2.5.x
Table Of Contents
- Title Page
- Contents
- Using This Guide
- General Information
- Getting Application Manager
- Installing a Standalone Version of Application Manager
- Installing Application Manager Along with Avid Editing Application
- Working with Application Manager
- Settings
- Product Activation
- What You Need to Activate Media Composer or Sibelius
- What You Need to Activate Pro Tools
- Online Activation with an Internet Connection
- Activation with a Floating License
- Offline Activation Without an Internet Connection
- Activation with a Hardware Key
- Redemption to Dongle
- Updating an Avid Editing Application
- Update Workflow
- Working with Subscription Models
- Support Plan
- Grace Period
- Renewing the Subscription
- Subscription Crossgrade
- Additional Options and Plug-Ins
- Activating Media Composer Third-Party Products
- Purchasing Pro Tools Plug-Ins
- Deactivating the Avid Editing Application and Plug-Ins
- Uninstallation Specifics
- How to Uninstall the Products
- How to Uninstall the Pro Tools Plug-Ins
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Auto-Activation with an Internet Connection
If you are connected to the Internet, Application Manager facilitates the process of activation of
Media Composer or Sibelius you have purchased from the Avid shop. The main conditions for
Avid Editing Application to be auto-activated are:
• the Computer Name (known as Activation ID at the Avid.com/shop) coincides with the one
you are working at;
• the license you are going to use was not deactivated manually before.
Note that Sibelius License Server is not auto-activated.
To have Avid Editing Application auto-activated, do the following:
1. Having bought Avid Editing Application (you can have Media Composer or Sibelius with a
monthly, annual, or perpetual subscription), go to Application Manager.
2. On the Account tab, log in to Application Manager with the Avid account credentials.
3. Go to the Licensing tab of Application Manager - the license is activated automatically,
without any additional actions.
The procedure described above shows a very basic scenario. It can be performed without any
unexpected results, if the following conditions are met:
• The subscription license must be a single one for the user's account. Or a Computer Name
have to be defined at the user's account page for the license that is to be used for auto-
activation on the particular computer. The Computer Name must be unique for the account
for each product.
• If you have Media Composer or Sibelius installed and you are not logged in to the
Application Manager, launch the Avid Editing Application and choose Electronic activation
to launch Application Manager with the Licensing tab displayed. After you log in, the auto-
activation workflow can be fulfilled.
• If your Avid Editing Application is in a trial mode, log in to Application Manager, and the
Avid Editing Application will be auto-activated with the subscription details.
The auto-activation procedure will not be performed if:
• you have activated the Avid Editing Application earlier and then deactivated it via
Application Manager.
• there are subscriptions, for which a Computer Name is not defined, if there are more than
one active subscriptions.
• all subscriptions are expired.