What Should I Install?

To configure a Plant SCADA project, you need to use a development workstation. An installation of a development workstation includes two fundamental sets of components:

• Configuration Environment — includes Plant SCADA Studio and other tools used to create and configure a project.

• Runtime — includes components used to run a project.

See Install a Development Workstation.

AVEVA Enterprise Licensing is a centralized license management solution that removes the need for dongles and increases license security through the use of activated licenses.

If you are setting up a new Enterprise Licensing system, you should review the following topics to determine your installation requirements.

• AVEVA Enterprise Licensing describes the required components in a system.

• AVEVA Enterprise Licensing Topologies describes the recommended system topologies.

If you are implementing a distributed system, we recommend creating a network diagram to determine where you need to install the License Manager and License Server components.

Setting up an OPC UA Server allows Plant SCADA's runtime system to function as a server to OPC UA client applications. For more information, see Install an OPCUA Server.

A System Management Server enables encrypted communications across a distributed Plant SCADA system. Computers running Plant SCADA need to connect to the System Management Server to access the certificates required to facilitate secured communications.

If your system does not already have a System Management Server configured, you will need to set one up under the following circumstances:

• You need to use trusted communications for your runtime computers.

• You want to use Plant SCADA's deployment functionality.

• You want to connect an OPC UA server to your system.

Note: To use encrypted communication, your Plant SCADA servers need to run as a service.

Once installed, a System Management Server is set up using Configurator (see Set Up a System Management Server).

If you already have a System Management Server set up, a Plant SCADA computer will need access to the certificate that connects your new installation to the System Management Server. This can also be configured using Configurator. See Connect a Computer to a System Management Server.

Refer to the topic Encrypted Communications in the Plant SCADA documentation for more information.

Plant SCADA can be run as a Windows™ service, allowing for unattended operation of a system's servers.

To create an encrypted connection, your Plant SCADA servers need to be running as a service. This is required when:

• You are running with encryption enabled. This includes running in mixed mode.

• You want to connect an OPC UA server to your system.

If you are using Plant SCADA's Deployment feature, you also need to run as a service under the following circumstances:

• When a deployment client is configured on a computer, and you want to push project updates using "Force" mode.

• If you are using encrypted communications, and the current user on a deployment client does not have required privileges.

To configure Runtime Manager to run as a service, see Configure a Runtime Computer for Encryption.

Plant SCADA's Deployment functionality allows you to send runtime files to specific computers in a Plant SCADA system. This simplifies the process of distributing project changes across multiple computers.

If you want to use this feature, a Deployment Server is required. This is where you store versions of a project for distribution. Specific components need to be installed for a Deployment Server (and any Deployment Clients that connect to it).

See Install a Deployment Server.

Note: A Deployment Server uses encrypted communications, so you will need to connect the host computer (and any connected clients) to an existing System Management Server.

If you are setting up a computer that will only operate as a runtime client, you have the option to install just the Plant SCADA runtime components.

See Install a Runtime-only Client.