Configure the Batch Management Remote Development Client

You can configure the AVEVA Batch Management Remote Development Client with the redundancy support enabled or disabled. Before configuring the AVEVA Batch Management Remote Development Client, the Configurator checks whether a supported operating system is installed.

When you configure the AVEVA Batch Management Remote Development Client feature, the Configurator does the following:

• Creates the environment variables.

• Updates the Windows services file with AVEVA Batch Management TCP/IP application ports and exceptions.

• Registers the AVEVA Batch Management Development Client dll components.

• Updates the Windows firewall settings for AVEVA Batch Management Development Client node.

• Maps the AVEVA Batch Management shared folder to the specified network drive.

• Creates shortcut menu item for AVEVA Batch Management Development Client:

  • Material Editor

  • Process Log Editor

  • Process Modeling Editor

  • Recipe Compare

  • Recipe Editor

  • Report Editor

  • Security Editor

  • Tag Linker (Foxboro DCS Linker if system is configured for Foxboro DCS)

  • Train Editor

To configure the Batch Management Remote Development client without Redundancy Support

1. Open the Configurator.

2. Click General in the left pane, clear the Enable Redundancy Support check box in the Settings area, and then click Configure.

3. Click Remote Development Client in the left pane. The configuration options appear in the right pane.

   

4. In the System Configuration area, you can configure the following:

   1. Enter the IP address or the name of the computer, on which you have installed the AVEVA Batch Management History Server, in the History Server Node Name box. For more information on the computer naming conventions, refer to the Host Name Naming Conventions topic.

   2. Enter the hostname of the computer, on which you have installed the AVEVA Batch Management Server, in the Server Node Name box. For more information on the computer naming conventions, refer to the Host Name Naming Conventions topic.

   3. Enter the name of the computer, on which you have installed the reporting components, in the Reporting Content Node Name box. The name cannot be an IP address or localhost and must match the "Issued To" property of the SSL certificate that was used when installing Reporting Content. This is usually the server name or a fully qualified server name. For more information on the computer naming conventions, refer to the Host Name Naming Conventions topic.

   4. Select the drive to which you want to map the batch server folder, from the AVEVA Batch Management Folder Drive Mapping list.

   NOTE: Ensure that the AVEVA Batch Management Server folder is shared and that the current user has been given Full Control permission on the share.

5. Click Configure. A green check icon appears in the left pane when AVEVA Batch Management Remote Development Client is successfully configured.

To configure the Batch Management Remote Development client with Redundancy Support

6. Open the Configurator.

7. Click General in the left pane, select the Enable Redundancy Support check box in the Settings area, and then click Configure.

8. Click Remote Development Client on the left pane. The configuration options appear in the right pane.

   

9. In the Redundant System Configuration area, you can configure the following:

   1. Enter the IP address or the name of the computer, on which you have installed the other AVEVA Batch Management Server, in the Redundant Batch Server Node Name box. For more information on the computer naming conventions, refer to the Host Name Naming Conventions topic.

   2. Select the drive to which you want to map the redundant server folder, from the Redundant AVEVA Batch Management Folder Drive Mapping list.

   For configuring other fields, refer "To configure the AVEVA Batch Management Remote Development client without Redundancy Support".

   IMPORTANT: If you reconfigure AVEVA Batch Management Remote Development Client, the Configurator will stop History Queue Manager.

10. Click Configure. A green check icon appears in the left pane when AVEVA Batch Management Remote Development Client is successfully configured.