Configure security attributes for ActiveEvent

For ActiveEvent to work, security attributes (for example, permission to launch) must be correctly configured. Configure the security attributes on the AVEVA Historian computer using the DCOMCnfg.Exe program.

To configure security attributes for ActiveEvent:

1. On the Windows Start menu, click Run. The Run dialog box appears.

2. In the Open box, type DCOMCnfg.Exe.

3. Click OK. The Distributed COM Configuration Properties dialog box appears.

   

4. Click Computers, then My Computer, and then DCOM Config, and then select EventDetector Class.

5. Click Properties. The EventDetector Class Properties dialog box appears.

   

6. Click the Security tab.

   

7. Select Access permissions - Customize and then click Edit. The Access Permission dialog box appears.

   

8. Click Add. The Select Users, Computers, and Groups dialog box appears.

   

9. In the Names list, type Everyone.

10. Click OK. The Access Permission dialog box now shows the Everyone group with allowed access.

11. Click OK to return to the EventDetector Class Properties dialog box.

Repeat the general procedure to add Everyone to the launch permissions.

12. Select Launch and Activation permissions - Customize and then click Edit.

13. Repeat steps 8 through 11 to add the Everyone group to the list of users who have launch permissions.

14. Click OK to close the EventDetector Class Properties dialog box.

15. Click OK to close the DCOMCnfg.Exe program.