License management
17.1 Basic principles
Manual
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Commissioning Manual, 05/2008, 6FC5397–4CP10–4BA0
17.1.7
SINUMERIK License Key
Basic information on License Keys
If a license is required for a product, then with the purchase of the license the purchaser
receives a CoL as proof for the rights to use this product and a corresponding License Key
as to the "technical representative" of this license. In conjunction with software products, the
License Key usually must be available on the hardware on which the software product
executed.
SINUMERIK License Keys
Depending on the software product, there are License Keys with different technical
properties. The essential properties of a SINUMERIK License Key are:
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Hardware reference
The hardware serial number included in the SINUMERIK License Key provides a direct
link between the License Key and the hardware on which it can be used. In other words,
a License Key created for the hardware serial number of a specific MCI board is only
valid for this MCI board and will be rejected on other MCI board as invalid.
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Total amount of the assigned licenses
A SINUMERIK License Key not only refers to one single license, instead it is the
"technical representative" of all licenses that are assigned to the hardware at the time of
its generation.
Copying SINUMERIK License Keys
By the fixed reference to certain hardware, a SINUMERIK License Key may, for example, be
copied to various computers (PC/PG) and/or memory media for security or archiving
purposes.
