Failed Third Party ODBC Client - System Connections

If the Third Party ODBC client - system connection cannot be established, the ODBC client will be unable to connect to Geo SCADA Expert.

The connection may fail to establish if:

• There is a network failure. You will need to investigate your network infrastructure and repair any faults.
• A firewall is in place and is incorrectly configured. The firewall has to allow the ODBC client to send data to the Geo SCADA Expert server’s incoming port (5481 by default). The firewall also has to allow the Geo SCADA Expert server to send data via the server advise connection (which uses one of the ports in the ODBC client’s Sockets range, 5500 to 5509 inclusive by default).

The Third Party ODBC Client - system connection works in the same way as a ViewX - system except that it uses a different license and it requires Data Access components (to be installed on the computer that is running the Third Party ODBC applications). The firewall rules for Third Party ODBC Client - System connections are the same as those for ViewX - system connections.