Rockwell Automation FactoryTalk Transaction Manager User Guide - Manual (Page 54)

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Step 2: Defining Connectors
To begin defining a connector, select the service to define from the
drop-down list of connector services. Click Step 2 to open the Connector
Definition dialog box. This dialog box allows you to configure
communication and security settings for the Microsoft Windows
2003/XP/Vista/2008 R2 services.
You can create multiple control or enterprise connectors in a configuration,
but you can create only one connector of each type on each host computer. A
FactoryTalk Transaction Manager Professional activation is required to
distribute connectors.
Only one instance of the Transaction Control Manager service or the FactoryTalk
Transaction Manager service can be used by a configuration.
The connector service uses the Microsoft Windows user name and password
assigned to the connector when it runs on the host computer.
In general, control connectors must run on the computer that contains the
data server to which they will communicate. This is not the case with some
OPC servers that support DCOM or OPC used in a FactoryTalk architecture.
After this step is complete (and you exit the Configuration Checklist), the
configuration displays in the Configuration tree. Click the plus sign next to a
configuration to expand it. Each connector service that is used by the
configuration displays. Individual control and enterprise connectors display
under the connector services. The Configuration tree displays all
configurations recognized by each registered configuration server.
Step 3: Defining Data Points
From the Configuration Checklist, define the data points in the control
system that you wish to use in a configuration. For more information about
data points, see Chapter 5, Defining Data Points (page 73). If you have
multiple control connectors, you must configure them individually. Select
the connector for which you wish to add or edit points, then click Step 3. In
a configuration that uses online edits, you can perform Step 3 on the