The License Manager or the Floating License Manager (depending on your license type), allows you to activate your licenses.

The installed software includes a 90-day trial license for all features of the product.You must activate valid purchased software licenses within 90 days, otherwise some software functionality is disabled.

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Be sure to activate product and component licenses prior to the expiry of the trial license.

Ensure that you activate sufficient licenses for the servers and devices in your system.

Failure to follow these instructions can result in loss of data.

You need to purchase and activate licenses for the following software features:

Communications Server – requires Server and Device licenses.
/ – requires an Engineering Client license.
OPC Server – requires an OPC DA Server license.
Billing Report – requires a Billing Report Module license.
Web Clients – require Web Client licenses.

When your order is processed, a software license Entitlement Certificate is sent by email from licensing@schneider-electric.com. (You may need to change the settings in your email application to ensure that this email arrives in your inbox and is not routed to your spam folder.)

To activate your software licenses:

Locate your Entitlement Certificate email.
Follow the instructions in the email to activate your licenses:
1. Open the License Manager or the Floating License Manager (as instructed in the email) from Start > All Programs > .
2. Click Activate to open the Activation Method dialog.
3. Choose one of the available activation methods and follow the detailed instructions provided in the dialog.
  Note that you can activate software licenses over the Internet or by email. Phone activation is not available at this time.
4. Follow the directions on the Activation ID page of the dialog and enter the Activation IDs referenced in your Entitlement Certificate email.
5. Click Finish to complete the process.

For Secondary communication servers or Engineering Client computers, additional steps may need to be completed before the software detects the licenses. It is recommended that you contact Technical Support for instructions in completing these steps.

Contact the Software Registration Center if you experience any problems activating your software licenses. Click Help > Support in either License Manager or Floating License Manager for the contact information.

Refer to the online help in License Manager for additional information.

For additional device or client user support (for example, for clients) in your system, or to add OPC options, order the appropriate license from .

When you receive your new license, use License Manager to upgrade the number of supported devices and client users in your system:

Click Tools > License Manager to open the License Manager dialog.

The current product key number, number of devices in the system, and maximum number of devices supported are listed in the System Info section.

Type the new product key in the Product Key field. Click OK.

The System Info section lists the updated support information from the newly activated product key. If the new key supports additional features or options, these are made available immediately, without restarting .