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Products: AS-B, Enterprise Central, Enterprise Server, License Administrator, License Server, AS-P, WorkStation, WebStation

Functionalities: Basic Functionality, License Management

Product version: 2022

4/5/2022

Software and Features that Require Licenses

There are a number of different clients, servers, and features that requires licenses to operate.

Table: Space Logic

Feature name	Client	EC	ES	AS-P	AS-B	Description
Enterprise Central		X				Will not start if license is missing
Enterprise Server			X			Will not start if license is missing
Enterprise Servers		X				Allows EC to host one ES
Automation Servers			X			Allows ES to host one automation server
Field Devices			X			Allows ES to host one field device
Cloud Connectivity		X	X	X	X	Cloud connectivity - Checked by Cloud SMS

Table: Client

Feature name	Client	EC	ES	AS-P	AS-B	Inherited	Description
Clients	X						Allows WorkStation to log on to an EC/ES or automation server
Clients		X	X	X	X		Allows WebStation to log on to an EC/ES or automation server
Graphics Editor	X						Allows Graphics editor to start one or multiple sessions on same PC
Script Editor	X						Allows Script Editor to start - Script editor is a multi document application
Function Block Editor	X						Allows Function Block Editor to start one or multiple sessions on same PC
CAD Import Tool	X						Allows CAD Import Tool to start one or multiple sessions on same PC
Zoning Tool			X			X	Enables use of zoning tools. If license is missing the tools are not available. No AS licence. Zoning on AS checks for the ES licence.

Table: Server

Feature name	Client	EC	ES	AS-P	AS-B	Inherited	Description
SmartDrivers			X	X			Enables SmartDrivers (Counted) - Supported on ES and AS-P only
Personal Dashboards		X	X	X	X		Enables Personal Dashboards
SNMP Notifications		X	X	X	X	X	Enables SNMP Notifications
TimescaleDB		X	X	X	X	X	Enables Extended log storage - TimescaleDB
Change Control		X	X				Enables Change control / Electronic signature
PDF Signing		X	X				Enables Digital signing of documents If license is missing the report will get a watermark and an alarm is raised
MQTT			X	X	X	X	Enables MQTT Client to publish data on MQTT Broker and to subscribe to the same data (On/Off)
SAML Authentication		X	X	X	X	X	Enables SAML Authentication on Enterprise Central. Can be configured without a license.

Table: Scalable AS

Feature name	Client	EC	ES	AS-P	AS-B	Description
Automation Server				X	X	Allows automation server to start without violation bar.
Field Devices				X	X	Bundle feature - Allows automation server to host one field device
Server I/O				X	X	Bundle feature – Allows automation server to host I/O modules. AS-B needs 1 license to host any number of I/O modules. AS-P needs 1 license to host one I/O module.
Enterprise Server				X	X	Bundle feature - Allows automation server to be hosted by an Enterprise Server
MS/TP				X	X	Bundle feature - Allows automation server serial communication - MS/TP
BACnet/IP				X	X	Bundle feature - Allows automation server BACnet/IP communication
Modbus				X	X	Bundle feature - Allows Modbus communication

Table: Software Assurance

Feature name	Client	EC	ES	AS-P	AS-B	Description
Software Assurance		X	X	X	X	Software Assurance - Allows usage of older licence version