Network connectivity failure
If there is a network failure, the following factors apply to the activation server connection:
- The computer makes three attempts to reconnect to the activation server.
- There is a 60-second interval between attempts.
- There is a two-hour TCP Timeout on the local computer before concurrent activations are checked back in to the activation server.
Grace period
- Loss of network connectivity, user configuration error, hardware failure, insufficient available activations or any other activation failure will not deny the short-term use of critical Rockwell Automation software products. When activation fails, the product will still operate for a seven-day grace period.A message displays for these reasons:
- When the grace period starts
- At four-hour intervals while the software is running under a grace period
- Whenever the software starts under a grace period
- When the grace period expires
- When an activation is found and the grace period is ending
All Rockwell Automation Software products that affect running systems provide a grace period. Products used for design (that would not halt a running system) may or may not provide a grace period.
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