Prerequisites to Use Configuration Hub with iFIX

The following prerequisites are required in order to use iFIX with Configuration Hub:

  1. You must enable security before you can log in to Configuration Hub through the browser.
  2. You must use a Proficy Authentication user to login to Configuration Hub. The default user is ch_admin and the default password is your client secret entered at install.
  3. The logged in user should belong to the Application Designer group or have all of the iFIX application features that the Application Designer group. In Proficy Authencication, this group is named the scada.fix.shared.APPLICATION_DESIGNER group. The Application Designer group contains the following iFIX application features:
    • Database Block Add-Delete
    • Database Manager
    • Database Reload
    • Database Save
    • Enable Task Switching
    • OPC UA Configuration Tool
    • Runtime Visual Basic Editor Access
    • WorkSpace Configure
    • WorkSpace Runtime
    • WorkSpace Runtime Exit
  4. You can use either a user's login name or the Full Name to login to Configuration Hub.
  5. Configuration Hub can only be run with iFIX SCADA or Historian Server nodes.
  6. An iFIX node configured to use Configuration Hub should be registered using the Registration tool (available from Applications menu in Workspace) if Configuration Hub is not installed along with iFIX. See the iFIX Plugin Registration topic for more details.
  7. Multiple users can log into the same server and make changes, from different browser sessions.
  8. If using Enhanced Failover with iFIX, you must be in Maintenance Mode before you log in to Configuration Hub. (When you enter Maintenance Mode, SCADA synchronization temporarily stops; synchronization between the SCADA pair is suspended.) After Maintenance Mode is enabled, you can make changes to the database on the primary node.
  9. The time on Configuration Hub server and the iFIX SCADA node should be synchronized.
  10. Use any of the following browsers tested for use with Configuration Hub: Google® Chrome, Microsoft® Edge based on Chromium, Mozilla® Firefox, or Apple® Safari (MAC OS only).
    Note: Sometimes the MAC OS cannot resolve the system name. In this case, update the hosts file. Also, on the MAC OS, you will be required to manually install the Configuration Hub root certificate.