Rockwell Automation FactoryTalk AssetCentre Installation Guide 5.0 - Manual (Page 70)

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FactoryTalk AssetCentre provides a utility to facilitate the process of creating and setting
security credentials necessary for secured RSLogix editors.
 To configure the agent computer using the utility, follow instructions on page 64.
 To manually configure the agent computer, follow instructions on page 65.
To configure the agent computer using the Agent Services Logon Configuration
utility, follow the steps below:
1. Open the utility by clicking Start > All Programs > Rockwell Software >
FactoryTalk AssetCentre Agent > Agent Services Logon Configuration.
2. Use the Agent Services Logon Configuration dialog box to create and set security
credentials:
a. In the User Name field, enter a user name. The default user name is
AssetCentre_DR.
b. In the Password field, enter a password for the user.
c. In the Confirm Password field, enter the password again.
d. When complete, click OK.
The utility creates the user as a local Windows administrator account and adds it to
FactoryTalk as a Windows-linked user account. The FactoryTalk AssetCentre
AgentController service and the VerificationAgent service are logged on as the
user. The utility also configures the necessary security permissions for Logix
Designer application, RSLogix 5000, RSLogix 500, and RSLogix 5 software
packages.
e. If a message is displayed asking to restart the agent service, click Yes to restart
immediately or click No to manually restart later.
To manually restart the service, open the Services utility in Microsoft Windows,
find the FactoryTalk AssetCentre AgentController service, right-click and
select Restart.
It is recommended to use the default user name. If you want to enter another name,
make sure to follow the Windows user name policies, for example:
 User names must be no more than 20 characters in length.
 User names cannot contain certain characters. Invalid characters include:
" / \ [ ] : ; | = , + * ? < >
If a Windows user account AssetCentre_DR with administrative privileges already exists,
you will be prompted to enter the password to continue the configuration.
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