user of the client/remote machine and select **Check Out**. 7. In the** Save Commuter License** dialog, enter or browse to a path and filename for the saved commuter license, click** Save to File** and then close the dialog. The remote commuter license is saved as a license file (*.*lic*). 8. Email the saved remote commuter license file to the user of the client machine. The user can then save and activate the checked-out remote commuter license on their machine, as described in the following steps. ### On the client/remote machine: Save and activate the remote commuter license 1. On the client/remote machine, save the file that was sent to you, as described in the preceding steps, to the Windows desktop (or any other suitable location). 2. Open **Vicon 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 server/host machine user or a text string copied from the file, either: - In the **License Activation File** field, type or browse to the location of the license file (.*lic*) and click **Activate from File.** or - Select** Advanced Options** and copy the text to the **License Activation String** field and select **Activate from String.** 5. Close the **Activate a License** dialog and check that this license is now displayed in the top section of Vicon Product Licensing and that its **Type** column is **Commuter**.