2N® Access Commander Licensing

Note

There is a change in licensing from version 1.5.0: one connected device has to be selected as a licensed one.

Refer to the Licence tile on the administrator’s Dashboard  for the current count of licensed devices and Attendance users. Upon the initial installation of the 2N® Access Commander, a Trial licence (see below for details) will be available for you to configure one device and monitor Attendance of one user free of charge. Order extending licences to manage a higher count of devices or monitor more users than one. The following licence types can be ordered:

91379040

2N® Access Commander – licence for +5 devices (5-device licence package)*

91379041

2N® Access Commander – licence for +25 users (25-user licence package)** – for employees’ Attendance Monitoring only

913790422N® Access Commander – Integration Licence (LDAP + CSV synchronisation licence package)

Note

* If you need a licence for 17 devices, e.g., then order 4 licences No. 91379040 (to connect up to 20 devices in total to the system). 

** If you need a licence for 69 users, e.g., then order 3 licences No. 91379041 (to monitor arrivals/departures of up to 75 users in total).

Click on the tile to pass to the Setting – Licence menu, where you can find the following sections:

 

Current Licences

The section displays the count of required and owned device and user attendance management licences (in the required / owned format). Including the last licence adding date. Every licence addition rewrites the original one. Licences are not added up. 

Licence Device S/N for Licence Generation

One of the connected devices (Helios IP, Access Unit, etc.) is used for licence generation. Send the serial number to your distributor. A licence will be generated and remain valid as long as the licence device is connected (the device is used as a hardware key). When the licence device is disconnected, a protective period will start running to keep the Access Commander active. When the protective period expires, all the devices will become inactive and a new licence will have to be generated. 

Licence Adding

The section helps you add a new licence by reading the licence file from your PC disk. 

Trial Licence

For testing purposes, a trial licence will become active on the server upon installation with the following parameters: 

  • 1 device 
  • 1 attendance user 
  • unlimited count of system users


Licence Expiration

A licence gets expired when the licence device is disconnected from the 2N® Access Commander for a long time. The time during which the 2N® Access Commander is functional depends on the time during which the licence device was connected: the longer the connection time the longer the reconnection timeout. See the licence detail for the licence expiration date and time. 

When the licence gets expired, all the devices are switched into the inactive mode. When a new licence is added, first activate the device for which the licence has been generated. The other devices cannot be activated until this licence device is activated.