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 , and transfer count activation related properties max activations max activations refers to the maximum number of distinct devices that can activated against a license 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