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capacity activation

A type of concurrent activation in which the number of activations is based on some defined capacity of the product, such as tag count, number of users, or number of computers.

concurrent activation

A type of activation that allows multiple computers across a network to use Rockwell Software products at the same time. Concurrent activations include floating activations and borrowed activations.

dongle

A dongle is a security or copy protection device for commercial computer programs. When required by a program, a dongle must be connected to an input/output port, such as USB or parallel port of the computer, to allow the program to run. Programs that use a dongle query the port at start-up and at programmed intervals thereafter, and terminate if the dongle does not respond with the expected validation code.

floating activation

A type of concurrent activation that requires a continuous network connection and allows multiple computers to use Rockwell Software products concurrently. An activation server manages a predetermined number of activations in a pool, and makes these activations available to any configured computer on the network.

When a computer connects to the network and runs a Rockwell Software product, it automatically "checks out" an activation from the pool of available concurrent activations. When the product shuts down, the activation is automatically freed and returns to the activation server's available pool. Checking out activations from the pool and returning them to the server happens automatically, without any user intervention.