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Setting up general properties, Setting up general properties – 5 – Rockwell Automation FactoryTalk View Site Edition Users Guide User Manual

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To add an RSLinx Enterprise data server

1. In FactoryTalk View Studio, in the Explorer window, right-click the application root

or an area name, select Add New Server > Rockwell Automation Device Server
(RSLinx Enterprise)
.

2. In the RSLinx Enterprise Properties dialog box, select options and provide

information in each tab, as described in the sections that follow.

3. When you are finished, click OK.

Setting up general properties

In the General tab of the RSLinx Enterprise server’s Properties dialog box, type a name
and description for the data server, and specify the name of the computer that will host the
data server.

Name

Type a name for the data server. This name will be shown in the Explorer window. The
name cannot include dashes or hyphens (–).