Set up and enable the use of custom website

Use the
FactoryTalk View SE
 Website Setup tool to create a custom website that uses a private TCP port number on each HMI server computer connected to that FactoryTalk Directory.
TIP:
FactoryTalk releases prior to 5.00 (CPR 9) cannot use this feature.
After creating custom websites on all the HMI servers, enable the FactoryTalk Directory to use all the custom websites connected to the directory. This can be done from any computer with access to the FactoryTalk Directory, and only needs to be done once. After the custom website is enabled, the following clients connected to that FactoryTalk Directory can access the custom website:
  • FactoryTalk View Studio
     for SE (Network)
  • FactoryTalk View SE
     Server (a redundant server pair)
  • FactoryTalk View SE
     Client
  • FactoryTalk View SE
     Administration Console
To open graphic displays or other HMI project components in
FactoryTalk View SE
, Microsoft IIS and the
FactoryTalk View
 default website or custom website must be running. If you create a
FactoryTalk View
 SE custom website and disable it, you will not be able to open graphic displays, or other HMI project components in
FactoryTalk View
 SE until you enable the custom website, or the default website.
If your network distributed application includes multiple HMI servers, all the servers in the network must be running on any of the supported operating systems.
If the custom website is enabled, restoring FactoryTalk Directory, or restoring an application and the
System
folder, will overwrite this setting. After restoring FactoryTalk Directory, or the System folder, the custom website will have to be enabled again.
To set up and enable the use of custom website
  1. On an HMI server computer connected to a FactoryTalk Directory, open the
    FactoryTalk View
     SE Website Setup tool, and then in
    Custom website
    , click
    Create Website
    .
  2. Repeat step 1 on each HMI server computer connected to that FactoryTalk Directory.
  3. From any computer connected to the FactoryTalk Directory, in
    Custom website
    , click
    Enable
    .
    TIP:
    You can also enable or disable the use of the custom website from the
    Custom Website Properties
     dialog box at
    System\Policies\Product Policies\FactoryTalk View SE\Custom Website
    .
  4. If Windows Firewall is on, open the new port 49280 manually on the computer. For instructions about how to open a port, see Windows Help.
  5. Restart all computers connected to that FactoryTalk Directory.
    TIP:
    To disable the use of custom website, you will also need to restart all computers connected to that FactoryTalk Directory after click
    Disable
    .
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