Access Anywhere Installation and Configuration Guide

Use AVEVA Plant SCADA Access Anywhere to access AVEVA Plant SCADA clients hosted on Terminal Servers with HTML5 compatible web browsers. Follow the instructions in this guide to begin using AVEVA Plant SCADA Access Anywhere.

This guide assumes knowledge of the following:

• AVEVA Plant SCADA

• Enabling and configuring Remote Desktop Services (RDS) on Windows® operating systems

• Firewall configuration

• Web server administration.

Terminology used in this guide includes the following:

• RDP - Remote Desktop Protocol. A remote desktop protocol developed by Microsoft®. RDP is a standard component of Microsoft Windows.

• RDP Host - a Windows system that can be remotely accessed using Microsoft RDP, such as a Terminal Server (RDS Session Host) with remote access enabled.

• RDS - Remote Desktop Services is one of the components of Microsoft Windows that allow a user to take control of a remote computer or virtual machine over a network connection.

• HTML5 - a new update to the HTML specification. Extends HTML with new features and functionality for communication, display, etc.

• WebSocket - a bi-directional, full-duplex communication mechanism introduced in the HTML5 specification.

• SSL - Secure Sockets Layer. A cryptographic protocol that provides encrypted communications over the Internet.