Product Activation Module

Sentinel LDK provides a mechanism to easily perform interactive license updates on an end user’s machine. This is accomplished by generating a Product Key for an entitlement in Sentinel LDK-EMS and providing this code to the end user. The end user accesses the Sentinel LDK-EMS Customer Portal over the Internet and enters the Product Key. Sentinel LDK-EMS then retrieves the necessary information about the end user’s machine or existing license and completes the process to update the license on the user’s machine. (This process can also be accomplished in program code using Sentinel LDK-EMS Web Services.)

This mechanism is typically used to activate an application on the end user’s machine (that is, to lock an SL key for the application to the machine), although the mechanism can be used for other types of license updates.

To use the Product Key mechanism to update an SL key, you must have the Product Activation module in your Sentinel LDK Master license. The Product Activation module is either perpetual or issued for a limited time period. This depends on your purchase plan or subscription plan for Sentinel LDK. For more information, consult with your Thales sales representative.

The Product Activation module is not required if you only want to use the Product Key mechanism to update HL keys.