Installing or updating licenses

At the License step, you install one or more license files in a new JACE controller. You typically select the option to get and install licenses from the licensing server.

Prerequisites:

A minimum of one license file is always needed. Typically, other license files are not needed unless you are using third-party module(s). In this case, you can also install those license files during this same commissioning step, either automatically, or by selecting to install from files.

At least one license file specific to any JACE is stored on the licensing server. Providing you have Internet connectivity, this is the recommended method to install or update a license.

For license files validated against the Tridium certificate, installation can be automated from Workbench. All such purchased licenses (including JACE, Supervisor, or Workstation-only) are stored and available to Workbench through the licensing server.

If your PC currently has Internet connectivity while running a platform connection to any Niagara host, Workbench provides an install option to get and install the licenses for the host from the license server. When selected, Workbench silently searches the license server for a license with a matching Host ID of the target platform. When found, it selects the license(s) and advances to the next wizard step. For more details, refer to the section “About the licensing server” in the Platform Guide.

Perform the following steps:

Select “Install licenses from the license server.”
Workbench silently searches the licensing server, locates the license(s), and the wizard advances to the next step.
NOTE: If the “license server” option shown above does not appear, Workbench has not detected Internet connectivity, and so cannot contact the licensing server. In this case, you can either:
- If you already have a license for this JACE in your “local license database,” select the last option shown to install from your “ Workbench license database.” (This option will be missing if your local license database does not include a license for this JACE.) Workbench locates the license, and the wizard advances to the next step.
- If you have the JACE license file(s), use the procedure, “Installing or updating licenses from files”. If necessary, you can install license(s) later, either from your local license database or from license files.

Installing or updating licenses

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