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1. Item Description Transport Lets you select Transmission Control Protocol TCP or Secure Socket Layer SSL as a method for communication between clients and iFIX WebSpace Servers When selecting the SSL transport an SSL Certificate file must be specified Port Lets you change the port on which this FIX WebSpace Server is listening 47 Viewing Pictures From a Web Browser Item Description Encryption Lets you specify the type of encryption of the data that is transmitted between the client and the server Encryption includes The client s user name and password which are supplied during logon Any application data submitted by the client or returned by the server FIX WebSpace uses 56 bit DES encryption After you have enabled encryption all succeeding FIX WebSpace sessions will be encrypted Sessions that are active when the feature is enabled will not be encrypted A user must log off then onto the FIX WebSpace Server for his or her session to be encrypted SSL Certificate Lets you specify the full path of the SSL Certificate that is required to use SSL transport You can obtain a certificate from a trusted Certificate Authority CA such as Verisign or Thawte or you can create your own certificate authority and then sign your server certificates from this authority When the SSL transport is selected all connections to that iFIX WebSpace Server use the SSL transport a
2. Allow access to the following client resources V Clipboard Iw Sound iV Drives Hide gt Assign consecutive letters starting at M Increment by 12 4 letters Printers V Universal Printer Driver _ Windows Printer Drivers B Automatically install drivers _ Automatically update clients _ Serial and parallel ports Cancel Port Access Server based applications can access modems handhelds and other devices that are connected to the serial and parallel ports of the client computer This feature uses the client file protocol to transfer data between the client device and the FIX WebSpace Server Client port access is enabled when the Serial and Parallel Ports option in the Host Options dialog is enabled Serial and parallel port access is disabled by default IMPORTANT Be aware that Client Serial and Parallel Ports requires the loading of iFIX WebSpace libraries into session processes This can affect the startup of a process make some processes incompatible with iFIX WebSpace or have fatal consequences during suspend resume operations Use caution when enabling this setting A message box appears and asks for confirmation when Serial and Parallel Ports is checked gt To enable client port access 1 Inthe FIX WebSpace Administration select the desired server from the list of All Servers 2 On the Tools menu click Host Options The Host Options d
3. On the Tools menu click Host Options The Host Options dialog box appears Click the Session Startup tab In the Minimum Available Virtual Memory field enter the minimum percentage number necessary for sessions to be allowed on this server Click OK 55 Viewing Pictures From a Web Browser Session Shutdown For information on shutting down the FIX WebSpace session refer to the following sections e Specifying the Session Limit e Specifying the Idle Limit e Specifying the Warning Period e Specifying the Grace Period Specifying the Session Limit The session limit is the number of minutes that sessions are allowed to run on an FIX WebSpace Server b To specify the session limit 1 From the FIX WebSpace Administration in the server tree select the desired server from the list On the Tools menu click Host Options The Host Options dialog box appears Click the Session Shutdown tab Select the Session check box A 299 2E In the field next to the check box enter the number of minutes that a session is allowed to run on a server before its user is logged off 6 Click OK The minimum number of session time is 1 minute and the maximum is 44640 minutes 31 days This feature is disabled by default Specifying the Idle Limit Idle time refers to the number of minutes since the last mouse or keyboard input event was received in a session The idle limit is the number of minutes of idle time that an FIX We
4. e Ifyou want to allow printing in the web sessions from client printers refer to the Client Printing section for information on how to configure To add a printer to the FIX WebSpace Server 1 On the Start menu point to Settings and then click Printers and Faxes Double click the Add Printer icon Select local printer then click Next Bue e Click Create a new port and select Local Port or Standard TCP IP Port as the type Click Next 5 Inthe Port Name dialog type the UNC path to the printer or the printer s IP address For 51 Viewing Pictures From a Web Browser example PRINTSERVER LASERPRINTER 6 Select the printer manufacturer on the left and the printer model on the right or click Have Disk 7 Follow the directions provided by the Add Printer Wizard to install the proper printer driver Session Startup For information on starting up FIX WebSpace sessions refer to the following sections e Applying Group Policy e Displaying Progress Messages e Logon Scripts e Setting Resource Limits Applying Group Policy The Microsoft Group Policy is supported Using Group Policy and its extensions administrators can manage registry based policy assign seripts redirect folders and specify security options For more information regarding this feature go to http www microsoft com windowsserver2003 techinfo overview gpintro mspx To apply Group Policy on an FIX WebSpace Server
5. M 5 File Allocation Table 120 File Permissions rsi epeei eese 51 File Usage Restrictions eseeee 79 Deal ege Senses 60 French OS e a eh esI 4 G Gateway ase ORs es 120 German OS essit Hen iue 4 Glossary i sese ets BA ital 119 pr ce period neon eee 57 GP resinas 120 Group Policy nn ener 52 127 Viewing Pictures From a Web Browser H Hidden Drives 78 Hide server drIVES scssi isisi oriai iseensest 63 TLOSb EE 121 Host Options dialog bon 41 Host Poltica secet 60 HT Pital 121 l 1dle limit eege 56 FIX WebSpace ActiveX Control 100 FIX WebSpace Administration 37 FIX WebSpace Application Publishing DELVICE EE 50 66 121 FIX WebSpace Components 7 FIX WebSpace Plus Am 100 iFIX WebSpace Server 121 input locales eene meme 30 Internet Explorer 89 J Japanese O sco seas eee 4 JavaScript i ssec emer phe 121 K Keyboard Layout IME esses 30 Keyboard Shortcuts ssssssss 116 L EE 121 lang ag es erre nete ees 4 I d n 73 128 locales i Pete 30 log lennon RC B 71 73 log file location nece 72 Logon SCEpts o nien eR tees 53 M mapped drives sus uei eerie 29 Menu B rz ECTS 122 Microsoft s Group Policy 52 minimum available physical memory 54 minimum
6. T TCP IP A combined set of protocols that performs the transfer of data between two computers TCP monitors and ensures correct transfer of data IP receives the data from TCP breaks it up into packets and ships it off to a network within the Internet Title bar The horizontal bar that contains the title of the window The title bar is located at the top of the window U URL The name that uniquely identifies a page of a hypertext document accessible via the World Wide Web For example http www ge ip com support User Profile A user profile includes all the per user settings of the user s desktop environment such as screen colors screen savers printer connections window size and position desktop arrangement and so on 123 Viewing Pictures From a Web Browser W WAN A set of computers located in geographically diverse locations and connected for the purpose of sharing applications and data 124 Copyright Proprietary Notice The manual and software contain confidential and proprietary information of GE Intelligent Platforms Inc and or its suppliers and may not be copied or disclosed except as provided in the license with GE Intelligent Platforms Inc The information in this manual is subject to change without notice and should not be construed as a commitment by GE Intelligent Platforms Inc GE Intelligent Platforms Inc assumes no responsibility for any errors that may be in this document 2012
7. FIX WebSpace requires that the certificate be in PEM format Notifying Users of a Secure Connection When the SSL transport is selected as the transport mode you can opt to notify users when connections are secure To notify users when connections are secure 1 Inthe FIX WebSpace Administration in the FIX WebSpace Server tree select the server On the Tools menu click Host Options The Host Options dialog box appears Click the Security tab In the Transport list box select SSL In the SSL Certificate field type or browse to the path of the server s certificate file Select the Notify users when connections are secure option Click OK IY nb on Modifying the Server Ports When you install the FIX WebSpace and the firewall is enabled the install automatically prompts you to add the FIX WebSpace to your exception list This allows users to access the FIX WebSpace Server through a firewall or router Administrators can modify the FIX WebSpace Server port setting for the FIX WebSpace Application Publishing Service The default port number for both TCP and SSL is 491 Port 492 is the port used by the FIX WebSpace Relay Client Manager Service to centrally manage the WebSpace user count in a Relay Server configuration This port is not configurable through the FIX WebSpace Administration application however you can configure it through the WebSpace ini file To modify the server port setting for t
8. 1 From the FIX WebSpace Administration in the server tree select the desired server from the list 2 On the Tools menu click Host Options The Host Options dialog box appears 3 On the Session Startup tab select the Apply Group Policy check box 4 Click OK NOTE It may take users longer to log on to the FIX WebSpace Server when the Group Policy is enabled Displaying Progress Messages After a user is authenticated a message box that reports session startup progress can be displayed to users When enabled these messages inform users of the following e When their personal setting are being loaded e When Group Policy is being applied e When network drives are being connected e When logon scripts are being run 52 Administering the iFIX WebSpace Server b To display session startup progress messages to users 1 From the FIX WebSpace Administration in the server tree select the desired server from the list On the Tools menu click Host Options The Host Options dialog box appears Click the Session Startup tab Select the Display progress messages check box SY ceo e sb To ensure that messages are displayed in front of all other windows select Always in front check box NOTE If a logon script has the ability to display user interface to the user the Always in front option should not be enabled Otherwise the logon script s user interface may be partially obscured by the progress message 6 Cli
9. Administering the FIX WebSpace Geer 37 Administration Window Overview essen entere nsns nnn nennen 37 Window OVervieWs 23 se ee tete te iaa etae ees 38 THOS MEW ICONS ceveceyta 40 Accessing the FIX WebSpace Administration esses 41 Host Options Dialog BOX ii E 41 SESSION AU PD LM LEE 42 SESSION SOUTO WA di rd dia aia 43 Gllent Acceosse ILI E 44 SECUN tegen ie 47 LOQ PEE 49 RAM odo ia mama mee 50 User Account Settings Reve a ee de e ea cau ddp eee e ee 50 Setting File Permissions ssssssssssesesseseses esent enne intrent rennes s i nrn rennen nennen 51 Setting up a Network Pinter 51 SESSION SLart p EE 52 Table Of Contents Applying Group PollGy eoe idet liinda 52 Displaying Progress Messages nemen nnne nennen nennen nennen 52 eeler 53 Setting Resource Limits cine eerie ii 54 SESSION SUI Wild I Leite eb d etre ate eee oven ed leds een dE 56 Specifying the Session Um 56 Specifying the Idle Uimp enne nnne three nnne nennen neis 56 Specifying the Warning Period 57 Specifying the Grace Period 57 Secutity OPINAS 10 ei Reactor eb ie cete e eid a theta et 58 Authentication Overview sse enne entente sn nent innen nnns neret rennen 58 Selecting the Transport Mode 25 ent ted nct e D rte IE ce ne o Pe eda e 58 Encrypting Sessions ete iet Praten e IR ER c RA Ue Rue ce ER DERE uie Pa li 59 Generating a CSR Using IIS Certificate
10. B G J Hidden drives are inaccessible to the user through the FIX WebSpace session Assign consecutive letters starting at Lets you remap client drives by listing client drives sequentially starting at a given drive letter Increment By Lets you remap client drives by incrementing client drive letters by a fixed value 45 Viewing Pictures From a Web Browser Item Description Universal Printer Driver Enables the use of the Universal Printer Driver that can print to any client printer When only the Universal Printer Driver is enabled only the Universal Printer Driver will be used as a printer driver No native drivers will be used This is the default setting The Universal Printer Driver uses a standard printing properties dialog box and may not offer some of the more advanced printing options other drivers do The Universal Printer Driver can be used when the native driver is not available When neither the Universal Printer Driver nor Windows Printer Drivers is enabled no printers will be configured and client printing is disabled NOTE A printer named Preview PDF is configured in each session when the Universal Printer Driver is enabled Documents printed to this printer are automatically converted to a pdf file and displayed on the client computer Users can save print or email the document at their discretion A PDF reader such as Adobe Reader is required on the
11. By default this file is located on the FIX WebSpace Server computer in the folder where you publish the files to be hosted by your IIS or Apache server The following clients are currently supported e Microsoft Internet Explorer Client e Mozilla Firefox Client e Microsoft Windows Desktop Client For information on client version numbers refer to the System Requirements section AllClients html To start the FIX WebSpace using the AllClients html page enter the following address in your web browser http iFIXWebSpaceServerName iFIXWebSpace AllClients html Illustration of AllClients html The following figure illustrates the options on the AllClients html web page and the clients that you can install 105 Viewing Pictures From a Web Browser Firx WebSpace Client Installation Microsoft Intermet Explorer De EX Yew Fgvokes Took ep 3 Q DAD ws frome O 0 08 3 E Creta emen co Fc Webspace laliClents heri iFIX WebSpace Client Installation Select which cient you would tke to run For Gent descriptions and instructions see the chert readme Windows Windows Chent Plug in Loose Embedded Microsoft ActiveX Control Loose Embedded Experimental Unsupported Clients Windows Pocket PC Chent Windows CE Chent Linux Lenze Chent Plug in Loose Embedded Mac Mac OS X Chent Browser Plug4n Loose Embedded iPad2 show available cients ven deg ze Proficy Support GE Intelligent P
12. Configuration FIX must be running to access this tool and enable security Unlike the SCADA Server this step is not optional on the Dependent Application Server NOTES e When adding users through the Security Configuration application in iFIX be sure to select the Windows Security option for the user e When assigning security privileges in iF IX use care when allowing application features that could allow write access such as the Database Save Reload and Runtime Visual Basic Editor features as well as creating pictures with Datalinks or any other means to write values into tags Use Security Areas and Security Groups to further restrict access Also use care when creating and sharing schedules in iF IX so that unintended VBA code is not activated inadvertently by web sessions For more information on iFIX Security refer to the Configuring Security Features e book 6 Inthe FIX System Configuration SCU tool e Open the WEB SCU file e Verify that Network Configuration is set to TCP IP Configure gt Network that SCADA is disabled Configure gt SCADA and that Workspace exe appears in your tasks list Configure gt Tasks By default these settings are automatically configured during install If these settings are not correct update them now e Specify the name of your FIX SCADA Server in the Remote Nodes list Configure gt Network 7 Either copy your pictures from the SCADA Server to the PIC folder o
13. Edit gt Configuration NOTES e It is recommended that if security is enabled that the FIX SCADA Server and the iFIX WebSpace Server reside on the same network These same user account names will later need to be added to the iFIX WebSpace Server e When adding users through the Security Configuration application in iFIX be sure to select the Windows Security option for the user e When assigning security privileges in iFIX use care when allowing application features that could allow write access such as the Database Save Reload and Runtime Visual Basic Editor features as well as creating pictures with Datalinks or any other means to write values into tags Use Security Areas and Security Groups to further restrict access Also use care when creating and sharing schedules in iF IX so that unintended VBA code is not activated inadvertently by web sessions For more information on iFIX Security refer to the Configuring Security Features e book In the FIX System Configuration SCU tool verify that Network Configuration is set to TCP IP Configure gt Network and that SCADA is enabled Configure gt SCADA These were automatically configured during install if you selected the correct options If these settings are not correct update them now Create your pictures Relay Server Setup To set up the FIX WebSpace Relay Server you need to 1 26 Confirm that a supported version of Microsoft Intern
14. FIX WebSpace will run in a separate process and users will not be disconnected from their sessions when they close the browser or browse to another page By default bInBrowser true Microsoft Windows Desktop Client The Windows Desktop Client allows you to view WorkSpace pictures from a desktop application using web services It does not require Internet Explorer or Mozilla Firefox Optionally you can customize the command line settings you use to open this Desktop Client The following figure shows an example of the Windows Desktop Client in use 100 Deploying and Running iFIX WebSpace Sessions LI LL rune em Installing the Windows Desktop Client You can install the desktop client with the ifix client windows exe installer provided on the iFIX WebSpace Server computer in the folder where you publish the FIX WebSpace files to be hosted by your IIS or Apache server or from the FIX WebSpace install folder which is the C Program Files Proficy iFIX WebSpace Web Clients folder by default You can also install it using the AllClients html web page and selecting the Windows Client option To install the Windows Desktop Client 1 Obtain the ifix client windows exe installer from the e iFIX WebSpace Server computer in the directory where you publish the FIX WebSpace files to be hosted by your IIS or Apache server e iFIX DVD in the Setup Proficy WebSpace WebSpaceServer subfolder e iFIX WebSpace install f
15. Memory usage Number of running sessions Number of running processes NOTE If All Hosts is selected the Sessions number will reflect all the sessions running on the network and the processes number will reflect all the processes on the network Tree View Icons The following table describes the icons that can appear in tree view area of the FIX WebSpace Administrator Icon Description Status K FIX WebSpace Server Not part of a Relay Server Available Configuration L Dependent Application Server in a Relay Server Orphaned Configuration We Relay Server Unavailable Ke ei Relay Server Available LA Dependent Application Server in a Relay Server Available Configuration Dependent Application Server in a Relay Server Unavailable Configuration 40 Administering the iFIX WebSpace Server Accessing the iFIX WebSpace Administration During the FIX WebSpace installation a shortcut to the FIX WebSpace Administration is created by default You can access the FIX WebSpace Administration from the desktop shortcut or from the Start menu To access the FIX WebSpace Administration e On the Start menu point to Programs FIX WebSpace Tools and then click FIX WebSpace Administration Or e On the desktop double click the FIX WebSpace Administration icon Host Options Dialog Box The Host Options dialog box is accessed from
16. Or Changing the default settings for every user by editing the Logon call in the index html and index htm files on the iFIX WebSpace Server in the directory where you publish the iFIX WebSpace files to be hosted by your IIS or Apache server For example you would modify the window location href logon html embed true line in the index html and index htm files with the settings you want to change For instance you might want to change that line to allow for loose mode instead of embedded mode like this window location href logon html embed false Be aware of the following when working with command line options 98 Parameters are optional and case sensitive They can be appended in any order Command line options that are also configurable in the Administration tool override the default settings in the FIX WebSpace Administration tool Before the first command line option and after the logon html reference add a symbol For example logon html embed false After the first command each additional command that you add should be appended with the amp symbol before the additional command For example embed false amp bInBrowser false Spaces within parameters must be replaced with the 20 symbol Deploying and Running iFIX WebSpace Sessions To edit the Index html and Index htm page to change the command line options for the default login page 1 Access the FIX WebSpace Server computer and locate the h
17. Program Files Proficy iFIX WebSpace Log You can select a new location for the log files through the FIX WebSpace Administration s Host Options dialog Be aware that the FIX WebSpace Server cannot back up log files directly to a network folder For example if you type a UNC path or a mapped network drive in the folder edit box the following message is displayed Please specify a usable Windows folder where log files may be written gt To select a new location for the Log files 1 From the FIX WebSpace Administration on the server list select the desired server 2 On the Tools menu click Host Options The Host Options dialog box appears 3 Click the Log tab 72 Administering the iFIX WebSpace Server 4 Inthe Folder edit box type the path to the new directory or browse to its location NOTE You should move the Backup folder and existing log files to the new location along with the Templates and Codes subfolders Setting the Output Level FIX WebSpace offers six log output levels as follows Level Description 0 No output 1 Errors 2 Errors and Events Default Setting 3 Errors Events and Warnings 4 Errors Events Warnings and Diagnostic Messages 5 6 Errors Events Warnings Diagnostic Messages and Trace Messages To set the output level 1 From the iFIX WebSpace Administration on the server list select the desired server Pe oo On the
18. Universal Printer Driver _ Windows Printer Drivers Ml Automatically install drivers _ Automatically update clients _ Serial and parallel ports Cancel Hiding Server Drives Microsoft s Group Policy Objects lets you hide specific host drives For instructions see http support microsoft com kb 23 1289 To hide host drives the Apply Group Policy option must be enabled in the Host Options dialog box in the FIX WebSpace Administration application File Usage Restrictions As the system administrator you may need to restrict user access to certain files and resources from the FIX WebSpace sessions Keep in mind that there are multiple users accessing the server Particularly in a Relay Server environment it is recommended to write protect your system and application folders so that users are unable to save files on an FIX WebSpace Server Otherwise the next time a user logs on to FIX WebSpace and is routed to a different server the files and folders will be inaccessible You must use Windows Explorer to set the permissions for files on the server in an individual file by file or folder by folder basis By setting file permissions you can restrict user access to applications printers and folders File permissions can only be set on drives formatted with the Windows NT file system NTES If you are using the FAT file system you will be unable to set permissions for specific files or restrict access to
19. for example http WebSpaceServerName iFIX_WebSpace logon html port 1667 e Modify the port parameter argument if using the FIX WebSpace from a desktop shortcut or the Connection dialog box Append the hp argument followed by the new port number to the shortcut for example C Program Files Proficy iFIX WebSpace Client iFIX exe h serverl hp 1667 If you specify the port number in the Connection dialog box when signing in to FIX WebSpace in the Host Address box type the host name or IP address followed by a colon and the port number for example server1 1667 If the new port number is not specified by either of these methods users will be unable to sign in to FIX WebSpace e Enable the new port through your firewall software For example the following figure shows a list of Windows Firewall exceptions that includes the FIX WebSpace applications 61 Viewing Pictures From a Web Browser Windows Firewall General Exceptions Advanced Windows Firewall is blocking incoming network connections except for the programs and services selected below Adding exceptions allows some programs to work better but might increase your security risk Programs and Services Name O File and Printer Sharing HASP LLM Flx SCADA Failover Notification Application FIX SCADA Failover Visual Notification FIX WebSpace Administration FI WebSpace Application Publishing Service iFIX WebSpace Relay Client Manager N
20. 98 Summary of Command line Options sese enne 99 Microsoft Windows Desktop Cent 100 Installing the Windows Desktop Cent 101 Running the Windows Desktop Client 102 Uninstalling the Windows Desktop Client 102 Command line Information and Guidelines sees 102 Summary of Command line Options essssssssseeseeeeeeenee nennen nenne 104 Automatically Update the Desktop Client Version 104 Overview of All Clients ci tette E 105 Te 105 Illustration of AllClients html sssesssseseseeeeneeeennneenneenen nennen nnns nnne nen 105 Advanced tele 107 Session Balancing EE 107 Session Balancing Requirement cccccccccceeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeecaeeeeeaeseeeeeseeeesaeeeeaeseeeeeeaas 107 Host Selection eege nitet evade i e Ei oet 108 Relay Server Failure Recover Y ene enne nnns nnne 108 Terminal Services and FIX Webtzpnace enne ener 108 Tips on Administrating User Accounts ssssseeeeeeene nene nnnm nnne 109 How Logins WOK EE 109 vii Viewing Pictures From a Web Browser User Account Guidelines A 109 Windows Configuration for Network and Client Printers ssseeee 110 Custom Names for Client Printers ssssssssssssseeseeeenenenen nennen nennen 110 PrinterNameFormat Guidelines sse eee enne 111 Network Printer Getup cnc 112 Client Printers in a Multi Server Environment 112 Working with the IIS Web S
21. AR an 87 Deploying and Running iFIX WebSpace Sessions The FIX WebSpace allows you to open FIX or Proficy Pulse pictures in run mode from a web session Users can connect to an FIX WebSpace Server from any computer that supports an FIX WebSpace session The following clients are currently supported e Microsoft Internet Explorer Client e Mozilla Firefox Client e Microsoft Windows Desktop Client Microsoft Internet Explorer Client The FIX WebSpace ActiveX Control is available to Windows users running Internet Explorer The ActiveX control is automatically installed the first time a user accesses the FIX WebSpace HTML page in Internet Explorer Loose vs Embedded Mode There are two modes in which you can run the Internet Explorer client Loose and Embedded mode Loose mode displays the WorkSpace in an application window providing you with more screen real estate while the Embedded mode displays the WorkSpace directly in an Internet Explorer window in a single window Embedded mode is the default setting You can change this setting using a command line option however You can also launch in either loose or embedded mode using the AllClients html web page and selecting the Microsoft ActiveX Loose or Embedded option NOTE Do not use Embedded mode with FIX Desktop View Use Loose mode with Internet Explorer in this case or use the Microsoft Windows Desktop Client for the FIX WebSpace Loose Mode NOTE In
22. FIX WebSpace Server on the Same Computer e Setup Overview Relay Server and Dependent Servers e Creating Mapped Drives on the FIX WebSpace Server e Configuring Multiple Input Locales e Running the FIX WebSpace Administration e Optimizing FIX WebSpace Server Performance Configuration Guidelines Be aware of the following configuration guidelines when configuring FIX WebSpace e When installed together the FIX SCADA Server and FIX WebSpace Server must be the same version number e When used together the FIX SCADA Server and FIX WebSpace Server should have the same screen resolution e The web server Administrator must have administrative rights on the server e If you want to use FIX WebSpace with FIX Desktop be aware that because FIX security is enabled logged in users must be authorized with the FIX32 Run a Task From View rights in the FIX Security Configuration application Also do not use embedded mode with FIX Desktop View Use loose mode with Internet Explorer or Mozilla Firefox or use the Microsoft Windows Desktop Client for the FIX WebSpace e A web server must be available in order to set up the server for browser deployment of FIX WebSpace and the server must have TCP IP as a network protocol e The memory and CPU requirements of an FIX WebSpace Server are determined by the applications that are published and the number of users accessing the system For the client web sessions the fast
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24. IMPORTANT In a relay server setting FIX WebSpace checks the maximum sessions setting on the relay server AND its dependent application servers The value entered for the Maximum sessions on the relay server is the maximum number of sessions that can be run concurrently on all dependent application servers assigned to that relay server Minimum Specifies the minimum number of megabytes of physical memory that must Available be available for a session to start When the available physical memory falls Physical Memory below the entered number MB additional users cannot log on The default is 128 MB Minimum Specifies the minimum percentage of virtual memory that must be available Available Virtual for a session to start When the available virtual memory falls below the Memory entered percentage value additional users cannot log on The default is 10 percent Session Shutdown The Session Shutdown tab displays the following items Ttem Description Timeouts Session Lets you set a limit on how many minutes a session may run on a server By default this option is disabled Timeouts Idle Lets you specify a limit to the number of minutes of idle time allowed on a server since the last mouse or keyboard input event was received in a session By default this option is disabled Idle Action Select Disconnect to disconnect users when the idle limit has been reache
25. Keyboard Combination General CTRL TAB Cycles through tabs CTRL SHIFT TAB Reverse cycles through tabs CTRL P Displays Options dialog box CTRL B Turns Status Bar on or off Fl Displays Help for the FIX WebSpace Administration FS Refreshes the Sessions Processes and Applications tabs ALT F4 Exits the FIX WebSpace Administration The Launch exe application must be selected in order for these keyboard shortcuts to work Editing Application Startup Properties When you first configure the FIX WebSpace Server you can enter the SCU path and name into the Applications tab If you want to change it again you need to restart the FIX WebSpace Application Publishing Service after you make the change To edit FIX or Proficy Pulse startup properties 1 2 9 From the iFIX WebSpace Administration in the main window click the Applications tab From the list of applications select Launch exe Click Properties The Application Properties dialog box appears In the Command Line Options field type the SCU file name and path NOTE If you are changing an SCU name that was already entered you will need to restart the iFIX WebSpace Application Publishing Service after you make the update for your changes to get applied If you have changed this value two or more times restart the iFIX WebSpace Application Publishing Service For steps refer to the Restarting the FIX WebSpace Application Publishing Service section 1
26. Performance To optimize the performance of the FIX WebSpace Server use the following tips Setup Recommendations Restrict usage of mapped drives on the FIX WebSpace Server The more mapped drives available the longer it takes to log on to the FIX WebSpace Server Try to limit the number of user and global logon scripts that you configure to run on the FIX WebSpace Server If the FIX SCADA Server and the FIX WebSpace Server are on different computers avoid running FIX on the FIX WebSpace Server machine If the FIX SCADA Server and the FIX WebSpace Server are on different computers copy the needed shared files from the FIX SCADA Server onto the FIX WebSpace Server machine Use local copies of pictures on the FIX WebSpace Server machine For printer driver options only select the minimum set you need such as the Universal driver If you want to view pictures with historical information make sure that you install Proficy Historian for SCADA or the Proficy Historian Client Tools on the FIX WebSpace Server Always start the browser session in full screen so that the WorkSpace uses more of the browser client area Be aware that in browser sessions in full screen mode your FIX User Preferences are set to open pictures in full sereen mode you cannot Alt Tab to other open applications such as Word or Excel that appear behind the FIX WebSpace application Picture Recommendations 34 Restrict the usa
27. Server you need to 1 Confirm that a supported version of Microsoft Internet Information Server IIS or Apache HTTP Server was installed beforehand If it is not install it now as the FIX WebSpace install requires it 2 As an Administrator install the FIX WebSpace Server During the install you will be prompted to e Enter a Node Type and Connectivity Type Select View and Networked The name of the SCU will automatically be named WEB SCU e Optionally install the Proficy Historian Client tools You only need to do this if you plan to view historical data in your FIX WebSpace sessions e Allow FIX and the WebSpace Server through the firewall if the Windows firewall is enabled Click Yes to continue The install will automatically configure the rest of these settings for you After the install install or update the licensing key All install steps are described in detail in the Installing the FIX WebSpace Server Software section of the Getting Started guide 3 Copy the HOSTS file which was edited in the previous set of steps from the FIX SCADA Server to the FIX WebSpace Server computer The HOSTS file on the FIX WebSpace Server should be identical to the one on the FIX SCADA Server You can find the HOSTS file in the C WINDOWS system32 drivers etc folder 4 In Windows Workgroup or Domain preferably Domain add the user accounts that you want to use with the FIX WebSpace Server If you are on a domain
28. Server is the same user name as a domain account each with a different password FIX WebSpace treats them as two separate accounts After a user is logged on the FIX WebSpace relies on the server s operating system to provide the security necessary to run applications safely in a multi user environment Applications run in the security context of the client user to ensure private sessions Access to all machines and network resources is governed by the operating system and the rights that have been granted to individual user s sessions Users must be able to log on interactively locally on the FIX WebSpace Server Assign local logon rights to users in Local Security Policy Domain Security Policy and Domain Controller Security Policy 50 Administering the iFIX WebSpace Server For more detailed information on administration of user accounts please consult Windows Help accessible from the Start menu Setting File Permissions As the system administrator you may need to restrict user access to certain files and resources Keep in mind that there are multiple users accessing the server Particularly in a Relay Server environment it is recommended to write protect your system and application folders so that users are unable to save files on an FIX WebSpace Server Otherwise the next time a user logs on to FIX WebSpace and is routed to a different server the files and folders will be inaccessible You must use Windows Ex
29. The Status Bar is displayed at the bottom of the FIX WebSpace Administration window The Status Bar provides brief descriptions of menu commands when the mouse pointer is placed over that item in the menu The Status Bar indicates the name of the FIX WebSpace Server currently being accessed as well as the CPU utilization and memory usage for that server as calculated by the Windows Task Manager The last two items on the Status Bar Sessions and Processes indicate the number of sessions and the number of processes running on the active FIX WebSpace Server If All Servers is selected the Sessions number will reflect all the sessions running on the network and the Processes number will reflect all the processes on the network P To enable the Status bar 1 From the FIX WebSpace Administration on the View menu click Options The Options dialog box appears 2 Select the Status Bar check box 33 Viewing Pictures From a Web Browser Or Click View and then Status Bar NOTES For a list of iFIX WebSpace Administration shortcuts see Keyboard Shortcuts for the FIX WebSpace Administration In the iFIX WebSpace Administration s dialog boxes you can easily get Help by right clicking an item and then clicking What s This A pop up window will appear displaying a brief explanation of the item You can also get Help by clicking Bon the title bar of a dialog box and then selecting an item Optimizing FIX WebSpace Server
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31. WebSpace Server follows standard Windows security synchronized with iFIX or Proficy Pulse e Supported Clients The FIX WebSpace session can be run through Internet Explorer and Mozilla Firefox browsers on the Microsoft Windows operating systems Web sessions are disconnected if you navigate away to another web page Sessions can also be run from Windows Desktop clients e Time Zone Redirection This option allows web sessions to run in the time zone of the client computer regardless of the time zone that is selected on the FIX WebSpace Server e VPN Support The web session supports connecting to the FIX WebSpace Server through VPN connections FIX WebSpace Components FIX WebSpace Server The following components are installed as part of the FIX WebSpace Server Publishing Service Component Description FIX WebSpace The FIX WebSpace Application Publishing Service receives client Application connection requests authenticates users on the FIX WebSpace Server and launches FIX WebSpace sessions FIX WebSpace Relay Client Manager Service The FIX WebSpace Relay Client Manager Service manages the web sessions on the dependent application servers in a Relay Server configuration For more information refer to the Setup Overview Relay Server and Dependent Servers section FIX WebSpace Server License Manager Service The FIX WebSpace Server License Manager Service manages a server based
32. WebSpace URL to the display of the FIX or Proficy Pulse login dialog box increases with each successive client browser connection this may indicate that the CPU usage on the server may be too high and there may be a hardware limitation on the web server Consider using a higher end server Network Considerations 36 The speed of the computer running the FIX WebSpace session from a browser can impact performance Faster client machines typically load FIX pictures much quicker and have improved performance while those pictures are open For instance in testing a slow client with 512 MB RAM and 1 5 GHz processor had picture load times approximately 1 5 times longer than a faster client with 1 GB RAM and 3 0 GHz processor Network speeds and connection types also impact performance for an FIX WebSpace session A 100BaseT network adapter which is recommended allows the FIX WebSpace session to utilize optimum speed for its performance Companies using VPN connections for FIX WebSpace sessions may experience a decrease in performance Network bandwidth and traffic appears to have a significant impact on system performance Higher traffic networks experience degraded load times and picture performance Network capability in a Relay Server configuration is especially important as it directly impacts system performance A Relay Server will perform better on a network with greater speed and bandwidth Administering the iFIX WebSpace
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34. a Chinese iFIX WebSpace Server the Sign In dialog appears from the shortcut along with the IME bar specifying Chinese as the default language Clicking CTRL Space bar does not toggle the languages Users must manually click the IME bar with the mouse pointer to select English Without manually clicking the IME bar users will be unable to type a user name and password to log in Running the FIX WebSpace Administration The left panel of the FIX WebSpace Administration lists all FIX WebSpace Servers running the FIX WebSpace Application Publishing Service By default the FIX WebSpace Administration displays information for the server running on your machine To connect to other servers and view information about them click the server name from the list of FIX WebSpace Servers If a server s icon displays a red X the administrator does not have administrative rights on the server If a server s icon displays a red x and is grayed out the server is no longer running the FIX WebSpace Application Publishing Service or it has been turned off In either case the administrator is unable to access that server from the FIX WebSpace Administration application Click the All Servers icon in the left panel of the FIX WebSpace Administration to view a list of all active sessions on the network This allows you to view active sessions without connecting to individual servers This is also helpful for locating a particular session s server
35. and compare the performance of certain components of your system at specific points in time Proficy Pulse is not a SCADA server it only allows you to view historical data Overview Steps NOTE If a Proficy Pulse instance is already running on your computer before you begin to configure your FIX WebSpace Server make sure that you additionally check the Local Startup Definition of the WEB SCU file when you are configuring your FIX WebSpace Server Be sure to confirm that the Local Node Name and Local Logical Name fields are correct and that the Configuration File field points to the WEB SCU file The following steps are performed on the computer where both the FIX WebSpace Server and Proficy Pulse reside To set up your Proficy Pulse and FIX WebSpace Server machine together 1 20 Confirm that a supported version of Microsoft Internet Information Server IIS or Apache HTTP Server was installed beforehand If it is not install 1t now as the FIX WebSpace install requires it As an Administrator install Proficy Pulse with the FIX WebSpace option During the install you will be prompted to e Entera Node Name and Connectivity Type Select Networked and leave the default name Configuration Overview FIX WebSpace e Install Proficy Historian Client Tools e Allow Proficy Pulse and the WebSpace Server through the firewall if the Windows firewall is enabled Click Yes to continue The install will
36. and events With this information Technical Support can diagnose and correct problems that may arise This can be especially helpful for errors that are only reproducible on specific machines or with a specific application All log files whether they pertain to the client or server machine are located on the FIX WebSpace 71 Viewing Pictures From a Web Browser Server By default this path is C Program Files VProficyNFIX WebSpace Log In Log folder are three subfolders Backup Codes and Templates Be careful not to delete these folders FIX WebSpace messages are recorded within log files prefixed with aps and followed by the date and time to the nearest millisecond the FIX WebSpace Application Publishing Service was started for example aps_2007 04 04_09 55 47 636 html A new log file is created each time the FIX WebSpace Application Publishing Service is started The log file with the latest date and time stamp contains messages for the current or most recent instance of the FIX WebSpace Application Publishing Service Problems detected in the execution of FIX WebSpace are described by entries in the log file Each entry is uniquely identified by an item number along with a date and time stamp and a description of the event or program error Technical Support uses this information to locate a problem s source and to determine its resolution Entries in the log file may also include prefixes for locating messages associa
37. automatically configure the rest of these settings for you If you are using a different firewall you will need to manually open the firewall for your FIX WebSpace components After the install install or update the licensing key All install steps are described in detail in the Installing the Proficy Pulse Software section of the Proficy Pulse Getting Started guide Update the HOSTS file with the IP address and name of the node name you configured during install You can find the HOSTS file in the C WINDOWS system32 drivers etc folder If the node name is different from the computer name that it was installed on you also need to add this name to the HOSTS file An example entry in the HOSTS file is as follows 198 212 170 4 PULSE1 If PULSEI was the node name but the computer name where the Proficy Pulse software was installed was AREAI you would need to add a second line to the HOSTS file for AREA1 198 212 170 4 AREAI In Windows Workgroup or Domain preferably Domain add the user accounts that you want to use with the FIX WebSpace Server You must have the privileges to do so In the Proficy Pulse Security Configuration program add these same users accounts Edit gt User Accounts and enable security Edit Configuration Proficy Pulse must be running to access this tool and enable security NOTES e When adding users through the Security Configuration application in Proficy Pulse be sure to select the Windows Secur
38. be administered from a central network server Network Drive On a local area network a disk drive whose disk is available to other computers on the network Access to a network drive might not be allowed to all users of the network many operating systems contain security provisions that enable a network administrator to grant or deny access to part or all of a network drive Op Port A connection point on your computer where you can connect devices that pass data into and out of a computer such as a printer R Relay Server The Relay Server is a Web server that provides centralized control over the FIX WebSpace Server providing the session balancing across a number of dependent application servers The Relay Server maintains and distributes the client connections across each of the dependent application servers Remote Access The hookup of a remote computing device via communication lines such as phone lines or wide area networks to access network applications and information 122 Glossary S Server Networked computer that provides resources or services to remote clients SMTP The Internet standard protocol for transferring electronic mail messages from one computer to another SMTP specifies how two mail systems interface and the format of control messages they exchange to transfer mail Status Bar Usually located at the bottom of a window the status bar provides information relating to the application
39. does consume a license gt To shadow a session 1 From the FIX WebSpace Administration application in the main window click the Sessions tab 2 From the Sessions Name column select the session s you would like to shadow 3 On the Tools menu point to Sessions and then click Connect Or From the Sessions Name column right click the session you would like to shadow then click Connect Once the session is selected a message is displayed to the session s user requesting permission to connect to the session If the user clicks Yes and allows access to his or her session the connection is made immediately and the FIX WebSpace session opens in a new frame window If the user clicks No and denies access the following message is displayed on the server The session s owner has denied access to the session Session shadowing will also be denied when the session is disconnected when the session is in the process of shutting down or when the user fails to respond within one minute Connection is also denied in the event of an FIX WebSpace communication failure The Sessions tab in the main windows of the FIX WebSpace Administration displays the number of clients connected to a session Two or more clients in the Connected Clients column indicates that the session is being shadowed Disconnected sessions have 0 connected clients To disconnect from a session and end session shadowing simply close the frame window where the s
40. during install If these settings are not correct update them now e Specify the name of your FIX SCADA Server in the Remote Nodes list Configure gt Network 7 Either copy your pictures from the SCADA Server to the PIC folder on the FIX WebSpace Server recommended for optimum performance or map a drive to your PIC folder on your SCADA Server If you map a drive for pictures e If you are using shared drives with Local Windows users not on the Domain make sure that the user is present on both the FIX WebSpace Server machine and the machine which contains the shared folder e Inthe SCU on the FIX WebSpace Server open WEB SCU and point the picture folder to that mapped drive letter Configure gt Paths e Update the LoginScript bat file provided in the C Program Files Proficy iFIX WebSpace Server Programs folder with the mapped drive information and then add the script name to the Session Startup options in the FIX WebSpace Administrator For more information refer to the Creating Mapped Drives on the FIX WebSpace Server section 8 Optionally in the FIX WebSpace Administrator configure printer options and other session properties For more information refer to the Client Printing Windows Configuration for Network and Client Printers and Configuring Optional Web Session Properties sections 9 If you want to configure multiple input locales for your web sessions add the input language and keyboard layout f
41. enter n 1 in the edit field that a session should remain running after the client disconnects This extra minute allows FIX or Proficy Pulse to shut itself down gracefully instead of getting terminated immediately The After 1 minute option is the default setting If you select the After 1 minute option a shutdown message appears in the event log and the processes stop gracefully With the Immediately option running processes get terminated without notice and stop immediately The Sessions tab in the main windows of the FIX WebSpace Administration displays the number of clients connected to a session Disconnected sessions have O connected clients To set the session termination option 1 From the FIX WebSpace Administration on the server list select the desired server 2 On the Tools menu click Host Options The Host Options dialog box appears 3 Click the Session Shutdown tab A In the Disconnected sessions terminate area select one of the following disconnected session termination options e Immediately e After minutes In the edit box type the number of minutes plus one that sessions should remain running after their clients disconnect For example if you want to leave it running 2 minutes enter 3 minutes in this edit field 5 Click OK Log Files The iFIX WebSpace Server creates log files for certain iFIX WebSpace processes These files are stored in the log directory and are used to record program errors
42. gt Configuration FIX must be running to access this tool and enable security NOTES e When adding users through the Security Configuration application in iFIX be sure to select the Windows Security option for the user e When assigning security privileges in iF IX use care when allowing application features that could allow write access such as the Database Save Reload and Runtime Visual Basic Editor features as well as creating pictures with Datalinks or any other means to write values into tags Use Security Areas and Security Groups to further restrict access Also use care when creating and sharing schedules in iF IX so that unintended VBA code is not activated inadvertently by web Configuration Overview FIX WebSpace sessions For more information on iFIX Security refer to the Configuring Security Features e book 6 Inthe FIX System Configuration SCU tool e Open the WEB SCU file e Verify that Network Configuration is set to TCP IP Configure gt Network that SCADA is disabled Configure gt SCADA and that Workspace exe appears in your tasks list Configure gt Tasks By default these settings are automatically configured during install If these settings are not correct update them now e Specify the name of your FIX SCADA Server in the Remote Nodes list Configure gt Network 7 Optionally in the FIX WebSpace Administrator configure printer options and other session properties Fo
43. is enabled no printers will be configured and client printing is disabled Administering the iFIX WebSpace Server Item Description Automatically Install Allows the FIX WebSpace to automatically install native printer drivers Drivers that ship with Microsoft Windows The Automatically Install Drivers option is only available when the Windows Printer Driver option is selected Automatically Update Lets you automatically update an FIX WebSpace Desktop Client when a Clients user connects to an FIX WebSpace Server that is running a newer version NOTE The Automatically Update Clients option on the Client Access tab of the iFIX WebSpace Administration tool is only available for the Windows Desktop Client It does not apply to other clients such as Mozilla Firefox and Internet Explorer Serial and Parallel Ports Allows applications running on the host to access client machines serial and parallel ports Serial and parallel ports are disabled by default Be aware that Client Serial and Parallel Ports requires the loading of FIX WebSpace libraries into session processes This can affect the startup of a process make some processes incompatible with FIX WebSpace or have fatal consequences during suspend resume operations As such when Serial and Parallel Ports is enabled a message box opens and asks for confirmation Security The Security tab displays the following items
44. license for FIX WebSpace Clients and iFIX Proficy Pulse functionality Each FIX WebSpace session consumes a license Each open browser window even if logged on under the same user name consumes a license FIX WebSpace Administration Dashboard The FIX WebSpace Administration dashboard is a 32 bit Windows application that is installed on the FIX WebSpace Server Administrators use this tool to manage FIX WebSpace Server settings Viewing Pictures From a Web Browser Component Description FIX Software Although the FIX software is installed along with the FIX WebSpace Server it is recommended that you install and run your SCADA Server on another separate computer FIX WebSpace Sessions The following clients can be used for FIX WebSpace sessions on the client computer Client Description Microsoft Internet The FIX WebSpace ActiveX Control is available to Windows users WebSpace Plug in Explorer FIX running Internet Explorer Embedded Microsoft ActiveX Control Mozilla Firefox FIX The FIX WebSpace Plug in allows you to connect to an FIX WebSpace Server using Mozilla Firefox Windows Desktop Client The Windows Desktop Client allows you to view WorkSpace pictures from a desktop application using web services It does not require Internet Explorer or Mozilla Firefox Unsupported Features for the F
45. logon html embed true Add or change the command line options Refer to the Summary of Command line Options for a full list of available options For example to enable loose mode instead of embedded mode enter window location href logon html embed false Save the file To use a custom hyperlink command to open a web page Open a web page in an editor Choose the editor s Insert Hyperlink option Enter the address of the host followed by the desired hyperlink parameters Refer to the Summary of Command line Options for a full list of available options For example to enable loose mode instead of embedded mode enter http AFTX WebSpaceServerName iFIX WebSpace logon html embed false Save the page Summary of Command line Options The following table describes the available command line options for the FIX WebSpace startup in Internet Explorer Option Description user user_name The name of the user s account password actual_password The user s password port port_number The port on which the FIX WebSpace Server accepts connections By default this port number is 491 93 Viewing Pictures From a Web Browser Option Description autoclose truelfalse This setting describes whether the browser window closes if you close the WorkSpace window within your FIX WebSpace session When autoclose true closing the program window closes the associated browser window and
46. of the client computer by enabling the Use client s time zone option from the FIX WebSpace Administration With the Use client s time zone option selected timestamps and associated data viewed from iFIX WebSpace sessions appear in the client s time zone instead of the FIX WebSpace Server s time zone For example alarms charts Standard and Enhanced Historical Trend Display Current Date Stamp Current Time Stamp and the Historical Datalink will show time stamps and data based on the web client s time zone if the Use client s time zone is selected Otherwise the time zone of the iFIX WebSpace Server is reflected in the time stamps and data being displayed The Client Time Zone feature is configured from the FIX WebSpace Administration s Host Options dialog as shown in the following figure Host Options Session Startup Session Shutdown Client Access Security Log General Relay server _ Use client s time zone IMPORTANT Be aware that when you select the Client Time Zone check box that these settings also affect data retrieved by any VisiconX queries in your pictures To enable client time zone redirection 1 From the FIX WebSpace Administration from the Server tree select the server name you want to configure On the Tools menu click Host Options The Host Options dialog box appears Click the General tab Select the Use client s time zone check box Click OK
47. os In the field next to the check box specify the path of the global script file For example you may want to add the LoginScript bat provided in the C Program Files Proficy iFIX WebSpace Server Programs folder as an example for configuring mapped drives as a global script 6 Click OK NOTE Authenticated users must have read and execute access to the logon script files An example of a logon script is described in the Creating Mapped Drives on the iFIX WebSpace Server section The LoginScript bat example described in this section can be applied on a global or user specific basis Setting Resource Limits FIX WebSpace allows administrators to prevent users from starting new sessions when certain resource limits are exceeded on an FIX WebSpace Server These limits help administrators prevent servers from becoming loaded to the point where users experience performance problems and random resource allocation failures You can also limit the total number of session connections to the iFIX WebSpace Server And you can prevent users from logging on when the available physical memory or virtual memory on a server falls below a given value By default These resource limits are especially important in a Relay Server configuration For each dependent server in a Relay Server configuration you must configure these limits 54 Administering the iFIX WebSpace Server To limit the number of sessions per user 1 S sors VES From
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49. specifies a file name and extension only FIX WebSpace searches for the file in the following directories in the following order 1 Ifthe user s account is a domain account a pdcname NETLOGON for instance the NETLOGON share of the primary domain controller b pdcname S YS VOL domainname for instance the domain subdirectory of the primary domain controller s SYSVOL share 53 Viewing Pictures From a Web Browser 2 If the user s account is a local account a systemroot System32 Repl Import Scripts b systemrootisysvollsysvolldomainname Tf the logon script is stored in a subdirectory of one of the above directories precede the file name with the relative path of that subdirectory For example Admins JohnG bat Administrators specify global and user specific logon scripts through the FIX WebSpace Administration s Session Startup dialog To run user specific logon scripts 1 From the FIX WebSpace Administration in the server tree select the desired server from the list On the Tools menu click Host Options The Host Options dialog box appears Click the Session Startup tab Select the User specific check box Click OK HA as To run a global logon script 1 From the FIX WebSpace Administration in the server tree select the desired server from the list On the Tools menu click Host Options The Host Options dialog box appears Click the Session Startup tab Select the Global check box Bie es
50. the Tools menu from the Options command It contains information for configuring your FIX WebSpace Server The Host Options dialog box with example settings is shown in the following figure Host Options Session Startup Session Shutdown Client Access Security Log General L Apply Group Policy Iw Display progress messages Y Always in front Logon scripts _ User specific Resource limits _ Maximum sessions per user Maximum sessions on this host Minimum available physical memory Minimum available virtual memory Cancel The Host Options dialog box displays the following tabs 41 Viewing Pictures From a Web Browser Session Startup The Session Startup tab displays the following items Item Description Apply Group Select to apply Group Policy to a user s session at startup Using Group Policy Policy and its extensions administrators can Manage registry based policy Assign scripts Redirect folders Manage applications Specify security options Display Progress Select to allow various progress messages to be shown to users during Messages session startup after a user is authenticated Displayed messages include A user s personal settings are being loaded Group Policy is being applied Network drives are being connected Logon scripts are being run Always in Front Select so that session sta
51. the browser cache gt To uninstall the FIX WebSpace Plug in 1 Open Firefox On the Tools menu click Add ons The Add ons dialog box appears Click the Extensions tab and select the FIX WebSpace Plug in Click the Uninstall or Remove button E LEE Restart Firefox P To clear the browser cache 1 Open Mozilla Firefox 97 Viewing Pictures From a Web Browser E seo e On the Tools menu click Options The Options dialog box appears Click Advanced Click the Network tab In the Cache area click Clear Now If you are still having difficulty consult an administrator to check the Downloaded Program Files folder for FIX WebSpace related files gt To check the Downloaded Program Files folder 1 2 Open a Command Prompt window Type the location of the Downloaded Program Files folder and check for any FIX WebSpace related files If any exist delete them Close the Command Prompt window Command line Information and Guidelines Optionally you can use command line settings to override the defaults of your FIX WebSpace session on open You can do this by either Directly entering the commands following the web address when you type it into the Address bar of Mozilla Firefox or from the hyperlink command you refer to on a custom web page For example the address plus command options could read like this http AFIXWebSpaceServerName FIXWebSpace logon html embed false amp bInBrowser fals e
52. the client computer Click OK to continue Click OK to close the Regional and Language Options dialog Additional Keyboards and IMEs Before clients can use keyboards and or IMEs that are different from the server s the files used to support them must be installed on the FIX WebSpace Server In most cases the layouts are copied during the installation of the operating system but East Asian and right to left input languages are not For example the following steps guide you on how to install these keyboard layouts To install keyboard layouts on a server 1 H 5 6 Open the Server s Control Panel on the Server that clients will log into Double click the Regional and Languages Options icon A Regional and Language Options dialog box opens Select the Languages tab Click either or both of the check boxes in the Supplemental language support box A message may open reporting the amount of disk space that will be required for the checked option NOTE You may need to provide the Windows Server DVD or the network share name to complete the file installation Click OK Files for the checked languages will be installed Restart your computer As a result of these steps additional files will be copied to your machine Support for the new languages will become available after the computer is rebooted Keyboard Layouts Behind the Scenes Be aware of the following when working with keyboard layouts 32 If the st
53. the iFIX WebSpace Administration in the server tree select the desired server from the list On the Tools menu click Host Options The Host Options dialog box appears Click the Session Startup tab Select Maximum sessions per user check box In the field next to the check box enter the maximum number of sessions allowed per user on this server Click OK gt To limit the number of sessions per FIX WebSpace Server 1 From the FIX WebSpace Administration in the server tree select the desired server from the list On the Tools menu click Host Options The Host Options dialog box appears Click the Session Startup tab In the Maximum sessions per host field enter the total maximum number of sessions allowed for this server Click OK b To specify the minimum available physical memory necessary for this server to start a session 1 From the FIX WebSpace Administration in the server tree select the desired server from the list 2 On the Tools menu click Host Options The Host Options dialog box appears 3 Click the Session Startup tab 4 Inthe Minimum Available Physical Memory field enter the minimum number of free megabytes MBs necessary for sessions to be allowed on this server 5 Click OK b To specify the minimum percentage of virtual memory necessary for this server to start a session 1 From the FIX WebSpace Administration in the server tree select the desired server from the list
54. the iFIX WebSpace Administration on the server list select the desired server 2 On the View menu click Options The Options dialog box appears 3 Select Manual 4 Click OK 65 Viewing Pictures From a Web Browser To set the refresh rate to refresh automatically 1 From the FIX WebSpace Administration on the server list select the desired server On the View menu click Options The Options dialog box appears Select the Refresh every _ seconds option In the Seconds edit box type a value Click OK CESA AN Restarting the FIX WebSpace Application Publishing Service There may be times when you need to restart the FIX WebSpace Application Publishing Service For example if you change the SCU path on the Applications tab after you already entered it for the first time you will need to restart this service You can restart the service from the Proficy FIX WebSpace group on the Start menu or from the Services window from the Windows Administrative tools To restart the FIX WebSpace Application Publishing Service 1 On the Start menu point to Programs Proficy FIX WebSpace and then click Stop FIX WebSpace Server 2 Wait a few moments for the action to complete A command window opens briefly and then closes 3 On the Start menu point to Programs Proficy FIX WebSpace and then click Start FIX WebSpace Server 4 Wait afew moments for the action to complete A command window opens bri
55. you may have already done this You must have the privileges to do so 5 Inthe FIX Security Configuration program add these same users accounts Edit gt User Accounts and enable security Edit gt Configuration FIX must be running to access this tool and enable security Unlike the SCADA Server this step is not optional on the iFIX WebSpace Server NOTES e When adding users through the Security Configuration application in iFIX be sure to select the Windows Security option for the user e When assigning security privileges in iF IX use care when allowing application features that could allow write access such as the Database Save Reload and Runtime Visual Basic Editor features as well as creating pictures with Datalinks or any other means to write values into tags Use Security Areas and Security Groups to further restrict access Also use care when creating and sharing schedules in iF IX so that unintended VBA code is not activated inadvertently by web sessions For more information on iFIX Security refer to the Configuring Security Features e book 6 Inthe FIX System Configuration SCU tool Viewing Pictures From a Web Browser e Open the WEB SCU file e Verify that Network Configuration is set to TCP IP Configure gt Network that SCADA is disabled Configure gt SCADA and that Workspace exe appears in your tasks list Configure gt Tasks By default these settings are automatically configured
56. 122334455 oC Client machine HRWorkstation name S Server machine Server name 6 Save and close the Registry Editor 7 Restart the FIX WebSpace Server PrinterNameFormat Guidelines The following 2 characters are taken literally in the PrinterNameFormat string they are not tokens 12 characters that are not allowed are a ae ia eI If any of these characters are used in the string they are replaced with a hyphen 111 Viewing Pictures From a Web Browser Network Printer Setup As the administrator you can set up network printers for use by FIX WebSpace clients You must first create a port on the FIX WebSpace Server that connects directly to the server and then install the printer locally This provides direct access to the printer IMPORTANT Network printers are set up using the Windows Add Printer Wizard and not the Client Printer Wizard which is accessible through the Program Window To add a port to the FIX WebSpace Server 1 On the Start menu point to Settings and then click Printers A new window opens Double click the Add Printer icon Select local printer Click Next Click Create a new port select Local Port as the type Click Next A e A qo Type the UNC path to the printer in the Port Name dialog box For example you could enter WPRINTSERVERILASERPRINTER or the printer s IP address 8 Do one of the following Select the printer manufacturer on the left and the printer mod
57. 17 Glossary A ActiveX A set of technologies and tools developed by Microsoft Corporation that enable software components to interact with one another in a networked environment regardless of the language in which the components were created Bandwidth A measure of the volume of information that can be transmitted over a communications link Technically bandwidth refers to the width of the frequency spectrum available on a certain technology Batch file An ASCII text file containing a sequence of operating system commands possibly including parameters and operators supported by the batch command language When the user types a batch filename at the command prompt the commands are processed sequentially Also called batch program Binary file A file consisting of a sequence of 8 bit data or executable code as distinguished from files consisting of human readable ASCII text Binary files are usually in a form readable only by a program often compressed or structured in a way that is easy for a particular program to read Bridge A device that connects networks using the same communications protocols so that information can be passed from one to the other A device that connects two local area networks whether or not they use the same protocols 119 Viewing Pictures From a Web Browser C Client Server Model A model of computing whereby client applications running on desktops or personal computers access informat
58. 4 Select the Drives check box 5 Select the Increment by _ option 6 In the edit field type a number greater than or equal to 1 that will yield the desired offset 7 Click OK Example 1 For example if a client computer has A C D and H drives and the starting point is set to drive letter M the client s drives will be remapped respectively to M N O and P If a drive letter is already assigned to a drive the next available letter is used This feature is disabled by default Once enabled the default drive letter is M 80 Host Options Configuring Optional Web Session Properties Session Startup Session Shutdown Client Access Security Allow access to the following client resources vV Clipboard v Sound V Drives Hide O O Assign consecutive letters starting at MM O Increment by letters Printers V Universal Printer Driver _ Windows Printer Drivers M Automatically install drivers _ Automatically update clients _ Serial and parallel ports Example 2 Log General For this example if the client computer has the same drives as above A C D and H and the offset is 12 each of the client s drives will be incremented by 12 letters The drives will be remapped respectively to M O P and T The default value for this setting is 12 81 Viewing Pictures From a Web Browser Host Options Session Startup Session Shutdown Client Access Security Log General
59. B 74 Configuring Optional Web Session Properties There are other optional settings that you can configure for your FIX WebSpace session through the FIX WebSpace Administration These include the following items e Clipboard Access e Sounds e Drive Access e Hidden Drives e File Usage Restrictions e Client Drive Remapping e Port Access e Client Printing e Network Printing e Client Time Zone Redirection Refer to each section for more information All of these settings can be configured from the Client Access and General tabs of the Host Options dialog box in the FIX WebSpace Administration application as shown in the following figures 75 Viewing Pictures From a Web Browser Host Options Session Startup Session Shutdown Client Access Security Allow access to the following client resources Y Clipboard V Sound iV Drives Hide H K J P S Assign consecutive letters starting at E y O Increment by letters Printers V Universal Printer Driver _ Windows Printer Drivers M Automatically install drivers _ Automatically update clients _ Serial and parallel ports Host Options fx Session Startup Session Shutdown Client Access Security Log General Relay server _ Use client s time zone Clipboard Access You can cut and copy information from an iFIX WebSpace session and paste it into applications running on an iFIX WebSpace
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61. FIX product Number of Web Server Connections In a Relay Server configuration the Relay Server manages the session licenses e Multiple Sessions The FIX WebSpace supports running multiple sessions on the same computer however each session will consume a license Each open browser window even if logged on under the same user name consumes a license e Network Access The FIX WebSpace Server communicates through a standard TCP IP port across a firewall The FIX WebSpace sessions can also communicate with the FIX WebSpace Server through a single port across the firewall e No Required iFIX Startup When used with iFIX in the recommended configuration FIX WebSpace and FIX SCADA installed on different computers the FIX WebSpace Server does not need to start FIX locally e ODBC Connections The FIX WebSpace sessions support ODBC connections as supported by the FIX WebSpace Server to connect to relational database tables e Other Applications The FIX WebSpace session supports running other applications in the WorkSpace shell such as Excel Crystal Reports and SQL Stored procedures This is similar to the functionality on an Client machine e Other Proficy Products The FIX WebSpace sessions support displaying client controls from other Proficy products e Relay Server Configuration The FIX WebSpace Server supports the use of a Relay Server configuration With this configuration a Relay Server provides ce
62. IX WebSpace The FIX WebSpace product does not support use with e Browsers Not Listed Other browsers such as Netscape Opera and Google Chrome Also 64 bit client browsers are not supported e Configure Mode for the FIX WorkSpace FIX WebSpace sessions in configure mode are not supported Only the WorkSpace run mode is supported By default when you log on to an FIX WebSpace session from a supported browser you automatically enter run mode Several configuration tools such as Key Macro Editor Visual Basic Editor Startup Profile Manager and others will not open in the FIX WebSpace session e Different Networks Running the Relay Server and Dependent Application Servers on different networks They must all be on the same network domain e Enhanced Failover Enhanced Failover is not supported if the FIX WebSpace Server is running on either of the SCADA machines configured in a redundant pair Enhanced Failover is supported however if the FIX WebSpace Server machine is separate to the SCADA pair e Environment Protection WorkSpace environment protection settings from the web session are not supported e FIX32 Nodes Be aware that connections to FIX32 nodes are not supported by the FIX Viewing Pictures from a Web Session WebSpace For instance in this case you should not have animations or datalinks that point to FIX32 SCADA nodes in your web session pictures This includes WorkSpace GRF and View ODF pictur
63. IX WebSpace Server e List client drives sequentially starting at a given drive letter e Modify the server port setting 115 Viewing Pictures From a Web Browser e Refresh the FIX WebSpace Administration e Runa user specific logon script e Runa global logon script e Run the iFIX WebSpace ActiveX Control e Run the iFIX WebSpace Plug in e Run the Windows Desktop Client e Shadow a session e Select a new location for the Log files e Set output level for the logging e Set permissions and restrictions for a file or an application e Set the Refresh Rate on the FIX WebSpace Administration e Setup a network printer e Specify the minimum available physical memory necessary for this server to start a session e Specify the minimum percentage of virtual memory necessary for this server to start a session e Terminate a user s session e View process information on the FIX WebSpace Administration e View session information on the FIX WebSpace Administration Keyboard Shortcuts for the FIX WebSpace Administration Action Result Keyboard Combination Application Tab Double click application Displays Application Properties dialog box CTRL A Displays Application Properties dialog box Sessions Tab DELETE Terminates selected session Processes Tab 116 DELETE Terminates selected process Reference Information Action Result
64. Proficy HMI SCADA FIX VIEWING PICTURES FROM A WEB BROWSER Version 5 5 January 2012 All rights reserved No part of this publication may be reproduced in any form or by any electronic or mechanical means including photocopying and recording without permission in writing from GE Intelligent Platforms Inc Disclaimer of Warranties and Liability The information contained in this manual is believed to be accurate and reliable However GE Intelligent Platforms Inc assumes no responsibilities for any errors omissions or inaccuracies whatsoever Without limiting the foregoing GE Intelligent Platforms Inc disclaims any and all warranties expressed or implied including the warranty of merchantability and fitness for a particular purpose with respect to the information contained in this manual and the equipment or software described herein The entire risk as to the quality and performance of such information equipment and software is upon the buyer or user GE Intelligent Platforms Inc shall not be liable for any damages including special or consequential damages arising out of the user of such information equipment and software even if GE Intelligent Platforms Inc has been advised in advance of the possibility of such damages The user of the information contained in the manual and the software described herein is subject to the GE Intelligent Platforms Inc standard license agreement which must be executed by the buyer or use
65. Server The FIX WebSpace Administration tool allows you to administer monitor and control client access to the FIX WebSpace Server and to add or remove FIX WebSpace sessions It displays a list of the users logged on to an FIX WebSpace Server along with the FIX WebSpace sessions the users are running and the time the session was started The FIX WebSpace Administration lets you terminate sessions and end processes taking place on the server Administrators use the FIX WebSpace Server to monitor processes sessions and server activity The following sections provide information on functions the administrator may want to perform or know more about e Administration Window Overview e Host Options Dialog Box e User Account Settings e Session Startup e Session Shutdown e Security Options e Password Change e Monitoring Server Activity e Log Files Administration Window Overview The FIX WebSpace Administration Window displays information about your FIX WebSpace Server This information includes e Server activity and processes taking place on the server e A list of the users logged onto a selected FIX WebSpace Server e Applications users are running e Times that applications were started This information enables you to perform several administrative tasks such as e Determine which applications are no longer being used and whether additional servers are required e Monitor clients e Administer sessio
66. Server and vice versa Clipboard support is disabled by default To enable clipboard support 1 Inthe FIX WebSpace Administration select the desired server from the list of All Servers 2 Onthe Tools menu click Host Options The Host Options dialog box appears 76 Configuring Optional Web Session Properties 3 Click the Client Access tab 4 Click the Clipboard check box 5 Click OK Any clipboard data from the browser session is available only within the WorkSpace application In order to copy the contents to other applications on the local disk of the client machine you must create a shell script within an object inside your WorkSpace picture that launches Notepad exe on the FIX WebSpace Server After you do this you can use this object to launch Notepad in run mode from the web session Paste the contents into Notepad and save this file to the local disk of web session computer Sounds The FIX WebSpace supports sound capability for any application that uses PlaySound sndPlaySound or waveOut It is not required that sound cards and or speakers be installed on FIX WebSpace Servers The client machine however does require a sound card and speakers Audio support is disabled by default on the FIX WebSpace sessions IMPORTANT Be aware that client sound capability requires the loading of iF IX WebSpace libraries into session processes This can affect the startup of a process make some processes incompatible
67. Service in order for client printing to work on a port other than the default port 491 For more on port usage refer to the Modifying the Server Ports section Web Browsers for Proficy FIX WebSpace sessions e Microsoft Internet Explorer 32 bit browsers only 64 bit browsers are not supported The following versions were tested 7 0 8 0 and 9 0 e Mozilla Firefox The following versions were tested 4 0 5 0 6 0 7 0 and 8 0 NOTE If you are using Microsoft Internet Information Server IIS 6 0 and plan to allow for Mozilla Firefox web sessions modify IIS to serve a document with an xpi extension as a registered MIME type on that server MIME type is application octet stream Extension is xpi IIS 6 0 does not serve unknown MIME types Please see KB article 326965 on the Microsoft Knowledgebase for more information http support microsoft com default aspx scid kb en us 326965 e Fora list of experimental clients available at the time of release refer to the allClients html file on the FIX WebSpace Server in the directory where you publish the FIX WebSpace files to be hosted by your IIS or Apache server The experimental clients listed in this file are not officially supported by GE Intelligent Platforms but are available for testing After the FIX WebSpace releases look to the GE Support web site for additional updates http support ge ip com Other Requirements e The Administrator on the web server must have administ
68. Space Plug in allows you to connect to an FIX WebSpace Server using Mozilla Firefox To connect to an FIX WebSpace Server browse to the FIX WebSpace HTML page If the plug in is already installed on the client machine it is automatically loaded and run by the browser Otherwise Mozilla Firefox prompts you to download the plug in and install it on the desktop computer Loose vs Embedded Mode There are two modes in which you can run the Mozilla Firefox client Loose and Embedded mode Loose mode displays the WorkSpace in an application window providing you with more screen real 94 Deploying and Running iFIX WebSpace Sessions estate while the Embedded mode displays the WorkSpace directly in a Mozilla Firefox window in a single window Embedded mode is the default setting You can change this setting using a command line option however You can also launch in either loose or embedded mode using the AllClients html web page and selecting the Plug in Loose or Embedded option NOTE Do not use Embedded mode with FIX Desktop View Use Loose mode with Mozilla Firefox in this case or use the Microsoft Windows Desktop Client for the iFIX WebSpace Loose Mode NOTE In loose mode the browser window will automatically close if there are no other tabs open in the browser e Tee PTE Vert Pr gt 95 Viewing Pictures From a Web Browser Embedded Mode f QM ye ery fr een eh mp L
69. Space session NOTE By default the name for the client s proxy printer installed on the FIX WebSpace Server is lt client printer name gt from client machine name gt So for instance if the client machine is named HRWorkstation and has a printer named Xerox Phaser 6180MFP attached to it then the client s proxy printer on the FIX WebSpace Server will be named Xerox Phaser 6180MFP from HR Workstation Since multiple users connect to an FIX WebSpace Server these printers must be filtered so that users see only their own printers This requires that each printer be assigned a unique identifier A system administrator can specify the proxy printer format to insure that each printer has a unique identifier In addition information can include the 110 Advanced Topics User s name Client computer s IP address Client machine name To customize the printer name 1 Open the Windows Registry Editor 2 Expand the HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE key 3 Locate the PrinterNameFormat key SOFTWARE ProficyiFIX WebSpace AppServer PrinterNameFormat 4 Right click PrinterNameFormat select Modify on the Popup menu The default is from C 5 Enter one or more of the client printer customization tokens in the Value field The available values are Argument Description Example U User name Wilson ol Client IP address 192 168 100 14 M Client MAC address 001
70. TE The Firefox Plug in update feature does not work if you install the Windows Desktop Client installer ifix client windows exe It only works when the web client has been installed via the web 96 Deploying and Running iFIX WebSpace Sessions browser page To update the FireFox Plug in with the Add on Manager 1 In Firefox on the Tools menu select Add ons 2 Click the Find Updates button 3 Install the update Running the Client The FIX WebSpace Plug in is automatically installed the first time a user accesses an HTML page containing the plug in To run the client all you need to do is access the FIX WebSpace Server HTML page NOTE If you want to change the options available when you run the FIX WebSpace plug in refer to the Command line Options section below To run the FIX WebSpace Plug in 1 Start Mozilla Firefox 2 Inthe URL box type http followed by the FIX WebSpace Server computer name or IP address and then AFIXWebSpace For example http iFIXWebSpaceServerName iFIXWebSpac 3 Select the appropriate plug in link from the list 4 When the Logon dialog appears type the following information e Your network user name in the User name field e Your network password in the Password field NOTE Users are allowed three invalid logon attempts before the logon process shuts down Uninstalling the Client To uninstall the FIX WebSpace Plug in uninstall the plug in and then clear
71. Tools menu click Host Options The Host Options dialog box appears Click Log tab In the Output level edit box enter one of the above numeric values IMPORTANT Setting the log output value to 5 or 6 may adversely affect iFIX WebSpace performance These output levels yield very large files and should only be used in a controlled environment preferably when only one client is accessing the iFIX WebSpace Server The default value for the Output level is 2 Changes to the Output Level are applied to iFIX WebSpace sessions that are started after the change Maintaining Log Files The FIX WebSpace creates a new log file every time the FIX WebSpace Application Publishing Service starts Over time these files can accumulate and consume a significant amount of disk space To help manage these files the FIX WebSpace lets you delete or backup log files and set file size or age limits By default the logs are stored in this folder on the iFIX WebSpace Server C Program Files ProficyNFIX WebSpace Log 73 Viewing Pictures From a Web Browser To delete log files 1 Cu E A TN a From the FIX WebSpace Administration on the server list select the desired server On the Tools menu click Host Options The Host Options dialog box appears Click the Log tab In the Maintenance area from the drop down list select Delete In the Files more than _ days old field specify how old in days log files can become before be
72. Type and Networked for the Connectivity Type The name of the SCU will automatically be named WEB SCU e Optionally install the Proficy Historian for SCADA or Proficy Historian Client tools You only need to do this if you plan to view historical data in your 1FIX WebSpace sessions e Allow FIX and the WebSpace Server through the firewall if the Windows firewall is enabled Click Yes to continue The install will automatically configure the rest of these settings for you If you are using a different firewall you will need to manually open the firewall for your FIX WebSpace components After the install install or update the licensing key All install steps are described in detail in the Installing the FIX WebSpace Server Software section of the Getting Started guide 3 Copy the HOSTS file that you edited in the previous set of steps from the iFIX SCADA Server to the Dependent Application Server computer The HOSTS file on the Dependent Application Server should be identical to the one on the FIX SCADA Server You can find the HOSTS file in the C WINDOWS system32 drivers etc folder 4 In Windows Workgroup or Domain preferably Domain add the user accounts that you want to use with the FIX WebSpace If you are on a domain you may have already done this You must have the privileges to do so 5 In the FIX Security Configuration program add these same users accounts Edit gt User Accounts and enable security Edit gt
73. Use caution when changing these ini settings since user data displayed in the iFIX WebSpace is refreshed at these rates Improving Picture Open Time If you do experience performance issues for instance a picture takes a long time to open or the CPU on the FIX WebSpace Server or Client starts to spike try opening the picture on a View node iClient If you notice similar performance issues on the View node consider modifying your pictures For instance you may want to set the picture refresh rates to a slower rate than the default On a high end server the login time for the FIX WebSpace session is approximately 1 5 times that of a Windows View Node For example 1f your Windows View Node takes 30 seconds to start FIX and open the picture then the web browser will take approximately 45 seconds If you experience high CPU usage on the FIX WebSpace Server and you are using Alarm Summary objects in your pictures try to reduce the number of rows displayed in the Alarm Summary object Also when viewing pictures from the web sessions try closing any unnecessary pictures that display Alarm Summary objects When multiple web sessions display pictures with Alarm Summary objects that include multiple rows the CPU usage on the FIX WebSpace Server may rise In this scenario if you reduce the number of rows and open pictures the CPU usage on the FIX WebSpace Server should improve If login time the time from when you enter the FIX
74. X WebSpace components After the install install or update the licensing key All install steps are described in detail in the Installing the FIX Software section of the Getting Started guide 2 Update the HOSTS file with the IP address and name of the FIX SCADA Server to ensure the highest reliability for connectivity You can find the HOSTS file in the C WINDOWS system32 drivers etc folder If the FIX SCADA Server node name is different from the computer name that it was installed on you also need to add this name to the HOSTS file The HOSTS file on the FIX WebSpace Server should be identical to the one on the FIX SCADA Server An example entry in the HOSTS file is as follows 198 212 170 4 SCADAO1 If SCADAI was the FIX SCADA Server node name but the computer name where the FIX SCADA Server was installed to was AREA 1 you would need to add a second line to the HOSTS file for AREA1 198 212 170 4 AREAI For more information on the HOSTS file refer to the Before You Begin With TCP IP section in the Setting Up the Environment e book 3 In Windows Workgroup or Domain preferably Domain add the user accounts that you want to use with the FIX WebSpace Server You must have the privileges to do so 4 If you want to enable security on the FIX SCADA node most likely add these same users to the FIX SCADA through the Security Configuration application Edit gt User Accounts FIX must be running to access th
75. andard mechanisms are unable to provide the session with a keyboard layout the iFIX WebSpace Server will attempt to load a keyboard layout that matches the client s keyboard The Windows Client will send the default keyboard layout but not an IME of the operating system which will be used by the server to attempt to load the keyboard layout that best matches the client This means that in most installations that do not utilize IMEs the Configuration Overview FIX WebSpace administrator is not required to perform any special configurations e Standard language keyboards have Windows keyboard layouts that are identical to the language s locale ID For example the French locale ID is 040C and the standard French keyboard layout is 0000040C e Ifthe keyboard is not standard there might be mismatches The keyboard layouts of non standard keyboards are not unique across all Windows platforms If all clients within an installation of FIX WebSpace use the same non standard keyboard the fallback layout text registry key can be used to specify it for all sessions This will ensure that all clients will get the proper keyboard for each session e Client computers have different non standard keyboards the best way to communicate this to the server is to specify the keyboard layout in the command line option or plug in applet tag parameter For information on command line options refer associated client to the section NOTE When connecting to
76. ansmission Control Protocol TCP and Secure Socket Layer SSL as methods for communication between Windows and the FIX WebSpace Server When selecting the SSL transport an SSL Certificate file must be specified SSL certificates are required to secure communication between FIX WebSpace sessions and the FIX WebSpace Server 58 Administering the iFIX WebSpace Server You can obtain a certificate from a trusted Certificate Authority CA such as Verisign or Thawte or you can create your own certificate authority and then sign your server certificates from this authority To select the transport mode 1 YA A RAS 6 From the FIX WebSpace Administration in the server tree select the desired server from the list On the Tools menu click Host Options The Host Options dialog box appears Click the Security tab In the Transport drop down list select TCP or SSL When selecting SSL transport type or browse to the path of the server s certificate in the SSL Certificate box Click OK When the SSL transport is selected all connections to that FIX WebSpace Server use the SSL transport and the selected encryption algorithm including connections from FIX WebSpace sessions FIX WebSpace sessions that do not support SSL will be unable to connect to the server using the SSL transport unless the Use TCP as fallback option is enabled P To select TCP as the fallback transport mode 1 o Ro From the FIX W
77. applications 79 Viewing Pictures From a Web Browser Once an application s permissions have been set you can assign specific parameters for the application with the FIX WebSpace Administration Client Drive Remapping With the Client Drives feature enabled the FIX WebSpace must ensure there is a one to one mapping between drive letters and the drives of the client and server computers If a drive on the client and a drive on the server are assigned the same drive letter the FIX WebSpace must assign a new drive letter to one of the drives Client drives can be remapped by either listing them sequentially starting at a given drive letter or incrementing their drive letters by a specified value To list client drives sequentially starting at a given drive letter 1 From the iFIX WebSpace Administration on the server list select the desired server On the Tools menu click Host Options The Host Options dialog box appears Click the Client Access tab Select the Drives check box Select the Assign consecutive letters starting at _ option In the drop down list next to the field select the drive letter that should start the sequence Click OK zl Sr UN AA oq gt To increment client drive letters by a fixed value 1 From the FIX WebSpace Administration on the server list select the desired server 2 On the Tools menu click Host Options The Host Options dialog box appears 3 Click the Client Access tab
78. asswords on the Client check box NOTE This option is only available if the Standard Authentication option is also selected 5 Click OK On most platforms the cached password is stored in the user s home directory in a dat file named for the FIX WebSpace Server For example for the FIX WebSpace ActiveX Control C Documents and Settings user1 Application Data Proficy iFIX WebSpace Server Werverl dat is an example location of 62 Administering the iFIX WebSpace Server the cached password In this example user is the FIX or Proficy Pulse user logged into the WebSpace session and server is the name of the FIX WebSpace Server Client side password caching is supported on Internet Explorer Mozilla Firefox and the Desktop Client IMPORTANT If you are concerned about public computers retaining cached passwords you should clear the Cache Passwords on the Client check box on the iFIX WebSpace Server By default this option is cleared Hiding Server Drives Microsoft s Group Policy Objects lets you hide specific host drives For instructions see http support microsoft com kb 23 1289 To hide host drives the Apply Group Policy option must be enabled in the Host Options dialog box in the FIX WebSpace Administration application Password Change Password changes can be made through Windows security groups and accounts Users can change passwords when e The administrator requires the user to change his or her passwor
79. at are also configurable in the Administration tool such as hp and ac override the default settings in the FIX WebSpace Administration tool Command line options can only be appended to desktop shortcuts that call the C Program FilesWProficyUFIX WebSpace Client Client iFIX exe file In order to accommodate spaces in user names and passwords quotation marks must be included when using command line arguments To modify the default settings on the Start menu option for the Windows Desktop Client 1 2 On the Start menu point to Programs gt iFIX WebSpace Client gt iFIX WebSpace Client Right click the iFIX WebSpace Client and select Properties The iFIX WebSpace Client Properties dialog box appears On the Shortcut tab in the Target field add parameters you want to include after the path to 1FIX exe Refer to the Summary of Command line Options for a full list of available options For example this option will open the Windows Desktop Client with a server named MyServer C Program Files ProficyNFIX WebSpace Client Client iFIX exe h MyServer Click OK to save your changes To create a desktop shortcut for Windows Desktop Client 1 Right click on the desktop and select New and then Shortcut The Create Shortcut dialog box appears In the Create Shortcut dialog box browse to the FIX WebSpace executable file C Program Files Proficy FIX WebSpace Client Client iFIX exe Add parameters after th
80. b servers use the Microsoft Windows Server 2003 or greater operating system and avoid using Windows XP e Itis also strongly recommended that you do not use Windows Workgroups with the iF IX WebSpace e For 64 bit operating systems a boot message appears on restart after you install the iFIX WebSpace Server Be sure to select the operating system with the iFIX WebSpace Enabled and then proceed with the restart This message is expected behavior e The iFIX WebSpace Server is not supported on the Windows XP Embedded operating system The FIX WebSpace Web Session can be run on any of the following Windows operating systems e Microsoft Windows XP Professional Service Pack 3 or greater e Microsoft Windows Vista Service Pack 2 Business Enterprise or Ultimate Edition e Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 2 or greater Standard or Enterprise Edition e Microsoft Windows Server 2008 32 bit Service Pack 2 or greater Standard or Enterprise Edition e Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 64 bit Service Pack 1 Standard or Enterprise Edition e Microsoft Windows 7 32 bit or 64 bit Service Pack 1 Professional Enterprise or Ultimate Edition NOTES e Running FIX WebSpace web sessions browser or desktop client on the same computer as the iFIX WebSpace Server is not supported e Proficy iFIX WebSpace sessions clients can log in from operating systems in other languages However f
81. bSpace Server allows To specify the idle limit 1 From the FIX WebSpace Administration in the server tree select the desired server from the list On the Tools menu click Host Options The Host Options dialog box appears Click the Session Shutdown tab Select the Idle check box Sec deo cA OBS In the field next to the check box enter the number of minutes of idle time allowed by the server 6 From the Action drop down list select either Disconnect to disconnect users when the idle limit has been reached or Log off to log users off when the idle limit has been reached 56 Administering the iFIX WebSpace Server 7 Click OK The minimum number of idle time is 1 minute and the maximum is 44640 minutes 31 days This feature is disabled by default Specifying the Warning Period The warning period represents the number of minutes before a session limit or idle limit is reached when users are warned they are about to be disconnected or logged off For example if the warning period is set to 2 users will be warned 2 minutes before the session limit or the idle limit is reached The warning period must be less than the session limit and idle limit settings This feature is disabled by default To specify the warning period 1 From the iFIX WebSpace Administration in the server tree select the desired server from the list 2 Onthe Tools menu click Host Options The Host Options dialog box appears 3 Click the S
82. bSpace Server through the firewall if the Windows firewall is enabled Click Yes to continue The install will automatically configure the rest of these settings for you If you are using a different firewall you will need to manually open the firewall for your FIX WebSpace components After the install install or update the licensing key All install steps are described in detail in the Installing the FIX Software section of the Getting Started guide Update the HOSTS file with the IP address and name of the SCADA Server You can find the HOSTS file in the C WINDOW S system32 drivers etc folder If the FIX SCADA Server node name is different from the computer name that it was installed on you also need to add this name to the HOSTS file An example entry in the HOSTS file is as follows 198 212 170 4 SCADAO1 If SCADAI was the FIX SCADA Server node name but the computer name where the FIX SCADA Server was installed was AREAI you would need to add a second line to the HOSTS file for AREA1 198 212 170 4 AREAL1 For more information on the HOSTS file refer to the Before You Begin With TCP IP section in the Setting Up the Environment e book In Windows Workgroup or Domain preferably Domain add the user accounts that you want to use with the FIX WebSpace Server You must have the privileges to do so In the FIX Security Configuration program add these same users accounts Edit gt User Accounts and enable security Edit
83. bSpace sessions try some of these suggestions e If Internet Explorer does not display these Proficy Portal controls clear any proxy server settings On the Tools menu click Internet Options In the Internet Options dialog box click the Connections tab and then the LAN Settings button to access proxy settings Next clear the User JRE version for applet option in the Advanced Settings On the Tools menu click Internet Options In the Internet Options dialog box click the Advanced tab and then scroll to the Java Sun category and locate the User JRE version for applet option e Ifthe web browser s security levels are set to allow only trusted sites make sure you add the Proficy Portal Server to the list of trusted sites Refresh rates on pictures can also impact browser performance In the iFIX WebSpace by default datalinks animations and charts Enhanced and Standard in pictures will refresh at a rate no faster than once per second For example in the Expression Builder if you enter 1 or 5 as the refresh rate for your data source it will NOT be adhered to The historical update rate for both Enhanced and Standard charts will also be adjusted accordingly For the alarm blink rate alarm fetch rate and alarm data refresh rate in the Alarm Summary objects the iFIX WebSpace will refresh the data no faster than every 5 seconds For instance even if you set the refresh rates in the Alarm Summary object to be faster the FIX WebSpace
84. ber for each running application matches the process identification number displayed in the Windows Task Manager To view FIX WebSpace process information e From the iFIX WebSpace Administration application in the main window click the Processes tab Ending Client Processes Processes are any actions taking place on the FIX WebSpace Server that are initiated by a client An FIX WebSpace session for example is a process Each running FIX WebSpace session is assigned a unique name and process ID in the Windows Task Manager These process names and IDs are duplicated in the FIX WebSpace Administration FIX WebSpace administrators can end any process from the FIX WebSpace Administration To end an FIX WebSpace process 1 From the FIX WebSpace Administration application in the main window click the Processes tab 2 Select the process or processes you want to end 3 On the Tools menu point to Processes and then click Terminate Reconnecting a Session Session reconnect allows sessions to be maintained on an FIX WebSpace Server without a client connection If the client s connection to the server is lost intentionally or unintentionally the user s session remains running on the FIX WebSpace Server for the length of the session time out specified with the FIX WebSpace Administration Session reconnect allows users to return to their FIX WebSpace session in the exact state they l
85. ck OK Logon Scripts Logon scripts allow administrators to configure the operating environment for FIX WebSpace users Scripts may perform an arbitrary set of tasks such as defining user specific environment variables and drive letter mappings The FIX WebSpace supports two types of logon scripts global scripts that execute for all users that log on to the server and user specific scripts that execute for individual users Before loading the user s profile the FIX WebSpace checks to see if a script of either or both type has been specified If so the FIX WebSpace runs the script s within the user s security context each time the user is authenticated NOTE User specific project paths for iFIX WebSpace sessions are not supported For example you cannot use different directory paths for iFIX files such as pictures across multiple users If you need to support this it is suggested that you use FIX with Terminal Server instead of iF IX WebSpace User specific logon scripts are specified using the functionality provided by the operating system For example the logon script for local users on a Windows 2000 server is specified as follows 1 Right click My Computer and click Manage Navigate to the System Tools Local Users and Groups Users folder Select a user and click Properties Click Profiles Se GS In the Logon script box type the file name of the user s logon script If the value entered in the Logon script box
86. client computer in order to use the Universal Printer Driver s PDF conversion feature 46 Windows Printer Driver Enables printers to be configured using already installed native drivers When only the Windows Printer Drivers option is enabled only native printer drivers that are installed on the FIX WebSpace Server will be used If a printer s native driver is not installed that printer will not be configured To allow the FIX WebSpace to automatically install native printer drivers that ship with Microsoft Windows click the Automatically install drivers The Windows Printer Driver option is preferred when configuring proxy printers if they are available and if settings allow them to be used When both the Universal Printer Driver and the Windows Printer Drivers are enabled and a printer s native driver is installed on the FIX WebSpace Server the printer s native driver will be used to configure the printer If it is not installed on the FIX WebSpace Server the printer is configured to use the Universal Printer Driver When Windows Printer Drivers and Automatically install drivers are enabled only native printer drivers that are installed on the iFIX WebSpace Server or those that are included with Windows will be used If a printer s native driver is not installed and it is not included with Windows that printer will not be configured When neither the Windows Printer Drivers nor Universal Printer Driver
87. cnnccnnonnss 52 sessions per FIX WebSpace Server 54 sessions per USET nni a p 54 shadowing ecc eee eie ee 70 MTB GI 123 SOUNGS o enira TI SSL TTAMSPOTE siisii sones is doos ies 60 Startup Properties sese 117 KIEREN ELE 33 123 System Requirements sese 1 T TCPAP aseene es Eee 123 TCP IP based printer sees 86 Terminal Services 108 terminate cad ia e a ers 70 71 time zone redirection cooooonoccnnccnooncconnnonnnacananon 86 Title Dat 123 Transmission Control Protocol 58 Transport Mode see 58 U Unsupported Features 8 URL etr RS 123 qe 50 A ee e ee r n 50 129 Viewing Pictures From a Web Browser User must change password at next logon 63 user profile leida 123 V virtual memory see 54 130
88. cript such as defined in the LoginScript bat example If you are using shared folders with Local Windows users not on the Domain make sure that the user is present on both the FIX WebSpace Server machine and the machine which contains the shared folder Be aware that the FIX WebSpace Server cannot back up logs to a network folder For example if you type a UNC path or a mapped network drive in the folder edit box the following message is displayed Please specify a usable Windows folder where log files may be written 29 Viewing Pictures From a Web Browser Be aware of the Microsoft limitation on shared directories Please see article KB5062 on the GE Intelligent Platforms Knowledgebase http www ge ip com support Mark all of the paths with their folders that will be shared for the Web Clients as read only This will avoid running into the Microsoft s limitation for sharing files Configuring Multiple Input Locales The FIX WebSpace session can be configured to allow users with different input locales to log into the FIX WebSpace Server Although the FIX WebSpace Server supports only the same operating system language as the FIX SCADA Server or Proficy Pulse machine FIX WebSpace sessions can log in from operating systems in other languages However for this to work the input language must be added to the FIX WebSpace Server and keyboard layout for that locale must be set NOTE Users will not be able to swi
89. d or select Log to log off users when the idle limit has been reached 43 Viewing Pictures From a Web Browser Item Description Warning Period Lets you specify the number of minutes before a session or idle limit is reached when users are warned that they are about to be disconnected or logged off This option may be selected if either Session or Idle is enabled However the Warning Period must be less than the session limit and idle limit settings Values less than or equal to zero provide no warning period Grace Period Lets you specify the number of minutes necessary to provide for a graceful shutdown of iFIX and all of its processes when a session is being closed The Grace Period defaults to a value of 1 minute and should ONLY be changed at the instruction of FIX Customer Support personnel Disconnected Select so that sessions will terminate as soon as their clients disconnect Sessions Terminate Immediately Disconnected Lets you specify how many minutes sessions should remain running after Sessions Terminate After their clients disconnect For example if the network connection is lost or if users unintentionally disconnect from the FIX WebSpace their session state is preserved for the length of time entered here Client Access The Client Access tab displays the following items Item Description 44 Clipboard Enab
90. d Clients The number of clients connected to a session 0 indicates that no one is connected to the session the client has disconnected indicates that the client is connected and the session is active 2 or higher indicates that the session is being shadowed IP Address IP address of the client computer from which the user is accessing the server Each computer on a network has a unique IP address Startup Time Date and time the user started the application Applications Number of processes the user is accessing gt To view session information Click the Sessions tab NOTE Click the All Servers icon from the left panel of the FIX WebSpace Administration to view a list of all active sessions on the network This allows you to view active FIX WebSpace sessions without connecting to individual servers Viewing Process Information A process refers to the specific application that a client is running from the server The FIX WebSpace Administration displays the following process information Column Displays the Name Name of the application running on the server 68 Administering the iFIX WebSpace Server Column Displays the User Network user name of the user accessing the application Startup Time Date and time the user started the application Process ID Process identification number assigned by the server s operating system The num
91. d at the next logon For more information refer to the Changing Passwords at Next Logon section e The security policy is configured to prompt users to change passwords before expiration For more information refer to the Prompting Users to Change Passwords Before Expiration section e The user s password has expired For more information refer to the Prompting Users to Change Passwords After Expiration section Changing Passwords at Next Logon Administrators can require a user to change his or her password by checking the User must change password at next logon option in the Windows user configuration setup For Local accounts you can access these properties by right clicking My Computer and Selecting Manage The Computer Management window appears In the System Tools folder there is a Local Users and Groups folder Locate the user name in this folder right click it and select Properties The General tab displays the settings To log on when the User must change password at next logon option is enabled 1 From your web browser access the FIX WebSpace logon page http ServerName iFIX WebSpace and select the appropriate FIX WebSpace session 2 Inthe Logon dialog type the user name and password If the account does not exist in the domain in which the FIX WebSpace Server resides include the domain name in the User name field as a prefix for example domain username 3 Click OK The following message displays Yo
92. ds 5 Click OK NOTE Client printers are temporarily installed on the FIX WebSpace Server for the duration of the client s session Printer drivers are installed permanently Administrators can view the list of printers and drivers in the Printers folder on the FIX WebSpace Server If you start two or more web sessions at the same time with different user accounts from the same client system client printers will only be available to the first session Network Printing If the printer on the FIX WebSpace Server is a network printer and you want to allow printing from the web sessions to this printer you must add the network printer to the FIX WebSpace Server First create a port on the FIX WebSpace Server that connects directly to the server and then install the printer locally For steps refer to the Setting up a Network Printer section If a printer is physically connected to the FIX WebSpace Server and you want to allow printing from the web sessions to this printer no additional configuration changes need to be made NOTE If you want to allow printing in web sessions from client printers refer to the Client Printing section for information on how to configure Client Time Zone Redirection By default all FIX WebSpace sessions are run in the time zone of the FIX WebSpace Server 86 Configuring Optional Web Session Properties machine Administrators can opt to run FIX WebSpace sessions in the time zone
93. e e fti 1 taco HOW A pcm z MI tre dit t A ro ee Gating Sate Leg nadine gt erer 2 mM 3 Polk PIC kg fa das H S Installing the Client If the plug in is already installed on the client machine it is automatically loaded and run by the browser Otherwise you are prompted to download the plug in and install it on the desktop computer the first time you browse to this web page http iFIXWebSpaceServerName iFIXWebSpace where iFIXWebSpaceServerName is the computer name or IP address of your iFIX WebSpace Server You also can browse to the http iF XWebSpaceServerNamehFIXWebSpace AllClients html page to install and run this plug in control The AllClients html page allows you to specify Loose or Embedded mode when running Additionally you can install this plug in with the ifix client windows exe installer provided in any of these locations e The iFIX DVD in the Setup Proficy WebSpace WebSpaceServer subfolder e The iFIX WebSpace install folder in the Web Clients path which by default is the C Program Files Proficy iFIX WebSpace Web Clients folder e TheiFIX WebSpace Server computer in the folder where you publish the FIX WebSpace files to be hosted by your IIS or Apache server Updating the Client Users who have installed the plug in with Mozilla Firefox can update the plug in via Firefox s Add on manager If you are unable to do that you can also manually uninstall and then reinstall the plug in NO
94. e Desktop Client appears Or Double click the short cut you created to start the Windows Desktop Client The Desktop Client appears 2 When the Logon dialog appears type the following information e Your network user name in the User name field e Your network password in the Password field NOTE Users are allowed three invalid logon attempts before the logon process shuts down Uninstalling the Windows Desktop Client To uninstall the Windows Desktop Client use the Add or Remove Programs option in the Windows Control Panel To uninstall the FIX WebSpace Desktop Client 1 From the Control Panel select Add or Remove Programs The Add or Remove Programs dialog box appears 2 Select the FIX WebSpace Client in the list of programs 3 Click Remove 4 Follow the instructions on your screen Command line Information and Guidelines Optionally you can use command line settings to override the defaults of your Windows Desktop Client session on open You can do this by either e Changing the default settings you use on the Start menu to open the Windows Desktop Client by changing the Properties on the shortcut Or 102 Deploying and Running iFIX WebSpace Sessions Creating a new shortcut with the command line options that you want to use Be aware of the following when working with command line options Parameters are optional and case sensitive They can be appended in any order Command line options th
95. e Server logs stored directly in a network folder are not supported Proficy Change Management Proficy Change Management is not supported Be sure that the Logon on WorkSpace Startup option is cleared on the Change Management tab in the User Preferences dialog box in the WorkSpace Right to left Languages Right to left languages are not supported Session and Server on the Same Computer Running FIX WebSpace sessions browser or desktop client on the same machine where the FIX WebSpace Server is installed is not supported Terminal Server A Terminal Server running on the same machine as the FIX WebSpace Server is not supported THISNODE feature THISNODE which applies to the View nodes communicating with a remote SCADA is not supported from the web session Configuration Overview iFIX WebSpace The FIX WebSpace Server allows you to log on and run FIX or Proficy Pulse from a web session However in order to do so you must first configure your FIX WebSpace Server through the FIX WebSpace Administration tool The following sections provide information on how to access use and configure the FIX WebSpace and its options through the FIX WebSpace Administration tool e Configuration Guidelines e Setup Overview FIX SCADA and FIX WebSpace Server on Separate Computers Recommended Configuration e Setup Overview FIX SCADA and FIX WebSpace Server on the Same Computer e Setup Overview Proficy Pulse and
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97. e files FIX Screen Saver The FIX Screen Saver is not supported in FIX WebSpace sessions The FIX Screen Saver settings only apply to the FIX applications running on the FIX WebSpace Server itself and not to web sessions IPv6 The FIX WebSpace does not support IPv6 If you disable IPv6 to use FIX WebSpace make sure that your local HOSTS file does not contain any IPv6 references For example remove the 1 localhost lines from the HOSTS file and replace them a line that references the IP address and the local host name if necessary Language Versions of the Operating System OS that Differ Are not supported for the FIX SCADA Server and the FIX WebSpace Server Both OS languages must be the same for each server For example German OS for the FIX SCADA Server and German OS for the FIX WebSpace Server Language Versions of the Products that Differ Are not supported for the FIX WebSpace and iFIX Proficy Pulse Both product languages must be the same if you want to use these products together For example French iFIX and French FIX WebSpace Server Licensing from Older Products Only M4 hardware and software keys are supported for the FIX WebSpace other older keys are not supported HMI Pak keys no networking enabled are not supported on the web client computers Modem Connections Connecting a client to the FIX WebSpace Server using a modem is not supported Network Folder for Logs FIX WebSpac
98. e folder where you publish the FIX WebSpace files to be hosted by your IIS or Apache server Open the index html or index htm page in a text editor such as Notepad Scroll to the following line window location href logon html embed true Add or change the command line options Refer to the Summary of Command line Options for a full list of available options For example to enable loose mode instead of embedded mode enter window location href logon html embed false Save the file To use a custom hyperlink command to open a web page Open a web page in an editor Choose the editor s Insert Hyperlink option Enter the address of the host followed by the desired hyperlink parameters Refer to the Summary of Command line Options for a full list of available options For example to enable loose mode instead of embedded mode enter http AFIX WebSpaceServerName iFIX WebSpace logon html embed false Save the page Summary of Command line Options The following table describes the available command line options for the FIX WebSpace startup in Mozilla Firefox Option Description user user_name The name of the user s account password actual_password The user s password port port_number The port on which the FIX WebSpace Server accepts connections By default this port number is 491 99 Viewing Pictures From a Web Browser Option Description autocl
99. e following sections Be aware that the FIX WebSpace Server will not expose the details of the FIX SCADA Server such as the IP address A typical FIX SCADA and FIX WebSpace configuration has the FIX SCADA Server and FIX WebSpace Server on separate computers as shown in the following figure This is recommended and a best practice for optimal performance Configuration Overview FIX WebSpace amp iFIX WebSpace Clients iFIX WebSpace Clients run iFIX WebSpace Sessions using any of the following e Mozilla Firefox e Microsoft Internet Explorer e iFIX WebSpace Desktop Clients 2 FIX WebSpace Server The FIX WebSpace Server is a Web server that allows you to access FIX pictures from an FIX SCADA Server in run mode on iFIX WebSpace Clients The FIX WebSpace Server maintains the client connections It has the FIX WebSpace installed along with IIS or Apache HTTP Server It s configured similar to an FIX View node EIN Client but additionally has FIX security enabled directly on it and has web server configuration options available in the FIX WebSpace Administrator It must contain the same user names as your iFIX SCADA node e iFIX SCADA Server The iFIX SCADA Server sends process data to pictures for display from iFIX WebSpace Clients and iFIX view nodes iClients It can be running as a stand alone server or in an Enhanced Failover configuration with primary and secondary SCADA node
100. e licensing key All install steps are described in detail in the Installing the FIX Software section of the Getting Started guide Update the HOSTS file with the IP address and name of the FIX SCADA Server to ensure the highest reliability for connectivity You can find the HOSTS file in the C WWINDOWS system32 drivers etc folder If the FIX SCADA Server node name is different from the computer name that it was installed on you also need to add this name to the HOSTS file The HOSTS file on the FIX WebSpace Server should be identical to the one on the FIX SCADA Server An example entry in the HOSTS file is as follows 198 212 170 4 SCADAOI If SCADAI was the FIX SCADA Server node name but the computer name where the FIX SCADA Server was installed was AREA1 you would need to add a second line to the HOSTS file for AREA1 198 212 170 4 AREAI For more information on the HOSTS file refer to the Before You Begin With TCP IP section in the Setting Up the Environment e book 25 Viewing Pictures From a Web Browser 3 In Windows Workgroup or Domain preferably Domain add the user accounts that you want to use with the FIX WebSpace Server You must have the privileges to do so If you want to enable security on the FIX SCADA node most likely add these same users to the FIX SCADA through the Security Configuration application Edit gt User Accounts iFIX must be running to access this tool and enable security
101. e path to FIX exe Refer to the Summary of Command line Options for a full list of available options For example this option will open the Windows Desktop Client with a server named MyServer C Program Files Proficy iF X WebSpace Client Client iFIX exe h MyServer Type a name for the shortcut and click Finish TIP You can also create a Desktop shortcut automatically from the Connection dialog box When you click on the Start menu and point to Programs gt iFIX WebSpace Client gt iFIX WebSpace Client a dialog box appears similar to the following figure You can select the Create Desktop Shortcut to this Host option as shown in the following dialog box 103 Viewing Pictures From a Web Browser Connection Host Address 7 mu Connect Cancel _ Create desktop shortcut to this host Summary of Command line Options The following table describes the available command line options for the FIX WebSpace startup in the Windows Desktop Client Option Description u user_name The name of the user s account p actual_password The user s password hp port_number The port on which the FIX WebSpace Server accepts connections By default this port number is 491 h host_name The name or IP address of your FIX WebSpace Server machine f 011 This setting describes whether each session will be displayed in a bounding window When you use f followed by a 1 all applications running
102. ebSpace Administration in the server tree select the desired server from the list On the Tools menu click Host Options The Host Options dialog box appears Click the Security tab In the Transport drop down list select SSL Select the Use TCP as fallback check box Click OK Encrypting Sessions For purposes of security administrators can optionally encrypt all data transmitted between the client and the server This includes the client s user name and password which are supplied during logon and any application data submitted by the client or returned by the server The iFIX WebSpace uses 56 bit DES encryption b To encrypt a server s sessions 1 CH vr NS From the FIX WebSpace Administration in the FIX WebSpace Server tree select the desired server from the list On the Tools menu click Host Options The Host Options dialog box appears Click the Security tab From the Encryption drop down list select an encryption level Click OK After you have enabled encryption all new FIX WebSpace sessions will be encrypted Sessions that 59 Viewing Pictures From a Web Browser are active when the feature is enabled will remain unencrypted The next time the user logs on to the FIX WebSpace Server however his or her session will be encrypted The user must log off the FIX WebSpace Server and log back on in order for his or her session to be encrypted Generating a CSR Using IIS Certificate Wizard The
103. ed The FIX WebSpace Server cannot run on either of the SCADA machines configured in a redundant pair The FIX SCADA Server and FIX WebSpace Server should reside on the same network domain SCADA Server Computer Setup NOTE If an iFIX instance is already running on your computer before you begin to configure your iFIX WebSpace Server make sure that you additionally check the Local Startup Definition of the WEB SCU file when you are configuring your iFIX WebSpace Server Be sure to confirm that the Local Node Name and Local Logical Name fields are correct and that the Configuration File field points to the WEB SCU file gt To set up the FIX SCADA Server you need to As an Administrator install the FIX SCADA product During the install you will be prompted to e Enter a Node Name Node Type and Connectivity Type Select SCADA and Networked and enter a name other than the default name of FIX e Optionally install the Proficy Historian for SCADA or Proficy Historian Client tools You only need to do this if you plan to view historical data in your iFIX WebSpace sessions e Allow FIX and the WebSpace Server through the firewall if the Windows firewall is enabled Click Yes to continue The install will automatically configure the rest of these settings for you If you are using a different firewall you will need to manually open the firewall for your FIX WebSpace components After the install install or update th
104. ed by your IIS or Apache server For example you would modify the window location href logon html embed true line in the index html and index htm files with the settings you want to change For instance you might want to change that line to allow for loose mode instead of embedded mode window location href logon html embed false Be aware of the following when working with command line options 92 Parameters are optional and case sensitive They can be appended in any order Command line options that are also configurable in the Administration tool override the default settings in the FIX WebSpace Administration tool Before the first command line option and after the logon html reference add a symbol For example logon html embed false Deploying and Running iFIX WebSpace Sessions After the first command each additional command that you add should be appended with the amp symbol before the additional command For example embed false amp bInBrowser false Spaces within parameters must be replaced with the 20 symbol To edit the Index html and Index htm page to change the command line options for the default login page 1 Access the FIX WebSpace Server computer and locate the he folder where you publish the FIX WebSpace files to be hosted by your IIS or Apache server Open the index html or index htm page in a text editor such as Notepad Scroll to the following line window location href
105. efly and then closes Viewing Performance Counters FIX WebSpace Server performance counters can be added to the Windows Performance Monitor to track the number of active sessions and the number of clients connected to a server FIX WebSpace Server performance counters allow administrators to monitor server activity from any machine with network access to an FIX WebSpace Server The Remote Registry Service Regsvc exe must be enabled for remote performance monitoring to work To add FIX WebSpace Server performance counters to the Performance Monitor 1 On the Start menu point to Programs Settings Control Panel Administrative Tools and then click Performance The Performance window appears 2 Click the button to add counter s The Add Counters dialog box appears 3 From the Performance Object drop down list locate and click FIX WebSpace Server 4 From the Counter list select the desired counters Active Sessions Client Connections Maximum Sessions Server Connections and click Add 5 Click Close 66 Administering the iFIX WebSpace Server FIX WebSpace Server Performance Counters FIX WebSpace Server performance counters include Counter Description Client Connections The total number of client connections on the FIX WebSpace Server Server Connections Not applicable Active Sessions For sessions host on that server currently running on the computer Maximum Sessions This di
106. eft it If the network connection is lost or if users unintentionally disconnect from FIX WebSpace their session state is preserved for the length of time specified in the FIX WebSpace Administration After a user is authenticated through normal logon procedures the FIX WebSpace Server determines if the user has an active session If so that session is resumed and appears exactly as it did prior to disconnection If not a new session is started Users are also able to disconnect from one client and reconnect to the session from another client When attempting to reconnect to a disconnected session users are required to specify their logon credentials After the server validates them the server reconnects them to the disconnected session If the session is hosted on a server that is part of a Relay Server configuration the user is routed to his or 69 Viewing Pictures From a Web Browser her session without any indication that the session is on a Relay Server If Integrated Windows authentication is available users are automatically re authenticated and re connected to their session Shadowing a Session Session shadowing allows multiple users to view and control a single FIX WebSpace session Only administrators can connect to running FIX WebSpace sessions but only with permission from the session s user A shadow session does not consume a license however each open browser window even if logged on under the same user name
107. el on the right Or Click Have Disk 9 Follow the directions provided by the Add Printer Wizard to install the proper printer driver Client Printers in a Multi Server Environment In a multi server environment a single Driver server can be a central location for printer drivers The Driver server acts as a repository for all printer drivers that are available to FIX WebSpace clients Printer drivers that are installed on the Driver server are replicated on each application server when a user requiring them logs onto the FIX WebSpace Server When a user configures a printer with a driver that is not already available on the Driver server that driver is replicated on the Driver server and is available to all application servers with access to that Driver server If the Driver server and the Relay Server are e The same machine no additional setup is required e Separate machines the Driver server must e Be accessible from the application servers e Have a print share that points to the printer driver directory Users need 112 Advanced Topics e Read access to this share in order to install drivers from the Driver server e Write access to this share in order to install drivers to the Driver server Working with the IIS Web Server IIS Installed Folder Location If the FIX WebSpace is installed on a computer with IIS the installer will e Locate the root IIS Web directory that is identified in the Windows Regis
108. ends the user s FIX WebSpace session When autoclose false closing the program window ends the user s FIX WebSpace session but does not close the browser window By default autoclose false embed truelfalse This setting describes whether your web session runs in Loose mode or Embedded mode When embed true FIX WebSpace sessions run within the browser window in Embedded mode When embed false applications run outside the browser window in Loose mode By default embed true NOTE Do not use Embedded mode with FIX Desktop View Use Loose mode with Internet Explorer in this case or use the Microsoft Windows Desktop Client for the FIX WebSpace bInBrowser truelfalse This setting describes whether the FIX WebSpace session will disconnect when a user closes the loose browser window or browses to another page The bInBrowser setting only applies to loose mode In this mode when bInBrowser true users will be disconnected from their FIX WebSpace sessions when they close the browser or browse to another page In these cases the session will terminate on the server based on the FIX WebSpace Server s time out settings for disconnected sessions When bInBrowser false the FIX WebSpace will run in a separate process and users will not be disconnected from their sessions when they close the browser or browse to another page By default bInBrowser true Mozilla Firefox Client The FIX Web
109. er computer that you want to add the Input Locale with an administrator account On the Start menu point to Settings Control Panel and then click Regional and Language Options The Regional and Language Options dialog box appears Click the Languages tab In the Text services and input locales area click Details The Text Services and Input Languages dialog box appears In the Installed Services area click Add The Add Input Language dialog box appears In the Input Language field select the language you want to allow For example in the above graphic you would select Russian In the Keyboard Layout IME field select US This indicates that the physical keyboard should be set to a U S English keyboard layout If the physical keyboard is not US select the appropriate keyboard layout Click OK On the Text Services and Input Languages dialog click OK You are returned to the Regional 31 Viewing Pictures From a Web Browser 10 11 12 13 and Language Options dialog box Click the Advanced tab Select the Apply all settings to the current user account and to the default user profile check box A message box appears IMPORTANT e Users will not be able to switch input locales when the Logon dialog is displayed The input locale for the default language of the iFIX WebSpace Server will be used e For web sessions the selected input locale of the FIX WebSpace Server is not displayed in the system tray of
110. er the CPU and the larger the amount of memory the better your Proficy 1FIX picture load time and performance while running those pictures e If you are using Microsoft Internet Information Server IIS 6 0 and plan to allow for Mozilla Firefox web sessions modify IIS to serve a document with an xpi extension as a registered Viewing Pictures From a Web Browser MIME type on that server MIME type is application octet stream Extension is xpi IIS 6 0 does not serve unknown MIME types Please see KB article 326965 on the Microsoft Knowledgebase for more information http support microsoft com default aspx scid kb en us 326965 In a Relay Server configuration whether installing to a relay server or dependent application server the iFIX path must be the same on each computer in your configuration the relay server and all dependent application servers For instance if using 64 bit computers and you decide to install iFIX to the default C Program Files x86 Proficy Proficy iFIX path for one server the relay server and all dependent application servers should use the same path for the iFIX install For other software and hardware requirements refer to the Important Product Information IPI help Setup Overview FIX SCADA and FIX WebSpace Server on Separate Computers When the FIX SCADA and FIX WebSpace Server are on separate machines there are configuration tasks on both machines that you must perform as described in th
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112. ervers A dependent application server is an FIX WebSpace Server that is connected to a Relay Server and handles the FIX WebSpace sessions as directed by the Relay Server A dependent application server also has the FIX WebSpace Server installed along with an IIS or Apache HTTP Server However unlike the Relay Server only a few configuration items are entered in the FIX WebSpace Administration application on each dependent application server These items include the Relay Server name the Maximum Number of Sessions per host the Minimum Available Physical Memory setting and the Minimum Available Virtual Memory setting Each dependent application server installed software and settings should be configured the same In other words all software pictures and network access must be the same on each dependent application server IMPORTANT e Dependent application servers must be located on the same network as their associated Relay Server e Users are authenticated on dependent application servers and on the Relay Server e iFIX WebSpace Clients cannot connect directly to dependent application servers Configuration Overview FIX WebSpace iFIX SCADA Server The iFIX SCADA Server sends process data to pictures for display from iFIX WebSpace Clients and iFIX view nodes iClients It can be running as a stand alone server or in an Enhanced Failover configuration with primary and secondary SCADA nodes configur
113. esides include the domain name in the User name field as a prefix for example domain username 3 Click OK The following message displays Your password will expire in x day s Do you want to change your password now Yes No If you click No the FIX WebSpace session starts If you click Yes the Change Password dialog appears 4 Ifthe Change Password dialog box appears in the New Password and Confirm New Password fields enter the new password and click OK Prompting Users to Change Passwords After Expiration To log on after a password has expired 1 From your web browser access the FIX WebSpace logon page http ServerName iFIX WebSpace and select the appropriate FIX WebSpace session 2 Inthe Logon dialog type the user name and password If the account does not exist in the domain in which the iFIX WebSpace Server resides include the domain name in the User name field as a prefix for example domain username 3 Click OK The following message displays Your password has expired and must be changed 4 Click OK The Change Password dialog box appears 64 Administering the iFIX WebSpace Server 5 In the New Password and Confirm New Password fields enter the new password 6 Click OK Monitoring Server Activity The FIX WebSpace Administration displays information about server activity and processes taking place on the FIX WebSpace Server Administrators can use this information to determi
114. ession Shutdown tab 4 Selectthe Warning period check box NOTE Either a Session or Idle time out must be configured for the Warning period check box to become available 5 Inthe field next to the check box enter the number of minutes before a session or idle limit is reached when users are warned that they are about to be disconnected or logged off 6 Click OK Specifying the Grace Period The grace period allows you specify the number of minutes required to provide for a graceful shutdown of iFIX and all of its processes when a session is being closed The Grace Period defaults to a value of 1 minute and should ONLY be changed at the instruction of iFIX Customer Support personnel gt To specify the grace period 1 From the iFIX WebSpace Administration in the server tree select the desired server from the list 2 Onthe Tools menu click Host Options The Host Options dialog box appears 3 Click the Session Shutdown tab 4 Select the Grace period check box NOTE Either a Session or Idle time out must be configured for the Grace period check box to become available 5 In the field next to the check box enter the number of minutes after a logoff that users are able to save files and close applications and so on 6 Click OK 57 Viewing Pictures From a Web Browser The minimum grace period value is minute and the maximum value is 15 By default the grace period is 1 minute Security Options For information o
115. ession is displayed NOTE When an iF IX WebSpace session is being shadowed the server s cursor remains on the client until that session is closed It does not go away even when the session is no longer being shadowed Terminating Sessions When terminating a user s session all FIX WebSpace sessions for that user stop and the user is logged off the FIX WebSpace Server gt To terminate a session 1 From the FIX WebSpace Administration application in the main window click the Sessions tab 2 From the Session Name column select the session s you want to terminate 70 Administering the iFIX WebSpace Server 3 On the Tools menu point to Sessions and then click Terminate NOTES e Youcan also right click on the selected session s and click Terminate from the shortcut menu e Terminating a session without giving users a chance to close their application can result in the loss of data Setting the Session Termination Option Administrators control how long FIX WebSpace sessions remain running on the FIX WebSpace Server through the FIX WebSpace Administration s Host Options dialog Select the Immediately option if you want the FIX WebSpace sessions and all running processes to be terminated as soon as the session disconnects Select the After _ minutes option to specify the number of minutes that a session will remain running after a client has disconnected from the session Figure the number of minutes n and
116. et Information Server IIS or Apache HTTP Server was installed beforehand If it is not install 1t now as the FIX WebSpace install requires it As an Administrator install the FIX WebSpace Server During the install you will be prompted to e Enter an install path It is very important that you use the same install path on the Relay Server and on each Dependent Server e Select View for the Node Type and Networked for the Connectivity Type The name of the SCU will automatically be named WEB SCU e Although you may be prompted to install Proficy Historian for SCADA do not do so You do NOT need to install Proficy Historian on the Relay Server e Allow FIX and the WebSpace Server through the firewall if the Windows firewall is enabled Click Yes to continue The install will automatically configure the rest of these settings for you If you are using a different firewall you will need to manually open the firewall for your FIX WebSpace components Configuration Overview FIX WebSpace After the install install or update the licensing key All install steps are described in detail in the Installing the FIX WebSpace Server Software section of the Getting Started guide The Relay Server license must include the FIX WebSpace connection count when the Relay Server is in use In Windows Workgroup or Domain preferably Domain add the user accounts that you want to use with the FIX WebSpace If you are on a domain you
117. ettings on the Relay Server and its dependent servers The maximum sessions value on the Relay Server is the maximum number of sessions that can be run concurrently on all dependent hosts assigned to that Relay Server To modify the Maximum sessions on this host setting open the FIX WebSpace Administrator on the Dependent Application Server and on the Host Options dialog box select the Session Startup tab Relay Server Failure Recovery On Windows hosts the Application Publishing Service can be configured to automatically restart 1f the service fails If a Relay Server fails clients are disconnected but sessions continue to run on the dependent servers that were connected to the Relay Server These dependent servers will attempt to reconnect to the Relay Server every 15 seconds When a dependent server reconnects to the Relay Server it re adds its sessions to the Relay Server and restores any state information associated with the disconnected sessions Clients are then able to sign back in and resume their sessions Clients do not automatically attempt to reconnect to the Relay Server In order to provide higher service availability a separate failover server can be configured for the FIX WebSpace Relay Server using the Microsoft Cluster Service The FIX WebSpace Relay Server was tested with the Microsoft Cluster Service MSCS on Windows Server 2003 Windows Server 2008 also supports MSCS as Windows Server Failover Clustering In an MSCS co
118. etwork Diagnostics for Windows XP E Proficy HMI SCADA FIX Communications Proficy HMI SCADA El SCADA Synchronization ae Client Side Password Caching Client side password caching allows users who are not members of the FIX WebSpace Server s domain to log on without having to enter their user name and password every time they connect to the server After the first manual authentication the user logon credentials are encrypted on the server using the SYSTEM account context transmitted over the network and stored on client computers in user private directories When the user makes subsequent connections to the server the cached password is transmitted back to the server where it is decrypted using the SYSTEM account context and then used to automatically log the user on to the FIX WebSpace Server The user is added to the server s INTERACTIVE group and granted the same access rights had that user logged on to the server at its console The Sign In dialog is displayed with the user name and password and with Remember me on this computer checked If the user disables the Remember me on this computer option the user s credentials will be deleted from the client computer To enable client side password caching 1 From the iFIX WebSpace Administration on the server list select the desired server 2 On the Tools menu click Host Options The Host Options dialog box appears 3 Click the Security tab 4 Select the Cache P
119. ge of high color graphics such as bitmaps as they take longer to load and tax system resources depending on the size and resolution Try to use smaller sized files and at a lower resolution Combine multiple bitmaps into a single image Disable auto scaling on the FIX WebSpace Server User Preferences gt Picture Preferences 1f you do not want the resolution of graphics and text in your pictures to change and be auto sized when you open a picture from a web session By default auto scaling is enabled You may want to disable this feature if text or images appear slightly distorted from the original picture when viewed via the web session Configuration Overview FIX WebSpace Disable picture caching on the FIX WebSpace Server User Preferences gt Picture Preferences By default picture caching is enabled Although it speeds up the picture performance it will slow down the processing on the FIX WebSpace Server If any memory needs to be freed up on the server it is a good idea to disable picture caching If you use Enhanced Charts use Bitmap Gradient Styles sparingly Minimize the number of pictures that are open at the same time in your FIX WebSpace client Try to avoid using the OpenPic command in pictures We have found in testing that the OpenPic command results in slower performance The ReplacePic command is preferred If using Proficy Portal controls in your pictures and you experience display issues in the iFIX We
120. h OS languages must be the same for each server For example one supported combination is an English OS for the FIX SCADA Server and an English OS for the FIX WebSpace Server iFIX client server configurations with different OS languages are not supported For instance connecting an English SCADA Server on an English OS with a German View node or iClient on a German OS is not supported However FIX WebSpace sessions can log in from operating systems in other languages if the input language is added to the iFIX WebSpace Server and keyboard layout for the client is set in that locale For more information refer to the Configuring Multiple Input Locales section GE Intelligent Platforms does NOT support running the localized version of the product on an English operating system Multilingual User Interface versions of the Windows operating systems are not supported by the iFIX or Proficy Pulse product FIX WebSpace Features The FIX WebSpace product provides the following features Background Tasks The FIX WebSpace Server allows other tasks to run such as drivers a background server ALMODBC tasks the SAC task the Proficy Historian for SCADA Archiver the FIX Collector and anti virus software such as McAfee and Norton Client Access Provides transparent access to client side resources like printers files sounds and so on It also provides seamless integration of client drives and client machines serial and paral
121. he FIX WebSpace Application Publishing Service 1 In the FIX WebSpace Administration in the FIX WebSpace Server tree select the server 2 On the Tools menu click Host Options The Host Options dialog box appears 3 Click the Security tab 4 In the Port edit box enter a new port number 5 Click OK gt To modify the server port setting for the FIX WebSpace Relay Client Manager 60 Administering the iFIX WebSpace Server Service 1 On the FIX WebSpace Server open Windows Explorer and browse to the FIX install folder 2 Ina text editor such as Notepad open the WebSpace ini file 3 Enter the new Port number next to the RelayClientManagerPort field RelayClientManagerPreferences RelayClientManagerPort 492 4 Save the file NOTE In a Relay Server Configuration if you change the ports make sure the port usage is the same on the Relay Server and each Dependent Application Server After You Change the Port After changing the server port number you must e Restart the service and any other services that depend on it For example if you change port 491 and you allow client printing you must restart the FIX WebSpace Application Publishing Service and the Print Spooler Service in order for client printing to work on a port other than the default port 491 e Modify the port parameter from the FIX WebSpace hyperlink if you are using a command line Use the port parameter followed by the new port number
122. he FIX WebSpace Server or those that are included with Windows will be used If a printer s native driver 1s not installed and it is not included with Windows that printer will not be configured When neither the Windows Printer Drivers or Universal Printer Driver is enabled no printers will be configured and client printing is disabled 85 Viewing Pictures From a Web Browser To designate access to printer drivers 1 Inthe FIX WebSpace Administration select the desired server from the list of All Servers 2 On the Tools menu click Host Options The Host Options dialog box appears 3 Click the Client Access tab 4 Select the check box next to the desired printer source Universal Printer Driver or Windows Printer Driver NOTE The Universal Printer Driver uses a standard printing properties dialog and may not offer some of the more advanced printing options other drivers do 5 If you select the Windows Printer Driver and you want to allow for automatic installs of native drivers that ship with Windows also select the Automatically Install Drivers check box 6 Click OK To disable client printing 1 Inthe FIX WebSpace Administration select the desired server from the list of All Servers 2 On the Tools menu click Host Options The Host Options dialog box appears 3 Click the Client Access tab 4 Clear the check boxes next to both the Universal Printer Driver and Windows Printer Driver fiel
123. he cached password is saved in the following directory C Documents and Settings lt user name gt folder Application Data Proficy iFIX WebSpace lt server name gt dat Log The Log tab displays the following items Item Description Folder Specifies a folder to which log files will be written and in which there are subfolders where backed up logs will be stored The default location is C Program Files Proficy iF X WebSpace Log FIX WebSpace Server does not support storing logs directly in a network folder Output Level Specifies the level of information written to the log file with numbers 1 to 6 capturing ever greater detail and 0 capturing no output The default level is 2 Maintenance Lets you select which action will be performed on log files that have reached the specified age or size The action applies to the current log file as well as to those which are inactive Files More than days old Specifies how many days old log files can become before being deleted or moved to the Backup subdirectory of the Log folder The setting applies to the current log file as well as to those which are inactive 49 Viewing Pictures From a Web Browser Item Description or MBs in size Specifies at what size in megabytes log files are to be deleted or moved to the Backup subdirectory of the Log folder The setting applies to the current log file as well as
124. ialog box appears 3 Click the Client Access tab 4 Select the Serial and Parallel Ports check box A message box appears 82 Configuring Optional Web Session Properties 5 Click Yes to continue 6 Click OK to save your settings and close the Host Options dialog box Client Printing Client printing is disabled by default Administrators enable client side printing through the Client Access tab on the FIX WebSpace Administration s Host Options dialog By default the FIX WebSpace automatically detects the client s default printer information after the user logs in the FIX WebSpace Server This includes the default printer s port and printer driver If the printer driver is not installed on the FIX WebSpace Server the FIX WebSpace will attempt to locate the driver and automatically install it Client printers are temporarily installed on the FIX WebSpace Server for the duration of the client s session Printer drivers are installed permanently Administrators can view the list of printers and drivers in the Printers folder on the FIX WebSpace Server NOTES e The Print Spooler Service must be running on the FIX WebSpace Server in order to configure client printers e Ifa printer is physically connected to the FIX WebSpace Server and you want to allow printing from the web sessions to this printer no additional configuration changes need to be made on the iFIX WebSpace Server or Web Session e Ifthe printe
125. ically when the user browses to the FIX WebSpace page Running the Client The FIX WebSpace ActiveX control is automatically installed the first time a user accesses the FIX WebSpace HTML page To run the client all you need to do is access the FIX WebSpace Server HTML page NOTE If you want to change the options available when you run the FIX WebSpace Embedded ActiveX control refer to the Command line Options section below To run the FIX WebSpace ActiveX control 1 Start Internet Explorer 2 Inthe URL box type http followed by the FIX WebSpace Server computer name or IP address and then AFIXWebSpace For example http iFIXWebSpaceServerName iFIXWebSpac An installation message box appears the first time you log on to this page 3 Click Install Trust the digitally signed ActiveX control 4 When the Logon dialog appears type the following information e Your network user name in the User name field e Your network password in the Password field NOTE Users are allowed three invalid logon attempts before the logon process shuts down Uninstalling the Client To uninstall the FIX WebSpace ActiveX control remove the FIX WebSpace Class for the ActiveX control and clear the browser cache gt To uninstall the iFIX WebSpace ActiveX control 1 Close Internet Explorer 91 Viewing Pictures From a Web Browser 2 Locate the FIX WebSpace Class in WinNT or Windows Downloaded Program f
126. iles 3 Right click the file and click Remove P To clear the browser cache 4 Open Internet Explorer On the Tools menu click Internet Options The Internet Options dialog box appears On the General tab in the Temporary Internet Files area click Delete Files A message box appears Click OK to continue If you are still having difficulty consult an administrator to check the Downloaded Program Files folder for FIX WebSpace related files To check the Downloaded Program Files folder 1 2 Open a Command Prompt window Type the location of the Downloaded Program Files folder and check for any FIX WebSpace related files If any exist delete them Close the Command Prompt window Command line Information and Guidelines Optionally you can use command line settings to override the defaults of your FIX WebSpace session on open You can do this by either Directly entering the commands following the web address when you type it into the Address bar of Internet Explorer or from the hyperlink command you refer to on a custom web page For example the address plus command options could read like this http AFTX WebSpaceServerName iFIX WebSpace logon html embed false amp bInBrowser fals e Or Changing the default settings for every user by editing the Logon call in the index html and index htm files on the FIX WebSpace Server in the directory where you publish the FIX WebSpace files to be host
127. in the session will be displayed within a bounding window When you follow the f respectively with a 0 applications will be displayed within their own individual windows Automatically Update the Desktop Client Version Administrators can configure the FIX WebSpace Server to automatically update the FIX WebSpace Desktop Client when a user connects to an iFIX WebSpace Server that is running a newer version When enabled when a user tries to connect and an upgrade is available the following message appears An update has been downloaded and will be available the next time you run the iFIX WebSpace NOTE The Automatically Update Clients option on the Client Access tab of the iFIX WebSpace Administration tool is only available for the Windows Desktop Client It does not apply to other clients such as Mozilla Firefox and Internet Explorer 104 Deploying and Running iFIX WebSpace Sessions To enable automatic Windows Desktop Client updates 1 From the FIX WebSpace Administration from the Server tree select the server name you want to configure On the Tools menu click Host Options The Host Options dialog box appears Click the Client Access tab Select the Automatically Update Clients check box Click OK Su ode A UN Overview of All Clients The AllClients html page on the FIX WebSpace Server describes all supported and available experimental clients From here you can also install the client
128. ing deleted In the _ MBs in size field specify at what size in megabytes log files are to be deleted Click OK Restart the FIX WebSpace Application Publishing Service To backup log files Sch s Si E 7 8 From the FIX WebSpace Administration on the server list select the desired server On the Tools menu click Host Options The Host Options dialog box appears Click the Log tab In the Maintenance area from the drop down list select Back Up In the Files more than _ days old field specify how old in days log files can become before being moved to the Backup subdirectory of the Log folder In the _ MBs in size field specify at what size in megabytes log files are to be moved to the Backup subdirectory of the Log folder Click OK Restart the FIX WebSpace Application Publishing Service Once every half hour and each time it is started the FIX WebSpace Application Publishing Service searches the Log folder for files that have not been modified for more than the specified number of days It then either deletes the files or moves them to the Backup subdirectory of the Log folder If while sweeping the log files the FIX WebSpace Application Publishing Service finds that nothing that the age or size limit has been met in the current log file it closes the file and installs a newly created file in its place By default inactive log files are backed up after 7 days or when the file size has reached 20 M
129. ion on remote servers or host computers D E Dependent Application Server A dependent application server is an iFIX WebSpace Server that is connected to a Relay Server and shares the iFIX WebSpace sessions as directed by the Relay Server A dependent application server also has the iFIX WebSpace Server installed along with IIS or Apache HTTP Server However unlike the Relay Server only a few configuration items are entered in the iFIX WebSpace Administration application on each dependent application server These items include the Relay Server name the Maximum Number of Sessions setting the Minimum Available Physical Memory setting the Minimum Available Virtual Memory setting and the Client Access printer driver settings Each dependent application server installed software and settings should be a clone of the Relay Server In other words all software pictures and network access must be the same Domain A group of computers and devices on a network that are administered as a unit with common rules and procedures F File Allocation Table A list or table maintained to keep track of all the parts of a file so they can be linked together when the file is used again Also referred to as the FAT file system G Gateway A computer that forwards and routes data between two or more networks of any size Group An account containing other accounts called members The rights and permissions assigned to a group 120 Glos
130. ion servers assigned to that Relay Server The following figure shows a typical Relay Server Configuration for the FIX WebSpace Refer to the table that follows for a description of each element illustrated in the graphic 22 Configuration Overview FIX WebSpace iFIX WebSpace Clients FIX WebSpace Clients run FIX WebSpace Sessions using any of the following e Mozilla Firefox e Microsoft Internet Explorer e iFIX WebSpace Desktop Clients 23 Viewing Pictures From a Web Browser iFIX WebSpace Relay Server The Relay Server is a Web server that provides centralized control over the iFIX WebSpace Server providing client session balancing across a number of dependent application servers The Relay Server maintains and distributes the client connections across each of the dependent application servers The Relay Server has the FIX WebSpace Server installed along with IIS or Apache HTTP Server It is also where you administrate the FIX WebSpace Server settings However you still need to enter the following on each Dependent Application Server the Relay Server name the Maximum Number of Sessions per host the Minimum Available Physical Memory setting and the Minimum Available Virtual Memory setting The maximum sessions value on the Relay Server is the maximum number of sessions that can be run concurrently on all dependent hosts assigned to that Relay Server 24 Dependent Application S
131. is disabled NOTE A printer named Preview PDF is configured in each session when the Universal Printer Driver is enabled Documents printed to this printer are automatically converted to a pdf file and displayed on the client computer Users can save print or email the document at their discretion A PDF reader such as Adobe Reader is required on the client computer in order to use the Universal Printer Driver s PDF conversion feature Configuring Optional Web Session Properties Source Description Windows Printer Driver Enables printers to be configured using already installed native drivers When only the Windows Printer Drivers option is enabled only native printer drivers that are installed on the FIX WebSpace Server will be used If a printer s native driver is not installed that printer will not be configured To allow the FIX WebSpace to automatically install native printer drivers that ship with Microsoft Windows click the Automatically install drivers The Windows Printer Driver option is preferred when configuring proxy printers if they are available and if settings allow them to be used Native drivers are selected in the following order Printers Applet A user s manual selection of a printer driver in the Printers window takes precedence over all other driver selection methods The Printers Applet is accessible via the Program Window which is the first window of the Windows Desk
132. is tool and enable security Edit gt Configuration NOTES e It is recommended that if security is enabled that the FIX SCADA Server and the iFIX WebSpace Server reside on the same network These same user account names will later need to be added to the iFIX WebSpace Server e When adding users through the Security Configuration application in iFIX be sure to select the Windows Security option for the user e When assigning security privileges in iF IX use care when allowing application features that could allow write access such as the Database Save Reload and Runtime Visual Basic Editor features as well as creating pictures with Datalinks or any other means to write values into tags Use Security Areas and Security Groups to further restrict access Also use care when creating and sharing schedules in iF IX so that unintended VBA code is not activated inadvertently by web sessions For more information on iFIX Security refer to the Configuring Security Features e book 5 Inthe FIX System Configuration SCU tool verify that Network Configuration is set to TCP IP Configure gt Network and that SCADA is enabled Configure gt SCADA These were automatically configured during install if you selected the correct options If these Configuration Overview FIX WebSpace settings are not correct update them now 6 Create your pictures iFIX WebSpace Server Computer Setup To set up the FIX WebSpace
133. ity option for the user e When assigning security privileges in Proficy Pulse use care when allowing application features that could allow write access and sharing schedules in iFIX so that unintended VBA code is not activated inadvertently by web sessions For more information on iFIX Security refer to the Configuring Security Features e book In the Proficy Pulse System Configuration SCU tool e Open the WEB SCU file e Verify that Network Configuration is set to TCP IP Configure gt Network and that Workspace exe appears in your tasks list Configure gt Tasks By default these settings are automatically configured during install If these settings are not correct update them now e Specify the name of your Proficy Pulse node in the Remote Nodes list Configure gt Network Optionally in the FIX WebSpace Administrator configure printer options and other session properties For more information refer to the Client Printing Windows Configuration for Network and Client Printers and Configuring Optional Web Session Properties sections If you want to configure multiple input locales for your web sessions add the input language and keyboard layout for that locale to the Regional Settings For more information refer to the Configuring Multiple Input Locales section Create your pictures 21 Viewing Pictures From a Web Browser Setup Overview Relay Server and Dependent Servers The Relay Server is a Web serve
134. k Host Options The Host Options dialog box appears Click the Client Access tab Select the Drives check box Click OK e E Hidden Drives Hiding Client Drives Through the FIX WebSpace Administration administrators can hide drives on the client machine where the FIX WebSpace session runs such as the operating system drive floppy drive and CD ROM drive Hidden drives are inaccessible to the user through the FIX WebSpace session gt To hide one or more client drives 1 From the iFIX WebSpace Administration on the server list select the desired server On the Tools menu click Host Options The Host Options dialog box appears Click the Client Access tab Select the Drives check box Cu E 9 a In the Hide field enter the client drive letters you want to hide NOTE All client drives are mapped by default Drives listed in the Hide box can be listed in any order To hide server drives see Hiding Server Drives 6 Click OK The following figure shows an example of hidden H J and K drives along with drives P through S 78 Configuring Optional Web Session Properties Host Options Session Startup Session Shutdown Client Access Security Log General Allow access to the following client resources V Clipboard Iw Sound V Drives Hide H K J P S Assign consecutive letters starting at O Increment by 17 5 letters Printers V
135. latforms AN Rights Reserved e d My Computer 106 Advanced Topics The following sections provide information on advanced topics that may be not be referenced frequently e Session Balancing e Terminal Services and FIX WebSpace e Tips on Administrating User Accounts e Windows Configuration for Network and Client Printers e Working with the IIS Web Server Session Balancing Session balancing is a technique used by the Relay Server to spread the work for the FIX WebSpace Server across two or more dependent application servers The Relay Server maintains and distributes the client connections across each of the dependent application servers Session balancing e Allows FIX WebSpace sessions to be distributed across multiple dependent application servers e Is needed when the server resource requirements for a deployment exceed the capacity of a single server computer e Is done automatically and is transparent to the user The goals of session balancing include e Optimal resource utilization e Maximized throughput e Minimized response time Session Balancing Requirements e TheiFIX WebSpace Server must be installed on each of the servers in the configuration on the Relay Server and each dependent application server along with IIS or Apache HTTP Server e Each dependent application server should be configured the same with the same installed software and settings In other words all software pic
136. lel ports Client Side Password Caching With this feature the user s user name and password are taken from the FIX WebSpace Server Logon dialog box after the first manual authentication and used automatically when the user accesses the web client again from that machine Display Capability The FIX WebSpace session displays all graphics developed using the Workspace as is and without conversion Enhanced Failover The FIX WebSpace Server supports the FIX Enhanced Failover Viewing Pictures From a Web Browser configuration only when the FIX WebSpace Server machine is separate to the SCADA pair The FIX WebSpace Server does not support Enhanced Failover while running on either of the SCADA machines configured in a redundant pair The FIX WebSpace session will successfully switch over to the secondary SCADA in a failover scenario e Exporting Data The FIX WebSpace sessions support exporting of data from Trend Charts and Proficy Historian to a local drive e FIX WebSpace Administration Dashboard Allows the system administrator to manage the FIX WebSpace Server application e Inactivity Time out Through the FIX WebSpace Administration tool administrators can specify time limits for the number of minutes of client inactivity e Licensing The FIX WebSpace Server manages a server based license for FIX WebSpace sessions and FIX or Proficy Pulse functionality In the License Viewer there is a key field for the
137. les client clipboard support Any clipboard data from the browser session is available only within the WorkSpace application In order to copy the contents to other applications on the local disk of the client machine you must create a shell script within an object inside your WorkSpace picture that launches Notepad exe on the FIX WebSpace Server After you do this you can use this object to launch Notepad in run mode from the web session Paste the contents into Notepad and save this file to the local disk of web session computer Administering the iFIX WebSpace Server Item Description Sound Enables client sound support The FIX WebSpace supports sound capability for any application that uses PlaySound sndPlaySound or waveOut It is not required that sound cards and or speakers be installed on FIX WebSpace Servers The client machine however does require a sound card and speakers Audio support is disabled by default on the FIX WebSpace sessions IMPORTANT Be aware that client sound capability requires the loading ofiFIX WebSpace libraries into session processes This can affect the startup of a process make some processes incompatible with FIX WebSpace or have fatal consequences during suspend resume operations Use caution when enabling this setting Drives Enables client file access Hide Lets you specify the drives letter s of client drives you would like to hide For example A
138. loose mode the browser window will automatically close if there are no other tabs open in the browser 89 Viewing Pictures From a Web Browser ae LECCE 49 Crete Comey 1 d Wat mn n Installing the Client The ActiveX control is automatically installed the first time a user accesses the FIX WebSpace HTML page in Internet Explorer By default this web page is http iFIXWebSpaceServerNamehFIXWebSpace where iFIXWebSpaceServerName is the computer name or IP address of your iFIX WebSpace Server You also can browse to the http iFIXWebSpaceServerName iFIX WebSpace AllClients html page to install and run this ActiveX control The AllClients html page allows you to specify Loose or Embedded mode when running 90 Deploying and Running iFIX WebSpace Sessions Additionally you can install this ActiveX control with the ifix client windows exe installer provided in any of these locations e The iFIX DVD in the Setup Proficy WebSpace WebSpaceServer subfolder e TheiFIX WebSpace install folder in the Web Clients path which by default is the C Program Files Proficy iF X WebSpace Web Clients folder e The iFIX WebSpace Server computer in the folder where you publish the FIX WebSpace files to be hosted by your IIS or Apache server Updating the Client When users running the ActiveX Control connect to an FIX WebSpace Server with an updated client for the same version the ActiveX Control will update automat
139. may have already done this You must have the privileges to do so If mapped drives are in use update the LoginScript bat file provided in the C Program Files Proficy iFIX WebSpace Server Programs folder with the mapped drive information and then add the script name to the Session Startup options in the FIX WebSpace Administrator For more information refer to the Creating Mapped Drives on the FIX WebSpace Server section Optionally in the FIX WebSpace Administrator configure printer options and other session properties For more information refer to the Client Printing Windows Configuration for Network and Client Printers and Configuring Optional Web Session Properties sections Optionally if you want to configure multiple input locales for your web sessions add the input language and keyboard layout for that locale to the Regional Settings on the FIX WebSpace Server For more information refer to the Configuring Multiple Input Locales section Optionally configure any other settings that you want to set in the FIX WebSpace Administration NOTE All of the optional settings that you have configured up to this point apply to the Relay Server and to all Dependent Application Servers The settings in the final next step only apply to the Relay Server This final step must be completed separately on each Dependent Application Server whereas the optional settings do not In the FIX WebSpace Administrator configure the f
140. n FIX WebSpace Clients and iFIX view nodes iClients Overview Steps NOTE If an iFIX instance is already running on your computer before you begin to configure your iFIX WebSpace Server make sure that you additionally check the Local Startup Definition of the WEB SCU file when you are configuring your iFIX WebSpace Server Be sure to confirm that the Local Node Name and Local Logical Name fields are correct and that the Configuration File field Viewing Pictures From a Web Browser points to the WEB SCU file The following steps are performed on the computer where both the FIX WebSpace Server and FIX SCADA Server reside To set up your FIX SCADA and FIX WebSpace Server machine together 1 Confirm that a supported version of Microsoft Internet Information Server IIS or Apache HTTP Server was installed beforehand If it is not install it now as the FIX WebSpace install requires it As an Administrator install FIX as a complete install or if Custom is selected be sure to select the FIX WebSpace option During the install you will be prompted to e Enter a Node Name Node Type and Connectivity Type Select SCADA and Networked and enter a name other than the default name of FIX e Optionally install the Proficy Historian for SCADA or Proficy Historian Client tools You only need to do this if you plan to view historical data in your 1FIX WebSpace sessions e Allow FIX and the We
141. n FIX WebSpace security options refer to the following sections e Authentication Overview e Selecting the Transport Mode e Encrypting Sessions e Generating a CSR Using IIS Certificate Wizard e Notifying Users of a Secure Connection e Modifying the Server Ports e Client Side Password Caching e Hiding Server Drives Authentication Overview Standard Windows authentication is the default method for authenticating users on a FIX WebSpace Server Standard authentication allows users to sign in to an FIX WebSpace Server from the Sign In dialog by supplying their user name and password Once authenticated users are added to the server s INTERACTIVE group and given the same access rights as if they had signed in to the FIX WebSpace at its console Users logging onto an FIX WebSpace Server with standard authentication are e Added to the server s INTERACTIVE group e Granted the same access rights that they have when logging onto the server at its console IMPORTANT In a Relay Server configuration a user logs in to the Dependent Application Server but the user credentials must also be authenticated at the Relay Server to get obtain an iFIX WebSpace license token Standard authentication includes logging on either with a user name and password supplied by any of the following e Logon dalog box e HTML parameters e Command line arguments Selecting the Transport Mode The FIX WebSpace provides support for both Tr
142. n the Dependent 28 Configuration Overview FIX WebSpace Application Server recommended for optimum performance or map a drive to your PIC folder on your SCADA Server If you map a drive for pictures e If you are using shared drives with Local Windows users not on the Domain make sure that the user is present on both the Dependent Application Server machine and the machine which contains the shared folder e Inthe SCU on the Dependent Application Server open WEB SCU and point the picture folder to that mapped drive letter Configure gt Paths e Update the LoginScript bat file provided in the C Program Files Proficy iFIX WebSpace Server Programs folder with the mapped drive information and then add the script name to the Session Startup options in the FIX WebSpace Administrator For more information refer to the Creating Mapped Drives on the FIX WebSpace Server section 8 Inthe FIX WebSpace Administrator configure the following options Tools gt Host Options e On the Session Startup tab in the Maximum Sessions on This Host field enter the total number of sessions that you want to allow on this dependent server if you add up the maximum number of sessions for each dependent application server it should equal the maximum number of total sessions available on the Relay Server For more on how session balancing works refer to the Session Balancing section e On the Session Startup tab leave the default set
143. nd the selected encryption algorithm including connections from FIX WebSpace sessions Consult the documentation from the CA of your choice using the following information as a guide to obtain a server certificate from a CA that is trusted by the client operating system In order for a certificate to work in FIX WebSpace A private key is required The certificate must be in PEM format Consult Microsoft documentation for details 48 Notify Users When Connections are Secure Enable to notify users with a message when connections between client and server are secure This option is only available when the SSL transport mode is selected Administering the iFIX WebSpace Server Item Description Cache Passwords on Client Allows users who are not members of the server s domain to log on without having to enter their user name and password every time they connect to the server Passwords are encrypted on the server transmitted over the network and stored on client computers in user private directories Users are added to the server s INTERACTIVE group and have the same access rights they would have if they logged on to the server at its console NOTE This option is only available for the first logon dialog box that displays when connecting to the iFIX WebSpace session you will still be prompted for an iF IX logon name and password when opening a new iFIX WebSpace session T
144. ne whether additional servers are required and which sessions are no longer being used The following sections provide more information on how to monitor and refresh server activity e Refreshing the FIX WebSpace Administration e Setting the Refresh Rate in the FIX WebSpace Administration e Restarting the FIX WebSpace Application Publishing Service e Viewing Performance Counters e Working with Sessions and Processes Refreshing the FIX WebSpace Administration You can update the information displayed in the FIX WebSpace Administration manually or you can set it to update automatically If the FIX WebSpace Administration is set to update automatically you can still update it manually at any time For information about setting the FIX WebSpace Administration to update automatically or manually refer to the Setting the Refresh Rate in the FIX WebSpace Administration section To refresh the FIX WebSpace Administration 1 From the FIX WebSpace Administration on the server list select the desired server 2 On the View menu click Refresh The data should refresh in the window as you are viewing it Setting the Refresh Rate in the iFIX WebSpace Administration You can set the Sessions Processes and Applications tabs in the main window of the FIX WebSpace Administration to manually refresh or to automatically refresh at a specified frequency gt To set the refresh rate to allow only manual refresh 1 From
145. nfiguration if the Relay Server fails for any reason the failover server immediately takes the place of the failed server Application hosts automatically reconnect to the failover server and users will generally be able to log on and reconnect to their disconnected sessions within 1 2 minutes of the Relay Server failure Terminal Services and FIX WebSpace When using Terminal Services and the FIX WebSpace Server e The Terminal Server cannot run on the same machine as the FIX WebSpace Server e The Terminal Services remote desktop is supported to remotely configure and administer a server 108 Advanced Topics e Terminal Services must run in administrative mode do not use remote desktop for applications e On Windows 2003 and Windows 2008 remote desktop provides you with two remote desktop connections as well as the console Tips on Administrating User Accounts How Logins Work To access applications on an FIX WebSpace Server clients must sign in to the server machine When a user starts an FIX WebSpace client a prompt appears for a user name and password This information is optionally encrypted by default and passed to the FIX WebSpace Application Publishing Service running on the FIX WebSpace Server The FIX WebSpace Application Publishing Service then performs the logon operation on the FIX WebSpace Server using standard multi user features of Windows Next the FIX Security Login dialog box appears for
146. ng the FIX WebSpace Server e Configuring Optional Web Session Properties e Deploying and Running iFIX WebSpace Sessions e Advanced Topics e Reference Information e Glossary System Requirements Operating Systems The FIX WebSpace Server Relay Server or Dependent Server requires one of the following Windows operating systems e Microsoft Windows XP Professional Service Pack 3 or greater no 64 bit support e Microsoft Windows Vista Service Pack 2 Business Enterprise or Ultimate Edition e Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 2 or greater Standard or Enterprise Edition e Microsoft Windows Server 2008 32 bit Service Pack 2 or greater Standard or Enterprise Edition NOTE Be aware that the maximum supported RAM on the Standard Edition for Windows Server 2008 32 bit and Windows Server 2003 is 4GB and this may limit the performance For better performance it is recommended that you use a 64 bit operating system or an operating system that supports Physical Address Extension PAE PAE is available on the Viewing Pictures From a Web Browser Enterprise version of Windows Server 2003 and the Windows Server 2008 32 bit e Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 64 bit Service Pack 1 Standard or Enterprise Edition e Microsoft Windows 7 64 bit Service Pack 1 Professional Enterprise or Ultimate Edition NOTES e It is strongly recommended that file servers and we
147. ns and processes including e Terminate user sessions e End processes running on the server 37 Viewing Pictures From a Web Browser e Control client access to the FIX WebSpace Server Window Overview The following figure shows an example of the FIX WebSpace Administration window FIX WebSpace Administration Connected Chents IPAddess StatupTime Webuserl on D 800 1 10101010 153309 08 19 11 Webuser2 on D 800 1 1010101 153929 08 19 11 n CPU 0 MEM 27 Sessions 2 Processes 23 The following table outlines each of the areas in the FIX WebSpace Administration window Screen Description Area ab The Tools Menu The Tools menu is where you access the Host Options dialog box to configure your FIX WebSpace Server 38 Administering the iFIX WebSpace Server Screen Description Area B The Tree View Pane The tree view portion of this window displays a list of FIX WebSpace Servers on the network and their status For a list of icons and descriptions refer to the Tree View Icons section in this topic IMPORTANT You must belong to the Administrators group on each Thin Client Server in order to access that server from the iFIX WebSpace Administration window Without administrative rights on a server you will be unable to add applications and terminate processes and so on If a red X displays on the icon the administrator does not ha
148. ntralized control for distributing sessions across a set dependent application servers The dependent application servers share the communication load for the FIX WebSpace Server and maintain the client connections e Reporting The FIX WebSpace Server supports reporting of client activities such as connections disconnections logins and logouts to the FIX Event Log e SCADA Identity Protection When the FIX SCADA and FIX WebSpace Server are used together on separate machines the FIX WebSpace Server will not expose the details of the FIX SCADA Server such as the IP address e SCU Configuration The FIX WebSpace Server supports the configuration of a single common SCU which all FIX WebSpace sessions must use e Security The WebSpace is secured with both FIX or Proficy Pulse security and Windows security e Session Shadowing This feature allows an administrator and a session owner to view and control a single session Only administrators can connect to running FIX WebSpace sessions but only with permission from the session s user Viewing Pictures from a Web Session e Session Time out Through the FIX WebSpace Administration tool administrators can specify time limits for the number of minutes that sessions are allowed to run on an iFIX WebSpace Server e SSL Security Provides support for Secure Socket Layer SSL as a method for communication between clients and servers e Standard Security The FIX
149. older which is by default the C Program Files Proficy iFIX WebSpace Web Clients folder e The AllClients html web page which allows you to download and run the file on the client computer Copy this file to the client computer Double click ifix client windows exe to start the install The Welcome screen appears Click Next to continue The License Agreement screen appears pn NS Select the I accept the terms in the license agreement and click Next to continue The Setup Type screen appears 6 Select Complete which includes the Desktop Client as well as the Internet Explorer and Firefox plug in or Custom to choose only the Desktop Client and then click Next The Ready to Install screen appears 7 Click Install After a few moments the Completion screen appears 101 Viewing Pictures From a Web Browser 8 Click Finish 9 Confirm that the Desktop Client short cut appears on the Start menu on the Start menu point to Programs iFIX WebSpace Client iFIX WebSpace Client Running the Windows Desktop Client The iFIX WebSpace Windows Desktop Client can be run by selecting the option on the Start menu or by running a custom short cut NOTE If you want to change the options available when you run the Windows Desktop Client refer to the Command line Options section below To run the Windows Desktop Client 1 On the Start menu point to Programs gt FIX WebSpace Client gt FIX WebSpace Client Th
150. ollowing options Tools gt Host Options e On the Session Startup tab in the Maximum Sessions on This Host field enter the total number of sessions that you want to allow The maximum sessions value on the Relay Server is the total maximum number of sessions that can be run concurrently on all dependent application servers assigned to this Relay Server e On the Session Startup tab leave the default settings for the Minimum Available Physical and Virtual Memory settings or adjust them if necessary e On the General tab enter the name or IP address of the Relay Server You will be prompted to restart the FIX WebSpace Application Publishing Service Setup for Dependent Application Servers Each Dependent Application Server in your FIX WebSpace configuration should be a clone of each other in terms of iFIX Historian and FIX WebSpace configuration To set up an FIX WebSpace Dependent Application Server you need to 1 Confirm that a supported version of Microsoft Internet Information Server IIS or Apache HTTP Server was installed beforehand If it is not install it now as the FIX WebSpace install requires it As an Administrator install the FIX WebSpace Server During the install you will be 27 Viewing Pictures From a Web Browser prompted to e Enter an install path It is very important that you use the same install path on each Dependent Server and on the Relay Server e Select View for the Node
151. or example NORTH johng After a user is signed in the FIX WebSpace relies on the server s operating system to provide the security necessary to run applications safely in a multi user environment Applications run in the security context of the client user this ensures private sessions Access to all machines and network resources is governed by the operating system and the rights that have been granted to individual user s sessions Users must be able to log on interactively locally on the FIX WebSpace Server Assign local logon rights to users in Local Security Policy Domain Security Policy and Domain Controller Security Policy User Account Guidelines e The same user name and password combination must be added to your user accounts in 109 Viewing Pictures From a Web Browser Windows and in FIX to become a valid FIX WebSpace user e When adding user accounts in Windows you can add them to the Workgroup or a Domain However it is preferable to use a Domain Otherwise you will need to map network drives and use logon scripts e iFIX Windows Security must be enabled for each user you add on your FIX WebSpace Server in the FIX Security Configuration program e When adding users through the Security Configuration application in iFIX be sure to select the Windows Security option for the user e Ifyou want to use FIX WebSpace with FIX Desktop be aware that because FIX security is enabled logged in users mu
152. or that locale to the Regional Settings on the FIX WebSpace Server For more information refer to the Configuring Multiple Input Locales section Setup Overview FIX SCADA and FIX WebSpace Server on the Same Computer When both the FIX SCADA Server and FIX WebSpace Server are on the same machine there are configuration tasks that you must perform as described in the following sections IMPORTANT While running the FIX WebSpace Server and the SCADA Server on the same machine is supported it is strongly recommended that production SCADA Servers reside on a different machine than the FIX WebSpace Server You cannot run the FIX SCADA as a service in this configuration Configuration Overview FIX WebSpace e iFIX WebSpace Clients iFIX WebSpace Clients run iFIX WebSpace Sessions using any of the following e Mozilla Firefox e Microsoft Internet Explorer e iFIX WebSpace Desktop Clients A iFIX WebSpace Server on same computer as iFIX SCADA Server The FIX WebSpace Server is a Web server that allows you to access FIX pictures in run mode on FIX WebSpace Clients The FIX WebSpace Server maintains the client connections FIX WebSpace is installed here along with the FIX SCADA Server and IIS or Apache HTTP Server FIX security must be enabled on this node iFIX SCADA Server on same computer as iFIX WebSpace Server The FIX SCADA Server sends process data to pictures for display i
153. or this to work the input language must be added to the iFIX WebSpace Server and the keyboard layout for the client in that locale must be set For more information refer to the Configuring Multiple Input Locales section e While running the FIX WebSpace Server and the SCADA Server on the same machine is supported it is strongly recommended that production SCADA Server reside on a different machine than the iFIX WebSpace Server when using iFIX WebSpace with iFIX Viewing Pictures from a Web Session Web Server Software e Microsoft Internet Information Server IIS 5 1 6 0 7 0 or 7 5 e Apache HTTP Server 2 2 10 or greater Port Usage When you install the FIX WebSpace and the firewall is enabled the install automatically prompts you to add the FIX WebSpace to your exception list The following port numbers are used by the FIX WebSpace e Port 491 is the port on which the FIX WebSpace Server Application Publishing Service listens on for both TCP and SSL e Port 492 is the port used by the FIX WebSpace Relay Client Manager Service to centrally manage the WebSpace user count in a Relay Server configuration Be aware that if you change either of the port numbers you should restart the FIX WebSpace services and any other services that depend on it For example if you change port 491 and you allow client printing you must restart the FIX WebSpace Application Publishing Service and the Print Spooler
154. ose truelfalse This setting describes whether the browser window closes if you close the WorkSpace window within your FIX WebSpace session When autoclose true closing the program window closes the associated browser window and ends the user s FIX WebSpace session When autoclose false closing the program window ends the user s FIX WebSpace session but does not close the browser window By default autoclose false embed truelfalse This setting describes whether your web session runs in Loose mode or Embedded mode When embed true FIX WebSpace sessions run within the browser window in Embedded mode When embed false applications run outside the browser window in Loose mode By default embed true NOTE Do not use Embedded mode with FIX Desktop View Use Loose mode with Mozilla Firefox in this case or use the Microsoft Windows Desktop Client for the FIX WebSpace bInBrowser truelfalse This setting describes whether the FIX WebSpace session will disconnect when a user closes the loose browser window or browses to another page The bInBrowser setting only applies to loose mode In this mode when bInBrowser true users will be disconnected from their FIX WebSpace sessions when they close the browser or browse to another page In these cases the session will terminate on the server based on the FIX WebSpace Server s time out settings for disconnected sessions When bInBrowser false the
155. plorer to set the permissions for files on the server By setting file permissions you can restrict user access to applications printers and folders Please note that file permissions can only be set on drives formatted with the Windows NT file system NTFS If you are using the FAT file system you will be unable to set permissions for specific files or restrict access to applications Once an application s permissions have been set you can assign specific parameters for the application with the FIX WebSpace Administration For more information see the following NOTE While in Windows Explorer open the Help for more information on setting file permissions Setting up a Network Printer If the printer on the FIX WebSpace Server is a network printer and you want to allow printing on the web sessions to this printer you must add the network printer to the FIX Web Server As the administrator you can set up network printers for use by FIX WebSpace sessions You must first create a port on the FIX WebSpace Server that connects directly to the server and then install the printer locally This provides direct access to the printer Network printers are set up using the Windows Add Printer Wizard NOTES e Ifa printer is physically connected to the FIX WebSpace Server and you want to allow printing from the web sessions to this printer no additional configuration changes need to be made on the FIX WebSpace Server or web session
156. r before the use of such information equipment or software Notice 2012 GE Intelligent Platforms Inc All rights reserved Trademark of GE Intelligent Platforms Inc Microsoft is a registered trademark of Microsoft Corporation in the United States and or other countries All other brands or names are property of their respective holders We want to hear from you If you have comments questions or suggestions about our documentation send them to the following email address doc ge com Table of Contents ADOUETNIS QUITO EE 1 System Requirements isisisi diaii a a ia a a ve ited 1 Operating EE 1 Web Server Software idee dad 3 Port Usage han ee c t tat ere 3 Web Browsers for Proficy FIX WebSpace sessions oooocncccinncccoccccconnnononnnnncccnnnnnn ana nanncnnnncnnns 3 Other Requirements ad iaa 3 Language SUPPOM vatican ths E Ee etia da e ER des 4 Unsupported WEE 5 IFIX WebSpace Features cecilia ricas 5 FIX WebSpace Components coococcccconcccconccononanononnnonccnnnnn naar 7 IFIX WebSpace EE 7 FIX WebSpace Sessions ccccesceceeeeeeeeeeeeaaeeeeeeeceaeeecaaeseaeeeaeeeceaeseeaaeseeaeecneeeesaeeeeaaesseeeesaas 8 Unsupported Features for the FIX WebSpace cceecceceeeeeeneeeeeeeeceaeeeeaaeeeeneeseeeesaeeesaaeteeneeeaas 8 Configuration Overview FIX WebSpace ooococccincccnonccononnconcnnnnnoccnnncc nan nn nana cnn cnc rra 11 Reie Eet EI E ii id 11 Setup Overview FIX SCADA and FIX WebSpac
157. r more information refer to the Client Printing Windows Configuration for Network and Client Printers and Configuring Optional Web Session Properties sections 8 If you want to configure multiple input locales for your web sessions add the input language and keyboard layout for that locale to the Regional Settings For more information refer to the Configuring Multiple Input Locales section 9 Create your pictures Setup Overview Proficy Pulse and FIX WebSpace Server Same Computer When both the Proficy Pulse and FIX WebSpace Server are on the same machine there are configuration tasks that you must perform as described in the following sections Viewing Pictures From a Web Browser iFIX WebSpace Clients FIX WebSpace Clients run FIX WebSpace Sessions using any of the following e Mozilla Firefox e Microsoft Internet Explorer e iFIX WebSpace Desktop Clients iFIX WebSpace Server on same computer as Proficy Pulse The FIX WebSpace Server is a Web server that allows you to access Proficy Pulse pictures in run mode on FIX WebSpace Clients The FIX WebSpace Server maintains the client connections FIX WebSpace is installed here along with Proficy Pulse and IIS or Apache HTTP Server Proficy Pulse security must be enabled on this node Proficy Pulse on same computer as FIX WebSpace Server Proficy Pulse offers a way to pictorially view key process data trend its performance
158. r on the FIX WebSpace Server is a network printer and you want to allow printing on the web sessions to this printer you must add the network printer to the FIX Web Server As the administrator you can set up network printers for use by FIX WebSpace sessions You must first create a port on the FIX WebSpace Server that connects directly to the server and then install the printer locally This provides direct access to the printer If you want to allow network printing from the FIX WebSpace Server within the web sessions refer to the Network Printing and Setting up a Network Printer sections Printer Driver Access FIX WebSpace can obtain printer drivers from the following sources 83 Viewing Pictures From a Web Browser Source Description 84 Universal Printer Driver Enables the use of the Universal Printer Driver that can print to any client printer When only the Universal Printer Driver is enabled only the Universal Printer Driver will be used as a printer driver No native drivers will be used This is the default setting The Universal Printer Driver uses a standard printing properties dialog box and may not offer some of the more advanced printing options other drivers do The Universal Printer Driver can be used when the native driver is not available When neither the Universal Printer Driver or Windows Printer Drivers is enabled no printers will be configured and client printing
159. r that provides centralized control over the FIX WebSpace Server providing session balancing across a number of dependent application servers The Relay Server maintains and distributes the connections across each of the dependent application servers If you use a Relay Server and Dependent Application Servers in your FIX WebSpace configuration each server the relay server and all dependent application servers in your configuration needs to have the FIX WebSpace Server installed on it The Relay Server and Dependent Application Servers should be separate from your FIX SCADA Server Each Dependent Application Server in your FIX WebSpace configuration should be configured the same in terms of iFIX Proficy Historian for SCADA and FIX WebSpace configuration The Relay Server will be where you administrate most of your FIX WebSpace Server settings However you still need to enter the following on each Dependent Application Server the Relay Server name the Maximum Number of Sessions per host the Minimum Available Physical Memory setting and the Minimum Available Virtual Memory setting The Licensing on the Relay Server is different than the Dependent Application Servers The Relay Server must have WebSpace Connection Count maximum total sessions listed in the Proficy License Viewer under FIX The maximum sessions value on the Relay Server is the maximum number of sessions that can be run concurrently on all dependent applicat
160. rative user rights on the server A web server must be available in order to set up the server for browser deployment of FIX WebSpace and the server must have TCP IP as a network protocol e The memory and CPU requirements of an FIX WebSpace Server are determined by the applications that are published and the number of users accessing the system For the client web sessions the higher the CPU speed and the larger the amount of memory the better your picture load time and performance while running those pictures Viewing Pictures From a Web Browser e For other hardware requirements refer to the Important Product Information IPI help e For a list of unsupported features refer to the Unsupported Features for the FIX WebSpace section Language Support The language of the installed FIX WebSpace product must match the language of the FIX or Proficy Pulse software that you are running The following table outlines the currently supported languages product combinations and supported operating systems for those products When using the iFIX WebSpace with iFIX the recommended configuration requires installing these servers on two separate computers the operating system language must match Product Product Combinations Supported Operating System OS for Language Install English FIX and FIX WebSpace English OS Chinese OS Japanese OS Polish OS Russian OS French OS and German OS all only with English regional setting
161. rtup progress messages will be displayed in front of all other windows Clear to permit other windows to be placed in front of the progress messages Logon Scripts User specific Enable to permit a user specific executable file to be run during the individual logon process IMPORTANT Authenticated users must have read and execute access to the logon script files User specific logon scripts are specified using the functionality provided by the operating system 42 Logon Scripts Specifies the path of an executable file to be run for all users that log on to Global the server IMPORTANT Authenticated users must have read and execute access to the logon script files Maximum Allows you to specify the maximum number of sessions that a user may run Sessions Per User concurrently Clear the check box next to this field to allow each user to have an unlimited number of sessions The default is to have an unlimited number of user sessions Administering the iFIX WebSpace Server Item Description Maximum Sessions on this Host Specifies the maximum number of sessions allowed on this server When the entered maximum sessions are reached on the FIX WebSpace Server additional sessions are denied access For example if the maximum number of sessions is 25 the user who initiates the 26th session will be prevented from logging on The default is 25 sessions per FIX WebSpace Server
162. s English Proficy Pulse and iFIX English OS Chinese OS Japanese OS WebSpace Polish OS Russian OS French OS and German OS all only with English regional settings FIX and FIX WebSpace Chinese OS with local regional settings Chinese Proficy Pulse and iFIX Chinese OS with local regional settings WebSpace FIX and FIX WebSpace Japanese OS with local regional settings Japanese Proficy Pulse and iFIX Japanese OS with local regional settings WebSpace Polish Proficy Pulse and iFIX Polish OS with local regional settings WebSpace FIX and FIX WebSpace Russian OS with local regional settings FIX and FIX WebSpace French OS with local regional settings French Proficy Pulse and iFIX French OS with local regional settings WebSpace Viewing Pictures from a Web Session Product Product Combinations Supported Operating System OS for Language Install FIX and FIX WebSpace German OS with local regional settings German Proficy Pulse and iFIX German OS with local regional settings WebSpace For more information on the available product version for each language contact your regional Sales Representative For a detailed list of the supported Windows Operating Systems OS for the iFIX WebSpace refer to the System Requirements section Unsupported Items GE Intelligent Platforms does not support running the FIX WebSpace Server on a different Operating System OS language than the FIX SCADA Server Bot
163. s configured The iFIX WebSpace Server cannot run on either of the SCADA machines configured in a redundant pair The iFIX SCADA Server and FIX WebSpace Server should reside on the same network domain SCADA Server Computer Setup NOTE If an iFIX instance is already running on your computer before you begin to configure your iFIX WebSpace Server make sure that you additionally check the Local Startup Definition of the WEB SCU file when you are configuring your iFIX WebSpace Server Be sure to confirm that the Local Node Name and Local Logical Name fields are correct and that the Configuration File field points to the WEB SCU file To set up the FIX SCADA Server you need to 1 Asan Administrator install the FIX SCADA product During the install you will be prompted to e Enter a Node Name Node Type and Connectivity Type Select SCADA and Viewing Pictures From a Web Browser Networked and enter a name other than the default name of FIX e Optionally install the Proficy Historian for SCADA or Proficy Historian Client tools You only need to do this if you plan to view historical data in your 1FIX WebSpace sessions e Allow FIX and the WebSpace Server through the firewall if the Windows firewall is enabled Click Yes to continue The install will automatically configure the rest of these settings for you If you are using a different firewall you will need to manually open the firewall for your FI
164. sary are also provided to its members H Host Any computer that provides services to remote users HTTP The communication protocol used to connect servers on the World Wide Web iFIX WebSpace Server A computer that has the FIX WebSpace Server software installed on it FIX WebSpace Administration A 32 bit Windows application that is installed on an FIX WebSpace Server The FIX WebSpace Administration is used by FIX WebSpace Administrators to manage Proficy FIX WebSpace user access FIX WebSpace Application Publishing Service A service that receives client connection requests authenticates users on the FIX WebSpace Server and launches the FIX WebSpace sessions d JavaScript A scripting language developed by Netscape to help Web authors create and customize applications Although JavaScript is commonly confused with Java it was developed independently L LAN A group of computer systems in close proximity that can communicate with one another via some connecting hardware and software 121 Viewing Pictures From a Web Browser Menu Bar The horizontal bar below the title bar that contains the names of all the application s menus N Network A communications system that links two or more computers Network Computer Computers or terminals with little or no memory or disk storage network computers NCs are designed to connect to a network NCs are more affordable than PCs and can
165. splays the Maximum Sessions per user setting in the Host Options dialog on the Session Startup tab Ge Performance E E inl xl I Console Window Help I D c Lb 18 xl Action View Favorites lt gt e ES IS S x e eieiei ela 2 Tree Favorites i 100 FE Performance 80 60 40 20 System Mon Last 11 000 Average 11 040 Minimum 11 000 Maximum 12 000 Duration 1 40 Lcolor_ scale counter ee e object Computer 1 000 Active Sessions 2kmpserver FIX Web Server 1 000 Client Connections 2kmpserver iFIX Web Server we 1 000 Maximum Sessions 2kmpserver FIX Web Server 2KMPSERVER gt 1 000 Server Connections 2kmpserver FIX Web Server 2KMPSERVER Working with Sessions and Processes The following sections describe how to view session and process information for the FIX WebSpace product e Viewing Session Information e Viewing Process Information e Ending Client Processes 67 Viewing Pictures From a Web Browser e Reconnecting a Session e Shadowing a Session e Terminating Sessions e Setting the Session Termination Option Viewing Session Information The FIX WebSpace Administration displays the following session information Column Displays the Session Name Unique identifier assigned to each session User Network user name of the user accessing the server Connecte
166. st be authorized with the FIX32 Run a Task From View rights in the FIX Security Configuration application e When assigning security privileges in FIX use care when allowing application features that could allow write access such as the Database Save Reload and Runtime Visual Basic Editor features as well as creating pictures with Datalinks or any other means to write values into tags Use Security Areas and Security Groups to further restrict access Also use care when creating and sharing schedules in iFIX so that unintended VBA code is not activated inadvertently by web sessions For more information on iFIX Security refer to the Configuring Security Features e book e TheiFIX WebSpace Server and an iFIX SCADA Server should reside on the same network e The iFIX WebSpace Relay Server and dependent application servers with the FIX WebSpace installed should all reside on the same network Windows Configuration for Network and Client Printers Your system may require the following Windows configuration to insure successful FIX WebSpace client printing e Custom names for client printers e Network printer setup e Client printers in a multi server environment Custom Names for Client Printers The iFIX WebSpace installs a printer on the server for each printer that is configured on the client machine These printers are called proxy printers and are the printers that are seen by users when printing via the FIX Web
167. tch input locales when the FIX WebSpace Sign In dialog box is displayed The input locale for the default language of the FIX WebSpace Server will be used instead On Windows clients the selected input locale of server based applications is not displayed in the system tray of the client computer Example of How to Configure For example say your English FIX WebSpace Server is on an English Windows XP computer Your FIX WebSpace session is a browser running on a French Windows XP machine For this scenario to work you must add the French input language to the Regional and Language Options on the FIX WebSpace Server The French input language must be set to an English keyboard however The following figure shows an example 30 Configuration Overview FIX WebSpace Text Services and Input Languages Settings Advanced Default input language Select one of the installed input languages to use when you start your computer English United States US Installed services Select the services that you want for each input language shown in the list Use the Add and Remove buttons to modify this list E English United States Keyboard French France Keyboard Add Nlis z Properties Preferences Key Settings To allow clients on non English operating systems to connect to the FIX WebSpace Server 1 Log on interactively to the FIX WebSpace Serv
168. ted with an individual user s session If the event occurred within the context of a given session the name of the session will appear at the beginning of the message for example SuzyG on Server If the message prefix contains the connection name aps the event occurred within the FIX WebSpace Application Publishing Service but was not associated with a connection to another process For example for explore 1908 A client at IP address 3 26 60 91 disconnected from session Logon2 on Exbifixoct 1908 is the ID of the process in which the event took place 3 26 60 91 is the IP address of the FIX WebSpace session and Fxbifixoct is the name of the FIX WebSpace Server Example Use of Log Files Say for instance you can not make a connection to the FIX WebSpace Server when you log on from a web session It could be because you do not have enough physical or virtual memory available to make the connection Set the output log level to 4 on the server as described in the Setting the Output Level section and try to log on again If the issue was a memory issue you would see a message similar to this in the log file A session could not be created for user because only 62 935 040 bytes of physical memory were available The minimum requirement is 134 217 728 bytes Selecting a New Location for the Log Files By default log files are created and stored in the Log folder on the FIX WebSpace Server machine By default this folder is C
169. the FIX login The user names and passwords should be the same for Windows and iFIX Security Optionally you can configure password caching on the client for subsequent logins For more information refer to the Client Side Password Caching section When a user signs in to an FIX WebSpace Server and a domain is not specified the FIX WebSpace Server first attempts to authenticate the account on the local machine followed by the machine s domain and lastly the trusted domains Users can override this default behavior and specify a domain by typing the domain name followed by a backslash and their network user name in the User name box of the Sign In dialog box for example NORTH johng When a local user name on the FIX WebSpace Server is the same user name as a domain account each with a different password FIX WebSpace treats them as two separate accounts Consider for example the following scenario e A local account on the GO Global Host johng with a password of local e A domain account johng with a password of domain When typing the user name johng with the password local in the Sign In dialog the account will authenticate on the local FIX WebSpace Server When typing johng with the password domain in the Sign In dialog the FIX WebSpace does not attempt to authenticate on the domain but fails with an invalid user name or password You must specify the domain name in the User name field in the Sign In dialog box f
170. tings for the Minimum Available Physical and Virtual Memory settings or adjust them if necessary e On the General tab enter the name or IP address of the Relay Server You will be prompted to restart the FIX WebSpace Application Publishing Service Creating Mapped Drives on the FIX WebSpace Server If you want mapped drives to be available for web users you also can use a batch file on the FIX WebSpace Server to log on to share these drives rather than directly mapping them through Windows Explorer An example of a batch file LoginScript bat is provided in the C Program Files Proficy Proficy iFIX Programs folder A batch file such as this example can run on a global basis when any user logs on or on a user specific basis For steps on how to add a batch file script to the logon process either global or user specific refer to the Logon Scripts section If the Administrator wants to change the location of the batch file be aware that the new location must be accessible to all the web users NOTE User specific project paths for FIX WebSpace sessions are not supported For example you cannot use different directory paths for iFIX files such as pictures across multiple users If you need to support this it is suggested that you use iF IX with Terminal Server instead of iFIX WebSpace If all users require access to the same network share through a drive mapping the drive mapping will generally need to be defined in a logon s
171. to those which are inactive General The General tab displays the following items Item Description Relay Server Lets you specify the name or IP address of an FIX WebSpace Server that manages the communication between FIX WebSpace Clients and a set of dependent application servers Use Client Select this option to run FIX WebSpace sessions in the time zone of the client Time Zone computer User Account Settings To access FIX WebSpace sessions on an FIX WebSpace Server client users must log on to the server machine When users start an FIX WebSpace session they are prompted for their user name password and the name of the server they wish to access This information is encrypted and passed to the FIX WebSpace Application Publishing Service running on the FIX WebSpace Server The FIX WebSpace Application Publishing Service then performs the logon operation using standard multi user features of Windows When a user logs on to a server and a domain is not specified the FIX WebSpace Server first tries to authenticate the account on the local machine then the machine s domain and finally the trusted domains Users can override this default behavior and specify a domain by typing the domain name followed by a backslash and their network user name in the user name field of the Logon dialog box For example NORTHyohng When a local user name on the FIX WebSpace
172. top Client Mapped Printer Drivers MappedPrinterDrivers xml contains a list of driver names that can be used for each driver This file is generated by the Application Publishing Service but can also be manually edited by administrators For most FIX WebSpace deployments administrators will not need to edit this file It is used to specify which driver to use when a host s driver name does not identically match the client s or when the administrator wants to override native drivers and force clients to use a different printer driver or the Universal Printer Driver The MappedPrinterDrivers xml file is usually found in the C ProgramData Proficy or C Documents and Settings All Users Application Data Proficy folder Client driver name The driver with the exact name of the driver that is installed on the client is used to configure the proxy printer IMPORTANT If the Windows Printer Drivers option is disabled in the iFIX WebSpace Administration tool this hierarchy is not applied When both the Universal Printer Driver and the Windows Printer Drivers are enabled and a printer s native driver is installed on the FIX WebSpace Server the printer s native driver will be used to configure the printer If it is not installed on the FIX WebSpace Server the printer is configured to use the Universal Printer Driver When Windows Printer Drivers and Automatically install drivers are enabled only native printer drivers that are installed on t
173. try e Install the client files FIXWebSpace folder under that directory iFIX WebSpace Server Installed Folder Location The FIX WebSpace Server installs the client files in the FIX WebSpace Web Clients folder The default location is C Program Files Proficy iFIX WebSpace Web Clients 113 Reference Information For additional information on working with the FIX WebSpace product refer to the following supplementary sections e How Dol e Keyboard Shortcuts for the FIX WebSpace Administration e Editing Application Startup Properties How Do Refer to the following sections for additional information and step by step procedures e Running the FIX WebSpace Administration e Add iFIX WebSpace Server performance counters to the Performance Monitor e Applying group policy e Hidden drives e Configuring multiple input locales e Designate access to printer drivers e Display session startup progress messages to users e Edit iFIX or Proficy Pulse startup properties e Enable client sounds e Enable client time zone redirection e Enable clipboard access e Enable encryption e Enable file usage restrictions e Enable support for client drives e End a user s processes e Enable the Status bar in the Administration application e Hide one or more client drives e Hide server drives e Increment client drive letters by a fixed value e Limit the number of sessions per user e Limit the number of sessions per F
174. tures and network access must be the same on each dependent application server in your configuration e Dependent application servers must be located on the same network as their associated Relay Server e Users are authenticated on dependent application servers and on the Relay Server 107 Viewing Pictures From a Web Browser e iFIX View nodes cannot connect directly to dependent application servers Host Selection When a client connects to a Relay Server the Relay Server attempts to start a session on the dependent application server host that has the lowest number of running sessions as a percentage of the maximum number of sessions allowed for the host If the session fails to start on the selected host the Relay Server successively attempts to start the session on other available hosts until it finds one that can support the session If there are no available hosts for instance if the number of running sessions on All Hosts equals the maximum number allowed the following message is displayed to the user You are already running as many sessions as you are allowed Otherwise if the session cannot be started on any of the available dependent application servers the following message is displayed to the user FIX WebSpace failed to launch the Program Window for your session The problem is explained in your System Administrator s log file In a Relay Server configuration the FIX WebSpace checks the maximum sessions s
175. u are required to change your password at first logon 63 Viewing Pictures From a Web Browser 4 Click OK The Change Password dialog box appears 5 In the New Password and Confirm New Password fields enter the new password 6 Click OK Prompting Users to Change Passwords Before Expiration By default users are prompted to change their passwords whenever they log on within 14 days of their password s scheduled date of expiration Administrators can modify the change password prompt period by editing the Prompt user to change password security setting For example the Local security settings can be viewed and changed by clicking Start and then pointing to Settings Control Panel Administrative Tools and then Local Security Policy The User Configuration folder contains the Security Settings NOTE Be aware that if you open a web session and the user name includes a password that is due to expire the Password Expiration dialog box remains in the background and loses focus As a workaround move the Login dialog box to access the Password Expiration dialog box and then click Yes and continue gt To log on during the password change prompt period 1 From your web browser access the FIX WebSpace logon page http ServerName iFIX WebSpace and select the appropriate FIX WebSpace session 2 Inthe Logon dialog type the user name and password If the account does not exist in the domain in which the FIX WebSpace Server r
176. ve administrative rights on the server If the server s icon has a red X and is grayed out the server is no longer running the Application Publishing Service or it has been turned off A dependent server is orphaned when its relay server has gone down The Sessions Tab Sessions can be connected terminated or refreshed through this tab on the FIX WebSpace Administration window Information displayed about each session includes a unique identifier for the session name the network user name for that session number of clients connected to a session 2 or higher indicates the session is being shadowed the IP address of the client computer from which the user is accessing the server the date and time the user started the application and the number of applications the user is accessing The Processes Tab Process information can be viewed refreshed or terminated from this tab NOTE Ending a process without giving users a chance to close their application can result in the loss of data The Applications Tab You can assign command line parameters for the FIX Launch exe application or change the icon that displays for the Launch exe application from this tab 39 Viewing Pictures From a Web Browser Screen Area Description O The Status Bar The status bar provides the following for a selected FIX WebSpace Server currently being accessed Name CPU utilization
177. will not allow a rate faster than every 5 seconds You can adjust these default settings without opening any pictures Open the FixUserPreferences ini file on the iFIX WebSpace Server By default for iFIX this file is located in the C Program Files Proficy Proficy FIXILOCAL folder For Proficy Pulse this file is located in this folder C Program Files Proficy Proficy PulselLOCAL folder Scroll to the following section and enter larger numbers WebSpacePreferences DataRefreshThrottleInSecs 1 AlarmSummaryThrottleInSecs 5 A larger number for either of these settings a slower refresh rate is intended to improve the FIX WebSpace performance when opening pictures and may also improve mouse click response time NOTE If you have slower refresh rates entered in the objects in your pictures the iFIX WebSpace will not reset the refresh rate settings to the lower default values of 1 and 5 when you open a picture The acceptable values for the DataRefreshThrottleInSecs are 1 2 5 10 15 30 and 60 Any other number will be reset to the lowest value it is closest to For example a 3 will become a 2 a 4 will become a 2 a 13 will become a 10 a 35 will become a 30 a 59 will become a 30 and a 65 will become a 60 35 Viewing Pictures From a Web Browser An acceptable value for AlarmSummaryThrottleInSecs is any whole number less than or equal to 300 If you enter a number greater than 300 it will be set to 300 IMPORTANT
178. with iFIX WebSpace or have fatal consequences during suspend resume operations Use caution when enabling this setting To enable support for client sound 1 Inthe iFIX WebSpace Administration select the desired server from the list of All Servers On the Tools menu click Host Options The Host Options dialog box appears Click the Client Access tab Click the Sound check box Click OK A ere EM Drive Access The FIX WebSpace allows users to access files stored on the client computer and to save files locally Client drives will be listed in the application s Open and Save as dialog boxes and are designated with a Client prefix For example Client C K Client D L ci Mu Documents m Compact Disc IG New Volume H amp New Volume l Removable Disk J a Beanie 3 Client D L Gi Client E IM amp Compact Disc N 77 Viewing Pictures From a Web Browser The dialog boxes list both client and server drives In order for clients to open or save files locally the client drives feature must be enabled on the FIX WebSpace Server Support for client drives is disabled by default FIX WebSpace allows users to access USB drives Removable drives such a floppy disks CD ROMs and DVD ROMs are not supported as client drives To enable support for client drives 1 Inthe FIX WebSpace Administration select the desired server from the list of All Servers On the Tools menu clic

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