Rockwell Automation 1789-L10_L30_L60 SoftLogix 5800 Controller Installation Instructions - Manual (Page 6)

6 SoftLogix 5800 Controller
Rockwell Automation Publication 1789-IN001K-EN-P - December 2012
FactoryTalk Activation Manager
There are two types of FactoryTalk® activations to activate the SoftLogix 5800 controller
license—node-locked and concurrent.
Node-locked Activation
Node-locked activation can be used only on the computer where the activation is locked (on the
personal computer for which the license was purchased). It is always locked to a specific piece of
hardware, for example, an Ethernet card, a hard disk, or a USB dongle.
Concurrent Activation
Concurrent activation is used in a server-client environment and is a type of activation that lets
multiple computers across a network use Rockwell Automation software products concurrently.
A concurrent activation can ‘float’ to, or be borrowed temporarily from, an activation server for a
specific period of time before expiring and returning automatically to the pool of available
activations on the server. Concurrent activations can be borrowed only if your Rockwell
Software® product supports borrowed activations.
If you want to check out a concurrent activation from an activation server, you do not need to use
the Rockwell Software Activation website. You can use the FactoryTalk Activation Manager to
configure your client computer to recognize the activation server computer where concurrent
activations are stored.