The application licence is the mandatory part of EcoStructure Automation Expert runtime licensing. It is a mandatory runtime licence required to deploy and execute an Automation Expert application. It is designed for Edge Box Core Harmony HMIBSC and ARM Cortex (max 1GHz) or equivalent CPU for third party iPC. The high performance, IEC 61499 compliant runtime provides step change improvements to automation scalability, flexibility, agility and engineering efficiency. This runtime licence is perpetual. EcoStruxure Automation Expert is a new category of software defined automation, enabling next generation integrated architectures and Industry 4.0 solutions.