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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.

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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

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.

Overview

After installing iFIX and Configuration Hub, the originally installed iFIX project displays the name DefaultProject in the Navigation panel. Any other iFIX projects created manually and started in iFIX, will also display in the Project List, but as a named project. You can choose to add a new projects though Configuration Hub by selecting the node name in the Navigation panel, clicking the plus (+) icon, and selecting Create new iFIX Project.

To manage project settings for a project, select your node name, the iFIX project, and then Project Settings. Most of the Project Settings that you can manage in Configuration Hub can also be found in the iFIX SCU app.

After you make your changes to Project Settings in Configuration Hub, you will need to apply them to the SCADA Server using the Save and Publish options. Restart iFIX after you publish, to see these new changes applied.

Important: Any project settings that you edit, save, and publish in Configuration Hub, require a restart of iFIX to apply them to the SCADA node.

Troubleshooting

If you cannot start a project in Configuration Hub and you modified the iFIX node name in Configuration Hub, after you saved and published your changes, restart iFIX (as a service) through Configuration Hub. If the node was modified in iFIX, restart iFIX manually. For instance, restart from the iFIX Startup app. (One of these steps should help get the node name updated in project list and Project Settings in Configuration Hub.)

Accessing Project Settings

To access iFIX project settings in Configuration Hub:

From the Navigation panel, select your node name, the iFIX project, and then Project Settings. The Project Settings appear as shown in the following figure.

Project Settings Summary Screen

To view the Project Summary settings, select your node name, and then the project name. For instance: Default Project. Click the Overview link (it displays by default) to view the project summary settings.