Activation/Licensing
An electronic product activation tool, FactoryTalk Activation, is the primary activation means for FactoryTalk AssetCentre. In FactoryTalk AssetCentre, the server is the only component that consumes licenses. FactoryTalk AssetCentre clients and agents do not require activation. FactoryTalk AssetCentre activation is based on two different categories: Capabilities and Capacity.
Capabilities
are what the application is capable of performing, and currently falls into four categories: Server, Disaster Recovery, Calibration Management, and Process Device Configuration. The FactoryTalk AssetCentre server itself is required for any FactoryTalk AssetCentre installation. Disaster Recovery offers several options, including Disaster Recovery for Rockwell devices, Remote Computers, and FTP Server, etc.Capacity
refers to either Asset Capacity or Agent Group Capacity. Asset Capacity determines how many different devices a FactoryTalk AssetCentre installation is capable of servicing, and Agent Group Capacity determines how many agent groups can be configured. A FactoryTalk AssetCentre server license comes with 10 assets and 4 agent groups, meaning that up to 10 devices can be serviced and 4 agent groups configured without any additional purchase. Beyond the initial counts, asset and agent group licenses are additive (e.g., if another 25 asset count is purchased and used in conjunction with the existing 10 count, a total of 35 assets can be serviced.)
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Asset Capacity activations are not needed for files, folders, and/or containers added to the Asset Tree. Only Device assets (e.g., Logix5000 device, PLC5, etc.) added to the Asset Tree count against the capacity activation.
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