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Keeping Tabs on Service Technicians
Time or volume-limited licenses are also relevant for installation, maintenance, and repair services.
Technicians often require extensive access rights to be able to do their work. Security demands that these
rights are limited only to the period of their active work at the client site. The license expires immediately
after the service has been provided and is thus useless for anybody vying for unauthorized access.
Volume-Limited Licenses
The system allows the number of accesses to a function or software application to be limited. This
limitation option creates interesting new business opportunities for mechanical engineers, as it allows
product designs to be restricted to a defined production run or batch size. The machine itself becomes a
first line of defense against illicit products like expensive designer fashions being produced in clandestine
‘third shifts’ and placed into the black market trade.
Retrofitting Control Systems
Not every control system is equipped with CodeMeter functionality, but retrofitting existing machinery
poses no technical problems. Wibu-Systems’ dongles are industry-ready and available for many different
interfaces. This includes CmSticks as USB dongles or CmCards in SD Card, microSD Card, or CompactFlash
Card format. The robust sticks and cards function reliably in a broad range of temperatures and are
protected against condensation by conformal coating. Licenses for CmDongles or CmActLicense files
containing activations for the target control system can be transferred both online and offline, making
the system an appealing option for machinery lacking network access.
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