Activation renewals

Rockwell Activation Notifier provides notification when users attempt to renew activations. Renew activations when:

The expiration date of an activation is extended to a later date.
A later version of the feature is available for activation.

Use the Advanced tab in FactoryTalk Activation Manager to configure automatic renewals. By default, automatic renewals is enabled.

Configure activations to renew automatically or renew activations manually using the Rockwell Activation Notifier icon, or FactoryTalk Activation Manager.

Automatic renewal - If automatic renewal is enabled, a computer with a time-limited activation and an Internet connection will periodically check for available updates. Renewals are downloaded to the computer and a notice displays information about the renewed activations. Once you access the Find Available Activations page within FactoryTalk Activation Manager, a notification dialog box displays automatic renewal information. Click OK to acknowledge the renewal. FactoryTalk Activation Manager checks for renewed activations every 24 hours by default.
In Microsoft® Windows 10, access the Action Center to view all automatic renewals.
Manual renewal - Click Check For Renewals Now on the Rockwell Activation notification icon to cause the client computer to check the activation server for renewable activations. If any are found, choose which activations to renew on the local client computer. Click Renew to renew the activation and to view the renewal information. Alternatively, open FactoryTalk Activation Manager on the client computer, access the Renew Activations page, and choose the activations to renew.

Once an activation has been renewed, check on the Find Available Activations page. Look in the Available Activations table to see updated expiration dates.

Activation renewals

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