Rockwell Automation Activate Rockwell User Manual

ACTIVATE

Rockwell Software Products

All Rockwell Automation software products use an
electronic process, called FactoryTalk® Activation to activate
software. FactoryTalk Activation generates activation les
and distributes them over the internet to activate the
software. Check the Activation Certicate document
enclosed with your Rockwell Automation software to nd
the type of FactoryTalk Activation to use.

What do I need to activate my Rockwell Automation software products?

Have these items before you begin:

 Activation Certicate, which is enclosed in a red envelope with the Rockwell

Automation software product and contains the following information:

- Serial Number

- Product Key

- License Type

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FactoryTalk Activation Manager software, which is available

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On your Rockwell Automation software product CD, or

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On the FactoryTalk Services CD, or

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On the http://licensing.software.rockwell.com website and can be
downloaded

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At least one of the following methods for acquiring activations:

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Internet access from the computer the software products will be installed on, or

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nternet access from another computer at the site, or

- If the site does not have Internet access, you can get the activation information
by telephone or fax. See “For additional help”.

What are activation types?

ere are two dierent types of activations for Rockwell Automation Software
products.

• Node-Locked activation – the activation is locked to a particular piece of computer
hardware, such as an Ethernet card, a hard disk drive, or a dongle with no ability to
share the activation.

• Concurrent activation – the activation is locked to a computer acting as an
activation server that manages a pool of activations and shares them with other
computers over a network connection, or the activation is locked to a dongle that is
connected to a computer acting as an activation server.

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v. 3.40.00

What is a host ID?

A host ID is an identication (ID) code that uniquely identies a hardware device.
FactoryTalk Activation uses the host ID to "lock" each activation le to a specic
hardware device such as a stand-alone computer, a computer hosting the activations or
a dongle. For a computer, the host ID uses the hard disk drive or Ethernet card to
identify the computer.

Guidelines for selecting an appropriate host ID

To prevent activations from failing, follow these guidelines when selecting host IDs:

• Do not lock activations to virtual network adapters, such as those used for virtual

private networks (VPN) or virtual machines.

• Do lock activations to the host IDs of xed devices such as hardware network

adapters or hard disk serial numbers.

• If you are using a laptop in a docking station that has a network adapter, do not use

the host ID of the network adapter in the docking station or you will not beable to
run your software product when the laptop is undocked.

What is a plug-and-play dongle?

e new plug-and-play dongle with storage capacity is fully integrated with
FactoryTalk Activation Manager (v. 3.40.00). e dongle provides a mobile activation
solution for your Rockwell Automation software products. FactoryTalk Activation
Manager (v. 3.40.00) automatically detects the connected plug-and-play dongle and
gives you the option of downloading activation les to it. You can then connect the
device to any computer that also has FactoryTalk Activation Manager (v.3.40.00)
installed, and use the new dongle to activate your Rockwell Automation software
products without having to deploy activations locally on the computer.

Which activation method should I choose?

• If the Rockwell Automation software is installed on a computer with internet access,

see

“Get new activations for a computer with internet access”

• If you will be using the FactoryTalk Activation plug-and-play dongle to activate your

Rockwell Automation software, see

dongle”

• If the Rockwell Automation software is installed on a computer without internet

access, see

“Get new activations for a computer without internet access”

“Get new activations for the plug-and-play

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