Before you can download your DeltaV software configuration, you must connect the System Identifier to the ProfessionalPLUS workstation, load your licenses on the ProfessionalPLUS workstation from a license disk, and assign licenses to the workstations and controllers in your DeltaV network. Before loading and assigning your licenses, take a few minutes to read the next sections about DeltaV software licenses.
Major system software versions require a license. A major version is one in which the integer portion of the version number changes from the previous version. A Major Version License is required when you upgrade from one major version to another and for first-time installations.
Controller software for continuous control is licensed through four I/O-based, system-wide licenses. For batch control, a fifth system-wide license is added; it is the Advanced Unit Management license. The system-wide licenses are assigned to the ProfessionalPLUS workstation and determine both the functionality available in every controller in the system and the potential size of the system. System size is expressed in Device Signal Tags (DSTs).
When purchasing controller licenses, it is necessary to understand the difference between the four I/O-based licenses, which are:
For the controllers in your system, select specific DST sizes of the four I/O-based licenses by counting the number of discrete inputs, discrete outputs, analog inputs, and analog outputs required for your process.
Purchase each license with a DST size equal to or greater than the total number of input or output signals it represents. For example, purchase a 100-DST Discrete Monitor Input license to bring up to 100 discrete inputs into the controller(s). Or purchase a 100-DST Analog Control Output license to get up to 100 analog outputs from the controller(s). The licenses allow input and output signals through conventional I/O, bus I/O, or Serial I/O. DeltaV Books Online provides a more detailed definition of the system-wide controller licenses.
For batch systems, the number of licenses required is based on the number of class-based unit modules under process cells. Advanced Unit Management licenses are sized based on the number of class-based unit modules configured in the system.
You also specify the total number of DSTs (the sum of all DSTs associated with the four I/O-based licenses) when selecting a ProfessionalPLUS license.
Each pair of redundant controllers requires a separate redundant controller license.
When you install DeltaV Software on a PC or server, the installation wizard enables you to define the PC or server as one of three node types: ProfessionalPLUS, Operator, or Application. After the software installation is complete, you determine the functionality and size of the workstation with software licenses. Key licenses are bundled in software suites. Each suite enables the use of specific functions and applications as defined in the product data sheets. The following table defines which software suites can be assigned to each of the three node types:
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Base license suite, Maintenance license suite, Professional license suite, View-only license suite, and Operator license suite |
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After you install a license suite, you can install Add-on and Scale-up licenses. Add-on licenses add new licensed features and functionality to the initial license and Scale-up licenses increase the capacity of an existing license feature.
Seat licenses bundle existing licenses for continuous and batch engineering functions. Some variations of the seat licenses support floating license capability and temporary license capability. Floating licenses enable users to have full use of engineering tools on workstations that have license suites that do not include those tools.
To expand the DST capacity of a workstation that has the DeltaV Experience license assigned, you must first assign a ProfessionalPLUS license suite. Assigning a ProfessionalPLUS license suite uninstalls the DeltaV Experience license and enables you to assign I/O-based and Scale-up licenses.