Transmitter Software Licence

Last updated 6 November 2026 · Alcings Limited

Draft for legal review. This text describes how NRG-Drill works today but has not yet been approved by our lawyers, and bracketed items are still to be completed.

This licence applies to the NRG-Drill Transmitter (“Software”), the Windows application installed at rigsites to send data to NRG-Drill. It is provided by [Company legal name] and forms part of the Terms of Service.

1. Licence

1.1 While your organisation has an NRG-Drill licence, you may install and run the Software on computers at sites your organisation operates or serves, solely to send data to your organisation’s NRG-Drill account.

1.2 The Software is licensed, not sold. You may not copy it except for installation and backup, modify it, decompile or reverse engineer it (except where the law allows it), or distribute it to anyone outside your organisation.

2. What the Software does

2.1 Reads. Depending on the sources you configure, the Software reads:

  • new rows from the rig’s Ancer database (time-based readings and annotations);
  • WITS Level 0 data received over TCP or a serial port;
  • the results of a SQL query, view or stored procedure that you specify.

It reads only; it does not change data in the rig’s systems.

2.2 Stores locally. It keeps its settings, its read position and a buffer of readings not yet sent in the Windows user’s local application data folder on that computer.

2.3 Sends. It sends the readings, compressed, over HTTPS to NRG-Drill, authenticated with the facility’s key. It does not open inbound network ports.

2.4 Authenticates. It uses your facility key, which you should treat as a secret. Revoking the key in NRG-Drill stops it sending.

3. Your responsibilities

You are responsible for having permission to read the data sources you configure, for the computer the Software runs on, and for keeping facility keys confidential.

4. Updates

We may provide updates. Older versions may stop being able to send data if a change is needed for security or compatibility; we will give reasonable notice where possible.

5. Termination

This licence ends when your organisation’s NRG-Drill licence ends, or if you breach it. You must then uninstall the Software. Readings still in the local buffer will no longer be accepted.

6. Warranty and liability

The Software is covered by the warranty and liability terms of the Terms of Service, including section 6 on safety-critical use: the Software is not a well-control or safety system.