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- Fernhill SCADA
- Help
- Configuration Tool
- Start Page
Introduction
When you start the Configuration Tool for the first time, a Start Page is displayed:
The Start Page provides convenient shortcuts to:
- The Getting Started Guide
- Connect to Fernhill SCADA
- Choose from a recent connection
- Top level help topics.
If, for any reason, the Start Page is not visible you can display it by:
- Click the View menu.
- Select Start Page.
Connecting to Fernhill SCADA
There are two ways to connect the Configuration Tool to Fernhill SCADA:
- Click a link in the Recent Connections list.
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Click Connect to Fernhill SCADA.
This method allows you to enter new connection details.
Add an entry to the Recent Connection List
To add a new entry to the Recent Connection List:
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Click Add new connection....
The Connect to Fernhill SCADA dialog opens:
- In the Connection name field, enter a name for the connection. This is optional.
- In the Computer name or Domain name or IP Address field, enter the details of the computer running Fernhill SCADA.
- Click OK.
If Fernhill SCADA is running on a remote computer, the connection will try to use Integrated Windows authentication.
For this to work, there needs to be a trust relationship between the computer running the Configuration Tool and the computer running Fernhill SCADA.
If there is no trust relationship, the connection will fail.
To work around this:
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Turn off the Integrated Windows authentication option.
The dialog will expand to show Username and Password fields:
- Enter the Username and Password of an account on the computer running Fernhill SCADA.
- Click OK.
Recent Connections
To manage Recent Connections:
- Right-click a connection.
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Choose one of these options:
- Forget Connection: to remove the connection from the list.
- Edit...: to edit the connection.
Further Information
Configuration Tool
To learn about other features of the Configuration Tool.
Introduction
For an overview of the Fernhill SCADA product suite.
Fernhill SCADA Server
For information on the runtime components of the Fernhill SCADA Server.
Glossary
For the meaning of terms used in Fernhill SCADA.