
Network support should be enabled using TCP/IP or NetBios.Ħ: Test Communication Between the SCADA and Client nodes:.On the SCADA Node enable SCADA support in the SCU.Alarm Network Service needs to be enabled.Ĥ: You will NOT need the name of the Process Database that resides on the SCADA node in your SCU.SCADA support should NOT be enabled on a Client Node.When creating links on Client Screen you should see the name of the SCADA Node and all tags in the Process Database residing on this SCADA Node.If you want to be able to see the Process Database and the Pictures residing on the SCADA Node you can map the PIC path to the SCADA or store local copies of the picture on the VIEW node, but you should NOT map the PDB path.Dynamic Connections option should be unchecked.TCP/IP or NetBios needs to be selected.On the Client Node you need to have the SCADA Node listed in the Remote Node list in the SCU in Configure|Networks|Remote Nodes.Fix, Fix32) for the Client Node Name and SCADA Node Name. Use DHCP and a DNS server to resolve node names to IP addresses.ģ: Avoid using reserved names (i.e.Using static IP addresses is strongly recommended, but not mandatory.This will not work if you can't ping machines. You should be able to ping each way (from SCADA Node to Client Node and vise-versa) by Node Name/Machine Name/IP address.If machine name is different from SCADA Node/Client Node names you have to have duplicate entries in Hosts file using both the machine names and Node names on separate lines.If using static IP addresses each machine should have the static IP address with the machine name.The Host file is located in the %SystemRoot%\System32\drivers\etc\hosts directory
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In iFIX demo mode networking is disabled.Ģ: Configure the Windows Hosts file for both the SCADA Node and the Client Node if using static IP addresses. Common tasks that may need to be configured:ġ: Both the iFIX Client and SCADA node need to be correctly licensed and not running in DEMO mode.
