Rockwell Automation FactoryTalk AssetCentre Machine Edition Installation Manual - Manual (Page 27)

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Configuring FactoryTalk AssetCentre
Machine Edition
Configuring for security-enabled RSLogix programming software
If FactoryTalk Security is enabled in your RSLogix programming software (RSLogix 5,
RSLogix 500, or RSLogix 5000), you must configure the Disaster Recovery agent and
FactoryTalk Security to grant the necessary permissions for Disaster Recovery operations.
If operating in a Windows domain
1. Create a domain account for the Verification Agent service to run as. (The
Verification Agent service is for the Disaster Recovery agent.) This is generally
performed by someone in your Information Technology department. This account
must be used exclusively for the service, not by users.
2. Add the new domain account to the Administrator user group in Windows.
3. Configure the Verification Agent service to run as the new domain account. To do so,
open the Services utility in Microsoft Windows. Find the Verification Agent service
and edit its properties to log on as the account created above.
4. Open the FactoryTalk Administration Console (logging on to the Network directory
using a FactoryTalk Administrator account) and add the new domain account as a new
Windows-linked user.
5. Grant this user read access to the FactoryTalk Directory. To do so, right-click the
Network node at the top of the tree, and then select Security. On the Permissions tab,
select the domain account and then expand the Common permissions group. Make
sure the Read permission is set to Allow.
Scheduled events for Rockwell Automation processors (Logix5000, MicroLogix, SLC 500, and
PLC-5 processors) will fail if FactoryTalk Security is enabled for that device’s programming
software (RSLogix 5000 versions 16 and earlier, RSLogix 500, or RSLogix 5). The problem is
fixed in RSLogix 5000 versions higher than 16 and a software patch is provided to fix the
problem for RSLogix 500 and RSLogix 5. The minimum patched version of RSLogix 500 is
8.00.05.01 and the minimum patched version of RSLogix 5 is 7.30.10.3. For information about
installing the patch, see the FactoryTalk AssetCentre Machine Edition Release Notes, located on
the FactoryTalk AssetCentre Machine Edition Installation CD and on the Start menu in the
FactoryTalk AssetCentre Server group. This issue does not affect other devices’ schedules
(such as robots or PanelView devices). If a schedule contains both Rockwell Automation
processors and other devices, the scheduled event will only fail for those Rockwell Automation
processors for which FactoryTalk Security is enabled in the programming software; the event will
complete for the other devices.