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EcoStruxture Building Operation Software and Features that Require Licenses
There are a number of different clients, servers, and features that requires licenses to operate.
These are the products and features that require licenses:
Enterprise Server and Enterprise Central
Enterprise Servers attached to Enterprise Central
Clients and Tools
SmartX Servers attached to Enterprise Server
Field buse devices
SNMP Notifications
Personal Dashboards
Change Control
TimescaleDB
Web Services
Sign PDF
MQTT
The licenses are managed by the License Administrator.
Enterprise Central and Enterprise Server
Every Enterprise Central and Enterprise Server needs a license to start.
Clients and Tools
Client and engineering tool licenses are available for WorkStation, WorkStation Pro, WebStation, and all EcoStruxure Building Operation Editors.
Clients or tools are licensed individually and cannot be started without licenses.
SmartX Servers Attached to Enterprise Server
To be able to attach a SmartX server to an Enterprise Server, you need a license for every SmartX server you want to attach.
SmartX servers can be imported wthout licenses but the Violation Bar displays until the proper number of licenses are activated.
Field Bus Device Licenses
All field bus devices hosted by an Enterprise Server need licenses.
For more information, see Field Bus Device Licenses .
SNMP Notifications Licenses
To be able to use SNMP Notification on a SmartX server, a license is required.
SNMP licenses on an Enterprise Server are inherited by all attached SmartX servers.
For more information, see Inherited Licenses .
Personal Dashboards
To be able to create personal dashboards on a SmartX server, you need a license. Personal dashboards are used in WebStation.
For more information, see Inherited Licenses .
Change Control
To be able to use Change Control system-wide in a multi-server system, you need a license.
For more information, see Inherited Licenses .
TimescaleDB
To be able to use TimescaleDB on a SmartX server, a license is required.
For more information, see Inherited Licenses .
Web Services Licenses
Web Services license enforcement will occur in a future release of EcoStruxure Building Operation. The lack of current enforcement does not remove the requirement of license purchase to receive support.
Sign PDF
To be able to get PDF reports digitally signed, you need a license. One license is required for every Enterprise Central and Enterprise Server that uses the Sign PDF function.
MQTT
To be able to read and write to an MQTT broker from an MQTT client on an Enterprise Server or SmartX server, you need a license. A valid license on an Enterprise Server are inherited by all attached SmartX servers.
Licensing Overview
Field Bus Device Licenses
Web Services
License Enforcement
Inherited Licenses