Products Owner's manual

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
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
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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