User`s guide

Chapter 1. Understanding the Kurzweil 3000 Network
Kurzweil 3000 for Macintosh Network Guide 5
Floating Licenses and How They Work
A Kurzweil 3000 Network uses a system of floating licenses to help you
support multiple users across a local area network (LAN). The licenses are
stored on a USB License Key, which is included with the Kurzweil 3000
Network product package. You transfer licenses to and from the License Key
as needed using the Kurzweil 3000 Administrator. For details, see License
Management Using the USB License Key on page 7.
Important Note: Floating licenses are stored on the network engine
computer in a file named com.kesi.admin.bg.plist, located in /Library/
Preferences/. Any attempt to tamper with this file will cause the licenses to
be permanently disabled.
The Benefits of Floating Licenses
Kurzweil 3000 floating licenses are licenses that are associated with users,
not machines.
Think of floating licenses as passes that let users access Kurzweil 3000
software over a network. When users log on to the network from a Kurzweil
3000 client, they are essentially borrowing licenses from the Kurzweil 3000
network engine to use the Kurzweil 3000 software.
Users can access Kurzweil 3000 from a client computer as long as there are
available floating licenses. If all the licenses are in use, new users trying to
access the software will not be able to do so; Kurzweil 3000 prompts them to
try again later.
The main benefits of floating licenses are:
• Multiple users can access Kurzweil 3000 simultaneously as long as there
are enough licenses.
• Teachers and system administrators can manage the licenses using the
Kurzweil 3000 Administrator, which can be installed on any Macintosh
running Mac OS X 10.4 to 10.6.
• Users can work from any Kurzweil 3000 client while maintaining their
personal user settings.