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5. Remote Deployment and configuring DeskCamera

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Note: Installation and the first run of DeskCamera.exe must be performed with administrator privileges.

Silent Setup

Install DeskCamera silently with no user interaction:

SetupDeskCamera_x64_4.4.2.exe /install /quiet

Licensing – Perpetual License

Online Activation

Use this method on workstations with Internet access. It activates the license and configures DeskCamera in one step.

"%ProgramFiles%\DeskCamera\DeskCamera.exe" ^
/ImportLic 3706037f-665c-4fb6-8d8b-069ce3fc952b.lic ^
/SetCameraUsername onvifUser ^
/SetCameraPassword onvifPass ^
/SetAppPassword appPass ^
/SetHiddenMode 0

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Command Used:

Command	Description
`/ImportLic [file.lic]`	Imports and activates a license online. DeskCamera will launch automatically.

Offline Activation

Use this method for workstations without Internet access. It requires generating a request and manually activating the license file.

Create a license request file:

"%ProgramFiles%\DeskCamera\DeskCamera.exe" /CreateReq my.req

Generate an activation file at activationservice.net using the .req and your license file.

Import the activation file and configure DeskCamera:

"%ProgramFiles%\DeskCamera\DeskCamera.exe" ^
/ImportAct ActivatedLicense.act ^
/SetCameraUsername onvifUser ^
/SetCameraPassword onvifPass ^
/SetAppPassword appPass ^
/SetHiddenMode 0

Commands Used:

Command	Description
`/CreateReq [file.req]`	Generates a license request file for offline activation. DeskCamera exits after execution.
`/ImportAct [file.act]`	Imports an offline-activated license and launches DeskCamera.

Example batch files for both Online and Offline Activation are available:
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Licensing – Subscription License

For subscription-based deployments, use the following parameters.

Parameter	Description
`/SubSerial [serial]`	Required. Subscription license GUID
`/SubSecretKey [key]`	Required. Secret key linked to the subscription
`/SubServer [uri]`	Optional. Local subscription server URI

Example:

DeskCamera.exe /SubSerial 3D97B7E7-508B-4410-9EA8-FB16881CDD29 /SubSecretKey MySecret123 /SubServer https://MYSERVER:8078

DeskCamera will log errors if any of the required values are missing or incorrectly formatted.

Other Configurations

Command	Description
`/SetCameraUsername [user]`	Configures ONVIF/RTSP stream username and launches DeskCamera.
`/SetCameraPassword [pass]`	Configures ONVIF/RTSP stream password and launches DeskCamera.
`/SetAppPassword [pass]`	Configures DeskCamera's application access password and launches the app.
`/SetHiddenMode [0\|1]`	Enables (1) or disables (0) hidden mode, and starts DeskCamera with the defined visibility.