Use Configurator to Set Up an Industrial Graphics Server

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.

You can use Configurator to enable authentication for an Industrial Graphics Server. You can also adjust the refresh rates for any connecting clients. These settings are available on the following pages within the Industrial Graphics Server branch of the Configurator directory.

Authentication Settings

System Management Server

You need to connect a computer that hosts an Industrial Graphics Server to a System Management Server (SMS). This will allow authentication and authorization requests to be handled by the SMS's Identity Manager.

When connected, the System Management Server field will display the name of the computer hosting the SMS.

If "not connected" is displayed, you will need to configure the connection to an SMS (see Connect a Computer to a System Management Server).

Secure Gateway

If required, you can use a secure gateway to avoid directly exposing the Industrial Graphics Server to client computers that are not a part of your SCADA system network.

To use a secure gateway, enter the Fully Qualified Domain Name for the computer that hosts the secure gateway server you want to use. The computer you use should be located in a DMZ.

For more information, see the topic Secure the Industrial Graphics Web Client.

Client Settings

The Client Settings page allows you to specify the following settings for clients that connect to the Industrial Graphics Server.

Graphic Refresh Rate

Allows you to specify (in milliseconds) how regularly graphics are refreshed in a connected Industrial Graphics Client. You can specify a Refresh Rate between 250 and 60000 milliseconds.

Alarm Refresh Rate

This feature is not supported by Industrial Graphics applications in this version of Plant SCADA.

Note: Plant SCADA's Deployment functionality is used to deliver projects to the Industrial Graphics Server. For this reason, you will need to use Configurator's Deployment Client page to connect the Industrial Graphics Server to your system's Deployment Server. See Configure a Deployment Client for further instructions.