Kofax Communication Server 9.1 - Manual (Page 116)

Environment Guide Version 3.00.04
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11. KCS Licensing
11.1 Licensing General
KCS software is protected by license keys. These keys are maintained in the KCS server. At the time of
installation the KCS engineer enters all required licenses.
Licenses:
A license key is required in order to enable a specified number of instances of a program. Only licenses for
TC/GATE are entered directly via TC/GATE, all other licenses are entered using the KCS Licensing Tool,
LICENCES.EXE.
11.2 Licensing Modes
Starting with version 7.46.00, TCOSS supports a new licensing mode. This new licensing mode is equipped with
its own set of license keys, the “new mode license keys”. The license keys which are used in the previous old
licensing are called “old mode license keys”. In January 2002 Kofax published a new price list. If you order a
product from this new price list you get a new mode license key. If you order a product from the old price list you
get an old mode license key.
Find information about old mode licensing and upgrade from old to new mode in System manual V3.00.01.
Compatibility of Modes:
TCOSS can run either in the old licensing mode or in the new licensing mode. A “mixed mode” operation is not
possible. When running in the old licensing mode TCOSS will only accept old mode license keys. On the other
hand if it is running in the new licensing mode TCOSS accepts only new mode license keys.
Registrations:
Each instance of a program registers at the server at login time. This registration information is used to count the
number of used instances. Login is possible if a valid license key and a registration are available. Inactive
registrations, where no login has been recorded for more than a month, will be deleted automatically by the
system. In addition, the system administrator can delete registrations manually at any time using TCfW.
Different types of registrations are used:
Per user registrations
Per instance registrations
Per workstation registrations
Per server system registrations
11.3 Client Licensing
The Client licensing provides TCfW, TC/ClientPro, TC/Web, TC/OPEN (POP3 and IMAP user) and TFC – a
TC/ClientLight and a TC/Player license.
A TFC license allows you to use as many TFC applications as you like in your whole KCS system. In other
words it is licensed per system. TFC based applications do not use up channels on TCOSS.