Our software license is a 40-character key that gives you the right to use . Basically, the license key turns a limited-time trial version into an unlimited full version.
Licenses for engineering software are tied to one computer and licenses for runtime software to one field device, e.g., one controller.
The basic principle is that personalized licenses are checked offline, and anonymous licenses are checked online.
You can tell whether you have a personalized or anonymous license by the item number (2759-yyyy/yyyX-yyyy): If the position marked with X contains a “0,” you have a personalized license. If it contains a “1,” you have an anonymous license.
Yes – the license manager can be used to remove a license. The license key can then be used on a different device.
In such cases, our support team will be glad to provide further assistance. We can either reissue the old license certificate or lock it for security reasons.
Yes – after installation, you can use the free trial version of for 30 days. Only the days you actually use the engineering software count. A license must be purchased when the 30-day trial period expires.
Yes – add-ons usually require licenses and are subject to fees.
While you can only get personalized licenses from WAGO, anonymous licenses are also available from your wholesaler. An anonymous license requires a one-time connection to the Internet for activation.
No, we do not offer individual licenses for .
We have priced our workstation licenses especially attractively instead. Alternatively, you have the option of obtaining a starter kit license together with a starter kit.
We normally provide anonymous licenses to universities, polytechnic colleges and comparable educational institutions free of charge. Please feel free to contact our Sales department.
No: Universities, polytechnic colleges and comparable educational institutions do not receive site licenses and buy-out licenses, but rather free licenses.
In such cases, our support team will be glad to provide further assistance. Please have your license certificate ready.
In such cases, our support team will be glad to provide further assistance. Please have your license certificate ready.
In such cases, our support team will be glad to provide further assistance. Please have your license certificate ready.
One CODESYS license allows you to use the engineering software on one computer without limit, regardless of the number of controllers. However, depending on the project, each controller may need its own license for the runtime software.
If you have not yet used the license, we’ll be happy to take it back. Unfortunately, once a license has been activated, return is no longer possible.
No – even without an Internet connection, all the functions of are available without limit. However, some license types require a one-time Internet connection for activation.
Using the license manager, please always first remove the license before installing a new operating system on the computer or completely replacing the computer. You can simply reactivate the license after the installation or replacement.
If removing the license beforehand is not possible, for instance because your computer is defective, please contact our support team.
Yes, if these are different licenses, e.g., a license for CODESYS and additional licenses for add-ons.
No, we do not offer floating licenses – one license is always tied to one computer.
However, you can transfer a license to a different device. To do so, simply use the license manager to remove the license from the computer in question. The license key can then be used on a different device.
Yes, we can lock licenses centrally and also reserve the right to do so in the event of illegal software use.
Workstation and multi-user licenses are transferable if they are transferred in full. This means that, when transferring the license, you retain no copy, i.e. the license key is no longer active on any of your computers. You can use the license manager to remove a license.
In contrast, buy-out licenses are not transferable. However, it is permissible for the software to be installed in products of the company that contain WAGO automation technology and thus form a functional unit. For example, machine builders who have purchased a buy-out license may install CODESYS on every computer that is permanently installed in the machines that are sold. However, the license key itself may not be transferred in such cases. Site licenses are non-transferable.
No, not without separate contractual arrangements.
Buy-out licenses allow only the respective contractual partner to use the software and the associated license key for an unlimited number of computers at an unlimited number of sites. For subsidiaries such as sales companies to be covered by the license, this must be expressly stated in the order confirmation by naming the subsidiary, through wording like the following: “Besides the contractual partner (as the directly authorized user), the following companies affiliated with it are also authorized to use the software to the same extent: ...”
That depends on the license.
Site licenses and buy-out licenses can be installed on multiple computers. For workstation and multi-user licenses, this is not allowed; for these, only a one-to-one relationship between license keys and computers is allowed.
No – starter kit licenses are supplied only in combination with starter kits. Each customer can order at most one starter kit.
No – at this time, starter kit licenses are not functionally restricted, although the starter kit license always requires an online connection for activation.
However, it is possible that future new functions will not always be provided for the starter kit license and instead reserved for other license types.
Yes, installation of on virtual machines is possible and permitted. Some license types require a one-time Internet connection for activation.
If you install on a virtual machine and run it on multiple computers, each copy needs its own license.
In practice, a virtual machine is sometimes used for archiving in order to access it for maintenance purposes. Such copies do not necessarily need a fee-based license, since a 30-day trial version is often already sufficient. Make sure that the 30 days have not already been used up during the actual commissioning phase. Alternatively, a license can also be installed only for the usage phase and then uninstalled directly.