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title: "LumiScan Licensing"
description: "How to license LumiScan products: LumiScan Key and CodeMeter, ctrlX WORKS and ctrlX OS licences, licence updates, renewals and moving the Key."
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component: "lumiscan-licensing"
version: "1.0.4"
display_version: "1.0.4"
latest_version: true
language: "en"
url: "https://docs.hdvisionsystems.com/en/lumiscan-licensing/1.0.4/index.html"
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# LumiScan Licensing

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| ![LumiScan Key USB stick with serial number 3-1234567](https://docs.hdvisionsystems.com/en/lumiscan-licensing/1.0.4/_images/intro/step-1.svg)<br><br>**Find your licensing path.** LumiScan Key, ctrlX WORKS or ctrlX OS License Manager. | ![Licence update file going into CodeMeter](https://docs.hdvisionsystems.com/en/lumiscan-licensing/1.0.4/_images/intro/step-2.svg)<br><br>**Import the licence update.** Into the LumiScan Key with CodeMeter Runtime. | Example licences<br><br><br><br><br><br><br>LumiScan Key<br>3-1234567<br><br><br>Cam Driver<br>2 cameras<br><br><br>Object Finder<br>10 modules<br><br><br>Training<br>annual<br><br>**Your products are licensed.** Engineering apps by subscription, runtimes once. |

LumiScan Licensing explains how to license every LumiScan product in one place: installing, requesting, renewing and moving licences. Which path applies depends on where you bought the software and where it runs: the LumiScan Key for software bought from HD Vision Systems, ctrlX WORKS on Windows, or the ctrlX OS License Manager. Engineering apps are an annual subscription; runtimes and vision apps are a one-time purchase.

This manual explains how to license LumiScan software. It applies to every LumiScan product: the engineering apps (such as LumiScan Annotation Framework, LumiScan Training Framework and LumiScan VGR Engineering) and the runtimes and vision apps (such as LumiScan VGR, LumiScan CamDriver and the code readers).

The product manuals only state **which** licence a product needs. **How** to install, request, renew and move a licence is described here, once, for all products.

## Start here

1. Find your case in [Which Licensing Path Applies](https://docs.hdvisionsystems.com/en/lumiscan-licensing/1.0.4/which-licensing-path.html). It depends on where you bought the software and where it runs.
2. If your case uses the LumiScan Key, read [The LumiScan Key](https://docs.hdvisionsystems.com/en/lumiscan-licensing/1.0.4/lumiscan-key.html) and install [CodeMeter Runtime](https://docs.hdvisionsystems.com/en/lumiscan-licensing/1.0.4/installing-codemeter.html).
3. Follow the page for your licensing path.

Quick answers to common questions: [Licensing FAQ](https://docs.hdvisionsystems.com/en/lumiscan-licensing/1.0.4/faq.html).

## Contact

Send licence requests and licensing questions to [licenses@hdvisionsystems.com](mailto:licenses@hdvisionsystems.com). Please always state your company name, the order or invoice number, and the serial number of your LumiScan Key.