Runtime as a service
Run a deployed
FactoryTalk Optix Application
as
a Windows service.Overview
In the runtime-as-a-service mode,
FactoryTalk Optix
runs the deployed application
as a Windows service, without the need for a user to log in. The service starts when the
runtime device starts and automatically runs the deployed application.The runtime-as-a-service mode supports only
FactoryTalk Optix Applications
with web presentation engines. You can access such applications
through a web browser. You can also use applications without a web presentation engine if an
application does not require a graphical user interface (GUI).
TIP:
For more information, see
Presentation engines
in FactoryTalk
Optix Help.Deployment
FactoryTalk Optix Applications
in the
runtime-as-a-service mode are deployed to C:\ProgramData\Rockwell
Automation\FactoryTalk Optix\FTOptixRuntimeService
You can access the application in the runtime-as-a-service mode from a device that can
reach the runtime device through Ethernet IP.
IMPORTANT:
Rockwell Automation
recommends deploying FactoryTalk Optix Applications
that run in runtime-as-a-service mode through FactoryTalk Optix Studio
and with FactoryTalk Optix Runtime Tools. Following this
recommendation helps ensure that all access privileges are configured
correctly.For more information, see Deploy a FactoryTalk Optix application.
Installation
To use Runtime as a service mode, install the FactoryTalk Optix Runtime Tools on the
runtime device with the
Run FactoryTalk Optix as a Service
option
selected. For more information, see Configure runtime as a service.
TIP:
To change the runtime mode between the default
runtime-application mode and runtime-as-a-service mode, you need to reinstall FactoryTalk
Optix Runtime Tools.
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