# Neo Licensing System Documentation

## What is the Neo Licensing System?

### What is the Neo Licensing System?

* **Neo** is the name of the licensing system of **Allied Vision**.
* The **Neo Licensing System** is currently used for **eVision**, where it is supported in addition to the already existing licensing systems.

### Why the Neo Licensing System ?

* The **Neo Licensing System** brings reliable, up-to-date IP protection to **Allied Vision** products as well as more flexibility for the users.
* In the future, it will also enable useful licensing options such as network licenses compatibility.

### How does the Neo Licensing System work?

To use a product protected by the **Neo Licensing System**:

1. Buy the corresponding license from **Allied Vision** or one of its distributors.
2. You receive a **Ticket ID** corresponding to that license.
   * This **Ticket ID** is used to get the license.
   * This **Ticket ID** is necessary to communicate with your seller in case of an issue.
   * So, keep it safe and archived for any future use.
3. Use the **Ticket ID** to activate the license on your computer.

   You can activate your license either directly on the computer, as a software license, or on a **Neo USB Dongle**, that you can buy from **Allied Vision**.
   * Until you decide on which container (computer or dongle) you want to put your license, this license is not linked to anything.

   #### HINT
   You can activate a **Neo License** directly on a computer. Nevertheless, we recommended to use a **Neo USB Dongle** to have a more secure and an easily portable license storage solution.
4. Use your **Allied Vision** product.

## The Neo License Manager

A new license management tool, the **Neo License Manager**, is available to activate, check and debug problems that might arise with **Neo Licenses**.

It comes in 2 versions:

1. As an *application with a user interface*, complete and easy-to-use.
2. As a *command-line utility* to automate your processes such as the product installations.

## More Information

- [Using the License Manager User Inteface](Using_the_User_Interface.html.md)
- [Using the License Manager Command Line in Online Mode](Using_the_Online_Command_Line.html.md)
- [Using the License Manager Command Line in Offline Mode](Using_the_Offline_Command_Line.html.md)
- [FAQ](Neo_Licensing_System_FAQ.html.md)