Global capacity licensing

In Niagara 4, a new licensing model is more widely-used for some platforms, among them the newest JACE controller (JACE-8000): Global capacity licensing. Specific resources in the station are tracked using global counters, providing more flexibility in how resources are allocated.

Using a license feature named “globalCapacity”, the station keeps a global count of all networks, devices, proxy points, links, histories and schedules. When one of these resources goes over a licensed limit, the resource either goes into fatal fault or becomes inactive.

The content of any particular global capacity license depends on the feature purchased for the controller.