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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.

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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

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.

From the Navigation pane, select your node, iFIX project, and then Project Settings. Next, click Preferences. The General project settings appear at the top if the list as shown in the following figure.

The following table describes the General settings you can configure.


Field	Description
Enable SCADA (uncheck to run as View node)	Select this check box to use this node as a SCADA node. Clear the check box to use this node as a View node (iClient).
Node Name	Allows you to specify a unique local node name. Node names can be up to eight characters long. They can include alphanumeric characters, but must begin with a letter. Special characters cannot be used. Important: If modifying the iFIX node name here in Configuration Hub, after you save and publish your changes, you must restart iFIX (as a service) through Configuration Hub to view your applied changes. If the node name was modified in iFIX, and not displaying properly in this field, you must restart iFIX manually from iFIX Startup.
Logical Name	Allows you to specify a unique local node name to specify the name in your operating system's Registry. Node names can be up to eight characters long. They can include alphanumeric characters, but must begin with a letter. Special characters cannot be used.
Use Local Node Alias	Allows you to specify a unique local node name to specify the name in your operating system's Registry. Node names can be up to eight characters long. They can include alphanumeric characters, but must begin with a letter. Special characters cannot be used. You must be logged in as a user in the Administrators group to change the Local Node Alias.