FactoryTalk Live Data (FTLD) driver settings

The
FactoryTalk Live Data
 (FTLD) driver enables communication between
FactoryTalk Edge Gateway
 and
FactoryTalk Live Data
 sources.
For
FactoryTalk Live Data
 driver,
FactoryTalk Edge Gateway
 supports only "<FTLinx Shortcut>/<OPCDA Topic>/<OPCUA Server>" levels on the browsing tree. You must select one of the lowest levels in tree structure before clicking
Save
, else tags will not be populated to namespace.
When adding a
FactoryTalk Live Data
 driver to the gateway, configure these settings:
FactoryTalk Live Data
 driver settings
Description
Driver Name
Defines the driver name.
Login as Currently Signed In User
Select this setting to sign in with the current
Windows®
account.
Username
Displays the username of the associated
Windows
 account.
This setting is available when
Login as Currently Signed In User
 is not selected.
Password
Displays the password for the
Username
.
This setting is available when
Login as Currently Signed In User
 is not selected.
Login to Local Directory
Select when logging in to a local directory.
Login to Network Directory
Select when logging in to a network directory.
Create Remote Connection
(Applicable only for distributed version)
Select when you want to create a remote connection.
Provide the following details:
1. Instance name
2. IP address
3. Port
TIP:
When you delete a Remote Driver that is unreachable or its connection is lost (one of the remote parameters - ip, port, hostname was changed), that driver will be deleted locally only and will exist in the remote machine without connection. Once the connection is restored, you can delete that.
When you use the same name as the name of the Remote Driver without connection with new connection parameters then that driver will appear locally and you will not be able to control it (run, pause, delete, etc.).
Reconfigure the FactoryTalk Edge Gateway Live Data Remote Connector:
NOTE:
Applicable only for distributed version.
First configuration of FactoryTalk Live Data Remote Connector happens during installation process when config.boot.json file is created. After delivery of private key and certificates (own and client) to PKI location this configuration stored in config.boot.json file is loaded to service and file is renamed into config.boot.old.json.
To reconfigure FactoryTalk Live Data Remote Connector, perform the following steps:
  1. Navigate to the
    config.boot.old.json
    file and open with notepad.
  2. Update the following details:
  1. ip
  2. Port
  3. name
  1. Rename the file as “
    config.boot.json
    ”.
  2. Restart the
    FactoryTalk Edge Gateway
     service.
    TIP:
    Provide certificates in .pem format to secure the connection between the remote driver and the client.
    For this purpose, use pki directory: provide client private key into key directory (rename as key.pem), client self-signed certificate into cert directory (rename as cert.pem), and server certificate into ca directory (rename as ca.pem). Do the same on server end (remote connector end) providing server private key into key directory, server self-signed certificate into cert directory, and client certificate into ca directory using the same names.
FactoryTalk Live Data Remote Connector Certificates Management
NOTE:
(Applicable only for distributed version)
Click
Settings
on the left panel and navigate to
FactoryTalk Live Data Remote Connector TLS Certificates
section.
  • To generate self-signed certificates and private key, click
    Generate
    .
  • To download self-signed certificates, click
    Download
    .
  • To upload CA certificates, click
    Upload
    and select the file.
    TIP:
    Provide certificates in .pem format.
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