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Starting and Stopping iFIX Projects
From the Project Panel in Configuration Hub, you can start and stop projects using the ellipsis (…) button in Project name list.

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iFIX
- Overview
- Connections
- Model
- Database
- Project Security
- Alarms
- Project Settings
  - Overview of Project Settings
    In Configuration Hub, you can manage iFIX project settings on the Project Settings panel. You can configure your project Preferences, Failover, and Task Configuration settings from this screen. You can manage multiple iFIX Projects through this panel.
  - Starting and Stopping iFIX Projects
    From the Project Panel in Configuration Hub, you can start and stop projects using the ellipsis (…) button in Project name list.
  - Add a New Project
    Use the following steps if you want to add a new project to your node.
  - Add an Existing Project
    Use the following steps if you want to add an existing project from another folder to Configuration Hub. Configuration Hub will recognize the new project after this is done.
  - General Settings
    The General settings allow you to define configuration options that apply to the node you want to configure. You can specify the SCADA or View node preference, the node name, the logical name, and the local node alias.
  - Startup Options
    The Startup Options let you define the initial settings you want to use when iFIX starts in run mode.
  - Startup Schedules
    Startup Schedules can also be viewed from Configuration Hub. Startup Schedules display the schedules configured to automatically load in the background when the background task is started.
  - Startup Pictures
    The Startup Pictures settings displays the pictures that you want to open automatically when the iFIX WorkSpace starts in the run-time environment.
  - Historian
    From the Historian settings, you can choose to set whether you enable Automatically configure tags for collection in Historian, by clearing or selecting the check box.
  - SCADA Failover
    SCADA Enhanced Failover settings can be configured and viewed from Configuration Hub. SCADA Enhanced Failover is the ability to define two SCADA nodes to function as one logical node. The logical node provides data and alarms to its clients even if one of the SCADA nodes becomes inoperable. When you start iFIX on both nodes, one SCADA will be your active node, and the other will be your standby node.
  - Task Configuration
    From the Task Configuration, you can manage the tasks for automatic start-up, and whether they start as normal tasks or in the background.
- Deployment
- Save and Publish

Starting and Stopping iFIX Projects

From the Project Panel in Configuration Hub, you can start and stop projects using the ellipsis (…) button in Project name list.

You cannot update or start iFIX with a specific Node Name from Configuration Hub. For instance, if iFIX Webspace sessions or iFIX Remote Desktop (terminal server) sessions are started, then the node name for the iFIX DefaultProject gets updated with the last run iFIX Project Node Name/SCU file. In this case, to start iFIX with a specific Node Name, you should manually start iFIX the traditional way, such as from the iFIX Startup app, instead of through Configuration Hub.

Start a Project as a Service

To start a project:

From the Navigation panel, select your node name to display the grid of project names.
Select the project name you want to start, and then select the ellipsis (…) button and then Start as Service.
A message box appears asking if you want to continue.
Click Yes to proceed. You will then be prompted to save any open files before the process stops.

Stop a Project

To stop a project:

From the Navigation panel, select your node name to display the grid of project names.
Select the project name you want to stop, and then select the ellipsis (…) button and then Stop.
A message box appears asking if you want to continue.
Click Yes to proceed.

Troubleshooting

If you need to start iFIX with a specific node name other than the default, use the iFIX Startup app instead of Configuration Hub to start that instance.