FactoryTalk AssetCentre Agent Controller Launch Control Panel

FactoryTalk AssetCentre Agent Controller Launch Control Panel is used to change the agent controller's running mode or repair permissions related to running the agent controller. You can perform the following actions:
  • Start an agent controller, as a service or an application.
  • Stop an agent controller.
  • Switch an agent controller's operational mode between service and application.
    You may need to select
    Stop
     before you change the running mode.
  • Repair permissions for the current account that is running the agent controller.
The initial FactoryTalk AssetCentre Agent Controller operational mode depends on decisions made during the FactoryTalk AssetCentre Agent’s installation. If the Siemens, Mitsubishi or Schneider connectors were enabled during installation, then the FactoryTalk AssetCentre Agent Controller
must
 run as an application.
IMPORTANT:
  • When operating as an application, the Windows user account selected in the FactoryTalk AssetCentre Agent Controller Launch Control Panel
    must
     sign in to the FactoryTalk AssetCentre Agent computer. The Windows desktop can be locked after signing in.
  • In a Windows domain environment, when the FactoryTalk AssetCentre AgentController runs as an application, it is critical to select a standard Windows domain user account. This allows Microsoft Windows Communication Foundation (WCF) to authenticate between the FactoryTalk AssetCentre agent to connect to the FactoryTalk AssetCentre server. If the AgentController is configured to use a local Windows user account, then WCF won’t work correctly and the FactoryTalk AssetCentre agent won’t be able to connect to the server.
The FactoryTalk AssetCentre Agent Controller Launch Control Panel window contains the following:
  • Status text box
    Shows the status of an agent controller's operational mode.
  • Stop button
    Stop the agent controller.
  • Start Agent as a Service option
    Select to run an agent controller as a service.
  • Start Agent as an Application option
    Select to run an agent controller as an application.
  • Account name input field
    Enter a Windows user account with standard user permission to run the agent controller.
  • Browse button
    Select to browse and add a Windows user account with standard user permission to run the agent controller.
  • Save button
    Save the settings that you configured in the
    An Application
     option and
    Account name
    .
  • Save and Start button
    Save the settings to run as a service and start running the service.
To open the FactoryTalk AssetCentre Agent Controller Launch Control Panel
From
Windows Start
 menu, select
Rockwell Software
 >
FactoryTalk AssetCentre Agent Controller Launch Control Panel
.
Or
Navigate to
C:\Program Files (x86)\Rockwell Software\AssetCentre Agents\AgentController
, and double-click
RA.FTAC.AgentControllerLaunchPanel.exe
.
If displayed, click
Yes
when the
User Account Control
dialog box prompts for Windows users.
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