You will need one license per scanning device (eg. an Android phone or tablet) that you will be using simultaneously. Besides that we recommend buying at least one extra license per server for being able to put in a backup device in case of a hardware failure.
Client licenses are not tied to the specific device but are only counted by the server. It calculates the number of used licenses by counting how many unique devices have scanned barcodes within the last 24 hours. As long as that number never exceeds the number of purchased licenses you can swap around devices as you please.
In case you are using multiple Honesty Admission Servers at different venues you need to buy separate client licenses for each server, since the client licenses are linked to the server license.
If you are not using the Honesty Admission Server but instead validating directly against the event system you still need to buy the same number of licenses as if you were using a Honesty Admission Server.
Yes, for Android clients you can use the app directly against the event system and hence not need the Honesty Admission Server. For best connectivity and full-featured operation we do recommend using a Honesty Admission Server though.
Turnstile access control systems (that are not based on Android) do require a Honesty Admission Server though.
The Honesty Admission Server (HAS) runs as a VirtualBox virtual machine on your own computer running Windows/Mac/Linux/Solaris (see details). For most locations any modern desktop or notebook will do. Recommended minimum hardware requirements for the host machine is 300 MHz x86 processor and 1 Gb RAM. Lower speed processor and somewhat also less RAM will of course affect how many bar codes can be processed per hour so depending on your needs a computer with higher performance might be required. Also be aware that the filesystem may not be FAT32, it must be at least NTFS (Windows) or Ext3 (Linux) in order to handle the large file sizes.
If HAS will be processing more than 70,000 ticket scans per hour (~1,200 per minute) high-end hardware is recommended - on which the HAS can handle up to 360,000 ticket scans per hour (~6,000 per minute). Tests with 1,000,000 tickets has run without issues.
The more memory that can be allocated to the virtual machine the better. In a benchmark test an increase from the default 512Mb up to 4Gb of RAM on the virtual machine resulted in a performance increase of 20%.
The HAS must be connected to a LAN which all the clients must connect to as well. There are no special requirements for the network but we highly recommend using industrial grade routers and switches. If you are using Wifi for the clients (we recommend ALWAYS connecting HAS via cable - and because of driver issues it might not always work on Wifi either) make sure you use a WPA wireless network to protect against intrusion.
In case you run multiple HAS servers it is critical that only one server is connected to a given network at any time. Otherwise conflicts will arise.
Yes. A portal/gate can be set to only allow exit scans - where a preceeding entry scan is required for allowing person to exit. Portals/gates can also be set to only allow first-time validations, only allow re-entry, or allow both. People can therefore enter, exit and re-enter as many times as they like.
