Licensing Entitlements

An entitlement is a permission granted by the purchased software license. There are different types of entitlements granted by a GENESIS license:

Tier—Defines the default features, possible add-ons, and possible redundancy.
Tag count—The number of tags or points that can be in use or configured.
Servers—The number and type of servers that can share the license.
Clients—The number and type of client applications that can be connected.
Features—The features that can be used.

The following table describes each entitlement type.

Entitlement Type	Description
Tier	A tier defines the default features, possible add-ons, and possible redundancy that comprise a license. All the licenses in a network must be of the same tier. These are the tier levels: Plus, Professional, Prime—License tiers with unlimited GENESIS and MELCO tag counts Pure—License tier with a tag count Demo—License tier for unlicensed systems Unknown—The license tier is not determined
Tag count	The number of tags or points that can be in use or configured. Tags are points of data used in a screen or another area of the software. They are also referred to as data points. Only the following types of tags are counted for licensing purposes: GENESIS tags—Tags that are used by most GENESIS components. Mitsubishi Electric FA tags (MELCO tags)—The tags that connect to MELCO devices. Data Access Level Count—Enables exporting Data Historian data to a third party. The Data Access Level Count limits the number of associated Data Historian tags that can be exported to a third party. For licensing purposes, GENESIS tags count real-time tags coming from an external source such as Modbus, databases, or OPC UA. All features and areas of GENESIS that use these tags contribute to the GENESIS tag count, except for Data Historian and MELCO tags. MELCO tags are a subset of real-time tags that are used to connect to MELCO devices. If the MELCO tag limit is reached, additional connections consume GENESIS tags.
Servers	The number and type of servers that can share the license. Instance count is the number of nodes that can run on a server. A node is a computer or a virtual machine. For licensing entitlement purposes, a server is a computer that runs the FrameWorX service and provides data to the local computer or remote client computers. Servers must be of the same tier to communicate with each other.
Clients	The number and type of client applications that can be connected. For licensing entitlement purposes, a client is a computer that connects to a GENESIS server for data or visualization. Client entitlements are limited by hardware performance rather than the license.
Features	The features that can be used. Feature entitlements enable or change specific GENESIS features. When you purchase a license for a product, you are given the proper feature entitlements to use that product. Entitlements are turned on or off, which is indicated by the Available and In Use columns in the License Monitor. When Available is selected (turned on), it enables any client or server that uses the license to use the entitlement. When In Use is selected (turned on), it means that at least one client or server is using the entitlement.