Create a Galaxy

Each time you start the System Platform IDE, you must connect to a Galaxy. You can either create a new Galaxy or select an existing Galaxy when opening the IDE.

Creating a new Galaxy requires you to specify a Galaxy Repository (GR) node name and the name of the Galaxy. The Galaxy database is created and is ready for you to connect to and use.

Guidelines for Creating a New Galaxy

• Activate a valid license before opening the IDE.

• You can only create a new Galaxy on a computer with the Bootstrap and the Galaxy Repository software installed.

• To be able to create a new Galaxy, TCP/IP must be enabled on the computer hosting the SQL Server database.

  The TCP/IP protocol setting can be verified with SQL Server Configuration Manager. See the System Platform Installation Guide for instructions on enabling the TCP/IP protocol for SQL Server.

• New Galaxies are created without security. To learn more about setting security for your Galaxy, see Configuring Security.

• A computer name, as well as the name of the domain on which the computer exists, should include only English language characters, alphabetic and numeric. Use of characters from other language character sets that are not also included in the English language character set can result in a failure to create the new Galaxy.

To create a new Galaxy

1. From the Start menu, go to the AVEVA System Platform folder, and then select System Platform IDE. The Galaxies dialog box appears.

   

2. If the Server name shown is not the Galaxy Repository server where you want to create the galaxy, either type the correct server name or click the down arrow and select it from the list.

3. In the New area, select the template to base the new galaxy on:

   Blank Galaxy: Creates a baseline Galaxy that contains only base template objects. This is intended primarily as a recovery mechanism for recreating a damaged galaxy. After creating the baseline galaxy, you can import existing objects into it from aaPKG files.

   Default Galaxy: This is the recommended starting point for a new Galaxy. It creates default screen profiles, templates, a basic equipment model, and an example AVEVA OMI ViewApp that provides an introduction to key features.

   InTouch Base: Creates an InTouch HMI Galaxy. This is mainly for use if you are already using InTouch HMI applications, and can be used to convert legacy InTouch applications to managed applications.

   Reactor Demo: This is the same as the InTouch Base option, but includes a demonstration run-time application, "$ReactDemo," and all the configuration objects and graphic files used to create the demo. $ReactDemo is derived from the InTouchViewApp object.

   If you have other galaxy templates available, click More Templates and select the one you want.

   The New Galaxy dialog box opens.

4. Type the name for the new Galaxy. The name can be up to 32 alphanumeric characters, including _ (underscore), $, and #. The first character must be a letter. It cannot contain a blank space

   Note: You cannot use the following reserved names as Galaxy names: Me, MyContainer, MyArea, MyHost, MyPlatform, MyEngine and System. You cannot use a name that conflicts with an existing object in the template.

5. To open the galaxy after it is created, make sure Connect to this Galaxy is selected.

6. Click Create. The Create Galaxy dialog box opens, showing the Galaxy database being created.

   Note: If you use a backup file that was created in a previous version of Application Server as the galaxy template, and if Enhanced Security mode is in effect, you will be prompted to enter SQL SysAdmin credentials before proceeding.

7. After the Galaxy is created, click Close. If Connect to this Galaxy was checked, the Galaxy opens in the IDE. If it was not, you can open the Galaxy and begin creating your application. You must be a member of the aaConfigTools OS group to connect to a Galaxy, or you must be running the IDE as administrator. For more information about opening a Galaxy, see Connect to a Galaxy.