9 - The License Management in CoDeSys

9 The License Management in CoDeSys

9.1The License Manager

The 3S License Manager is available to handle the licenses for 3S modules, as well as licenses for modules for which an appropriate license information file is provided, on your computer. In CoDeSys you can create a project and provide it as a licensed library. The Licensing Manager will be installed automatically with any 3S module, which requires a license.

See also:

Separate documentation provided with the 3S Licensing Manager Creating a licensed library in CoDeSys, Chapter 9.1.1.

9.1.1Creating a licensed library in CoDeSys

As is known a CoDeSys project can be saved as a library. If you want to create a licensed library you have to add the appropriate license information. For this perform the command 'File'Save as...', choose data type 'Internal Library' or 'External Library' and press button Edit license info....

In the dialog Edit Licensing Information enter the information described below. The license information will be added to the Project Info. When later on the library will be included in a CoDeSys project, the license information can be checked up in the object properties dialog of the library in the library manager.

Dialog: Edit Licensing Information

Common:

Name: Enter a name for the library module which is used to represent it in the 3S Licensing Manager. This input is mandatory.

The License Manager

Vendor-ID: A manufacturer identifier, depending on the manfacturer specific licensing management tool.

Demo mode: Activate this option if the module should be usable in demo mode that means without any license ID. Enter the number of days after which the "demo license" should expire. The number of days will be automatically rounded up to the next number which is divisible by ten (10, 20, 30 ...). If no number is entered here, the module will be usable without time limitation!

Targets: Enter here the target ID(s) of the target system(s) for which the license should be valid. Multiple inputs must be separated by a comma or a semicolon. Multiple IDs can be inserted separated by semicolons resp. as ranges. Example: "12;15-19;21"

Contact:

Licensing via phone: / Licensing per via mail: Insert here the phone number resp. email address of the license provider. These inputs are mandatory.

Optional information:

In the right window you can enter a text referring to the item currently marked in the left window: Description, Manufacturer, Vendor, Pricing information

Please note:

1. It is reasonable to protect a library, which has been provided with licensing information, by a password. If you are going to save the project without password you will be pointed to that by a message box.

2. The licensing information of a 3S library is stored internally with the library and will be registered on the computer automatically as soon as the library is included in a project. But the license information of modules which are not provided by 3S must be provided in a separate description file in compatible XML format, which can be read by the 3S Licensing Manager.

For this also see the separate documentation on the 3S Licensing Manager.