
Network license (currently for CODESYS Professional Developer Edition products): The licenses can be stored on a server in the local network and used there by all connected users. By connecting the CODESYS Key to another device the license can be transferred to other devices. Alternatively, the license can be stored on a CODESYS Key (USB dongle) which is connected to the device. Each user of the device can work with the same license, but the license cannot be transferred to another device. For this license mode, the runtime system CODESYS Control V3.5 SP4 or higher or a SoftPLC from the CODESYS Store has to be installed on the device. The license is stored directly on the target device. Single device license (for products bearing the suffix „SL“ for Single License). The latter can store up to 4,000 licenses and allows for using workstation licenses on different workplaces. Licensing is performed either through the CODESYS Soft Container (a software license container bound to the workstation PC) or through the CODESYS Key (a USB dongle providing additional functions for security purposes). Workstation license (soft- and hardware-based):.
For each product, there is a defined license mode per workstation or per target device: They extend the functionality of the CODESYS Development System and the CODESYS Control SoftPLC systems.
The CODESYS Store offers numerous add-on products for CODESYS.