Rockwell Automation RSBizWare Administration Guide - Manual (Page 257)

Appendix A
Advanced topics
In this chapter you will learn about the following:
• Remote connection to an RSBizWare server (page 257)
• Registering the Excel Add-in (page 258)
RSBizWare clients connect to RSBizWare servers over a TCP/IP
socket connection, using the IP address and the port number of the
RSBizWare server machine. To allow successful connections
between remote RSBizWare clients and RSBizWare servers,
network security must be configured to permit access to the server
ports.
If the Windows Firewall is enabled, network security configuration
will be performed for you. If you are running another firewall
system, you will need to manually open the following ports to allow
inbound and outbound traffic:
Open this port: To communicate with:
4120 Information Services Manager
4121 Security Services Manager
4122 Metrics Server Manager
4123 Report Schedule Manager
402 FactoryTalk Transaction Manager Configuration Server
The Configuration Console also uses HTTP in addition to raw
TCP/IP to communicate to the Information Services Manager. The
default HTTP port is 8080. However, the HTTP port can be
Remote connection to an
RSBizWare server
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