CX Supervisor License compatibility
Written by Arlo D'Cruz
Updated at November 30th, 2023
CX-Supervisor Runtime copy protection uses either hardware USB Dongle or software Activation licence.
Product |
V4.3 USB Dongle (ME or PLUS) / Activation licence |
V4.2 USB Dongle (ME or PLUS) / Activation licence |
V4.1 USB Dongle (ME or PLUS) / Activation licence |
V4.0 USB Dongle (ME or PLUS) |
V3 USB Dongle (ME or PLUS) |
V 2 USB Dongle (ME or PLUS) |
V 1.3 USB Dongle |
Hardlock Parallel port dongle |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CX-Supervisor V4.3 | Yes | Yes*1 | Yes*1 | Yes*1 | Yes*1 | Yes*1 | No*3 | No*3 |
| CX-Supervisor V4.2 | Yes*2 | Yes | Yes*1 | Yes*1 | Yes*1 | Yes*1 | No*3 | No*3 |
| CX-Supervisor V4.1 | Yes*2 | Yes*2 | Yes | Yes*1 | Yes*1 | Yes*1 | No*3 | No*3 |
| CX-Supervisor V4.0 | Yes*2 | Yes*2 | Yes*2 | Yes | Yes*1 | Yes*1 | No*3 | No*3 |
| CX-Supervisor V3.x | Yes*2 | Yes*2 | Yes*2 | Yes*2 | Yes | Yes*1 | No*3 | No*3 |
| CX-Supervisor V2.x | Yes*2 | Yes*2 | Yes*2 | Yes*2 | Yes*2 | Yes | No*3 | No*3 |
| CX-Supervisor V1.3 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | Yes | Yes |
|
CX-Supervisor V1.2, CX-Supervisor V1.1, CX-Supervisor V1.0 |
N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | Yes |
| SYSMAC-SCS | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | Yes |
*1 Dongles and Activation licences from older versions (V4.2, V4.1, V4.0, V3 or V2) can be used with latest CX-Supervisor runtime but only to run respective project versions (e.g. V4.1, V4.0, V3 or V2)
*2 Old Runtime software (V4.2, V4.1, 4.0, V3 or V2) can still be used with newest dongles
*3 CX-Supervisor version 2.0 and later do not operate with USB Dongles from version 1.3 or old parallel port dongles from older versions. You need to purchase a new runtime complete with a Machine Edition or PLUS Edition USB Dongle.