Manual > Client Configuration Guide

overview

FA-Client connects to FA-Server via Panel-Interface. When using FA-Client, first configure Panel-Interface from FA-Server. Next, configure the server-side actions, events, and other processes that will be connected from the client application. You can also download a sample application for FA-Client from the "Client Configuration Guide" page. This sample also includes definitions such as user information required for logging in from FA-Client, and can be imported and used as is.

Below we will explain the server side settings for connecting FA-Client.

The setup procedures introduced on this page are written based on the FA-Client sample application downloaded from the "Client Setup Guide" page. The root folder of the FA-Server system settings for this sample is set to "." as shown below. This means that the folder one level above the folder in which the server settings file is stored becomes the root folder for the FA-Server application. For details, see "System Settings" in the FA-Server application settings.

(system settings root folder)

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How to display the Panel-Interface settings screen

Panel-Interface settings are made from the FA-Server settings screen.

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To open the Panel-Interface settings screen, right-click on “Panel” under “Interface” in the FA-Server tree and select “Properties”.

Panel-Interface／Basic settings

In the basic settings of Panel-Interface, you set the IP address, port number, etc. for communication connection from FA-Client.

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Open the "Basic Settings" tab from the settings screen and perform the following settings.

•Check "Enable interface".

•Set the server IP address for connection from FA-Client (the above is an example).

•Change the port number of Panel-Interface if necessary.

•Set the timeout period as necessary.

The default port number used for Panel-Interface is 6001, and 6001 is also used by default for connections from FA-Client. If you want to specify a port number other than 6001, please also change the settings in the client configuration file.

The timeout period specifies the communication timeout period when connecting from a client. In most cases, there is no need to change the default value.

Panel-Interface/Login settings

In the Panel-Interface login settings, you can set user and group information for logging in.

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The login settings for FA-Server require the registration of user and group information required to log in from FA-Client. These definitions can be registered one by one from the settings screen shown on the left, but the easiest method of configuration is to copy and import the user and group information definition files from the server settings included in the FA-Client sample.

The FA-Client sample application comes with the information required for login pre-registered, including the following user and group information:

Username	Group Name	Initial Password	explanation
admin	Administrator	(none)	•Administrator user. All operations are possible.
senior	Advanced Operator	(none)	•senior is a user reserved for future use (currently has the same privileges as admin).
operator	General Operator	(none)	•General operators can perform normal operations such as printing and saving to CSV. •You cannot change settings such as trend pen settings or report point registration.
guest	Viewing User	(none)	•Viewing users can only view the data, and are prohibited from changing settings, printing, saving in CSV format, and other operations.

The user information imported from the sample does not have a password set. Passwords can be freely set during operation from the FA-Client screen.

The login function of FA-Client was newly added in FA-Server Ver6, Rev13 and later. If you want to add the login function to a system built on an old FA-Client from Rev12 or earlier, you can do so by applying the latest patch and importing the sample user information using the procedure below.

Steps for importing user information from a sample

Below are the steps to import user information from the sample.

1.Open the configuration file (server.txt) of the server you are currently building in FA-Server.

As an example, we will assume that the project being built has the following folder structure (same folder structure as the sample application).

C:\Project1

\server

server.txt...Server configuration file

\server_data

\config...Pen setting files, etc. (for public folders)

: : :...Others, logging and aggregated data, etc.

2.Open the settings screen of FA-Server's Panel-Interface and open the "Login Info" tab.

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The image on the left shows that nothing has been set yet.

Of the settings on the left, please set "How to save login information" as follows.

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•Check "Save passwords encrypted."

•Select "Save login information to a text file" and specify the following as the file name.

server\login\users.txt

3.Once you have configured the above, click OK to save and close the settings.

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4.Please overwrite and save the current FA-Server settings and close FA-Server for now.

After closing FA-Server, open the above project folder (Project1) using Explorer or similar.

Please confirm that the “login” folder has been created directly under the “server” folder and that the following two text files are saved in it.

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5.Next, open the sample application folder (sample01) using Explorer or similar.

Copy the following two text files in the "login" folder directly under the sample "server" folder, and paste them into the "login" folder of the project you are currently working on (Project1).Please overwrite.

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6.After overwriting the file, open the server settings file you are currently working on (Project1 side) in FA-Server.

Open the Login Information tab in the Panel-Interface settings screen and verify that the sample user and group information has been imported correctly.

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Panel-Interface/Public folder settings

In the Panel-Interface public folder configuration you define a public folder.

When connecting to FA-Client, you must register the public folder (server_data_cnf) required by FA-Client.The public folder is used to commonly store setting information configured on the client side. For example, the pen settings for trend graphs on a FA-Client are stored in a public folder. When operating with multiple FA-Clients, the pen settings configured on one FA-Client can also be displayed from the other FA-Clients.

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From the Panel-Interface settings screen, open the Public Folders tab and click the “Add” button.

Then the following dialog will be displayed:

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Make the following settings in the dialog and close it with the OK button.

•Enable public folder: Check

•Public Folder Name: server_data_cnf

•Public folder: server_data\config

•Allow file reading only: Uncheck

Defining summary actions for the daily report screen

The FA-Client report screen connects to a summary action to display report data.

The following conditions are required for setting up a summary action:

Setting contents

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Action Name

The default action name for the summary action connected from FA-Client is "Summary". If you want to change the name of the action to connect to, you must change the client configuration file.

For information on how to change the client configuration file, see "Client Settings".

Summary Section

When connecting to Daily/Monthly/Yearly Report from the report function, the summary name must be "DAY", "MONTH" or "YEAR".

Therefore, please set the aggregation log section of the Summary Master as follows:

[RAW::DAY]

...Definition of daily report...

[DAY::MONTH]

...Definition of monthly report...

[MONTH::YEAR]

...Definition of Annual Report...

In addition, the daily report has the functions of "automatic printing" and "automatic CSV output." To use these functions, the following Scheduled event must be registered.

What happens	Scheduled event name	Default setting date and time	Parameters of the Run Event action
Automatic daily report printing	PRINTREPORT_DAY	Everyday at 00:05	PRINTREPORT(reportmaster.csv,DAY,DAY-1D,DAY,-1,-1,,F,0,F,1)
Automatic monthly report printing	PRINTREPORT_MONTH	00:06 on the first day of every month	PRINTREPORT(reportmaster.csv,MONTH,MONTH-1MO,MONTH,-1,-1,,F,0,F,1)
Automatic printing of annual reports	PRINTREPORT_YEAR	Every year at 00:07 on January 1st	PRINTREPORT(reportmaster.csv,YEAR,YEAR-1Y,YEAR,-1,-1,,F,0,F,1)
Daily report CSV automatic output	CREATECSV_DAY	Everyday at 00:10	CREATESUBREPORT(reportmaster.csv,csv_header2,CSV\DAY\DAYSUB_[GROUPID2]_[PAGEID2]_%Y%m%d.csv,DAY,DAY-1D,DAY,-1,-1,0,F,2)
Monthly report CSV automatic output	CREATECSV_MONTH	1st of every month at 00:11	CREATESUBREPORT(reportmaster.csv,csv_header2,CSV\MONTH\MONTHSUB_[GROUPID]_[PAGEID]_%Y%m%d.csv,MONTH,MONTH-1MO,MONTH,-1,-1,0,F,2)
Automatic output of annual report CSV	CREATECSV_YEAR	Every year at 00:12 on January 1st	CREATESUBREPORT(reportmaster.csv,csv_header2,CSV\YEAR\YEARSUB_[GROUPID]_[PAGEID]_%Y%m%d.csv,YEAR,YEAR-1Y,YEAR,-1,-1,0,F,2)

In the client connection sample, the above Scheduled event is already registered. If you want to add actions or events to your own server configuration file later, register the event by referring to the above and the sample, specify "Summary" as the event execution action, and specify the above "Event execution action parameters".

(Execution Actions tab of Scheduled event)

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Defining Actions for Trend Graph Screen

The trend graph screen of FA-Client can be connected to "Logger Action", "Summary Action", and "Historical data server Action" to display trend graphs.

There is no problem with registering multiple of these actions at the same time.

When you select a pen from the trend graph screen, all fields defined in each action are listed. You can freely select the fields you want to add to the pen.

For the relationship between trend graphs and each action, please refer to "Relationship between trend graphs and server functions".

Server Settings

Server Settings