License Sidebar Overview

The license sidebar, which you can access from GraphWorX and Workbench, makes it easy to monitor your license usage and status while working in GENESIS.

To open or close the license sidebar:

In either GraphWorX or Workbench, click the License button on the right side of the status bar.

If there are license violations, a badge with the number of license categories that have been violated appears on the button ()[[NoBorder]].

The license sidebar has three sections.

  • Info —Lists the server name and license tier.

  • Counts —Lists the number of tags that are in use in the following tag groups.

    • GENESIS Tags

    • Mitsubishi Electric Tags

    • Data Historian Access

    • WebHMI Servers

  • Options —Consists of 7 sections that correspond to the license (or feature) categories. The color of a category indicates its status (see the table below).

    The following image is an example of a license sidebar that has some license violations.

In GENESIS, license violation severity changes depend on the time or on the number of violated tags. When any portion of a GENESIS license has reached the Critical Error stage due to repeated license violations, the title bar changes to red and displays "License Exceeded."

The following table describes each status. For more information about a license status, open the License Monitor.

License Status

Status Color

Description

Not enabled

No border or background

The feature is not being used.

Licensed and in use

Green border and background

The license is being actively used.

Warning

Yellow border and background

When a license has been violated, a warning is immediately displayed.*
If you immediately stop using the feature, the warning goes away.

Error

Red border and background

If you continue using the feature for more than 2 days, the status changes to an error.*
If you immediately stop using the feature, the error becomes a warning after 1.5 days, and the warning returns to normal after another day.

Severe error

Bright red background and white text

If you continue using the feature for more than 5 days, the status changes to a severe error.*
If you immediately stop using the feature, the severe error becomes an error.
The error becomes a warning after 1.5 days, and the warning returns to normal after another day.

* A message box also appears at the top of the license sidebar with more details about the warning or error status. Example:

Additional Node Violations

The following list describes the node violations.

  • When a node isn't connected to the base node, a warning is immediately displayed.

    • The warning will change to an error after 4 days (it's slower with a lost connection).

    • The error will change to a severe error after 10 days (it's slower with a lost connection).

    • The error will return to normal once the node is connected to the base node.

  • When two or more nodes that are connected to the base node have the same product registration number (P Number), a warning is immediately displayed.

    • The warning will change to an error after 2 days .

    • The error will change to a severe error after 5 days .

    • When the duplicated node is disconnected from the base node, the error will return to normal after approximately 2 hours.