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DW Spectrum’s license policy is quite simple. Each Camera require License. The application has no camera count restrictions.

The following types of Licenses are available:

•Analog - allows viewing and recording of a single Analog Camera. If a user tries to view Analog Cameras (live or archive), the following will appear:

See "Setting up Analog Cameras" for more details.

•Professional - allows viewing and recording of a single Analog or IP Camera. IP Camera can be viewed live without License allowing for an unlimited number of IP cameras to be connected and viewed live at no charge.

DW Spectrum automatically chooses the best option (Digital License will be used for Analog Camera only if there is no Analog Licenses left).

Note: If recording is enabled for Camera, License is considered used even if recording is not performed. Recording is required to capture Motion Detection and Input Detection events on Camera.

For instance, the following screenshot illustrates the situation that all Cameras are offline and not recording. However recording is enabled on four Cameras (marked by ):

In this case 4 Licenses are being used.

See also "Setting up Recording Schedule".

DW Spectrum comes with four Trial Licenses automatically.

To activate Trial Licenses:

1.Open Main Menu –> System Settings.

2.Go to Licenses tab.

3.Click Activate Trial License.

To get additional Licenses, contact the local Digital Watchdog customer service at http://dwcc.tv.

To activate a License Key over the Internet:

1.Select the Licenses tab in System Settings.

2.Automatic activation via Internet must be selected.

3.Enter License Key and click Activate License.

If DW Spectrum is not connected to the Internet, then licenses can be activated offline.

To activate License (trial or commercial) offline:

1.Go to Licenses tab in System Settings.

2.Click Manual Activation.

3.Copy Hardware ID and email to http://dwcc.tv

•License Key: paste License key received from reseller.

•Hardware ID: paste Hardware ID here.

An activation key will be provided upon request.

4.As soon as the activation key is received, proceed with one of the following:

•Paste it into the Activation Key field and click Activate License.

•Save it as a text file (i.e. key.txt), move to the target computer, browse the file and click OK.