Debian is a Linux distribution that only contains free software.
Debian is used as the base of other Linux distributions, for example Ubuntu and Raspberry Pi OS.
This page shows you how to install Fernhill SCADA Runtime on Debian Linux.
The latest setup packages can be downloaded from https://www.fernhillsoftware.com/download.php.
These instructions show you how to:
To Install Fernhill SCADA on Debian Linux:
Do one of the following:
wget https://www.fernhillsoftware.com/Download/fernhill-scada_3.75_amd64.deb
Note: If you are installing on a computer with the i386 architecture change amd64 to i386 in the above instructions.
Use the following substitute user command to change to the root user:
su root
Note: You will be prompted to enter the root user password.
Use the following Advanced Package Tool command to install Fernhill SCADA:
apt install ./fernhill-scada_3.75_amd64.deb
Note: If you are installing on a computer with the i386 architecture change amd64 to i386 in the above command.
If you want to run the Fernhill SCADA Server on the Linux computer, follow these steps:
Use this systemd system and service manager command to start the Fernhill SCADA service:
systemctl start fernhill-scada
Use this systemd system and service manager command to show the status of the Fernhill SCADA service:
systemctl status fernhill-scada
The output of the above command should look similar to:
● fernhill-scada.service - Fernhill SCADA Server for Unix
Loaded: loaded (/lib/systemd/system/fernhill-scada.service; enabled; vendor preset: ...
Active: active (running) since Tue 2018-08-28 14:48:15 BST; 2min 43s ago
Process: 363 ExecStart=/usr/bin/fernhill-scada --pidfile /var/run/fernhill-scada.pid ...
Main PID: 404 (fernhill-scada)
Tasks: 10 (limit: 4915)
CGroup: /system.slice/fernhill-scada.service
└─404 /usr/bin/fernhill-scada --pidfile /var/run/fernhill-scada.pid --daemonUse this systemd system and service manager command to enable the Fernhill SCADA service to start on system start:
systemctl enable fernhill-scada
This is an optional step to register the ODBC Driver with UnixODBC. If you do not plan to use ODBC you can skip this step.
UnixODBC is an ODBC Driver Manager available on Debian.
If you want to access Fernhill SCADA data from a Linux computer using the UnixODBC Driver Manager follow these steps:
Use this Package Manager command to check if UnixODBC is installed:
dpkg -s unixodbc
If UnixODBC is installed, go to step 3.
Use this Advanced Package Tool command to install UnixODBC:
apt install unixodbc
Use this command to register the Fernhill SCADA ODBC driver with UnixODBC:
odbcinst -i -d -f /usr/share/fernhill-scada/unixodbc-fhscada
Use this command to view the contents of /etc/odbcinst.ini:
cat /etc/odbcinst.ini
After successful registration you should see an entry in the file similar to the following
[Fernhill SCADA] Description=Fernhill SCADA ODBC Driver Driver=/usr/lib/fernhill-scada/libFHOdbc.so Setup=/usr/lib/fernhill-scada/libFHOdbc.so ...
See Setting up an ODBC User DSN for UnixODBC on Linux for help on setting up a DSN.
The Configuration Tool provides a suite of tools to configure Fernhill SCADA. To connect the configuration tool to Fernhill SCADA running on Debian Linux:
For information on how to assign Fernhill SCADA User Rights to Debian Linux users see Fernhill SCADA User Rights on Linux.
To learn about the tool to configure Fernhill SCADA.
Setting up an ODBC User DSN for UnixODBC on Linux
To learn about setting up an ODBC Data Source Name (DSN) for UnixODBC on Linux.
To learn how to assign users rights for Fernhill SCADA running on Linux.
To learn about the different setup packages.
For the meaning of terms used in Fernhill SCADA.