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Add a New Project
Use the following steps if you want to add a new project to your node.

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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.
  - 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.
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Add a New Project

Use the following steps if you want to add a new project to your node.

Steps to Add a New Project

Procedure

Configuration Hub, on the Navigation panel, click the node name. This action will open the Project Name panel.
Click the + icon at the top of the grid, and select Create new iFIX project.

The New Project dialog box appears.
Enter a Project Name, Node Name, and Logical Name, as shown in the following figure.
Click Create.
You should now be able to view the new project from within Configuration Hub or the standard iFIX SCU application.
Manually copy any additional driver files to the new project's PDB folder on the installed iFIX instance. For example, for IGS, copy the Fix.igs or nodename.igs file from PDB folder in the iFIX install path to the new project's PDB folder. This copy only needs to be done once when you create the new project.

Important: If you do not copy the driver files, like the one for the IGS I/O Driver, you will not be able to later save and publish your driver updates from Configuration Hub.

If you get error or fail to create a new iFIX project from the Configuration Hub, and iFIX access control is enabled with iFIX is running a service, shut down iFIX and then create the new project.

Troubleshooting

Procedure

If you have issues publishing your driver changes to your new project, copy the driver files from PDB folder in the iFIX install path to the new project's PDB folder. For example, for IGS, copy the Fix.igs or nodename.igs file from PDB folder in the iFIX install path to the new project's PDB folder.
If you have issues creating a new project when iFIX is running with access control and enabled as a service, shut down iFIX and then create the new project. After you do that, you can start the project again and create, save, and publish any updated settings.