ACTIVATE Rockwell Software Products All Rockwell Automation software products use an electronic process, called FactoryTalk® Activation to activate software. FactoryTalk Activation generates activation files and distributes them over the internet to activate the software. Check the Activation Certificate document enclosed with your Rockwell Automation software to find the type of FactoryTalk Activation to use.
What do I need to activate my Rockwell Automation software products? Have these items before you begin: Activation Certificate, which is enclosed in a red envelope with the Rockwell Automation software product and contains the following information: - Serial Number - Product Key - License Type FactoryTalk Activation Manager software, which is available - On your Rockwell Automation software product CD, or - On the FactoryTalk Services CD, or - On the http://licensing.software.rockwell.
What is a host ID? A host ID is an identification (ID) code that uniquely identifies a hardware device. FactoryTalk Activation uses the host ID to "lock" each activation file to a specific hardware device such as a stand-alone computer, a computer hosting the activations or a dongle. For a computer, the host ID uses the hard disk drive or Ethernet card to identify the computer.
Get new activations for a computer with internet access Follow these instructions to get new activations for a Rockwell Automation software product or group of software products installed on a computer with internet access. 1. Install and launch FactoryTalk Activation Manager. 2. On the Home screen, click Get New Activations. 3. Select I have Internet access from this computer, and then click Choose Destination. 4. From the Choose Destination page, select Download activations to this computer. 5.
7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. From the Enter Activation Information page, type the serial number and product key for the Rockwell Automation software product you want to activate. Select the host ID of the plug-and-play dongle. Click Add and repeat steps 6 and 7 for each software product to be activated. Click Validate Activation, and wait until the FactoryTalk Activation web site validates the activations.
. 7. 8. Identify the location and name of the file in which to store host IDs: • If you have an existing host ID data file, click the browse button and navigate to the location of the host ID data file. Type the existing data file name. • If you want to create a new host ID data file, click the browse button and navigate to the new location you want to save the data file to, or leave the default. Type in a new data file name or leave the default. • Note: Change the default file name (FTAManagerData.
11. Click Validate Activation. 12. From the Validate Activation page, type the number of activations to be downloaded in the # to Download column. For node-locked activations, you cannot edit the number. 13. Click Download Activation. 14. Factory Talk Manager downloads the activation file(s) to the removable storage device in the \Activations\[computername] folder, where [computername] is the name of the computer associated with the host ID you selected in step 8. 15.
FactoryTalk Activation is a trademark of Rockwell Automation, Inc. All trademarks and registered trademarks are property of their respective companies Publication FTA-QS002C-EN-P June 2011 PN-C43048 Copyright © 2011 Rockwell Automation Technologies, Inc. All Rights Reserved. v 3.40.0 (CPR 9 Service Release 4) Printed in USA. Modified 5/23/11 19:40 a.m.
