Studio5000 early Expiration problem

[jaden]

My Studio 5000 would not start RS5000, saying my 7 day grace period had expired. I checked and found the software expiration was 6 months from now.
RS500 in the same package works fine. Anyone have similar experiences?

[Jeev]

Use FactoryTalk Activation Manager to see what's going on with the licence. It may have already expired sending you back to the Demo on Studio.

**EDIT: If so, I'm sure your local Rockwell distributor/supplier can get you a temporary licence to get you out of trouble.

[jaden]

The Activation Manager is what says I have 6 months left.

[ASF]

Does the Studio 5000 serial number in Help>About match the serial number in the activation manager?

[AustralIan]

I have never come across this. Studio 5000 is so easy to program i am usually done before a week is out, and never have to revisit the code.

That said, find out what bit of hardware the licence is tied to. It is probably missing or turned off, eg wireless adapter MAC address.

Either rehost it, or fix the device.

I hope this is at least half helpful

[Helliana]

Mine does this fairly often when i have multiple different versions of RSLogix5000 and Studio5000 open. It also does not release the license after all my Logix windows are closed. A reboot fixes it.

[AGill]

Originally Posted by AustralIan

Studio 5000 is so easy to program i am usually done before a week is out, and never have to revisit the code.

Sneaky snark right there.

[Mispeld]

I have found the "Refresh Server" button on the Advanced tab of FactoryTalk Activation Manager helpful for fixing license inconsistencies, though I have not experienced exactly what was described in post #1.

[jaden]

I have discovered that last year's activation is still present on the computer, and it's serial # is the one shown, not the one from the latest activation.
Strange thing is, it worked for 6 months after new activation.
Now, I can't delete the old activation.

[ASF]

Aha. Maybe Logix is trying to take the old activation. Whether that's because the new activation is being "held onto" by some other instance of the software that didn't shut down properly (or something), or because Logix just has it's knickers in a twist and is playing dumb, I guess we don't know.

I do remember that when I put my new activation on last year, it took me a while to work out how to get rid of the old one. It wasn't causing me any problems, I just have OCD

Unfortunately, that was nearly a year ago, and I've forgotten. Which reminds me, I need to follow up this year's renewal...

If rehosting is not an option, perhaps try browsing to the folder where the .lic files reside, and deleting the old one (obviously, double check which one is which first!). Then refresh your server, refresh your activations, restart Activation Manager, restart your PC, stand on one foot, spin around counterclockwise twice and pray to the gods of Rockwell Activations, and see if that helps your situation at all.

[jstolaruk]

If it helps, I've got several old activations (Toolbox annual subscriptions) and it hasn't had any effect on the operation of any RA software that I've witnessed. I haven't been able to delete the old activations either but I didn't pursue it beyond the "normal"steps.