Welcome to the Client Administration Guide

Welcome to the Geo SCADA Expert Guide to Client Administration. This guide is designed to help you understand how Geo SCADA Expert clients (ViewX, Virtual ViewX, Original WebX, XML, and third-party OPC) connect to your Geo SCADA Expert system and provides information on client specific settings and features.

Intended Audience

The Geo SCADA Expert Guide to Client Administration is aimed at administrator-level users who are responsible for the initial set-up of client connections and settings. For information about the various ViewX, Virtual ViewX, and Original WebX features, you should refer to the Geo SCADA Expert Guide to ViewX and Virtual ViewX Clients.

Document Scope

This guide explains how Geo SCADA Expert clients (ViewX, Virtual ViewX, Original WebX, XML, and third-party OPC) connect to your Geo SCADA Expert system and provides information on client-specific settings and features.

In this guide, you will find information on:

• ViewX Client - System Connections—Explains how ViewX clients communicate with the Geo SCADA Expert server and describes how to set up the ViewX client - system connection, check its status, and investigate any connection issues. It also provides information regarding the use of firewalls.
• ViewX Cache—Explains how ViewX clients use the ViewX cache, which stores documents in memory and in a folder on the client’s hard drive. The cache is used to improve performance when documents such as Mimics, Logic programs, and Trends are displayed.
• ViewX Options—Explains how you can use the Options window in ViewX to define settings that only affect the ViewX client PC on which you are working. These settings allow you to change the default appearance of Mimics, Trends, the Alarm Banner and Lists, as well as define a variety of other client specific settings.
• Startup Configuration File—Explains how to configure a file that can launch a ViewX client on a Multi-Monitor setup, and/or have customized Window Container behavior.
• Launch a ViewX Client on a Multi-Monitor Setup—Describes how to configure Geo SCADA Expert so that multiple monitors can be used by a single ViewX client.
• ViewX Client - Third Party OPC Server Connections—Explains how to configure a connection between a ViewX client and a third-party OPC server.
• Original WebX and XML Client - System Connections—Explains how Original WebX and XML clients use Internet/Intranet connections to communicate with the Geo SCADA Expert server. It explains how to set up the Original WebX or XML client - system connection, check its status, and investigate any connection problems. It also provides information regarding the use of firewalls.
• Third-Party OPC Client - System Connections—Explains how third-party OPC client applications communicate with the Geo SCADA Expert server. It also describes how to set up the third-party OPC client - system connection, check its status, and investigate any connection problems. Information regarding the use of firewalls is also provided.
• Third-Party ODBC Client - System Connections—Explains how third-party ODBC client applications communicate with the Geo SCADA Expert server. It also describes how to set up the third-party ODBC client - system connection, check its status, and investigate any connection problems. Information regarding the use of firewalls is also provided.
• Citrix or Remote Desktop Services Client - System Connections—Describes the types of connection you need to configure to allow remote desktop applications to access Geo SCADA Expert without having ViewX installed locally.
• Client Logging—Describes how to use the logging features for diagnostic purposes.
• DCOM Issues—Explains how Geo SCADA Expert uses Data Access Components to avoid the problems commonly associated with DCOM.