License Activation

Now our VMS supports Camera Access License, Video Wall License, Video Analytics License and ANPR License.

  1. Camera Access License: Limit the number of camera channels that can be added. (regardless of the manufacturer);
  2. Video Wall License: Limit the number of Video Wall monitors that can be active at the same time.;
  3. Video Analytics License: Limit the number of channels that can be deployed with server-side AI intelligence. (3rd-party devices only).
  4. ANPR License: Limit the number of channels that can be deployed with server-side ANPR algorithm.

Here you can get a six-months free trial with 4 camera access when your server firstly is added to VMS system. You need to purchase our license to access more channels.



There are three activation license ways, including Free Trial Activation, Online Activation and Manual Activation.

Note: The VMS allows for the sharing of licenses between failed servers and other servers within the same system, effectively reducing costs for customers. This license sharing feature is applicable within a 7-day validity period.

(1) Free Trial Activation

Step1: Click button to pop up a “Activate New License” window as shown below:



Step2: Select a server that the license will be registered. If you firstly use the VMS software, and you can directly click button to activate a free trial license, then the license will be added to license list successfully.

(2) Online Activation

Step1: Click button to pop up a “Activate New License” window as shown below:



Step2: Input Activation Code and click button to verify your activation code;

Step3: After verifying your activation code successfully, the license will be added to the License Activation list and displayed working status.

(3) Manual Activation

If neither target server nor client computer is not connected to the Internet, then licenses can be activated offline. The manual activation steps can be referred to as below:

Step1: Click button to pop up a “Activate New License” window as Online Activation shown above:

Step2: Input Activation Code and click button, then a window pop up as below, you can activate the license manually according to the current reminded steps;



Step3: Click button to export the LicenseRequest.bin file and save to your local storage path or flash memory, then click button. The window will change as below:



Step4: Copy the address to another online server URL search box and the Milesight License Activation website will show as below. You can upload the previous exported LicenseRequest_xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx.bin here;



Step5: If the activation code is correct and valid, then the website will show as below. You can click button to download the response file;



Step6: Import the downloaded license response file from activation website, and click button to activate the license;



If you want to import the response file later, you can click button.



After activating the license successfully, the license will be added to the License Activation list and displayed working status.



There are some other operations as below:

  1. Click button to import the response file to activate the license.
  2. Click button to deactivate the license. After deactivation, this activation code can be reactivated or activated and used on other servers. The free trial license does not have this option.
  3. Clickbutton to delete the license. This option is only for the license whose status is not Working.
  4. Click button to check each license details.
  5. Click button to export the license list in the system.
  6. Click button to overview usage condition of activated licenses.
Note: Each License can only be registered to one server because license is bound with hardware information of computer on which server resides. If there is an exceptional occurrence of server, all licenses of the computer on which server resides will become invalid. And once the server starts to run, the licenses will automatically become valid and restore working status.