Computers

The Computers view in the Topology activity presents the computers included in your Plant SCADA system and the server processes that run on them. Each server process need to be assigned to a computer and then run on that computer at runtime.

In the Topology activity you can:

• Add and configure computers

• Assign network addresses to computers

• Organize computers in clusters for efficient management

• View system topology organized by computers.

When you first launch Plant SCADA, the following information may appear in the Computers view.

This indicates that no computers have been configured in the current project. Follow the steps to add a computer (and the associated network address) to your topology.

When you create a project from a starter project, the computer on which the product is installed is added as the "LocalComputer" and shown in the Topology activity. It's assigned the IP address 127.0.0.1 by default.