Activations & Device Transfers

activations are the term we use to denote the process of binding a device to a license there are a few fields that allow you to control the node locking properties of your software license, these are max activations , times activated , transfer count, and allow offline activation max activations max activations refers to the maximum number of distinct devices that can activated against a license allow offline activation by default every license can be activated using online, offline or airgap activation process if you want to limit your licenses to be activated only online, you can toggle the allow offline activation checkbox on a license when set to false , the license api will not allow the license to be activated offline or airgap ( airgap being a variation of offline licensing ) times activated when issued, a license always starts with a times activated of 0 each time a license is activated (bound to a device), the value for total activations increments by 1, when a device is deactivated from a license, the times activated field will decrement by 1 total activations must always be less than or equal to max activations transfer count when a license is deactivated on a device and then activated on a different device, the transfer count will increment by 1 you can set rules around transfering licenses across devices for example, you can prevent device transfers, or only allow a license transfer a limited number of times prevent device transfers when this option is checked, the license becomes permanently bound to the first machine where it is activated this is also known as a node locked license in our terminology it means the license cannot be moved or re activated on any other device, even if it is later deactivated in other words, checking this box enforces a permanent binding of the license to a single machine has device transfer limit when this option is enabled, you can define the maximum number of times a license may be transferred between machines a transfer occurs when the license is deactivated on one device and then reactivated on another for example, if the limit is set to 3 , the license can be moved up to three times in total if this option is left unchecked, transfers are unlimited (as long as the license is properly deactivated before reactivation)