
CC2000 User Manual
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Key License Upgrade
Overview
The CC series has a feature that allows end users (clients) to update their
authentication keys to reflect an increase to their number of licenses. The key
license upgrade can be performed either by the clients or by the dealers/
distributors, and can take place either in a browser session over the Internet (an
Online upgrade), or via a stand-alone utility program (an Offline upgrade).
Clients first inform their dealers/distributors of the number of licenses to be
upgraded. The dealers/distributors then place an order with an ALTUSEN sales
representative, specifying the number of licenses to be added. After processing
the order, ALTUSEN then sends a confirmation and authorization email to the
dealer/distributor with the necessary details for performing the upgrade.
Note:
A separate order must be processed for each key.
There are two ways to upgrade the key:
On Line:
To perform the upgrade the key is inserted in the computer’s
USB port and a browser session is opened to directly upgrade the key. If
the client performs the upgrade, the dealer/distributor provides him with
the email authorization details; if the dealer/distributor performs the
upgrade, the client provides him with the Authentication Key.
Off Line:
A Windows-based
Key Status Utility
is used to extract the key’s
information and write it to a Key Information Data File. The key
information data file is then used in a a browser session to generate a
license upgrade file. After the license upgrade file has been generated, the
Key Status Utility is used again to write the upgrade file’s information to
the license key.
If the client is the one who updates the CC license database, the dealer/
distributor provides him with the email authorization details – allowing
the client to generate his key license upgrade file. The client then uses
the Key Status Utility and the key license upgrade file to upgrade the
Authentication Key’s license information.
If the dealer/distributor is the one who updates the CC license
database, the client provides him with the key information data file
(extracted with the Key Status Utility) which the dealer/distributor uses
to generate the client’s key license upgrade file. The dealer/distributor
then returns the key license upgrade file to the client which the client
uses with the Key Status Utility to upgrade the Authentication Key’s
license information.
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