RC-E User Manual
Management Client (RC-E Manager)
Manage Licenses
When you purchase RC-E, you also purchase a certain number of licenses for device channels. Device channels are
typically cameras but could also be dedicated input/output boxes.
At first, when you have installed the various RC-E components, configured the system, and added recording servers
and cameras through the Management Client, the surveillance system runs on temporary licenses which need to be
activated before a certain period ends. This is called the 'grace day period'.
When the new surveillance system is working, we recommend that you activate your licenses before you make the
final adjustments. The reason is that you must activate your licenses before the grace day period expires, since all
recording servers and cameras for which no licenses have been activated will not be able to send data to the
surveillance system if the grace day period is expired.
Which Devices Require a License?
You need licenses for the number of device channels - typically cameras but it could also be dedicated input/out
boxes - you want to run on the RC-E system. One device channel license enables you to run one camera or one
dedicated input/output box. You can use and define an unlimited number of recording servers, microphones,
speakers, inputs and outputs.
You can always get more licenses as your surveillance system grows. See Getting Additional Licenses (on page 46).
What to Know When Replacing Cameras?
You can replace a camera licensed in the RC-E system with a new camera, and have the new camera activated and
licensed instead.
The total number of purchased device channels corresponds to the total number of cameras that are able to run on
the surveillance system simultaneously. If you remove a camera from a recording server, you also free a license.
If you replace a camera with a similar camera (manufacturer, brand, and model), and give the new camera the same
IP address as the old one, you will maintain full access to all the camera's databases. In this case, you simply move
the network cable from the old camera to the new one without changing any settings in the Management Client, and
then activate the license.
If replacing a camera with a different model, you must use the Management Client's
Replace Hardware
wizard to map
all relevant databases of cameras, microphones, inputs, outputs, etc. When done, remember to activate the license.
For details on the
Replace Hardware
wizard
, s
ee Replacing Hardware (on page 54).
There is no limit to the number of cameras you can replace.
What to Know about Licenses and OnSSI Federated Architecture?
Refer to OnSSI Federated Architecture Overview (on page 173)
Viewing Your License Information
A comprehensive overview of the licenses in your RC-E recorder is available if you expand
Basics
in the RC-E
Manager's Site Navigation pane (see "Panes Overview" on page 36), and then select
License Information
. This will
bring up the
License Information
page, on which you can see:
Your software license code
The total number of available device channels (typically cameras but it could also be dedicated input/output
boxes) you are licensed to run
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