Technically, it is possible to use almost any Windows IPC to run the HMI. Without the infrastructure provided by the Nexeed target system image, some important features like e.g. deployment won't work though. Apart from that, BCI will not provide any support for such use-cases.
A separate license for an additional HMI is not required. The Control plus license is managed by the License server on the PLC hardware. The HMI will contact that license server in order to check the license.
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