Siemens Desigo CC – Licensing Overview

Licensing Update Software Release Schedule V4.0 V4.0 onwards releases 2 years every months CC releases or minor 6 months when when Patches needed Complex to manage by regions Too many different workflows Easy to handle Less workflows Siemens Switzerland Ltd 2020 2 24.01.2020 BP BP Based Licensing from Version Based to Subscription Based Licensing of a version check Desigo CC is now using the Subscription Date to check if a new software release can run or not All software components with a release date prior to the current Expiration Date are allowed to run customer operation install the new software and run it LMS data base option lines remain stable value for your subscription with no valid maintenance cannot advantage of new software releases error corrections Project 2019 2020 2021 Licence SUR Expiration date Expiration date Siemens Switzerland Ltd 2020 3 24.01.2020 BP Desigo CC Software Upgrade Program an Extension of Subscription Expiration Date is to run a new Software Release SUR grace period anymore 1 year will extend the Subscription Expiration Date SUR and SUS orders are accepted anytime may be more attractive to purchase SUS to multiple SUR orders orders may be required to come back an active maintenance SUS will set the Subscription Expiration Date to year after the order limits the costs for re entering subscription after several of inactive maintenance dedicated SUR SUS articles based ordering instead Each site has a Site Value which is calculated on the available license options For SUR SUS orders SUR SUS units have to be The quantity has to match the Site Value Siemens Switzerland Ltd 2020 4 24.01.2020 BP BP Ordering of SUR and SUS Reports in LMS Cockpit provide the Site Value and the Subscription Expiration Date single line order is sufficient to extend the Subscription Expiration date for this site 105 CCA 1 SUR UNIT will extend the current Subscription Expiration Date by 1 year i e 07.09.2019 105 CCA 1 SUS UNIT will set the Subscription Expiration Date to 1 year after the order i e 18.12.2020 Siemens Switzerland Ltd 2020 5 24.01.2020 BP up of Installed Base situation We have 2 different license models active in the field Projects started with V2.1 or before old model Projects started with V3.0 or later model to V4.0 Sites with the old model are automatically converted to the new license model Feature Set Feature Set Feature Set Feature Set License Graphic Station Grapic Station Station BA Station DMS data point packages 200 1000 1500 data point Siemens Switzerland Ltd 2020 6 24.01.2020 BP up of Installed Base Siemens Switzerland Ltd 2020 7 24.01.2020 BP Policy for BY20 BY20 with Updates for Desigo CC V4.1 new edition can be found here Desigo CC Family Sales Policy for BY20 Desigo CC Family Vertriebsrichtlinie f GJ20 Siemens Switzerland Ltd 2020 8 24.01.2020 BP Asked Questions Desigo CC V4.1 Asked Questions happens if the Expiration Date expires on an active customer site Does the system to Mode Does the operator get a corresponding message or an event the fact that the Expiration Date expires has no impact on the running system As long the installed software on that site is not changed the system runs fully operational in and the operator will not be bothered with any messages or events Siemens Switzerland Ltd 2020 10 24.01.2020 BP Desigo CC V4.1 Asked Questions interpret the following information from the sales policy that if a license has passed the Date and you make an extension of data points you must also order a SUR SUS otherwise the license will enter Mode is this correct If you have a site that runs in normal Customer Mode then you can add licenses for additional clients and data points at any time Activating this additional licenses will not bring the site to the Mode does also not modify the current Subscription Expiration Date as soon as you install a new Desigo CC Software Release or an Ecosystem Extension with a date that is after the Subscription Expiration Date of your site then the site will go to Courtesy Siemens Switzerland Ltd 2020 11 24.01.2020 BP Desigo CC V4.1 Asked Questions can we calculate the costs for maintenance during offering phase yearly costs are roughly about 10 may be different in your region of initial license costs addition an Off line tool for Site Value calculation is available on the Intranet Site Value Tool Siemens Switzerland Ltd 2020 12 24.01.2020 BP Desigo CC V4.1 Asked Questions I extend my subscription by multiple years with some limitations Currently one separate SAP order with the correct number of SUR units is required for each additional multiple SUR orders are required to get back to an active subscription state then multiple SAP are needed Multiple year extensions with a single SAP order are not accepted by LMS Management System Currently we have a limitation for the extension to the future up to 3 years Siemens Switzerland Ltd 2020 13 24.01.2020 BP Desigo CC V4.1 Asked Questions do SUR SUS orders work in case of off line installations off line activation of a license the initial expiration date is set as well and made available in LMS Cockpit LMU Desigo CC Client License node Site Value is also available in these places LMU provides the workflow SUR Maintenance the offline update of the Subscription Expiration date Siemens Switzerland Ltd 2020 14 24.01.2020 BP Desigo CC V4.1 Asked Questions do I get error corrections for my site you can see on slide 2 above we do no longer provide separate Service Releases Bug corrections included in our periodically released major or minor Desigo CC releases This means that corrections only available for sites with an active subscription and are no longer provided free of charge exception are corrections for very critical bugs as e g cyber security issues Those will be provided patches and are available for all affected sites independent of their subscription status Siemens Switzerland Ltd 2020 15 24.01.2020 BP Desigo CC V4.1 Asked Questions site is currently running Desigo CC V3.0 with activated V3.0 licenses The Subscription Expiration is 12.03.2020 Does that mean that I can install and run Desigo CC V4.1 without a new license An activated V4.0 license is required for the new subscription based licensing described on slide 3 this is not a problem for your site As a result of the active subscription the V4.0 licenses have created automatically by LMS and are available for activation Siemens Switzerland Ltd 2020 16 24.01.2020 BP Desigo CC V4.1 Asked Questions just have extended the Subscriptio