Vijeo-Designer can be used in two modes:
started from outside EcoStruxure Machine Expert for example via menu,
started from EcoStruxure Machine Expert.
Vijeo-Designer can be used in both modes in parallel.
Depending on how the Vijeo-Designer is started, registration/licensing is handled in a different way.
When started from outside EcoStruxure Machine Expert, you need a dedicated Vijeo-Designer license.
Started from EcoStruxure Machine Expert licensing of Vijeo-Designer is covered by EcoStruxure Machine Expert licensing as described in the previous sections.
If you want to run EcoStruxure Machine Expert on several PCs, you have to order a license for several seats.
For example, with an order for 10 seats, you can activate a license for EcoStruxure Machine Expert on 10 different PCs.
Current offers:
Single (1 seat)
Team (10 seats)
Entity (100 seats)
Upgrading a license increases the number of seats. For example, from team (10 seats) to entity (100 seats).
There are two kinds of updates for EcoStruxure Machine Expert:
Minor update (for example from 4.0 to 4.1)
No need to activate a new license.
Major update (for example from 3.1 to 4.0)
It is required to activate a new license.
There is no difference in licensing whether you run EcoStruxure Machine Expert on a physical PC or on a virtual machine.
When you switch between different snapshots on a virtual machine, the activated license for EcoStruxure Machine Expert can become untrusted. In this case, you have to reactivate the license.