Installation and Upgrade Guide

Publication 1757-IN510A-EN-P - October 2003
ProcessLogix Client Installation and Upgrade Procedures 5-33
14. Click Cancel at the Unable to connect prompt, if applicable.
15. Click Station ⇒ Con n ect to call up the Station Connect dialog
box.
16. Select Default and click Edit Connection.
17. On the Connection tab, make these entries to have the Station
point to SERVERA (PLX1 A):
a. Enter the name or IP address of SERVERA (PLX1 A) specified
in the Hosts file in the Server field.
PLX1 A is the default Server name assigned by the factory. It
is used for example purposes only.
b. Select the appropriate Station type option, Static Station or
Rotary Station.
c. If necessary, click Advanced.
d. Enter the appropriate Static Station Number or enter the
appropriate update rates and startup display number for
Rotary.
e. Check the Aux iliary setup file checkbox.
f. Click Br o w se and navigate to
C:\Honeywell\Client\Station\defaultb.stn and click Op en .
18. On the Displays tab, check the Search subdirectories for
shapes checkbox.
19. Edit the Search for displays in list so that it includes the
following directories only:
• C:\honeywell\client\system\r500
• C:\honeywell\client\abstract
• C:\honeywell\client\dspbld
a. To delete a directory, select it and click Rem o ve.
b. To add a directory, click Add, click , select the directory,
and click OK.
IMPORTANT You must indicate the full path to the .stn file.
TIP
Display Search Path Optimization
You can improve Station’s performance by
unchecking the Search subdirectories for shapes
checkbox in the Connection Properties dialog box,
and then explicitly defining each subdirectory that
contains displays.