SCADA Software Licensing

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Contents

● Software keys

● What are they?

● How to order?

● How to activate license?

● Advantages and Limitations

● FAQ

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Software Keys – What are they?

●Software keys only available for SCADA v7.30 onwards

● No plans to release service packs for older versions (SCADA V7.20 or

earlier) to use new software keys

●Software key

● License locked to the PC hardware attributes

● Fully virtualised system supported from v7.40 (not possible in v7.30)

● Virtualised SCADA PC, but non-virtualised license PC is also possible

●USB key remains the hardware option

●Sentinel USB protection support has NOT been removed

●Same ordering process flows between the customer, SE country and

scada.orders

●New software key part number

●Same part numbers for the licenses regardless of chosen protection

mode (USB or Software keys)

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Customer receives license by email

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Software Keys - License activation

●License Activation Methods

● www/Internet

● Download and transfer to another

PC with www access

● Download and transfer via email

●Ability to repair and re-host a

license

● Move license from one PC to

another PC

● 2 re-hosts available per license per

year

●New Utility for Software license

entitlement activation

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Customer activates license on PC

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License is on the customer’s PC

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Software Keys - License information

●Authcode portal to view USB key

license information

●New portal to view Software

key license information

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Software Keys – Advantages/Limitations

●Multiple license protection models not possible on same PC and not

recommended on same SCADA site/project

● Order of precedence USB key, then software key

●Different client & server point counts possible on the same PC

● Allows for additional clustering scenarios

● Freed from existing USB key capacity constraint

●3rd party drivers that directly accessed USB key will need to convert to

new protection model to run with software keys

●OFS licensing remains unchanged

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FAQ – Part 1

●Soft Licensing

● Q. Will this allow for soft licensing? A: Software licenses are only available for Vijeo Citect V7.30 onwards. Software licenses

will not be retrospectively added (via service packs) to any prior versions of Vijeo Citect or

CitectSCADA.

Q. How can I swap my dongles for Software keys? A: Contact your local Schneider Electric representative for further information. A procedure

is in place to cater for this swap.

● Q. Can I have both software keys and dongles on the same machine? A: No. If you do have the two types of protection models on the same machine then only

the dongle will be recognised.

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FAQ – Part 2

●Soft Licensing

● Q. Can I have both software keys and dongles on the same site? A: Yes, as long as they are not on the same machine (see above answer). However we do

not recommend this scenario, as it makes management of site licenses difficult.

● Q. How will I receive a software key entitlement? A: Via email. This will be similar to how you would currently receive a new Authcode when

upgrading licenses on a key or updating the product version.

● Q. How can I activate my software key entitlement? A: You have 3 options to activate your software licence:

● Via the Web

● Via file download / upload to another web connected PC

● Via file download / upload and email.

NOTE: It is NOT possible to activate software licenses via telephone.

Who to contact for help?

Site with a valid support contract:

Contact SCADA & MES Global Support

http://www.citect.schneider-electric.com/contact-support

Site without a valid support contract:

Contact your local Schneider Electric representative for further

information