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How to configure connections to external systems

Step-by-step instruction on how to configure Data Historian and SMTP Mail server (external systems).

1. Select the Configuration module

2. Select the General view

On the left panel, select Site > General

3. Configure Data Historian

Select a Connection Type, you have three options:

    • OSI PI - measurement is taken by the OSI PI server. FixedPlantIQ connect to OSI PI via the OSI PI SDK.

    • Wonderware - a database server hosting Wonderware. FixedPlantIQ will connect to Wonderware using Windows datbase drivers.

    • SQL Server - a database server that stores data historian. FixedPlantIQ will connect to any SQL Server database using native SQL Server drivers.


OSI PI Connection Type

    • Server Name - name of the OSI PI server to connect to

    • Username - username to use to connect to the OSI PI server

    • Password - password to use to connect to the OSI PI server


Wonderware

    • Server Name - name of the Wonderware server
    • Database Name - name of the database that host the Wonderware database

    • Username - username to use to connect to the database

    • Password - password to use to connect to the database

    • Table - the table used to store the instrumentation data


SQL Server

    • Server Name - name of the database server
    • Database Name - name of the database that host the database

    • Username - username to use to connect to the database

    • Password - password to use to connect to the database

    • Query - The query to use to extract the instrument data

4. Configure STMP Mail

    • SMTP Server - the name of the SMTP server that will accept forwarding emails from FixedPlantIQ server.

    • Port - the port number to use, typically 587 is used with SSL on

    • SSL - use encryption between FixedPlantIQ and the mail server

    • Username - username to use to connect to the mail server

    • Password - password to use to connect to the mail server

    • From Email - email to use for reply

5. Save configuration

Click on the Save button to save the configuration