Create trusts for FactoryTalk Historian clients

To create a trust between FactoryTalk Historian ME and a FactoryTalk Historian client
  1. Click the
    Configure Historian
     tab
    ,
     and then click
    Trust Management
    .
    The
    Trust Management
     page appears.
  2. At the bottom of the page, click
    New
    .
  3. In the
    Trust
     text box, type the name of the trust.
    To create a trust name, use English alphabet letters and numbers from 0 to 9.
  4. From the
    PI User
     list, select a FactoryTalk Historian ME user.
    The privileges of the selected user will be assigned to the incoming connection when the connection credentials match the specifications in the trust.
  5. In the
    Domain
     box, type the name of the domain.
    A Windows Domain name may be used only for trusts for SDK client applications running on Windows. The domain must be the same for the FactoryTalk Historian ME server and the connecting application.
  6. In the
    OS User
     text box, type the operating system user.
    This text box is used only for SDK applications running within a Windows domain.
  7. In the
    Application Name
     box, type the application name.
    The format of the application name depends on the application type:
    • If the application is an API application, its name consists of the first 4 characters of the executable file name of the application. The last character in the name must be a capital "E".
      For example, FT-PE (for the Historian to Historian interface).
    • If the application is an SDK application, its name is the full executable file name of the application (including the file extension):
      For this FactoryTalk Historian ME client
      Use this application name
      FactoryTalk Historian ProcessBook
      Procbook.exe
      FactoryTalk Historian DataLink
      EXCEL.exe
      FactoryTalk VantagePoint
      • w3wp.exe,
        if you are running Internet Information Services (IIS) 6.0 or 7.0.
      • aspnet_wp.exe,
        if you are running an earlier version of the IIS.
      TrendX
      FTHRdCli.exe
      FactoryTalk Administration Console/FactoryTalk View Studio
      VStudio.exe
      ActiveX
      acview.exe
      System Management Tools
      SMTHost.exe
      PI-SDK
      PI-SDK Utitliy.exe
  8. In the
    Network Path
     box, type the name of the network path.
  9. (optional) In the
    IP Address
     box, type an IP address.
  10. (optional) In the
    Net Mask
     box, type a subnet mask address.
    TIP:
    The
    IP Address
     and
    Net Mask
     text boxes are optional and may be used for either API or SDK applications. You can fill these boxes to point to exact IP addresses or specific subnets.
  11. Click
    Save
    .
    The new trust is displayed in the table.
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