B&r Automation Studio License -

A yearly subscription for one active user. It can be stored on a physical USB Technology Guard (dongle) , allowing it to be shared between workstations (one at a time), or in a software container permanently bound to a single PC.

Modern B&R licensing favors software containers bound to the specific hardware ID of the PC. This eliminates the risk of losing a physical dongle but makes the license less portable between machines. b&r automation studio license

Required for external communication between Windows apps and the PLC. A yearly subscription for one active user