Using the GE recipe package, you can download recipes to a process database. Typically, when security is enabled, you can protect the blocks in each process database by assigning them to security areas. As a result, recipe downloads can fail because the current operator may not have rights to change the blocks to which the recipe writes.
You can eliminate this problem by creating a recipe user account. This account defines the security areas to which your recipes can download. When a download begins, iFIX examines the security areas assigned to the Recipe user account instead of the currently logged in operator.
You can create a Recipe user account by:
- Naming it RECIPE.
- Defining the required security areas.
Once you create the account, copy it to the security path of every SCADA server.
IMPORTANT: Security loads the Recipe user account into memory the first time a recipe downloads. If you modify this account, the local computer continues to use the version in memory. To force the computer to re-read the new version, log out the current user, log in with the Recipe user account, and log out again.
Do Not Use "RECIPE" as a Domain User Account
Be aware that using "RECIPE" as a domain user account is not supported in the iFIX product. If you do attempt to use RECIPE as a domain user name, you will be able to download a recipe on a SCADA node, but not on a View node.
