User Guide

System-related Functions
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Licensing
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Siemens User Guide Version 2.1
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Building Technologies 2015-07-15
Demo Mode Characteristics
 When Demo Mode is active, this is visually indicated on the Summary bar in
green, with a timer that shows how much time is left.
 If you view the license data, the basic required license set will be highlighted in
red.
Assigned and Remaining will indicate 0.
 If the basic required license set is detected before the 30-minute Demo Mode
time expires, Desigo CC switches back to Normal Mode.
Courtesy Mode
The Desigo CC server switches to Courtesy Mode when the basic required license
set is installed, but one of the following situations occurs:
 An insufficient set of license features for field points is detected. That is, the
site project was configured with a certain number of physical objects, but only a
subset of these are licensed. For example, if the site project was configured
with 2000 fire data points but only 1000 are licensed, Courtesy Mode activates.
 The system detects 3 or more sabotage attempts within a 30-minute period.
Sabotage means any unauthorized attempt to modify the system’s license data
directly in the database (for example, inappropriate changes to the time
remaining in a specific license mode). Only the system itself is allowed to write
to the license data.
In the event of sabotage by unauthorized software:
– If the system detects fewer than 3 sabotage attempts within 30 minutes, at
the end of the 30 minutes the sabotage attempt counter is reset.
– If the system detects 3 sabotage attempts within 30 minutes, Desigo CC
switches to Courtesy Mode but the license features are still considered
valid. An alarm is also generated to inform the operator.
– If the system detects more than 3 sabotage attempts within 30 minutes,
Desigo CC switches to Courtesy Mode and the license features are
invalidated (even if the license features are installed the system treats them
as no longer valid).
When Courtesy Mode activates, the Desigo CC management system can continue
to operate for a total of 30 days accumulated.
Courtesy Mode Characteristics