Unattended Silent Installation

The installation of Plant SCADA can be executed via a command line with the required components specified via a configurable response file.

A response file specifies the set of components that will be installed during a silent installation. It represents the forms normally seen when interacting with the user interface of the Plant SCADA installer. The available options for each form are configured via a set of properties.

Four preconfigured response files are available for use:

• All.txt – installs all components

• DevelopmentWorkstation.txt – installs components for a development workstation

• RuntimeClient.txt – installs components for a runtime client

• Server.txt – installs components for a runtime server.

These can be used to install a typical set of components, or they can be used as reference for your own customized response file (see Customize a Response File).

The four files are available from the following directory within the Plant SCADA installation media:

InstallFiles\ResponseFiles

The following example shows the content of the Server.txt response file.

<responsefile>

<install>

ComputerRoleSelectionForm.SelectedComputerRoleName=Server

ServerRoleSelectionForm.ServerRolesList=RuntimeServer,DeploymentServer,
OPCUAServer,EnterpriseLicenseServer

FeaturesForm.SFeatureList=AVEVA Plant SCADA.Configuration,AVEVA Plant SCADA.Runtime,
AVEVA Plant SCADA.InTouchWebClient,AVEVA Plant SCADA.OpcUaServer,
AVEVA Plant SCADA.DeploymentServer

SecurityGroupForm.AddUserToGroups=true

FirewallForm.ModifyFireWall=true

CustomDestinationSelectionForm.InstallDirPath=
C:\Program Files (x86)\AVEVA Plant SCADA

CustomDestinationSelectionForm.ProgramDataPath=
C:\Program Data\AVEVA Plant SCADA 2026

LanguageValidationForm.LanguageCode=en-US

</install>

</responsefile>

You can also specify Configurator settings within a response file. See Add Configurator Settings to a Response File.

Localized installation

You can install a localized version of Plant SCADA when running a silent installation. To do this, modify the following entry in a response file:

LanguageValidationForm.LanguageCode=en-US

By default, English (US) is installed as specified by the language code "en-US".

Use the following codes to change this to one of the languages supported by Plant SCADA.

• French = fr-FR

• German = de-DE

• Italian = it-IT

• Japanese = ja-JP

• Korean = ko-KR

• Portuguese = pt-BR

• Russian = ru-RU

• Simplified Chinese = zh-CHS

• Spanish = es-ES

The language you specify needs to match the parent language of the operating system. Use the language codes above, even if the operating system uses a different locale variant.

For example, to install a German version of Plant SCADA, make the following modification in the response file:

LanguageValidationForm.LanguageCode=de-DE

This setting is valid for both de-DE (Germany) and de-AT (Austria) operating system variants.

Note: A silent installation will not be successful if a language code is not specified, invalid, or not compatible with the installed operating system.

Silent Install/Uninstall Commands

Open a command prompt as an administrator, then run the following commands.

• Command for installation:

  Setup.exe /silent "<Response File Path>"

  The specified response file needs to be text-based. A full absolute path needs to be provided. For example:

  Setup.exe /silent "D:\PlantSCADA\MyResponseFiles\All.txt"

  You can also use the "silentnoreboot" option to suppress a machine reboot after installation completes, for example:

  Setup.exe /silentnoreboot "<Response File Path>"

• Command for uninstallation:

  Setup.exe /silentuninstall <ID of Plant SCADA>

  For example:

  Setup.exe /silentuninstall {XXXXXXXX-XXXX-XXXX-XXXX-XXXXXXXXXXXX}

  The ID for Plant SCADA can be retrieved from the Setup.xml file, located in the InstallFiles directory within the installation media.

  Search for the ID value within the <mainproduct> tags.

  Note: Do not manually uninstall any non-core components (such as AVEVA Enterprise Licensing, the Sentinel Driver, PCS, Operation Control Logger or AVEVA Help) prior to running a silent uninstall of Plant SCADA as the silent uninstall may not be successful.

When you run a silent uninstallation, you need to follow the procedure below when also uninstalling any non-core components.

1. Uninstall AVEVA Plant SCADA's core components (using the silent uninstall command).

2. Uninstall AVEVA Enterprise Licensing components:

   • AVEVA Enterprise License Server

   • AVEVA Enterprise License Manager

   • AVEVA Enterprise Licensing Platform.

3. Uninstall Sentinel System Driver Installer.

4. Uninstall AVEVA Platform Common Services.

5. Uninstall Operations Control Logger.

6. Uninstall AVEVA Help.

   Note: You can also use a command to silently install a Plant SCADA update. See Silently Install a Plant SCADA Update.