Concurrent Activation Licensing

Guide

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Concurrent Activation Licenses
Concurrent Activation is a method of licensing the Actix Analyzer product for users who normally work
with access to the Internet. It is installed on one of your company’s servers and uses your local network
connection to obtain (and automatically renew on a regular basis) the Activation license. It is referred
to in the remainder of this document as Mini Activation Server (to differentiate from the Global Activation
Server hosted by Actix).
Although Concurrent Activation is a licensing method based on the concept of regularly checking the
license against a license server database, it does allow you to work offline. Once the Actix software has
been activated, you may work disconnected from your local network. You only need to reconnect to
renew your Activation. See page 6 for the section Requesting an Activation.
The Activation period is the length of time your PC may be disconnected from the local network before
the Activation license expires. Normally you would accept the default activation period, but you can
request a non-standard period. For example, if you were to be working on a laptop without an
Internet/local network connection, you might want to set the activation period to cover this time. Refer
to the section Requesting an Activation Period on page 7 for more information.
Also available from Actix is the following guide:
Actix Mini Activation Server Administration Guide

Setting your Activation Server name

Before requesting Activations, you need to set your Local Activation server’s name. Your administrator
should be able to tell you the name of your company’s server.
Once set the server name is remembered for subsequent Activation requests.

1 Start the Activation Wizard.

From the Windows Start menu, select
Actix > Analyzer - Activation Wizard.

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The Actix Licensing Wizard opens.

2 Ensure that the ‘I want to activate this
computer’ option is selected.
3 Click Next.

4 On the next screen click the Advanced

button.

Your administrator should be able to tell

you the name of your Local Activation
Server.
5 Enter the Activation Server name as
shown here.
6 Click Next.

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The Activation Wizard should now look

like this:
Follow the steps below on Requesting an
Activation to complete the Activation.

If the Activation Wizard page looks like

this:
7 Select your Product from the dropdown
list (your administrator will have
configured the list to show all products
available to you).
8 Click Next.

You should now see the Activation

completed successfully screen:
9 Click Done to complete the Concurrent
License Activation process.

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Requesting an Activation
Once your Activation Server name has been set, you can request Activations from your company’s Local
Activation Server.
1 Start the Activation Wizard.
From the Windows Start menu, select
Actix > Analyzer - Activation Wizard.

The Actix Licensing Wizard opens.

2 Ensure that the ‘I want to activate this
computer’ option is selected.
3 Click Next.

The Activation Wizard should show the

Local Activation page, which looks like
this:
4 If this page is not shown, go to the
section above, Setting your Activation
Server name.
5 Use the drop down to select the product
you wish to Activate.
6 Click Next.

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You should now see the Activation

completed successfully screen:
7 Click Done to complete the Concurrent
License Activation process.

Requesting an Activation Period

1 From the Windows Start menu, select
Actix > Analyzer - Activation Wizard.

The Actix Licensing Wizard opens.

2 Ensure that the ‘I want to activate this
computer’ option is selected.
3 Click Next.

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4 Click the Advanced button.

5 Enter the number of days required for

the activation renewal period. Setting
this to ‘0’ requests the default Activation
renewal period.
6 Click Next.

The dialog shows the Activation renewal

period that you have asked for.
7 Click Next.

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If the Activation renewal period is not

acceptable, the message box shows the
Activation renewal period that has now
been set.
8 Click OK to close the message box.

The dialog shows the Activation

completed successfully screen and
shows the renewal period that has been
set.
9 Click OK to complete the Activation
Period Request process.

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