User Guide

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System-related Functions
Licensing
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Siemens User Guide Version 2.1 A6V10415471_en_a_21
Building Technologies 2015-07-15
When Courtesy Mode is active, this is visually indicated on the Summary bar in
red, with a countdown timer that shows how much time is left.
If you check the licenses, any license features that are insufficient will be
highlighted in red. The
Required, Assigned and Remaining columns will
indicate the discrepancy:
Remaining shows how many of the installed copies of
that license feature are still unused while
Assigned shows how many copies of
that license feature are being used by the system.
During Courtesy Mode, if a sufficient set of license features is detected during a
license check (that is, the site project was reconfigured so that all the field
objects are licensed), the Desigo CC server switches back to Normal mode.
If the Desigo CC server switches back to Courtesy Mode, the countdown timer
does not restart from 30 days, but from the previous time remaining in Courtesy
Mode.
After the Desigo CC server has run in Normal Mode for 180 days without
switching to Courtesy Mode, the next time it switches to Courtesy Mode, the
countdown timer starts at 30 days.
If the time allowed for operation in Courtesy Mode expires, Desigo CC shuts
down and it is necessary to install again all the license features required to run
the system.
Engineering Mode
Engineering is a feature of Desigo CC that enables an authorized technician to
configure the management-system software for a particular building-control site
(that is, to configure a site project).
For more information, see the
Engineering Manual
(A6V10415473).
License Mode in Collapsed Summary Bar
The license mode (color and text) is also visible when the Summary bar is
collapsed.
License Properties in the Operation Tab
Property
Description
License mode Desigo CC current mode.
Sabotage attempts Number of sabotage attempts.
Time remaining in this
session
Residual time in the current Demo Mode or Engineering-license
session.
When the 30-minute Demo time expires the project will be
stopped and the operator will be forced to log off.
When the 48-hour Engineering license time expires, the
system will switch back to its previous license mode.
Time remaining in
Courtesy Mode
Residual time in Courtesy Mode, during which it is possible to
temporarily work with the project until a valid and sufficient license
is installed again.
Total operating time
Duration counter that indicates how long Desigo CC has been