The conventional Conventional licensing method requires the user to run licensing utilities (specifically echoid.exe or wechoid.exe) on their computer to obtain a locking codescode used for their machinelicensing. These locking codes then need to be This locking code is submitted to the CSI licensing department that , who will then generate license files and email them back to the user. The conventional Conventional licensing method will be gradually phased out and replaced by web-activated or cloud licensing, in which where the generation of the license files file is handled automatically and there is no , eliminating the need for the users to obtain locking codes and install license files manually.
The conventional Conventional licensing method can be used to issue both standalone licenses (whereby where CSI software is be licensed to run on a specific computer only) , or network licenses where multiple network-connected computers can share licenses served by a single license server located on the same network. For additional details, please refer to the following articles: