Activate a Product Key

Ross Video uses a product key and feature license keys to control user access to Inception features. You can obtain an Inception product key from Ross Video Technical Support.

When you activate an Inception Server software product key, your Inception computer must contact the Ross Video Activation Server. When your Inception Server cannot contact the Activation Server, use the procedure in the section Manually Activate License Keys to activate an Inception Server software product key.

To activate an Inception product key

1. On the Configuration window toolbar, click the System icon.

The System panel opens.

2. Click the Licensing tab.

The Licensing tab opens.

3. Obtain an Inception product key from Ross Video Technical Support.

4. In the Product Key box, enter the product key obtained from Ross Video Technical Support.

5. Click Activate.

After activating the entered product key, an Alert dialog box opens requesting a web browser window refresh.

6. Click OK.

The Alert dialog box closes and the Licensing Configuration tab updates to display the new feature licenses associated with the activated product key. The Status column displays one of the following states:

Background	Status	Description
Green	Active d	The feature is active and available to Inception users.
Yellow	Expires in # days	The feature availability for Inception users expires in the displayed number of days.
Red	Expired	The feature has expired and is no longer available to Inception users.
Red	Invalid MAC	The feature license key is invalid for the active network interface card of the Inception computer.
White	Not Purchased	The feature is not accessible to Inception users, but it is available for purchase.

7. In the bottom toolbar, click OK.

The Configuration window closes.

8. Refresh your web browser window.

Inception adds icons to the toolbar for the newly activated features, making the features accessible to Inception users.

For More Information on...

• Ross Video Technical Support phone numbers, refer to the Getting Technical Support help topic.