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.

Note: AVEVA Industrial Graphics is now deprecated within Plant SCADA and future releases. It will no longer be supported or maintained in future versions, monthly updates or security updates. AVEVA recommends customers cease using AVEVA Industrial Graphics within Plant SCADA runtime systems and decommission any Plant SCADA Industrial Graphics web servers from production and engineering systems. See AVEVA™ Industrial Graphics for more information.

AVEVA Industrial Graphics is a thin client solution for the delivery of HTML5 graphics to desktop browsers and mobile devices. It provides a common graphics technology that can be used across AVEVA's SCADA and HMI solutions.

Clients access AVEVA Industrial Graphics via an Industrial Graphics Server, a dedicated computer that authenticates client details and provides access to the graphical and functional content.

If you want to use Industrial Graphics, you will need to set up an Industrial Graphics Server. You will also need to configure a Deployment Server in your network to deploy content to the Industrial Graphics Server.

An AVEVA Enterprise License Server also needs to be part of your network to provide licenses for client access.

See Install an Industrial Graphics Server.

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.

Communications between Plant SCADA processes, computers and CtAPI can be encrypted. This is required if:

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

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

• You want to connect an Industrial Graphics Server to your system.

To enable encryption, a System Management Server is required to manage the certificates used to support trusted communications. A System Management Server is set up using a tool called (see Set Up a System Management Server).

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

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

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.

• You want to connect an Industrial Graphics 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.