Applies to: BLAZE
Summary
This article explains your BLAZE licensing options and how many BLAZE licenses are needed.
BLAZE Appliances
BLAZE appliances come pre-licensed with permanent, perpetual recording licenses. For example, a 16-channel BLAZE appliance is pre-loaded with 16 licenses out of the box, enabling it to record 16 channels. You cannot remove, change, or transfer appliance licenses.
Appliances are channel-bound. For example, a Hanwha quad-sensor camera counts as 4 channels, not 1. An ONVIF camera counts as 1, not 0.25. This is an important distinction between BLAZE appliances, which are always pre-licensed, and BLAZE servers, which require purchased licenses.
BLAZE Server Premium Licenses
Licensing is required to record on a BLAZE server or interact with other entities like audio devices. A BLZ-PRM-01 BLAZE license is a perpetual recording license, allowing indefinite recording. With a Premium license, you get 3 years of support and free software updates. After 3 years, you need a Software Update Plan (SUP) license to upgrade your software. The SUP license extends the update eligibility period by another 3 years.
When ordering Premium licenses:
- Order a License Key per system (typically a site)
- Specify the channel count (Quantity) for that system
- Most devices use one license, but some need only a fraction. If you miss this distinction, you might order more than you need.
Example order for a deployment with two sites, one with 30 and the other with 50 Hanwha cameras:
| Correct | BLZ-PRM-01, Qty 30 BLZ-PRM-01, Qty 50 This 2-line order will generate 2 license keys, each with the right number of licenses. |
| Incorrect | BLZ-PRM-01, Qty 80 This single-line order will generate one license key for 80 cameras, which can only be used at one site. |
License Requirements by Device Type
Some devices consume a fraction of a BLAZE Premium license on a BLAZE server, but they could consume a different number of channels on a BLAZE appliance.
| One BLAZE Premium License serves… | One BLAZE Appliance Channel serves... |
1 single-sensor Hanwha IP camera. This includes stitched panoramics, PTZs, Intercoms, fisheyes, and the SPS-A8016 all-in-one camera. | 1 single-sensor Hanwha IP camera. This includes stitched panoramics, PTZs, Intercoms, fisheyes, and the SPS-A8016 all-in-one camera. |
1 entire multi-sensor Hanwha IP camera. This includes all multi-sensors and bi-spectrum models. | 1 sensor on a multi-sensor Hanwha IP camera. This includes all multi-sensors and bi-spectrum models. |
| 1 single-sensor ONVIF camera. | 1 single-sensor ONVIF camera. |
| 4 sensors on ONVIF multi-sensor devices. | 1 sensor on an ONVIF multi-sensor device. |
| 1 RTSP stream (including the sub-stream). | 1 RTSP stream (including the sub-stream). |
| 8 NVR channels. | 1 NVR channel. |
| 4 channels on an encoder. | 1 analog camera on an encoder. |
4 IP audio devices. This includes IP speakers, and the SPS-A100M audio beacon. | 1 IP audio device. This includes IP speakers, and the SPS-A100M audio beacon. |
BLAZE Premium License Examples (for BLAZE servers):
- A Hanwha PNM-9085RQZ1 multi-directional PTRZ with four cameras inside uses 1 BLAZE license, not 4.
- A Hanwha XRN NVR 64-channel NVR with 48 cameras attached uses 6 licenses, not 8, 48, or 64.
- A Hanwha SPE-1630 16 channel encoder with 12 cameras attached uses 3 licenses, not 4, 12, or 16.
- A single-sensor ONVIF camera uses 1 license, not 0.25.
- A 5-lens multi-directional ONVIF device uses 1.25 licenses, not 5.
- Two Hanwha SPA-D1000 IP audio modules uses 0.5 licenses, not 2.
BLAZE Appliance Channel Examples (for BLAZE appliances):
- A Hanwha PNM-9085RQZ1 multi-directional PTRZ with four sensors inside uses 4 channels.
- A Hanwha XRN NVR 64-channel NVR with 48 cameras attached uses 48 channels.
- A Hanwha SPE-1630 16 channel encoder with 12 cameras attached uses 12 channels.
- A 5-lens multi-directional ONVIF device uses 5 channels.
- Two Hanwha SPA-D1000 IP audio modules use 2 channels.