Filebased Operations

Open the License Information panel via the License Information button in the Project Administration panel or the WinCC OAconsole.

The filebased operations tab of the License Information panel allows you to activate, deactivate or update a license filebased. The chapters under Offline License Operations describe how to activate a license filebased - see the first step Step 1 - Create Request (Offline PC) . The same steps apply to all license operations, meaning to deactivation and update.
Figure 1. License Information Panel - File-based Operations
Note: Online/Offline PC of a step (see below) indicates where the operation should be performed.

Step 1 - Create Request (Offline PC)

  • Select the container or create a new container by clicking the + button. Then create a request by clicking the Create request button.
  • Save the request file (.RAC) to, for example, a USB stick and transfer the file to a PC with Internet access. By default, the request file is saved in the directory Windows: C:/Users/<userName>/license and Linux: $HOME/license.
    Note: If you change the default directory, note that the directory must be writable.
    Figure 2. Step 1 - Create a Request (Offline PC)
  • Continue with Step 2 - License Operations.

Step 2 - License Operations

A license can be activated, deactivated, updated and re-hosted offline. The four steps under Step 2 - License Operations describe how to do that. The offline process is divided into steps on an offline computer and steps on an online computer.
Note: You must execute all 4 steps of the Offline License Operations in order to activate, deactivate, update or re-host a license.

By using the request file (.RAC) created in the first step (see Step 1 - Create Request (Offline PC)), you can execute all license processes.

  1. Click the License Operations button.
    Figure 3. License Operations
  2. The License Operations window is opened
  3. Continue with step Activate (Online PC).

Step 3 - Import update and create a receipt (Offline PC)

  • Select the update file (.RAU). By default, the .RAU file is saved in the Windows: C:/Users/<userName>/license and Linux: $HOME/license directory.
  • Import the update file .RAU.
    Figure 4. Import the Update File (.RAU)
  • Select the directory the receipt file should be saved in. By default, the receipt file is saved in the Windows: C:/Users/<userName>/license and Linux: $HOME/license directory.
  • Click the Import Update button and select the same container that you used earlier in Step 1 when creating the request:
    Figure 5. Select Container for the Receipt
  • Transfer the created receipt to a PC with an Internet access and continue with Step 4 - Upload Receipt (Online PC).

Step 4 - Upload Receipt (Online PC)

  1. Transfer the created receipt to the PC.
  2. Select the receipt file (.Receipt) created in Step 3 - Import update and create a receipt (Offline PC) and click the Upload Receipt button.
  3. Select now the ticket ID for which you want to create the receipt, meaning the ticket ID that you used when activating the licenses in Step 2.
    Note: If licenses from multiple tickets have been activated in Step 2, then you must add all tickets (one ticket per line).
    Figure 6. Provide the Ticket ID
  4. Click on OK to upload the receipt.
  5. The license operation is finished.