Hardware protection key
A hardware protection key is a dongle that you plug into a USB port on your computer. The hardware protection key must be plugged into a USB port on the computer on which you installed the Licensing Server. The hardware protection key can only be activated automatically via the Internet. The parameters of your license are stored in the protection key. If you received your license on a USB dongle, you don’t have to activate your license. Connect the USB dongle to the computer.To ensure the normal operation of the hardware protection key, make certain that the standard SmartCard is running.
Software protection key
A software protection key is a computer file (a license file). The software protection key must be activated on the ABBYY activation server. Activation is performed in the ABBYY FlexiCapture License Manager, which starts automatically after the Licensing Server has been installed. The data required for activation is sent to the server as a Product ID, which is generated from information about the computer on which ABBYY FlexiCapture is installed. The Product ID contains no personal information and cannot be used to identify the user.Activation methods
Repeat activation
You can re-install the Licensing Server on one and the same computer any number of times without activating it anew. However, if you make major changes to the hardware, format the hard drive, or re-install the operating system, you may need to activate the license file again. For each serial number, the number of activations is monitored. If you exceed the maximum number of activations, you will no longer be able to activate your license file. You can release an activated license by initiating a deactivation procedure, which decrements the activation counter.Manage your licenses
In the ABBYY FlexiCapture License Manager, you can add, activate, select, and deactivate licenses, and view information about each one. License Manager is installed together with the Licensing Server. To launch the ABBYY FlexiCapture License Manager, select Start → All Programs → ABBYY FlexiCapture 12 Servers → FlexiCapture 12 License Manager.Add a new license
1
Open the Activation Wizard
In the ABBYY FlexiCapture License Manager main window, click Activate.
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Enter your serial number
Enter your new serial number, click Next, and then follow the instructions of the ABBYY FlexiCapture Activation Wizard.
If no licenses have been added, the ABBYY FlexiCapture Activation Wizard is launched automatically when you start the ABBYY FlexiCapture License Manager, and the program prompts you to enter your serial number.
Update a license
You can update a license by loading up-to-date license information from the ABBYY registration server.1
Select the license to update
In the ABBYY FlexiCapture License Manager window, select the license to update and click Update.
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Choose an update method
Select an update method and update your license.
Select a working license
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Select the license
In the ABBYY FlexiCapture License Manager window, select the license you want to use.
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Apply the selection
Click the Select button or choose Select from the shortcut menu of the license.
License parameters
In the License Parameters field, you can view the following parameters for a selected license: serial number, license type, restrictions on the number of stations and development tools, time and performance restrictions, and so on.Depending on the license type, restrictions on the number of stations can be specified either separately for rich and Web-stations or together for both types of stations.