Licences

Devices using Windows CE provide a licence management in the form of a Softkey Unlock code only.

There are no hardware keys of any type available. The project runtime will run in Demo mode on the WinCE device only without a license.

 

Movicon CE license management

When purchasing a Movicon CE you will receive it in the form of a Serial Number which gives you access rights to the Emerson website to get the Softkey unlock code to be inserted into your device. In this way, you can access the website at any time, 24 hours a day, to automatically create the unlock code according to your website code.

 

Follow the step-by-step procedure in order to get and insert your softkey:

 

  1. When purchasing the license (or purchasing a CE device already integrated with a license to be activated), you will receive a serial number and access rights to the Emerson management website (www.emerson.com/movicon or https://support.movicon.com/MasterKeyNET/)

  2. Startup Movicon on the CE device. At startup, Movicon will display a window within which to enter the license or start it up in demo mode. Jot down the Site Code displayed in this window.

  3. Go to the previously indicated Website and access it by using the access codes that you received, and then follow the instructions to enter the Site Code to automatically generate the softkey license code.

  4. Jot down the Softkey license code and enter it in the appropriate edit box which appears at the Movicon Startup

  5. Many devices require you to save the WinCE Registry in order to keep data memorized permanently. The license is tightly bound to the device and will not change upon reinstallation.

 

 

The Movicon CE license exists in two versions (Standard or Lite).

 

The Lite version has some technical restrictions:

 

  • Max. 256 Alarms

  • Max. 1 Web Client Users

  • Max. 1  communication driver

  • Max. 1024 bytes of variables in use

  • Max. 8 DataLoggers

  • IL and VBA Logics (max. 128 kb)

  • Networking: NO (project can be only Network Server)

 

The Full version has the following technical restrictions:

 

  • Max. 1024 Alarms

  • Max. 2  Web Client Users

  • Max. 4 communication driver (not more than 2 recommendable)

  • Max. 4096 bytes of variables in use

  • Max. 8 DataLoggers

  • IL and VBA Logics (max. 128 kb)

  • Networking, Max 256 connections (project can be Network Server or Client)

 

IMPORTANT:

APART FROM THE LICENSE TYPE USED AND ITS RESTRICTIONS, THE DESIGNER SHOULD ALSO CHECK THE RESTRICTIONS OF THE HARDWARE DEVICE BEING USED:  THE FUNCTION RESTRICTIONS OF THE MOVICON PRODUCT LICENSE ARE GENERIC, BUT THE HARDWARE MAY HAVE ITS  OWN DESIGNING RESTRICTIONS INDEPENDENTLY FROM THE LICENSE TYPE USED.

 

Movicon CE Site Code Generation

The site code in Movicon CE is generated in one of the following ways:

 

  1. Using the  network card's mac address. Movicon CE uses a WinCE API to get the list of network cards installed in the device, and uses the mac address of the first network card returned by this function.

  2. If the device does not have any network card installed, the site code will then be generated using the panel's "Device ID.

  3. If the "Device ID" cannot be found, the site code will be generated at random.

 

Inserting the Movicon CE license

If an invalid or no license has been inserted at startup, Movicon CE will display a window for selecting the start mode.

When no license has been preinstalled by the device builders, you can get the license based on the "Site Code" displayed.

By using this Site Code (and the purchase serial number), you can get your runtime license according to the instructions received when purchasing the site key.  

Your license, or "Site Key" must be inserted in the field underneath the Site Code, as shown below:

 

 

If you don't have a Site Key number to insert, you can still execute the project in Runtime mode by clicking the "Demo Mode" button in the same window.  The project will be run for a limited two hours.

 

After having inserted the license (Site Key), remember to execute the command for saving the WinCE Registries (RegSave or its equivalent, depending on the device used).

 

After having inserted the license correctly, the data entry popup window will no longer show at Movicon CE startup.  However it is possible to make this window show when Movicon CE is run by using the WinCE command line specifying  "/ilic" o "-ilic" option. From the  WinCE "Start - Run"  menu run:

 

MovCE.exe -ilic

 

This functionality may be needed in situations where the device's "Site - Code" needs to be reviewed or to execute a license update with a new license containing different characteristics.

 

Run in Demo Mode on Window CE

At project startup, Movicon CE will request you to enter the licence or press the Demo Mode button. When pressing the Demo Mode button the project will run in Demo mode. The project run is limited to 120 minutes in this mode. Messages are traced in the project log, at regular time intervals, indicating the remaining time left. The available options are:

 

 

 

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