---
title: "Which Licensing Path Applies"
product: "LumiScan Licensing"
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/which-licensing-path.html"
---

# Which Licensing Path Applies – LumiScan Licensing

Two things decide how your LumiScan software is licensed: where you bought it, and where it runs.

**Where the software was bought and where it runs decide the licensing path**

```mermaid
%% Which licensing path applies. Rendered by Mermaid in the browser; edit and preview at https://mermaid.live
flowchart LR
  subgraph bought["Bought from"]
    direction TB
    hdvs["`**HD Vision Systems**`"]
    store["`**ctrlX Store**
    Bosch Rexroth`"]
  end
  subgraph runs["Runs on"]
    direction TB
    pc["Windows 11 or Ubuntu 24.04"]
    win["`Windows 11
    engineering apps, runtimes`"]
    os["`ctrlX OS
    CORE or IPC, runtimes`"]
  end
  subgraph lic["Licensing"]
    direction TB
    key["`**Licence on the LumiScan Key**
    Engineering apps: update every year
    Runtimes: activate once`"]
    works["`**Licence in ctrlX WORKS**
    + LumiScan Key for software protection
    Key updated only for new products`"]
    ctrlx["`**ctrlX licence in ctrlX OS**
    License Manager of ctrlX OS
    No LumiScan Key`"]
  end
  hdvs --> pc --> key
  store --> win --> works
  store --> os --> ctrlx
  class key,works,ctrlx key
  classDef key fill:#faf6dc,stroke:#a8961f,color:#1f2328
```

| Bought from | Runs on | Where the licence is held | Role of the LumiScan Key |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| HD Vision Systems | Windows 11 or Ubuntu 24.04 | On the LumiScan Key | Carries the licence. Engineering apps need a licence update every year. |
| ctrlX Store (Bosch Rexroth) | Windows 11 | In ctrlX WORKS | Required in addition. It protects the software against reverse engineering; it does not carry the licence. It is updated only when you add a new LumiScan product. |
| ctrlX Store (Bosch Rexroth) | ctrlX OS on a ctrlX CORE or an IPC (runtimes running natively on ctrlX OS) | In the License Manager of ctrlX OS | Not used. |

Continue with the page for your path:

- [Bought from HD Vision Systems](https://docs.hdvisionsystems.com/en/lumiscan-licensing/1.0.4/path-hdvs.html)
- [Bought in the ctrlX Store, running on Windows](https://docs.hdvisionsystems.com/en/lumiscan-licensing/1.0.4/path-ctrlx-windows.html)
- [Bought in the ctrlX Store, running on ctrlX OS](https://docs.hdvisionsystems.com/en/lumiscan-licensing/1.0.4/path-ctrlx-os.html)

> [!NOTE]
> If you use several LumiScan products, each one can follow a different path. For example, LumiScan Annotation Framework bought in the ctrlX Store is licensed in ctrlX WORKS on your Windows PC, while LumiScan AI Object Matching running on a ctrlX CORE has a ctrlX licence there.